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Frankenthaler

American  
[frang-kuhn-thaw-ler, -thah-] / ˈfræŋ kənˌθɔ lər, -ˌθɑ- /

noun

  1. Helen, 1928–2011, U.S. painter.


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His pedagogy had helped launch the careers of Robert Rauschenberg, Lee Krasner and Helen Frankenthaler.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

This show examines how her output responded to and influenced her teachers and contemporaries by juxtaposing her art with works by Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Motherwell, Isamu Noguchi, Peter Voulkos and others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

Grantmakers such as the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative now explicitly fund climate-focused works, while several prominent art museums have made public commitments to showcase them.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2024

Heirston noted that it took more than 60 years for works by the admired Color Field painter Helen Frankenthaler to break through the $1 million barrier at auction.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2022

Larry Rivers, Helen Frankenthaler, Lucas Matthiessen — who cherished O’Hara as a father figure, and whom Calhoun calls “the moral heart of these interviews” — a long, glittering roll call.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022

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