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Helen Frankenthaler

 
FRANKENTHALER Helen, born 1928, New York.
American Painter.

 
  1945-50 Studied at Bennington College in Vermont, at the Art Students League and with H. Hofmann in New York.
 
  from 1951 Developed her own technique related to Pollock's drip paintings.
 
  1958 Married Robert Motherwell. Taught at various universities including Yale and Princeton.
 
  1959 Participation in documenta 2 in Kassel and special honours at the Paris Biennale.
 
  1965 Took part in the Venice Biennale.
 
 
With her technique of saturating raw, untreated canvas with thinned paint, Frankenthaler created free, lyrical improvisations which had a decisive influence on the works of Kenneth Noland and Morris Louis.

 


image: helen frankenthaler - magic carpet

'magic carpet', acrylic on canvas, 1964,
173 x 244 cm (ca. 68 x 96 ")