Naples, FL
The Baker Museum
September 6 – November 27
Helen Frankenthaler, who lived from 1928 to 2011, was a key figure in the history of American painting after World War II. Her new soak-stain technique marked the beginning of the change from Abstract Expressionism to Color Field Painting, and artists like Morris Louis, Jules Olitski, Friedel Dzubas, and Kenneth Noland were influenced by it. Louis said that Frankenthaler’s art “connected Jackson Pollock to what was possible.” In the 1950s, Frankenthaler used thinned oil paint on raw, unprimed canvas to make bright, saturated surfaces. She never stopped trying out new materials and tools to expand what could be done with painting on canvas, paper, and prints for more than 60 years.
Helen Frankenthaler: Late Works, 1990–2003 is the first museum show to focus on the painter’s work from the end of her long career, from 1990 to 2003. It has 20 paintings on paper and 10 paintings on canvas. The artist has always been interested in the relationship between landscape and abstraction, and these works show that she is still sensitive to how colors make her feel.
Helen Frankenthaler: Late Works, 1990–2003 has 20 works on paper and 10 paintings on canvas on loan from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation.
https://artisnaples.org/baker-museum/exhibitions/2022-23/helen-frankenthaler
