Helen Frankenthaler
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (849 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0810909162 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. Well over half of the 400 illustrations are in color. Her splashy, symbol-laden Eden (1956) seems to conjure up the gates of paradise itself. From Publishers Weekly A protean abstract expressionist painter, Helen Frankenthaler can be tender and delicate, powerfully archetypal, explosively lyrical, quietly introspective or mystically transcendental. . Her loose, evocative 1950s style, a synthesis of Gorky, de Kooning and Pollock, gave way to '60s color-field experiments a la Mark Rothko, followed by witty, complex, ambivalent metaphors of the '70s and explorations in ceramic tile, steel or clay sculpture, and works on paper. Director of drawings at New York's Museum of Modern Art, Elderfield provides the most thorough survey of Frankenthaler's stylistic growth to date in this huge, sumptuous album. Sh
"Gorgeous and Mesmerizing" according to Kem Lee. This book is fantastic. I would have preferred to purchase the even more beautiful $250+ books on Frankenthaler however many gorgeous images live inside this book as well. The paintings are truly mesmerizing.. "A Fabulous Book, Worth Every Buck" according to Amazon Customer. This book is one of my treasures. The work is amazing as are the plates. What a gift.I am sorry that another customer used this reviewing system to rate the post office, or her vendor. This book is worth 10 stars.. "A Masterpiece On Frankenthaler" according to Bonnie Bardos. As a long-time fan of Helen Frankenthaler, I bought this weighty coffee-table book as inspiration to myself as an artist. The book, like Frankenthaler herself, has abstract art bigger than life, imaginative, colorful, transcendently beautiful: unafraid and on the edge. Artists and art lovers everywhere can benefit from this tome. Magnificent plates throughout are true to life color.
This study of the artist's career offers an analysis of the year-by-year evolution of her art.. Helen Frankenthaler, an early pioneer of the stained-canvas method, has produced a body of paintings, sculpture and prints whose impact on contemporary art has been significant
He is the author of many important books and of the principal monograph on Frankenthaler.. John Elderfield is chief curator emeritus of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and a consultant at Gagosian Gallery