Editing Diane Arbus (section)

==Personal life==
Arbus was born Diane Nemerov to David Nemerov and Gertrude Russek Nemerov,<ref name=DeCarlo2004/><ref name=Crookston /> [[Jews|Jewish]] immigrants from [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Soviet Russia]] and Poland, who lived in New York City and owned [[Russeks]], a [[Fifth Avenue]] women's wear department store, co-founded by Arbus' grandfather [[Frank Russek]], a Polish-Jewish immigrant to the United States, of which David rose to become chairman.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1963/05/24/90537437.html?pageNumber=26 "DAVID NEMEROV OF RUSSEKS DIES,"] ''The New York Times''.</ref><ref name=Crookston/><ref name=Schjeldahl>[[Peter Schjeldahl|Schjeldahl, Peter]]. [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/03/21/050321craw_artworld?currentPage=all "Looking Back: Diane Arbus at the Met"], ''[[The New Yorker]]'', March 21, 2005. Retrieved February 4, 2010.</ref> Because of her family's wealth, Arbus was insulated from the effects of the [[Great Depression]] while growing up in the 1930s.<ref name=Crookston/> Her father became a painter after retiring from Russeks. Her younger sister became a sculptor and designer, and her older brother, the poet [[Howard Nemerov]], taught English at [[Washington University in St. Louis]] and was appointed [[United States Poet Laureate]]. Howard's son is the Americanist art historian [[Alexander Nemerov]].<ref name=DeCarlo2004/>

Arbus's parents were not deeply involved in raising their children, who were overseen by maids and governesses. Her mother had a busy social life and underwent a period of clinical depression for approximately a year, then recovered,<ref name="Patricia. 2005">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/dianearbus00patr|title=Diane Arbus : A Biography|first=Patricia|last=Bosworth|author-link=Patricia Bosworth|date=2005|publisher=W. W. Norton|isbn=0393326616|location=New York|oclc=57592149}}</ref> and her father was busy with work. Diane separated herself from her family and her lavish childhood.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theartstory.org/artist-arbus-diane.htm|title=Diane Arbus Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works|work=The Art Story|access-date=March 26, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

Arbus attended the [[Ethical Culture Fieldston School]], a [[college-preparatory school]].<ref name=Rubinfien2005>Rubinfien, Leo. "Where Diane Arbus Went". ''Art in America'', vol. 93, no. 9, pp. 65–71, 73, 75, 77, October 2005.</ref> In 1941, at the age of 18, she married her childhood sweetheart, [[Allan Arbus]],<ref name=DeCarlo2004/> whom she had dated since age 14.<ref name="bosworth42">{{Cite magazine|last=Bosworth|first=Patricia|author-link=Patricia Bosworth|date=May 13, 1984|title=Diane Arbus|magazine=[[The New York Times Magazine]]|pages=42–59}}</ref> Their daughter [[Doon Arbus|Doon]], who would become a writer, was born in 1945; their daughter [[Amy Arbus|Amy]], who would become a photographer, was born in 1954.<ref name=DeCarlo2004/> Arbus and her husband worked together in commercial photography from 1946 to 1956, but Allan remained very supportive of her work even after she left the business and began an independent relationship to photography.<ref name="Cut2017">{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/07/diane-arbus-c-v-r.html|title=The Cost of Diane Arbus's Life on the Edge|last=Mar|first=Alex|date=March 11, 2017|website=The Cut}}</ref>

Arbus and her husband separated in 1959, although they maintained a close friendship. The couple also continued to share a darkroom,<ref name=Revelations/>{{rp|144}} where Allan's studio assistants processed her negatives, and she printed her work.<ref name=Revelations/>{{rp|139}}<ref name=Lubow2003/> The couple divorced in 1969 when he moved to California to pursue acting.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hinckley|first1=David|title=''M.A.S.H.'' actor Allan Arbus dead at 95|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/m-s-h-actor-allan-arbus-dead-95-article-1.1325281|work=[[New York Daily News]]|date=April 23, 2013 |access-date=December 13, 2014}}</ref> He was popularly known for his role as Dr. Sidney Freedman on the television show ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]''.<ref name="Patricia. 2005"/> Before his move to California, Allan set up her darkroom,<ref name=Revelations/>{{rp|198}} and they thereafter maintained a long correspondence.<ref name=Revelations/>{{rp|224}}

In late 1959, Arbus began a relationship with the art director and painter [[Marvin Israel]]<ref name=Revelations />{{rp|144}}<ref name=Gefter/> that would last until her death. All the while, he remained married to Margaret Ponce Israel, an accomplished mixed-media artist.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McGill |first1=Douglas C. |title=Margaret Israel, 57, An Artist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/24/obituaries/margaret-israel-57-an-artist.html |access-date=November 6, 2018 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 24, 1987}}</ref> Marvin Israel both spurred Arbus creatively and championed her work, encouraging her to create her first portfolio.<ref name=Ault2018>{{cite magazine |last1=Ault |first1=Alicia |title=A Window into the World of Diane Arbus: Photographs from the portfolio, "A box of 10", reveal photographer's secrets |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/window-world-diane-arbus-180968861/ |access-date=November 13, 2018 |magazine=Smithsonian |date=April 24, 2018}}</ref> [[Richard Avedon]] was among the photographers and artists Arbus befriended; he was approximately the same age, his family had also run a Fifth Avenue department store, and many of his photographs were also characterized by detailed frontal poses.<ref name="Muir">Muir, Robin. [https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/womans-studies-1236593.html "Woman's Studies"]. ''[[The Independent]]'' (London), October 18, 1997. Retrieved February 4, 2010.</ref><ref name=Sass/><ref name=Gefter>[[Philip Gefter|Gefter, Philip]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/27/arts/design/27geft.html "In Portraits by Others, a Look That Caught Avedon's Eye"]. ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 27, 2006. Retrieved March 5, 2010.</ref>