Lee Krasner

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American artist abstract expressionist artist collage artist human painter

Lee Krasner was an influential American abstract expressionist painter known for her innovative collages and for helping shape the New York School of modern art.

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Krasner ×1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American artist → abstract expressionist artist → collage artist → human → painter →
awardReceived	Lee Krasner Award (named in her honor) → National Medal of Arts →
birthName	Lena Krassner →
burialPlace	Green River Cemetery →
countryOfBirth	United States of America →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1908-10-27 →
dateOfDeath	1984-06-19 →
dateOfMarriage	1945-10-25 →
educatedAt	Art Students League of New York → Cooper Union → National Academy of Design →
employer	Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project →
ethnicGroup	Jewish American →
familyName	Krassner →
fieldOfWork	collage → painting →
genre	abstract art →
givenName	Lena →
hasWorkInCollection	Metropolitan Museum of Art → Museum of Modern Art → Tate Modern → Whitney Museum of American Art →
influenced	second-generation abstract expressionists → women abstract painters →
influencedBy	Cubism → Henri Matisse → Pablo Picasso → Surrealism →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
mannerOfDeath	natural causes →
memberOf	American Abstract Artists →
movement	Abstract expressionism → New York School →
name	Lee Krasner →
notableFor	innovative collages → large-scale abstract paintings → role in shaping the New York School →
notableWork	Combat → Gothic Landscape → Listen → Milkweed → Night Creatures → Polar Stampede → Prophecy → The Seasons → Untitled (Little Image series) →
placeOfBirth	Brooklyn → New York City →
placeOfDeath	New York City →
placeOfMarriage	New York →
residence	East Hampton → New York City → Springs, New York →
series	Little Image series → Primary Series → Umber paintings →
sexOrGender	female →
spouse	Jackson Pollock →
studiedUnder	Hans Hofmann →
subjectOf	retrospective at the Barbican Centre → retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abstract expressionism → Action painting →	associatedWithArtist
Milton R. Krasner ("Krasner") →	familyName
Green River Cemetery →	hasBurial
Springs, East Hampton, New York, United States →	hasHistoricResident
Lee Krasner →	name
Art Students League of New York →	notableAlumni
Green River Cemetery →	notablePersonBuried
Jackson Pollock →	spouse