Artist: Helen Frankenthaler (1928 - )
Nationality: American
Movement: Abstract Expressionism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Helen Frankenthaler studied at Bennington College in Vermont under abstract artist Hans Hoffman and Rufino Tamayo. It was in the period of her artistic development that she developed her technique of applying thin, diluted paint to a plain canvas to acheieve the effect of her other medium, watercolors. Her large paintings pay attention to the forms created through her method and are reminiscent of landscape paintings. Frankthaler was married fellow artist Robert Motherwell from 1958 to 1971.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Helen Frankenthaler, Essence Mulberry, 1977
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Helen Frankenthaler, May 26th backwards, 1961
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Helen Frankenthaler - The Bay 1963 acrylic on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Helen Frankenthaler - Air Frame 1965 silkscreen Hofstra Museum American
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Helen Frankenthaler - Sun Mountain 1968 Acryilc on Canvas Birmingham Museum of Art American
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Helen Frankenthaler - Wales 1966 acrylic on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Helen Frankenthaler - Before the Caves 1958 Oil on Canvas University of California, Berkeley Art Museum American
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Helen Frankenthaler - Seer 1980 acrylic on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Helen Frankenthaler - Untitled 1969 acrylic on canvas National Museum of Women in the Arts American
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Helen Frankenthaler, American, Born in 1928 Dawn After the Storm 1957 Oil and alkyd on
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Helen Frankenthaler - Jacob's Ladder 1957 oil on unprimed canv The Museum of Modern Art American
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©Yousuf Karsh ; Yousuf Karsh, Canadian (born in Armenia) 1908 Helen Frankenthaler USA, 1991 Photograph,
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Helen Frankenthaler, American, Born in 1928 Floe IV 1964 Acrylic emulsion on canvas 142.2 x
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Helen Frankenthaler - Orange Shapes in Frame 1964 acrylic on canvas Tufts University Art Gallery American
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Helen Hyde, Teasing the Daruma, 1905
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Helen Hyde, Her Bit, 1918
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Helen Hyde, Her Bit, 1918
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Helen Hyde, A Summer Girl, 19th - 20th century
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Helen Hyde, An Interlude, 1912
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Helen Hyde, Going to Market, 1912
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Helen Hyde, A Day in June, 1910
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Helen Hyde, Day Dreams, 1901
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Helen Hyde, The Red Curtain, 1907
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Helen Hyde, The Return, 1907
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Helen Hyde, The Secret, 1909
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Helen Hyde, Confidences, 1906
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Helen Hyde, The Greeting, 1910
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Helen Hyde, Winter, 1901
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Helen Hyde, An Interlude, 1912
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Helen Hyde, August, 1914
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Helen Hyde, My Neighbors, 1913
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Helen Hyde, Day Dreams, 1901
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Helen Hyde, New Brooms, 1910
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Helen Hyde, The Greeting, 1910
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Helen Hyde, A Snowy Day, 1901
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Helen Hyde, The Go-Cart, 1913
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Helen Hyde, The Red Curtain, 1907
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Helen Hyde, A Roundelay, 1906
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Helen Hyde, A Day in June, 1910
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Helen Hyde, The Secret, 1901

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (9)
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Neuberger Museum of Art: Frankenthaler: A Selection of the Paintings from the Collection of the Artist 1952-1992
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Leslie Sacks Fine Art: Works by Helen Frankenthaler
According to the critic, Clement Greenberg, “Mountains and Sea" (1952), Frankenthaler's first “stained painting,” was the 'first monument of Post-Painterly Abstraction,’ and it is certainly one of the most important works in the 'Colour-Field' sty...
Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami: Frankenthaler: Paintings on Paper (1949 – 2002)
Frankenthaler: Paintings on Paper (1949 – 2002) is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art and is curated by MOCA Director Bonnie Clearwater. Following its MOCA presentation, the exhibition will be on view at Edinburgh’s Royal Scottish Academ...
Museum of Arts and Sciences: Crossing the Threshold with Thelma and Louise
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Portland Museum of Art: Leonard Baskin: Monumental Woodcuts
Monumental woodcuts--fashioned from multiple blocks joined together--were made as early as the Renaissance by artists such as Jacopo de Barbari, Hans Schufelein, and Albrecht Durer. The subjects were usually grand views, narrative compositions, or...
National Academy of Design: Challenging Tradition: Women of the Academy, 1826-2003
A strength of this exhibition is the numerous self-portraits by women artists. One membership requirement of newly elected Academicians is that all must donate a portrait of themselves to the museum's permanent collection. This has provided the Ac...
Neuberger Museum of Art: Placing Avery
Milton Avery had a strong, “Connecticut Yankee” work ethic. He painted for 50 years, some times spending all day for weeks at a time at his easel, and sometimes creating as many as five or six paintings or studies in one day.  He’s been quoted as...
Corcoran Gallery of Art: Sam Gilliam: A Retrospective
A retrospective reveals the hallmarks of Gilliam’s constantly evolving aesthetic: exploration, risk and formal invention. The exhibition features monumental paintings, elaborate mixed-media constructions and installations. Organized by the Corcor...
Eric I. Spoutz Gallery: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993): A Comprehensive Retrospective
"The subject matter of my paintings has become so completely buried that it doesnít matter what I paint, whether it is my shoes, my dog, the work clothes, my easels, or the bridges of New York. It is the painting first and subject matter latter. I...

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