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Goodbye Helen Frankenthaler

December 27, 2011

I am particularly saddened by the death of Helen Frankenthaler, one of my favorite abstract expressionist artists.

You can read her obituary here – I’d rather show some pictures of her and her art work.

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Mountains and Sea (1952, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC)


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May 26, Backwards (1961, Smithsonian American Art Museum)


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Canyon (1965, The Phillips Collection)


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Savage Breeze (1974, Museum of Modern Art, New York)


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Desert Pass (1976, Smithsonian American Art Museum)


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Essence Mulberry (1977.  Museum of Modern Art, New York)

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