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The beauty of Provincetown, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, inspired many works by one of the most renowned American artists of the 20th century: Helen Frankenthaler. But though you may notice shimmering ...

Abstract expressionist Helen Frankenthaler poured pools of highly diluted pigments onto her raw canvases. Biographer Alexander Nemerov says her... With 'Fierce Poise,' Helen Frankenthaler Poured ...

Helen Frankenthaler, Abstract Expressionist painter, in her studio in May 1960. (Ben Martin / Getty Images) Nemerov knows a bit about pedigree. He is a professor, an author, a son of the poet Howard ...

A new lawsuit claims that board members of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation -- dedicated to the work of the latest abstract expressionist -- is using the non-profit to promote self-interests. Getty ...

U.S. painter Helen Frankenthaler, who poured thinned pigments directly onto untreated canvas to create ethereal fields of color seen as seminal works in the development of abstract expressionism, died ...

Abstract Expressionism is a storied movement continually re-told at blockbuster museums: We think we know it so well. The story, however, is still wrong. There are no women in it. The most recent show ...

A visitor looks at Helen Frankenthaler's Off White Square (1973) at a gallery in Southampton, N.Y. Powerful, no? And gorgeous. Helen Frankenthaler did it in 1973 — 20 years after making a painting ...

NEW YORK -- Helen Frankenthaler, an abstract painter known for her bold, lyrical use of color who led a postwar art movement that would later be termed Color Field painting, died Tuesday at her home ...

Powerful, no? And gorgeous. Helen Frankenthaler did it in 1973 — 20 years after making a painting that took Jackson Pollock's abstract expressionism a step further. In 1950 she was wowed by the ropes ...