Helen Frankenthaler, Abstract Painter Who Shaped a Movement, Dies at 83

[Jacie Estes]

Helen Frankenthaler, the lyrically abstract painter whose technique of staining pigment into raw canvas helped shape an influential art movement in the mid-20th century and who became one of the most admired artists of her generation, died on Tuesday at her home in Darien, Conn. She was 83.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/a...stract-painter-dies-at-83.html?pagewanted=all

 

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Helen Frankenthaler

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Guardian obit: Helen Frankenthaler

 

[Columbo]

I'm so sorry to hear this. It's like the end of an era-- she was always an idol of mine back in the 60's.