Dancing Through Fields of Color - The Art of Helen Frankenthaler

Author(s): Elizabeth Brown; Aimée Sicuro (Illustrator)

Picture Books

They said only men could paint powerful pictures, but Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) splashed her way through the modern art world. Channeling deep emotion, Helen poured paint onto her canvas and danced with the colors to make art unlike anything anyone had ever seen. She used unique tools like mops and squeegees to push the paint around, to dazzling effects. Frankenthaler became an originator of the influential "Color Field" style of abstract expressionist painting with her "soak stain" technique, and her artwork continues to electrify new generations of artists today.Dancing Through Fields of Colordiscusses Frankenthaler's early life, how she used colors to express emotion, and how she overcame the male-dominated art world of the 1950s.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781419734106
  • : Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
  • : Abrams Books for Young Readers
  • : 0.46
  • : February 2019
  • : 1.2 Centimeters X 22.4 Centimeters X 27.3 Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Elizabeth Brown; Aimée Sicuro (Illustrator)
  • : 40
  • : 759.13 B
  • : English
  • : 1903
  • : Hardback