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- Many art historians cite Frankenthaler’s color field movement as a definitive departure from the first generation of abstract expressionism. While the latter was known for deep context, emotional narrative, and religious symbolism, color field painting emphasized the basics: lines, shapes, and color.
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Dec 27, 2011 · In another major departure from first-generation Abstract Expressionism, Frankenthaler was an abstract artist for whom the natural landscape - rather than the existential confrontation with the canvas or search for the sublime - served as the major focus and inspiration.
- American
- December 12, 1928
- New York, New York
- December 27, 2011
Helen Frankenthaler (December 12, 1928 – December 27, 2011) was an American abstract expressionist painter. She was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting.
Mar 12, 2021 · Helen Frankenthaler shook up Abstract Expressionism in 1950s New York. Here's why she's important.
- Alex Greenberger
Mar 31, 2022 · Many art historians cite Frankenthaler’s color field movement as a definitive departure from the first generation of abstract expressionism. While the latter was known for deep context, emotional narrative, and religious symbolism, color field painting emphasized the basics: lines, shapes, and color.
- December 12, 1928
- Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking, Ceramics
- December 27, 2011
- American
She was included in the 1964 Post-Painterly Abstraction exhibition curated by Clement Greenberg that introduced a newer generation of abstract painting that came to be known as Color Field. Born in Manhattan, she was influenced by Hans Hofmann, Jackson Pollock's paintings and by Clement Greenberg.
- American
- December 12, 1928
- Manhattan, New York, United States
- December 27, 2011
Sep 29, 2017 · By 1952, however, when Greenberg was looking for a next step beyond the gestural application of Abstract Expressionism, Frankenthaler showed him a new kind of picture she had made through a pouring method she had developed—which she dubbed the “soak-stain.”
She was included in the 1964 Post-Painterly Abstraction exhibition curated by Clement Greenberg that introduced a newer generation of abstract painting that came to be known as color field. Born in Manhattan, she was influenced by Greenberg, Hans Hofmann, and Jackson Pollock's paintings.
