Helen Frankenthaler
Helen Frankenthaler was an American abstract expressionist painter. She was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting. Having exhibited her work for over six decades, she spanned several generations of abstract painters while continuing to produce vital and ever-changing new work.
Background
- Born in
- Manhattan
- Educated at
- Art Students League of New YorkBennington CollegeHans Hoffman School of Fine Art
- Awards
- 🏆 National Medal of Arts🏆 Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame🏆 honorary doctor of Brandeis University
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1928
Born
Birth2011
Died
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