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Indepth Arts News: "Works by Helen Frankenthaler" 2004-02-25 until 2004-03-21 Leslie Sacks Fine Art Los Angeles, CA, USA United States of America
According to the critic, Clement Greenberg, “Mountains and Sea" (1952), Frankenthaler's first “stained painting,” was the 'first monument of Post-Painterly Abstraction,’ and it is certainly one of the most important works in the 'Colour-Field' style.” This highly intuitive process, "stain painting," became the hallmark of her style and enabled her to create color-filled canvases that seemed to float on air. She took from Pollock the notion of fusing drawing and painting, translating this idea into her own suggestive, mysterious calligraphy.
In 1960 Frankenthaler made her first prints. Since then, she has worked with a variety of printmaking techniques in addition to painting. Although her works are abstract, a strong suggestion of landscape is often apparent, and they have been praised for their lyrical qualities.
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