Helen FrankenthalerEstados Unidos, 1928–2011Rio Grande
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¿Dónde está «Rio Grande» hoy? Instituto de Artes de Mineápolis, G371, Minneapolis. Sí, expuesta ahora. Comprobado 29 de septiembre de 2026.
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Closely identified with the second generation of Abstract Expressionists, Frankenthaler invariably used the basic visual elements of color and pictorial space as a means to achieve an emotional resonance in her non-objective compositions. Her innovative technique of pouring diluted paint directly on unprimed canvas-known as stain painting-was her signature style. This act of pouring became a literal metaphor for larger concepts like nature. Using line, color and texture, her aim is always to make beautiful works that evoke deeper emotions. In Rio Grande, 1987, Frankenthaler chose vivid blues and a muddied red punctuated by gesture marks.
Instituto de Artes de Mineápolis
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- Número de inventario
- 2018.104.5
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- Instituto de Artes de Mineápolis
- Imagen: Instituto de Artes de Mineápolis — © Estate of Helen Frankenthaler / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
En la vida de Helen Frankenthaler
La vida entera1985–1992
The National Council on the Arts
From 1985 to 1992 she serves, as a presidential appointee, on the National Council on the Arts, which advises the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.
1986
The New York City Mayor’s Award for Arts and Culture
She receives the New York City Mayor’s Award of Honor for Arts and Culture.
1989
A New York Times commentary on NEA funding
In a commentary for The New York Times she writes that censorship and government interference in the directions and standards of art are dangerous and not part of the democratic process, while controversial grants to Andres Serrano, Robert Mapplethorpe and others reflect a trend of supporting work of increasingly dubious quality. She thus takes a highly public stance in the late-1980s “culture wars”.
1989–1990
Painting retrospective: Fort Worth and MoMA
The retrospective “Helen Frankenthaler: a Painting Retrospective” opens at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (1989–90) and then travels to the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Arts.
