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Artist
Helen Frankenthaler
1928–2011 · American · Based in Darien, Connecticut; New York, USA (d. 2011)
- Bennington College, Vermont
- Soak-stain Color Field Painting
- Oil and Acrylic on Unprimed Canvas
- Woodcuts
Helen Frankenthaler developed the soak-stain technique by pouring thinned paint into unprimed canvas, allowing color to become embedded in the support. Mountains and Sea became a key precedent for Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland.
Painting; printmaking
Gallery Representation
Objects
Artist Films
Helen Frankenthaler Stains a Canvas
San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- Mountains and Sea
- Jacob’s Ladder
- Eden
- The Bay
- Canal
- Interior Landscape
- Madame Butterfly
- Flood
- Tales of Genji series
- Royal Fireworks
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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