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Frankenthaler

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[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

During the lengthy 2020 pandemic closure, the cash-strapped museum made the controversial decision to deaccession and then sell a prized 1974 Helen Frankenthaler painting, which brought $4.7 million at auction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025

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

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

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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