
Abstract Climates
Helen Frankenthaler in Provincetown
Yale University Press
Published on 11. September 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-0-300-23995-9 (ISBN)
Description
An influential abstract expressionist and a pioneer in the Color Field movement, Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) spent several summers painting in Provincetown, Massachusetts. She first came in 1950 to the seaside town with a long history as an artist colony to study at Hans Hofmann's studio school and would return for more than a decade while married to the artist Robert Motherwell. This finely illustrated publication explores the works from this formative time in Frankenthaler's career, while also examining the artist's innovative methods and process. Drawing inspiration from the natural scenery of Provincetown, Frankenthaler created paintings that reverberate with a suggestiveness of place that goes beyond the idea of landscape to capture the atmosphere and climate of the New England locale. This illuminating look into Frankenthaler's development as an artist reveals how one particular location helped shape an abstract painter whose works never fit neatly within any category of subsequent abstraction.
Distributed for the Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Exhibition Schedule:
Provincetown Art Association and Museum
(07/06/18-09/02/18)
Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York
(08/04/19-10/27/19)
Distributed for the Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Exhibition Schedule:
Provincetown Art Association and Museum
(07/06/18-09/02/18)
Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York
(08/04/19-10/27/19)
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
86 color illus.
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 254 mm
Weight
612 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-23995-9 (9780300239959)
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Persons
Lise Motherwell is the daughter of Robert Motherwell and step-daughter of Helen Frankenthaler. Elizabeth A. T. Smith is the executive director of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation.
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