Helen Frankenthaler
12 December 1928 – 27 December 2011
Helen Frankenthaler was an American abstract expressionist painter and a major contributor to postwar American art. She is best known for pioneering the 'soak-stain' technique, pouring thinned paint directly onto unprimed canvas, which helped launch the Color Field movement. Her long career spanned more than six decades of innovative painting and printmaking.
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Life events
Helen Frankenthaler was born in Manhattan, the daughter of a New York State Supreme Court judge.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe studied at Bennington College in Vermont, where she trained under the painter Paul Feeley.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe created 'Mountains and Sea' using her breakthrough soak-stain technique, a landmark of Color Field painting.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgFrankenthaler married the fellow abstract expressionist painter Robert Motherwell.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe Whitney Museum of American Art held a retrospective of her work.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe expanded into printmaking, producing acclaimed woodcuts such as 'Essence Mulberry'.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgFrankenthaler received the National Medal of Arts from the United States government.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgFrankenthaler died at her home in Darien, Connecticut, at the age of 83.
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