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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

It was only when ‌she visited MoMA’s touring “Art of the Real” exhibition in Paris two years later that she saw works by Frankenthaler for the first time, she said.

From New York Times Mar. 3, 2023

The Frankenthaler Foundation seems to recognize that to be authoritative voices on climate, museums also must build trust by dealing with their own impact.

From Washington Post Aug. 10, 2021

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