Thanks to its male protagonists such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning or Mark Rothko, the art direction of "American Expressionism", who became famous in New York, has long since gained celebrity.
Less known: The artists of that time! That is finally changing. Because im"Max Ernst Museum Wiesbaden"The fantastic, unique color worlds by Helen Frankenthaler are exhibited for the first time, a contemporary Pollock and Co. and a pioneer of modern painting!
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Why "Helen Frankenthaler. Move and Make" is so worth seeing
Helen Frankenthaler, who was born in New York City on December 12, 1928, has received far too little attention for a long time. She already came to fame during her lifetime and immediately after studying art! The "Mountains and Sea" painting in 1952 in particular caused a sensation. The special feature: Helen Frankenthaler rolled out her canvas on the floor, sat on it and started directly on it with a very diluted color. By pouring it out of different buckets and distributing it by hand or a sponge. Revolutionary! This creates floating, translucent colored areas. This work was groundbreaking and influenced many artists.
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Helen Frankenthaler influenced the art of her time
The US artist mixed the art scene properly. While the "abstract expressionism" was mostly known for his wild brush strokes and strong emotions, Helen Frankenthaler took a different path: she worked with gentle, flowing colored areas that created a completely new mood. Together with her contemporaries Joan Mitchell, Grace Hartart, Elaine de Kooning (wife of Willem de Kooning) and Lee Krasner (wife of Jackson Pollock), she managed to change the male -dominated painting ice scene in New York in her early twenties. The artist was 83 years old.
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