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Helen Frankenthaler: Quick Facts

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Born December 12, 1928 • New York City • New York
Died December 27, 2011 (aged 83) • Darien • Connecticut
Awards And Honors National Medal of Arts (2001)
Notable Works “Mountains and Sea”
Movement / Style Abstract Expressionism
Notable Family Members spouse Robert Motherwell

Photos

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Jasper Johns
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Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock
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Mark Rothko: Untitled (1954) and Yellow Band (1956)
Mark Rothko
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Elaine and Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning
Dutch-born American painter
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Norman Lewis
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Clement Greenberg
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Elaine and Willem de Kooning
Elaine de Kooning
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Grace Hartigan
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Lee Krasner
Lee Krasner
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Joan Mitchell
Joan Mitchell
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Ethel Schwabacher
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Lee Bontecou: Untitled
Lee Bontecou
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Jay DeFeo
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Robert Irwin: Getty Center's Central Garden
Robert Irwin
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Clyfford Still
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Motherwell, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1959
Robert Motherwell
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Marca-Relli with one of his paintings
Conrad Marca-Relli
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Larry Rivers, photograph by Hans Namuth, 1965
Larry Rivers
American painter
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Cy Twombly
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Sam Francis
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