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Helen Frankenthaler Research Paper

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Helen Frankenthaler is an American, abstract expressionist painter who became active in the New York School of the 1950s. She developed stain painting and was the key transitional figure between abstract expressionism and color-field painting (Gorman). An example of stain painting is demonstrated in The Bay that was created in 1963. The artwork is acrylic on canvas and measures 6 feet, 8 3⁄4 inches x 6 feet, 9 1⁄2 inches. In the piece Frankenthaler “combined the chromatic play of soaked paint with shapes and color so strong but also piercingly evocative of human experience that it pull the body back to smells, light, and emotions it has known in the past.” (Gibson). There are colors ranging from violet to indigo that

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