Abstract painter Helen Frankenthaler dies at 83
Helen Frankenthaler, an abstract painter known for her bold, lyrical use of color who led a postwar art movement that would later be termed Color Field painting, died Tuesday at her home in Connecticut, her nephew said. She was 83.
One of Frankenthaler's most famous works is "Mountains and Sea," a 1952 painting at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, which she created by pouring thinned paint directly onto raw, unprimed canvas laid on the studio floor. (AP)
