Comparing Frankenthaler to Rothko
Like a Rothko dancing wildly to jazz’ Frankenthaler invented a way of painting by letting colour soak into an unprepared canvas on her studio floor. The results, all around … Read More
Helen Frankenthaler at the Clark Art Institute
Showcased in the book Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques, Helen Frankenthaler’s innovation of stain painting lent itself particularly to evoking nature – the processes involving water, evaporation and free-flowing, soft … Read More
Contemporary Concerns: Helen Frankenthaler
A nice essay about the continued increase in interest in Helen Frankenthaler as her works relate to contemporay paitning, here. What Frankenthaler is best known for is her development of … Read More
Stain Painting Technique of Helen Frankenthaler
A nice essay about Frankenthaler’s breakthrough technique here: Through her soak-stain technique the canvas and paint became one, emphasizing the flatness of the painting even while they conveyed great space. Through … Read More
Helen Frankenthaler
Sept 2016 –Line into Color, Color into Line features a 25-year retrospective of Helen Frankenthaler’s work and shows at Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills with works from the Frankenthaler foundation, curated by John … Read More