
Helen FrankenthalerVereinigte Staaten, 1928–2011Darf man es sehen?
Washington, D.C., Vereinigte Staaten
Es gehört zur Sammlung, ist derzeit aber nicht ausgestellt.
1959
First Prize at the Paris Biennial
She receives First Prize for Painting at the first Paris Biennial.
11. Juli 1959 – 11. Oktober 1959
Exhibition: Documenta II
1960
First museum retrospective at the Jewish Museum
A retrospective of her work of the 1950s at the Jewish Museum is her first major museum show; the catalogue is written by the critic and poet Frank O’Hara, a curator at the Museum of Modern Art.
1960
Her work is described as “colour field painting”
In 1960 the term “colour field painting” is used to describe Frankenthaler’s work: large areas of colour on the canvas, hues similar in tone or intensity, large formats and simplified compositions.
1963
A switch to acrylic paints
From 1963 she uses acrylic paints rather than oils, because they allow for both opacity and sharpness on the canvas.