Helen Frankenthaler American, 1928-2011
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Born in Manhattan, New York, Frankenthaler became the leader of the Color Field painters in New York City, emerging in the 1950s under the influence of Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. Her work is a transition from Abstract Expressionism.
She was educated at New York’s Dalton School, and in high school studied with Rufino Tamayo and later with Hans Hofmann. She attended Bennington College. Her family vacationed in Maine where she learned to love open views of land and sea, subject matter and an attitude of expansiveness reflected in her canvases.
With a studio in New York, her mentor became art critic Clement Greenberg who introduced her to most of the prominent 1950s artists including Pollock and DeKooning, her inspirations for gestural technique, Action Painting. From 1958 to 1971, she was married to artist Robert Motherwell.
Her technique was novel. Rather than painting on a primed canvas, she poured paint over an unprimed surface that allowed the paint to soak into the canvas. This staining and the process involved became her trademark style.
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Mercedes Matter
Paintings and Drawings 1966 - 1986 18 - 30 Jun 2022In our Sag Harbor location “Mercedes’ Matter Paintings and Drawings 1966 – 1986” explores a series of 15 canvases and 15 drawings of Matter’s late period that are harvesting all...Read more -
Compendium
A Survey of the last 75 years of Art History; Abstract Expressionism, Color Field, Minimalism and Pop Art 11 Aug - 3 Sep 2018Mark Borghi Bridgehampton is pleased to present Compendium, a survey of the last 75 years of Art History; Abstract Expressionism, Color Field, Minimalism and Pop Art. This exhibition provides...Read more -
Lyrics & Form
Abstraction Expressionism and its Influence on Color Field Painters 1 - 31 Jul 2018Mark Borghi is pleased to present Lyrics & Form: Abstraction Expressionism and its Influence on Color Field Painters, in the Bridgehampton gallery. As a reaction away from the gestural...Read more