At a time when the art world was still dominated by men, Helen Frankenthaler's abstract canvasses earned the respect of critics and influenced generations of artists. One of the major abstract ...

Helen Frankenthaler, the lyrical artist who was a key figure in postwar American abstract art, died yesterday at her home in Darien, Conn. She was 83. A regular summer resident of the artist colony at ...

Helen Frankenthaler, a major contributor to American Abstract Expressionism, died Tuesday after suffering from a long illness at her home in Darien, Connecticut. Helen is known for her master strokes ...

Helen Frankenthaler, an influential abstract painter whose quietly eloquent canvases of the 1950s inspired the Washington Color School of painting, died Dec. 27 at her home in Darien, Conn. She was 83 ...

Helen Frankenthaler in her New York City studio in 1971. Jack Mitchell/Getty Images Frankenthaler is talked about as someone who was deeply influenced by Jackson Pollock, but hers was a more ...

A foundation to promote the legacy of abstract artist Helen Frankenthaler is being torn apart by a family squabble—complete with a lawsuit and a boardroom battle in the midst of planning for a major ...

From painting to pouring: how an artist’s Color Field masterpieces took shape at a summer retreat in this seaside town. By Karen Rosenberg The Abstract Expressionist and Color Field painter Helen ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Listen 4:00 At a time when the art ...

Helen Frankenthaler's "Mountains and Sea" (1952) (image via bigother.com) A painter best known for her groundbreaking painting “Mountains and Sea” (1952) which influenced a whole generation of ...

U.S. painter Helen Frankenthaler, who poured thinned pigments directly onto untreated canvas to create ethereal fields of color seen as seminal works in the development of abstract expressionism, died ...

Helen Frankenthaler, an abstract painter known for her bold, lyrical use of color who led a postwar art movement that would later be termed Color Field painting, died Tuesday at her home in ...