Hellen Frankenthaler

Helen Frankenthaler

American painter

Helen Frankenthaler was an American abstract expressionist painter. She was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting. Having exhibited her work for over six decades, she spanned several generations of abstract painters while continuing to produce vital and ever-changing new work.

Born: December 12, 1928, Manhattan, New York, NY

Died: December 27, 2011, Darien, CT