Helen Frankenthaler (1928 -2011) was an American Abstract Expressionist and Color Field painter who was best known for her large, colorful oil paintings. She worked successfully for six decades and is credited for the artistic shift towards Color Field painting. Frankenthaler first began showing her work professionally in 1950 and about a decade later she was regularly attending major exhibitions worldwide. Through her friend, art critic Clement Greenberg, Frankenthaler had the opportunity to study with the famous Hans Hoffman. She also admired the work of Jackson Pollock. Frankenthaler’s home and studio were located in Connecticut and in 2001 she was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
Paintings by Helen Frankenthaler in Chronological Order:
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| Playa, 1950 | Painted on 21st Street, 1950-1951 | Untitled, 1951 |
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| Mountains and Sea, 1952 | Shoreline, 1952 | Interior, 1957 |
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| Round Trip, 1957 | Basque Beach, 1958 | Acres, 1959 |
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| April IV, c.1960 | Untitled, 1960 | May 26th Backwards, 1961 |
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| Blue Form in a Scene, 1961 | Moving Day, 1961 | Summerscene, Provincetown, 1961 |
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| Swan Lake #2, 1961 | Seascape with Dunes, 1962 | Untitled, 1963 |
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| Tuscany, 1963 | Blue Atmosphere III, 1963 | Only Orange, 1963 |
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| Untitled, 1963 | Weather Change, 1963 | Small’s Paradise, 1964 |
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| Provincetown, 1964 | Buddha’s Court, 1964 | Interior Landscape, 1964 |
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| Saturn Revisited, 1964 | Untitled, 1965 | Frankenthaler Preview, 1965 |
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| Air Frame, 1965 | Mauve District, 1966 | Persian Garden, 1965-1966 |
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| Tutti-Fruitti, 1966 | Paris Review, 1966 | Indian Summer, 1967 |
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| Untitled, 1967 | White Portal, 1967 | Glow II, 1968 |
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| Sun Corner, 1968 | Blessing of the Fleet, 1969 | Variation II on Mauve Corner, 1969 |
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| Summer Insignia, 1969 | Connected By Joy, 1967-1970 | A Little Zen, 1970 |
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| Orange Downpour, 1970 | Wind Directions, 1970 | What Red Lines Can Do, 1970 |
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| Green Likes Mauve, 1970 | Free Wheeling, 1971 | Sanguine Mood, 1971 |
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| Nepenthe, 1972 | Coral Wedge, 1972 | Pendulum, 1972 |
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| New York III, 1972 | Untitled, 1973 | Living Edge, 1973 |
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| Pranzo Italiano, 1973 | Thanksgiving Day, 1973 | Distillation, 1973 |
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| Yearning, 1973 | Ponti, 1973 | Leveling, 1973 |
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| East and Beyond, 1973 | Boulevard, 1973 | Robinson’s Wrap, 1974 |
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| Royal Fireworks, 1975 | Earliness, 1975 | Springscape, 1975 |
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| Desert Pass, 1976 | In on Blue, 1976 | Harvest, 1976 |
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| Dream Walk, 1977 | Where Necessary, 1977 | Dawn Stroke, 1977 |
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| Bronze Smoke, 1978 | Untitled, 1978 | August Deep, 1978 |
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| Ganymede, 1978 | Viewpoint II, 1979 | Cameo, 1980 |
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| Untitled, 1980 | Côte d’Argent, 1980 | A Green Thought in a Green Shade, 1981 |
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| Monotype I, 1981 | Untitled, 1982 | The Red Sea, 1982 |
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| Cedar Hill, 1983 | Deep Sun, 1983 | Untitled, 1984 |
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| Square One, 1985 | Yellow Jack, 1985 | Captain’s Watch, 1986 |
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| Santa Fe II, 1986 | Harbinger, 1986 | Seeing the Moon on a Hot Summer Day, 1987 |
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| Mary, Mary, 1987 | Soho Dreams, 1987 | Sunshine After Rain, 1987 |
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| Corot’s Mark, 1987 | Plaza Real, 1987-1988 | Gateway, 1988 |
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| Black-Eyed Susan, 1988 | Bullseye, 1989 | Guadalupe, 1989 |
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| Tahiti, 1989 | Freefall, 1992 | Radius, 1993 |
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| All About Blue, 1994 | The Other Side of the Moon, 1995 | Reflections III, 1995 |
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| Reflections I, 1995 | Eve, 1995 | Reflections IX, 1995 |
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| Reflections VIII, 1995 | Reflections IV, 1995 | Flirt, 1995 |
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| Reflections V, 1995 | Bridges, 1996 | Skywriting, 1997 |
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| West Wind, 1997 | Tales of Genji VI, 1998 | Tales of Genji IV, 1998 |
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| Tales of Genji III, 1998 | Tales of Genji I, 1998 | Bilbao, 1998 |
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| Making Music, 2000 | Grey Fireworks, 2000 | Madam Butterfly, 2000 |
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| Solar Imp, 2001 | Beginnings, 2002 | Snow Pines, 2004 |
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| Contentment Island, 2004 | Southern Exposure, 2005 | Flotilla, 2006 |
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| Aerie, 2009 | Untitled | Untitled |
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