Lee Krasner was an American Abstract Expressionist painter and collage artist. She was born on October 27, 1908 and lived until June 19, 1984. She had ambitions to become an artist and attended the Women’s Art School at Cooper Union as well as the National Academy of Design. She also took classes with the artist Hans Hofmann, whose specialty was in cubism. Studying with Hofmann inspired and influenced Krasner to pursue neo-cubist abstraction within her own work.

Krasner married fellow artist Jackson Pollock on October 25, 1945. He was also well known in the abstract expressionist movement. They both inspired and supported one another in their creative pursuits.

She was known for creating collages by cutting up her own paintings or by using scraps of extra canvas that she had. Krasner’s portfolio also includes charcoal drawings and mosaics.

Paintings by Lee Krasner in Chronological Order

Still Life, 1938	Seated Nude, 1940	Noon, 1947
Shellflower, 1947	Night Light, 1948	Untitled (from Little Image series), 1949
Untitled, 1949	Number 3 (Untitled), 1951	Thaw, 1957
The Sun Woman II, 1958	Cool White, 1959	Obsidian, 1962
Summer Play, 1962	Untitled, 1964	Night Creatures, 1965
Gaea, 1966	Gold Stone, 1969	Hieroglyphs No. 12, 1969
Untitled, 1969	Rising Green, 1972	Mysteries, 1972
Embrace, 1974