Helen Frankenthaler

(American, 1928–2011)

Helen Frankenthaler was an American painter and printmaker known for her unique method of staining canvas with thin veils of color. Her practice can be seen as a bridge between the Abstract Expressionists of the 1950s and the Color Field painters of the 1960s. The techniques employed in works such as Mountains and Sea (1952)—a pastel blend of oil paint and charcoal on unprimed canvas—were influential to both Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland. “One really beautiful wrist motion, that is synchronized with your head and heart, and you have it,” she once said of her practice. “It looks as if it were born in a minute.” Born on December 12, 1928 in New York, NY, she studied with Rufino Tamayo at the Dalton School and Paul Feeley at Bennington College. During the 1950s, Frankenthaler’s work attracted attention from the influential art critic Clement Greenberg, leading to several exhibitions, including a solo show at the Jewish Museum in 1960. Following her marriage to the painter Robert Motherwell that same year, Frankenthaler continued to push her experimentation painting through using acrylics on unprimed canvas. The artist died on December 27, 2011 in Darien, CT. Today, Frankenthaler’s works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others.

Helen Frankenthaler Artworks

Helen Frankenthaler (2,766 results)

Sunshine After Rain, 1987

Helen Frankenthaler

Sunshine After Rain, 1987

Sale Date: March 28, 2023

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Live from Lincoln Center, 20th Anniversary, 1995

Helen Frankenthaler

Live from Lincoln Center, 20th Anniversary, 1995

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Mary, Mary, 1990

Helen Frankenthaler

Mary, Mary, 1990

Sale Date: March 28, 2023

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Reflections IX, 1995

Helen Frankenthaler

Reflections IX, 1995

Sale Date: March 17, 2023

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Causeway, from Doctors of the World Collection, 2001

Helen Frankenthaler

Causeway, from Doctors of the World Collection, 2001

Sale Date: March 28, 2023

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Untitled, 1982

Helen Frankenthaler

Untitled, 1982

Sale Date: March 15, 2023

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Untitled, 1969

Helen Frankenthaler

Untitled, 1969

Sale Date: March 15, 2023

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Sudden Snow (H. 129), 1987

Helen Frankenthaler

Sudden Snow (H. 129), 1987

Sale Date: March 31, 2023

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Ganymede , 1978

Helen Frankenthaler

Ganymede , 1978

Sale Date: March 19, 2023

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Earth Slice , 1978

Helen Frankenthaler

Earth Slice , 1978

Sale Date: March 19, 2023

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Untitled, 1984

Helen Frankenthaler

Untitled, 1984

Sale Date: March 9, 2023

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Flotilla, 2006

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Flotilla, 2006

Sale Date: March 8, 2023

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A Little Zen, from Four Pochoirs, 1970

Helen Frankenthaler

A Little Zen, from Four Pochoirs, 1970

Sale Date: March 8, 2023

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Madame de Pompadour, 1985–1990

Helen Frankenthaler

Madame de Pompadour, 1985–1990

Sale Date: March 8, 2023

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I Need Yellow, 1973

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I Need Yellow, 1973

Sale Date: February 16, 2023

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White Portal, 1967

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White Portal, 1967

Sale Date: February 23, 2023

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SoHo Dreams, 1987

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SoHo Dreams, 1987

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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Barcelona, 1977

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Barcelona, 1977

Sale Date: February 15, 2023

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Ramblas, 1987–1988

Helen Frankenthaler

Ramblas, 1987–1988

Sale Date: February 15, 2023

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Live from Lincoln Center, 20th Anniversary, 1995

Helen Frankenthaler

Live from Lincoln Center, 20th Anniversary, 1995

Sale Date: February 4, 2023

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Plaza Real, 1987–1988

Helen Frankenthaler

Plaza Real, 1987–1988

Sale Date: February 9, 2023

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Solar Imp, 2001

Helen Frankenthaler

Solar Imp, 2001

Sale Date: January 31, 2023

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I Need Yellow (with Orange and Yellow..., 1973–1976

Helen Frankenthaler

I Need Yellow (with Orange and Yellow..., 1973–1976

Sale Date: December 15, 2022

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Ramblas, 1987–1988

Helen Frankenthaler

Ramblas, 1987–1988

Sale Date: December 15, 2022

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