Taking Helen Frankenthaler's 1950s New York debut as its starting point,The Heroine Paint follows Frankenthaler's own painting as well as the influence of her work on other artists through the 20th Century and into the 21st. A wealth of historical information, this book promises to be an important resource for young artists, as well as critics, curators, and art historians of modern and contemporary art.
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Taking Helen Frankenthaler's 1950s New York debut as its starting point,The Heroine Paint follows Frankenthaler's own painting as well as the influence of her work on other artists through the 20th Century and into the 21st. A wealth of historical information, this book promises to be an important resource for young artists, as well as critics, curators, and art historians of modern and contemporary art.
Highlighting both the work of Helen Frankenthaler and her influence on the world of modern and contemporary art, this beautiful new volume traces the artistic currents gathered under Frankenthaler's names as they move outward in different directions over time. Collecting scholarly essays, texts from contemporary artists, and archival material, the book interweaves these pieces with a stunning visual chronology.