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Abstract climates, Helen Frankenthaler in Provincetown, curated by Lise Motherwell and Elizabeth A.T. Smith

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Abstract climates, Helen Frankenthaler in Provincetown, curated by Lise Motherwell and Elizabeth A.T. Smith
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references
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illustrations
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no index present
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non fiction
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Abstract climates
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catalogsbibliography
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1039187385
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curated by Lise Motherwell and Elizabeth A.T. Smith
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Helen Frankenthaler in Provincetown
Summary
"Abstract Climates: Helen Frankenthaler in Provincetown is a catalogue accompanying the exhibition with the same title on view at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. It focuses on the ten summers Helen Frankenthaler created paintings in Provincetown, MA"--, Provided by publisherAn influential abstract expressionist and a pioneer in the Color Field movement, Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) spent several summers painting in Provincetown, Massachusetts. She first came in 1950 to the seaside town with a long history as an artist colony to study at Hans Hofmann's studio school and would return for more than a decade while married to the artist Robert Motherwell. This finely illustrated publication explores the works from this formative time in Frankenthaler's career, while also examining the artist's innovative methods and process. Drawing inspiration from the natural scenery of Provincetown, Frankenthaler created paintings that reverberate with a suggestiveness of place that goes beyond the idea of landscape to capture the atmosphere and climate of the New England locale. This illuminating look into Frankenthaler's development as an artist reveals how one particular location helped shape an abstract painter whose works never fit neatly within any category of subsequent abstraction. Exhibition: Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, USA (06.07.-02.09.2018) / Parrish Museum, Water Mill, USA (2019)
Table Of Contents
A personal note : Helen Frankenthaler in Provincetown / Lise Motherwell -- Banner season : Helen Frankenthaler's American summers / Daniel Belasco -- Drawing and the drawing of color : Helen Frankenthaler and the inspiration of pure gesture / Alicia G. Longwell and Terrie Sultan -- East End light : Frankenthaler in Provincetown in the 1960s / Elizabeth A.T. Smith
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