Frankenthaler

American  

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

noun

1. Helen, 1928–2011, U.S. painter.

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Example Sentences

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

During a more than year-long closure from the brutal COVID-19 pandemic, income from the controversial $4.7-million sale of a major 1979 Helen Frankenthaler painting that had been a bequest of the late Steve Chase, a primary donor for whom the main museum gallery is named, was inappropriately put toward covering operating costs.

From Los Angeles Times

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

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

She was part of the group of postwar artists — Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner, Grace Hartigan and Elaine de Kooning — written about in the book “Ninth Street Women,” which details how abstract expressionism was born in this country and how women were a crucial part of it.

From Los Angeles Times