Helen Frankenthaler

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abstract expressionist artist color field painter human painter

Helen Frankenthaler was an influential American abstract expressionist painter known for pioneering the Color Field painting movement with her innovative soak-stain technique.

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Helen Frankenthaler canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abstract expressionist artist ⓘ
color field painter ⓘ
human ⓘ
painter ⓘ
awardReceived National Medal of Arts ⓘ
National Medal of Arts ⓘ
surface form: National Medal of Arts 2001
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1928-12-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2011-12-27 ⓘ
educatedAt Art Students League of New York ⓘ
Bennington College ⓘ
Dalton School ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
familyName Frankenthaler ⓘ
father Alfred Frankenthaler ⓘ
fieldOfWork etching ⓘ
lithography ⓘ
painting ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
woodcut ⓘ
fullName Helen Frankenthaler self-link ⓘ
genre abstract art ⓘ
givenName Helen ⓘ
hasWorkInCollection Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ⓘ
surface form: Guggenheim Museum

Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
National Gallery of Art ⓘ
Tate Modern ⓘ
Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ
influenced Color Field painting ⓘ
surface form: Color Field painters

Kenneth Noland ⓘ
Morris Louis ⓘ
influencedBy Arshile Gorky ⓘ
Jackson Pollock ⓘ
Willem de Kooning ⓘ
knownFor large-scale abstract paintings ⓘ
soak-stain technique ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ
mother Martha Lowenstein Frankenthaler ⓘ
movement Abstract expressionism ⓘ
surface form: Abstract Expressionism

Color Field painting ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork Blue Territory ⓘ
Canyon ⓘ
Flood ⓘ
Interior Landscape ⓘ
Jacob's ladder ⓘ
surface form: Jacob’s Ladder

Madama Butterfly ⓘ
surface form: Madame Butterfly

Mountains and Sea ⓘ
Nature Abhors a Vacuum ⓘ
Savage Breeze ⓘ
The Bay ⓘ
The Human Edge ⓘ
placeOfBirth Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath Darien, Connecticut ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Robert Motherwell ⓘ
stateOfBirth New York ⓘ
stateOfDeath Connecticut ⓘ
studiedUnder Paul Feeley ⓘ
Rufino Tamayo ⓘ
technique stain painting ⓘ
thinned oil paint on unprimed canvas ⓘ
workLocation Darien, Connecticut ⓘ
New York City ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Phillips Collection → hasWorkBy → Helen Frankenthaler ⓘ
Abstract expressionism → associatedWithArtist → Helen Frankenthaler ⓘ
Color Field painting → hasNotablePractitioner → Helen Frankenthaler ⓘ
Helen Frankenthaler → fullName → Helen Frankenthaler self-link ⓘ
Robert Motherwell → spouse → Helen Frankenthaler ⓘ
Morris Louis → influencedBy → Helen Frankenthaler ⓘ
post-painterly abstraction → includesArtist → Helen Frankenthaler ⓘ
New York School → associatedWith → Helen Frankenthaler ⓘ
Kenneth Noland → influencedBy → Helen Frankenthaler ⓘ
Hans Hofmann → influenced → Helen Frankenthaler ⓘ
Musée Marmottan Monet → hasWorkBy → Helen Frankenthaler ⓘ
Clement Greenberg → hasInfluencedArtist → Helen Frankenthaler ⓘ