
Dancing Through Fields of Color
The Story of Helen Frankenthaler
Elizabeth Brown(Author)
Abrams Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
Published on 19. March 2019
Book
Hardback
40 pages
978-1-4197-3410-6 (ISBN)
Description
They said only men could paint powerful pictures, but Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) splashed her way through the modern art world. Channeling deep emotion, Helen poured paint onto her canvas and danced with the colors to make art unlike anything anyone had ever seen. She used unique tools like mops and squeegees to push the paint around, to dazzling effects. Frankenthaler became an originator of the influential "Color Field" style of abstract expressionist painting with her "soak stain" technique, and her artwork continues to electrify new generations of artists today. Dancing Through Fields of Color discusses Frankenthaler's early life, how she used colors to express emotion, and how she overcame the male-dominated art world of the 1950s.
Reviews / Votes
The textual descriptions of Frankenthaler's process are gorgeous . . . [and] Sicuro's watercolor, ink, and charcoal pencil illustrations are spirited. * Kirkus Reviews * Sicuro's bold illustrations are a wonderful match for a biography on an abstract artist; the saturated colors, thick lines, and rounded shapes work well with Brown's descriptive text to immerse readers in Frankenthaler's world . . . A pitch-perfect expression of a little-known artist in text and illustration alike, this is a top-notch example of the picture book biography. * School Library Journal * Brown uses lyrical text full of action words and ranges of color to describe this lesser-known yet influential abstract expressionist artist from the twentieth century . . . [Sicuro's] loosely drawn illustrations with thick strokes of watercolor, ink, and charcoal pencil evoke both Helen's moods and her abstract style. * Booklist * Brown's debut picture-book biography limns [Frankenthaler's] creative and imaginative childhood, dutiful art study in college, and early career in mid-twentieth-century NYC . . . Sicuro's compositions-in watercolor, ink, and charcoal pencil . . . consistently reinforce the ideas of movement and color saturation. * Horn Book Magazine * With sweeping strokes, Sicuro conveys the young artist's joy in the act of creation. * Publishers Weekly *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Abrams
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 4 to 8 years
Product notice
With printed dust jacket
Illustrations
full-colour illustrations throughout
Dimensions
Height: 274 mm
Width: 224 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
445 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4197-3410-6 (9781419734106)
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E-Book
03/2019
ABRAMS
€18.99
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Persons
Elizabeth Brown holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, and is currently teaching writing and humanities at Saint Augustine College. Dancing Through Fields of Color is her debut picture book. Aimee Sicuro is an illustrator, picture book maker, and surface pattern designer. She graduated from Columbus College of Art and Design with a BFA in illustration. She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband and young son.