Works
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Tribal Sign, 1987
    Tribal Sign, 1987
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Spring Veil, 1987
    Spring Veil, 1987
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Flotilla, 2006
    Flotilla, 2006
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Broome Street at Night, 1987
    Broome Street at Night, 1987
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Tout à Coup, 1987
    Tout à Coup, 1987
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Skywriting, 1997
    Skywriting, 1997
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Reflections V, 1995
    Reflections V, 1995
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Orange Downpour, 1970
    Orange Downpour, 1970
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Aerie, 2009
    Aerie, 2009
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Eve, 1995
    Eve, 1995
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Flirt, 1995
    Flirt, 1995
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Grey Fireworks, 2000
    Grey Fireworks, 2000
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Guadalupe, 1989
    Guadalupe, 1989
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Plaza Real, 1987
    Plaza Real, 1987
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Southern Exposure, 2005
    Southern Exposure, 2005
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Sudden Snow, 1987
    Sudden Snow, 1987
  • Helen Frankenthaler, Yellow Jack, 1985-87
    Yellow Jack, 1985-87
Biography
Photographs of Helen Frankenthaler by André Emmerich
Photographs of Helen Frankenthaler by André Emmerich

Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011), whose career spanned six decades, has long been recognized as one of the great American artists of the twentieth century. A member of the second generation of postwar American abstract painters, she is widely credited with playing a pivotal role in the transition from Abstract Expressionism to Color Field painting. Through her invention of the soak-stain technique, she expanded the possibilities of abstraction, while at times referencing figuration and landscape in highly personal ways. She produced a body of work whose impact on contemporary art has been profound and continues to grow.

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