Originally Posted By whenyourise

Hugely influential abstract painter Helen Frankenthaler dies at 83. “Her staining method emphasized the flat surface over illusory depth, and it called attention to the very nature of paint on canvas, a concern of artists and critics at the time. It also brought a new open airiness to the painted surface and was credited with releasing color from the gestural approach and romantic rhetoric of Abstract Expressionism.”  Way more interesting (and less of an asshole) than Jackson Pollock. Plus, she danced with John Travolta! (Via Cmonsta & Fyeahwomenartists) mmmmmo: Frankenthaler using slippers to distort paint applied to the canvas

Hugely influential abstract painter Helen Frankenthaler dies at 83.

“Her staining method emphasized the flat surface over illusory depth, and it called attention to the very nature of paint on canvas, a concern of artists and critics at the time. It also brought a new open airiness to the painted surface and was credited with releasing color from the gestural approach and romantic rhetoric of Abstract Expressionism.” 

Way more interesting (and less of an asshole) than Jackson Pollock. Plus, she danced with John Travolta!

(Via Cmonsta & Fyeahwomenartists)

mmmmmo:

Frankenthaler using slippers to distort paint applied to the canvas

(Source: whenyourise, via fyeahwomenartists)

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    Helen was my kinda lady.
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