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Helen Frankenthaler, Abstract Painter

1928-2011

Born on December 12, 1928, in New York, NY, Helen

Frankenthaler completed her artistic studies at Bennington College

in Vermont. She then returned to her native New York where she

was introduced to Abstract Expressionism in the 1950’s. Franken-

thaler is one of the most recognized and celebrated of all the

women on the American art scene to date.

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Frankenthaler is a second generation abstract ex-

pressionist of whom it is said that although “She was

not the first artist to stain canvases, she was the first

to have developed a complete formal vocabulary for

the technique.”—Whitney Chadwich. From a

viewer’s standpoint, the vocabulary she created seems

to matter less than the stimulating vibrancy of her

works.

Frankenthaler was a trailblazer. Allowing paints

to soak into the very fiber of raw canvas while em-

ploying colors that seemed to float away from the sur-

face three dimensionally, she set the art scene on its

ear. By pouring thinned paint (originally oil-based,

but later acrylics) directly onto raw canvas—a mate-

rial that was usually sealed against such pigment

penetration—and allowing it to soak into the support,

rather than painting on top, Frankenthaler changed

forever what was considered the accepted method of

application.

The technique, referred to as “stain painting,” be-

came the hallmark of her style and enabled her to cre-

ate canvases that generated a mesmerizing ethereal

quality. Manipulating the paint using rollers, squee-

gees and towels, she controlled the flow by pushing it

into thin layers, pooled it to create thickness and blot-

ted it to achieve rich combinations of color on simple,

open fields.

A major art critic of the 1950’s and long-standing

friend, Clement Greenberg hailed her work as a

“breakthrough moment in the history of modern art.”

Frankenthaler’s work was cited as critical in the de-

velopment of a new group of artists known as the

“color field” painters. This is the group of painters

who bridged the gap between works such as those

created by Jackson Pollock and what was

“believable.” While their works hold little in com-

mon, Frankenthaler credits Jackson Pollock with her

introduction to a freer and less controlled application

technique that she adapted to her methods.

Even though her work is non-representational, as

is the case with all other color field painters, Franken-

thaler based her work on nature, both observed and

imagined. When the style of her work is seen as a

form of American landscape tradition, it can also be

included in the context of 20th century abstraction.

Flowing pigments, which create their own shapes and

edges, became her metaphor for experiences with na-

ture. The use of metallic pigments, (actual ground

metal particles, initially) for which she was again

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EVENTS Take Action! A Day of Art and Activism—The

Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT,

March 25, 1-4 p.m. Join in a celebration of the

power of art to inspire social change. Free. ald-

richart.org

Kingston Clay Day—Kingston Ceramics Studio,

Kingston, NY, 1st Saturdays, 2-4 p.m. All ages

and experience levels are welcome. Basic instruc-

tion in hand-building and using the wheel. Reser-

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Art Fairs, NYC

—Art on Paper, March 8-11, Pier 36, thepaper-

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—The Armory Show, March 8-11, Pier 92 and 94,

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ARTPOURRI—NEWS LOVE Returned—Sculptor Robert Indiana’s 830-pound iconic aluminum sculpture, LOVE, is now back home at

the John F. Kennedy Plaza/LOVE Park in Philadelphia. In

February ‘17 it was removed for refurbishing and re-stored to its original red and purple color scheme instead of the red and light blue colors it had for the last three decades. NEA News—The new NEA Guide to the National Endow-ment for the Arts is now available. It provides details on

the programs and activities that the NEA supports, as well as funding deadlines for various grants—for organi-zations, literature fellowships, lifetime honors and part-nerships. Note: The Challenge America application, which offers support primarily to small and mid-size or-ganizations, has a Part 1 deadline of April 12. See

arts.gov. Hotline Available—The New York Foundation for the Arts, nyfa.org, provides free resources for artists. #ArtistHotline is available to help define and achieve your career goals. The monthly Artist Professional De-velopment Day takes place the third Wednesday of each

month on Twitter from 11 a.m.—4 p.m. EST. To partici-

pate you’ll need a Twitter handle and to include the above hashtag with each of your Tweets. Tours Available—Monthly “Mind’s Eye” tours and work-shops for visitors who are blind or have low vision are conducted at the Guggenheim Museum, NYC, by arts and education professionals. For those who wish to visit on their own, the free app includes verbal imaging tours

and VoiceOver. Upcoming dates: March 14, April 9, and May 9. guggenheim.org/mindseye. And a similar monthly program at MoMA is “Art in Sight”; space is lim-ited and preregistration is required. moma.org Auction News—Sotheby’s Masters Week sales series totaled $82.5 million in NY. The Evening Sale of Master

Paintings set 11 new artist records, including for Nicolas Lancret and Hans Holbein the Elder. Americana Week: We the People achieved $13.9 million, with a printing of

The Declaration of Independence bringing $1.2 million. At Christies, Americana Week sales totaled $8.26 mil-lion. Swann’s Icons & Images: Photographs & Photo-books auction brought $1.6M, led by Photographic Views

of the Red River Raft, 1873, at $93,750. Milestone Reached—Renowned Delaware sculptor An-dre Harvey died recently in Wilmington at the age of 76. In a career spanning over four decades, Harvey pro-duced an extensive volume of small- and large-scale realistic bronze sculptures, which were purchased by numerous public and private collections and featured in

national and international exhibitions. History Made—The Met announced that Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer attracted 702,516 visi-tors during its three-month run, placing it among the Museum’s most visited exhibitions of all time. Addition-ally, it was also the most visited drawings exhibition

ever organized by the Met.

Celebration Planned—In conjunction with the Armory Show, the Global Fine Art Awards Ceremony will be held on March 8 in NYC to honor the best curated exhibitions around the world and announce the 2017 Award Win-ners. Among the Nominees: Yayoi Kusama, Kerry James Marshall, David Hockney, Jaume Plensa, Andy Goldswor-

thy, Tomas Saraceno, Shirin Neshat, Dia al-Azzawi, Sla-ter B. Bradley, Li Chen, William Eggleston and Ai Weiwei.

MARCH

Youth Art Month National Woman’s History Month

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Exhibitions —Photowork 2018—31st Annual National Juried Photography Exhibition—Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY—Thru March 24. Showcased are

58 photographic works, including nine from Hudson Val-

ley artists. Juror was E. Jason Wambsgans, 2017 Pulit-zer Prize Winner for Photography, Chicago Tribute. Art-ist Talk: March 10, 3-4:30 p.m. Free to the Public.

—Votes for Women: Celebrating New York’s Suf-

frage Centennial—New York State Museum, Al-bany, NY—Thru May 13. This large-scale exhibition celebrates the centennial of women’s suffrage in NYS, raises public awareness of the struggle for women’s suf-frage and equal rights in NYS and assesses the nation-ally significant role of State leaders in regard to women’s rights and the feminist movement through the early 21st

century. www.nysm.nysed.gov/exhibitions/votes-for-women

—-Anthropocene—Safe Harbors Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY—Thru April 7. This group exhibit ex-plores the impact of the changing climate and its devas-

tating results on our environment. Inspired by a variety of ecological disasters, the works features are the crea-tive response of 24 artists working in a variety of

disciplines. safe-harbors.org.

—One Life: Sylvia Plath—National Portrait Gallery,

Washington, DC—Thru May 20. This exhibition re-veals how Plath shaped her identity as she came of age as a writer in the 1950’s. Through personal letters, her own artwork, family photos and relevant objects, this exhibition highlights Plath’s struggle to understand her own self and to navigate the societal pressures placed

on young women during her time. http://npg.si.edu

——-Songs for Sabotage—Fourth New Museum Trien-

nial—New Museum, NYC—Thru May 27. This exhibi-tion amounts to a call for action, an active engagement and an interference in political and social structures. It brings together works across mediums by approximately

30 artists from 19 countries, the majority of whom are exhibiting in the U.S. for the first time.

Opportunities

The National Association of Women Artists, NYC, seeks membership of professional women artists who

desire exhibitions throughout the U.S. Deadline: March

15 (and also Sept. 15). For details, visit www.thenawa.org. Time Travelers—The Dorsky, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY—This Hudson Valley Artists annual exhibition is open to all emerging and mid-career artists with a per-

manent mailing address and active practice in Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester Counties who have not had a major one-person museum exhibition and who do not have an exclusive contract with a commercial gallery. Students are not eligible. Artists are encouraged to sub-mit work that engages with the concept of time travel

and embraces the slippery notions of time. Traditional media as well as audio, video, film and performance are acceptable. Deadline: March 19. https://dorskymuseum.submittable.com/submit/102200/time-

travelers National Sculpture Society’s 85th Annual Awards

Exhibition—Brookgreen Gardens, Pawleys Island, SC, Aug. 11-Oct. 28. Open to NSS Fellows, Elected Sculptor Members and Associates whose dues are paid in full. Work that is inspired by nature or figurative or real-ist sculpture is preferred. Sculpture may be in any per-manent medium. Awards, including Gold Medal Award of

$4,000. Not a member? Join! Deadline: March 23. www.nationalsculpture.org 26th Annual Colored Pencil Society of America In-ternational Exhibition—Bridgeport Art Center, Chi-cago IL, July 12-Aug. 19. Open to all living artists 18 years or older, regardless of geographic location. Media

must be 100% colored pencil on a manufacturer-

prepared surface (scratchboard not allowed). Use of any other additional media or artist-prepared surface is dis-qualifying. $5000 Best of Show, $10,000 in additional awards. Deadline: March 31. www.cpsa.org.

New School—Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill, NY, June 16-Aug. 4. In honor of the 200th anniversary of Thomas Cole’s first Atlantic crossing, when he emigrated from England to the U.S. in 1818,

GCCA will present a group exhibition of local artists who create artwork inspired by the Hudson River School that Cole founded. Open to all media. They are less inter-ested in artwork that mimics the Hudson River School than in modern interpretations of the classic landscape style. Deadline: April 6. niva@greenearts.org; 518-943-3400.

2018 Conference—Raw Wars: “Battle of the Land-

scape Pros” - Hudson Valley Photography Network,

April 28, 8:15 a.m.—4 p.m.—SUNY New Paltz, Lecture Center, New Paltz, NY. Presenters include Greg Miller, Nick Zungoli and Carl Heilman. Photographers of all skill levels should walk away with many new concepts that they can incorporate into their own workflow that will assist them in creating fine art photography. Fee. http://hvphotonet.com/conferences

Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

EXHIBITIONS

Abstract Minded: Works by Six Contemporary

African Artists—Thru April 15 ***

Steven Holl: Making Architecture Thru July 15

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Marking Time: Andy Warhol’s Vision of Celebra-tions, Commemorations and Anniversaries

Thru July 15 ***

The Dorsky Collects: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Ongoing

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recognized as a pioneer, gave a brilliance and luster

that had been absent in naturalists’ works up to this

time.

The flow of shapes into shapes and the use of ag-

gressive color heighten the viewing experience of

Frankenthaler’s works. Her paintings are individual

in style and meaning, and she developed an uncon-

scious attitude that culture was not foreign or exotic,

but just one part of who she was. Her use of color and

the scale of her work further acknowledge that style

for which she has been known since the ‘50s.

Works by Helen Frankenthaler can be found in

many major museum collections throughout the U.S.,

Canada and Europe. In 1966 Frankenthaler was one

of only four U.S. painters represented at the Venice

Biennale. Her work has been featured in regular exhi-

bitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, a

solo exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum and nu-

merous other major galleries nationwide. In 2001

Helen Frankenthaler was awarded a National Medal

of Arts. Seldom do viewers of her work leave unaf-

fected, as the study of raw emotion on her canvases

can be life changing.

Helen Frankenthaler died in Darien, CT, in 2011 at

the age of 83 after a long illness. The innovation in

her technique reverberated through the art world for

over 25 years, and she will forever be remembered as

a pioneer of American Abstract Expressionism and of

color field painters. Her explosive rise to fame, which

seemed to happen overnight, was not a short-termed

flash but an enduring and important part of the entire

evolution of abstraction. Throughout the years, her

work took on an even more abstracted reality and

grew in grandeur of scale. As with her fellow color

field artist Mark Rothko, the scale and color sensibili-

ties in her work will always evoke emotional

response.

The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, established

and endowed during her lifetime, became active in

2013 and is dedicated to promoting greater public in-

terest in and understanding of the visual arts. Helen

Frankenthaler Prints: The Romance of a New Me-

dium, opens at The Art Institute of Chicago on April

20, thru Sept. 30, and features a comprehensive selec-

tion of over 50 prints. ***

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