Helen Frankenthaler, one of the leading artists of the "color field" or "post-painterly abstraction" movement died tuesday at her home after a dealing with a long illness. The artist pioneered the technique of pouring thinned, fluid paint onto raw canvases, creating color fields and is credited with freeing color from the more famous "gestural" applications of abstract artists such as Jackson Pollock and her ex-Husband, Robert Motherwell (<awesome artist).
Check out the article below and some of her artwork.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/arts/helen-frankenthaler-abstract-painter-dies-at-83.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
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