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Helen Frankenthaler , 1928-, American painter, b. New York City. A painter of the abstract expressionist school (see abstract expressionism ), Frankenthaler was greatly influenced by Jackson Pollock , with whom she studied. In the early 1950s she developed a technique for staining unprimed canvases with color that was later to influence the color-field painters (see color-field painting ). Her abstract works evoke a lyrical and sensuous mood, as in Blue Territory (1955) and Arden (1961; both: Whitney Mus., New York City).

Bibliography: See studies by E. A. Carmean (1989) and J. Elderfield (1989).

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Frankenthaler, Helen (1928– ) US painter, sculptor, and graphic artist who provides the link between abstract expressionism and colour-field painting. Her early work shows the influence of Jackson Pollock. She evolved a modified drip technique, staining her unprimed canvases with thinned-down paint. Her seminal work is Mountains and Sea (1952). She was married (1958–71) to Robert Motherwell.

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