Frankenthaler

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Frankenthaler is the surname of Helen Frankenthaler, the influential American abstract expressionist painter known for her pioneering color field "soak-stain" technique.

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instanceOf abstract expressionist artist
color field painter
human
painter
awardReceived National Medal of Arts
National Medal of Arts 2001
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1928-12-12
dateOfDeath 2011-12-27
educatedAt Bennington College
Dalton School
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans
familyName Frankenthaler
fieldOfWork abstract painting
printmaking
genre abstract art
givenName Helen
hasSignatureWork Mountains and Sea (1952)
linked to: Mountains and Sea
influenced Color field painters
Kenneth Noland
Morris Louis
influencedBy Arshile Gorky
Jackson Pollock
Willem de Kooning
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Abstract expressionism
Color field painting
notableFor bridging Abstract expressionism and Color field painting
pioneering soak-stain method in color field painting
notableWork Canyon
Interior Landscape
Jacob’s Ladder
Mountains and Sea
The Bay
occupation painter
printmaker
placeOfBirth Manhattan
New York City
placeOfDeath Darien, Connecticut
residence Darien, Connecticut
New York City
sexOrGender female
spouse Robert Motherwell
techniqueUsed color field painting
soak-stain technique
usedMaterial acrylic paint
thinned oil paint
unprimed canvas

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Helen Frankenthaler familyName Frankenthaler
Helen Frankenthaler familyName Frankenthaler
subject linked to: Frankenthaler
Alfred Frankenthaler hasFamilyName Frankenthaler