Movement, Style, School or Type of Art:
Abstract Expressionism > Color Field Painting
Date and Place of Birth:
December 12, 1928, New York City
Life:
Daughter of a State Supreme Court Justice, Helen Frankenthaler studied fine art under some major names (Tamayo, for one). It was her acquaintance with the New York School (especially Jackson Pollock), that led her to explore the possibilities of pouring thinned paint on unprimed material - a unique, "staining" technique for which she is best known. Ms. Frankenthaler has also worked in sculpture and woodcut and color printmaking, and was the wife of the late painter and editor Robert Motherwell.
- • Mountains and Sea (1952)
- • Seven Types of Ambiguity (1957)
- • The Bay (1963)
- • Essence Mulberry (1977)
- • Around the Clock with Red (1983)
Important Works:
- Mountains and Sea, 1952
- Seven Types of Ambiguity, 1957
- The Bay, 1963
- Essence Mulberry, 1977
- Around the Clock with Red, 1983
Sources and Further Reading
- Cross, Susan; Frankenthaler, Helen.
After Mountains and Sea: Frankenthaler 1956-1959.
New York : Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 2003.
- Elderfield, John. Helen Frankenthaler.
New York : Harry N Abrams, 1997.
- Frankenthaler, Helen. Valentine for Mr. Wonderful.
New York : Rizzoli International Publications, 1996.
- Harrison, Pegram. Frankenthaler : A Catalog Raisonné, Prints 1961-1994.
New York : Harry N. Abrams, 1996.
- Wilkin, Karen; Frankenthaler, Helen. Frankenthaler: Works on Paper 1949-1984.
New York : W. W. Norton, 1985.
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