Between the late 1940 and the mid 1950s, krasners work was to go through several experimental and transitional phases. Working in oil on canvas, ink on paper, and mixedmedia collage, krasner produced works characterized by a sensuous painterly style, her largescales collages often formed from the artists own cutup paintings and drawings. Born lenore krassner, lee krasner decided at an early age that she wanted to be an artist. See more ideas about lee krasner, abstract expressionism and abstract. Lee krasner american abstract expressionist painter, 19081984 guide to pictures of works by lee krasner in art museum sites and image archives worldwide. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Abstract expressionism is a postworld war ii art movement in american painting, developed in new york in the 1940s. Signed lee krasner 19081984, american on the lower right corner. View upcoming auction estimates and receive personalized email alerts for the artists you follow. Composition comes from lee krasners breakthrough series of little image paintings of the late 1940s. Lee krasner artist, fine art prices, auction records for. Mccormick gallery in chicago, which has represented the artist for. Lee krasner painted her massive, tempestuous umber paintings during.
Krasner was highly influenced by the opening of the museum of modern art in 1929. See available prints and multiples, paintings, and works on paper for sale and learn about the artist. Lee krasner wikipedia lee krasner pollock krasner house. My first experience of lee krasner came through the film pollock, a biographical drama about krasners husband and fellow artist, jackson pollock. In 1991, the story of the crazy and fruitful in terms of painting marriage of two artists brought the pulitzer prize to writers steven naifeh and gregory white smith for their book jackson pollock. In the postwar years the focus shifted to myth or inward to a deeply personal realm. Choose your favorite lee krasner designs and purchase them as wall art, home decor, phone cases, tote bags, and more. Shop for lee krasner art from the world s greatest living artists.
My painting is so biographical, if anyone can take the trouble to read it lee krasner quoted in anne middleton wagner, three artists three women. She began her art studies at the the cooper union for the advancement of science and art in manhattan and the national academy museum and school both in new york city in the 1930s. Untitled is part of a series from the late 1940s called little images. Modernism and the art of hesse, krasner, and okeefe, p. And in 2000, based on the book, actor ed harris directed a feature film pollock with himself in. If you would like to reproduce an image of a work of art in momas collection, or an image of a moma publication or archival material including installation views, checklists, and press releases, please contact art resource publication in north america or scala archives publication in. Krasner made these paintingsnone larger than three feetwhile working on a tabletop in her bedroom. Lee krasner was an influential american abstract expressionist painter in the second half of the 20th century.
Lee krasner 19081984 untitled 1940s, paintings christies. Lee krasners skepticism and her emergent postmodernism jstor. Lenore lee krassner october 27, 1908 june 19, 1984 was an american abstract expressionist painter in the second half of the 20th century. Lee krasner never took the easy way out not in life, not in art. Born in brooklyn, new york, to a russian orthodox jewish family, krasner pursued formal art training at several new york city institutions and also studied with. She always did her homework, adored the teacher, and never forgot a thing. This painting belongs to a series from the late 1940s that krasner called. If you would like to reproduce an image of a work of art in momas collection, or an image of a moma publication or archival material including installation views, checklists, and press releases, please contact art resource publication in north america or scala archives publication in all other geographic locations. On october 25, 1945, she married artist jackson pollock mehr anzeigen. See more ideas about lee krasner, abstract expressionism and jackson pollock.
A fascinating catalog essay, by lisa saltzman, mentions world war ii. For this work she used repetitive strokes to apply thick paint, often squeezed straight from the tube. This painting belongs to a series from the late 1940s that krasner called little. See available prints and multiples, paintings, and. Untitled still life grey ground, circa 1940 1943 oil on canvas 29. Everyone knew a girl like that back in fourth grade. Painter mary abbott, a fixture of new yorks abstract expressionist.
Lee krasner 23 artworks painting visual art encyclopedia. Composition 194043 smithsonian american art museum, washington dc. Lenore lee krasner born lena krassner on october 27, 1908 june 19, 1984 was an american abstract expressionist painter, with a strong speciality in collage, who was married to jackson pollock. Corcoran gallery of art 11 jan 1975 16 feb 1975 pennyslvania state university museum of art 26 mar 1975 27 apr 1975 rose art museum 17 sep 1975 26 oct 1975 lee krasner.
Seated nude was created in 1940 by lee krasner in abstract expressionism style. A major figure among 20thcentury new york abstract painters, lee krasner became an acknowledged leader of the abstract expressionists. Later, as one of the few female painters in the aggressively male circle of abstract expressionists. She attended several prestigious new york art schools in the late 1920s, and it was through study with modernist hans hofmann that krasner developed her unique abstract style. She was neither an art world groupie nor an aspirant painter who hoped to further herself by association with. Lee krasner, circa 1940, with one of her paintings. Robert hobbs book on lee krasner is an excellent introduction to the life and work of this important artist. What others are saying untitled from the little image series lee krasner american, oil on composition board, 48 x x cm lenore lee krassner october 1908 june was an american abstract expressionist painter in the second half of the century. Born lena krassner in 1908, brooklyn, she was the daughter of russianjewish immigrants. Paintings by lee krasner can be seen in many of the best art museums throughout the world. Lee krasner was an influential american abstract expressionist painter in the. She is one of the few female artists to have had a retrospective show at the museum of modern art.
Despite her centrality to the new york school and her friendship with many leading figures in the new york art world of the 1940s and 50s, it would take a number. It begins with the beautiful little paintings that lee krasner made in the late 1940 s. Paul kasmin gallery also specializes in representing artist estates. On october she married artist jackson pollock, who was also influential in the abstract expressionism movement. Following were the crucial years with hans hoffman, where krasner learned about cubism. Krasners and mitchells greatest passion, the art of painting, is a profoundly. In 1940, during a walkthrough of the fifth annual american abstract. The museum of fine arts, houston 28 nov 1983 08 jan 1984. Untitled, by lee krasner, gouache on mat board, 10 by inches, circa 1942, courtesy robert miller gallery, new york.
Lee krasner, untitled 1940, oil on canvas, 30 x 25. Lee krasner was a major figure in the american abstract expressionist movement and the wife of jackson pollock. Abstract expressionism learn more lee krasner untitled. Find art you love and shop highquality art prints, photographs, framed artworks and posters at. On october 25, 1945, she married artist jackson pollock, who was also influential in the abstract expressionism movement. Lee krasner untitled, 1940 x cm abstract painters, abstract art, lee krasner.
Krasner wanted the struggle of painting to be visible in the pictures, and it is. However, as the wife of jackson pollock, who emerged as the leading figure of that period, she was overshadowed by his accomplishments, and her reputation as an artist did not take hold until a decade after his death in 1956. Abstract expressionist painter mary abbott, known for her colorful canvases. Krasnerthe wife of jackson pollock, one of the most celebrated artists in the postwar periodworked the canvas flat on a table, applying pigments with sticks. Although there was much crosspollination between their two styles, the relationship somewhat overshadowed her contribution for some time. The boundarypushing painter lee krasner left behind wisdom on the. Lee krasner moved to springs in east hampton in 1945, where, influenced in part by the gestural frenzy that was taking shape in her husband jackson pollocks converted barnstudio nearby, krasner undertook a series of modestly formatted works that were executed on her table or floor in her tiny second floor bedroom, in a vigorous attempt to get away from an easel esthetic. Looking back on krasners collage work, the art critic clement greenberg commented that, in employing this technique, krasner had made a major contribution to the. Lee krasner, untitled mural study, 1940, gouache on paper, 17 x 22 inches, 43. The emotionally charged paintings lee krasner created after.
Lee lenore krasner paintings for sale lee lenore krasner. Lee krasner, untitled, 1949, oil on composition board, 121. All lee krasner artwork ships within 48 hours and includes a 30day moneyback guarantee. This is so good, you would not know it was done by a woman. Born lena krasner in brooklyn, new york, lee krasner came to be known as one of the most influential american abstract expressionist of her time. Sep 01, 1995 in the house, on the other hand, krasner takes over. I am so excited to share a book that has deeply inspired me recently.
Lee krasner mural studies kasmin gallery is committed to. Art the easiest way to buy and sell art online safely. Through six decades devoted to art, she continually explored innovative approaches to painting and collage. Pollock either didnt catch on to the artworld developments that surrounded him or incorporated. Krasner was the sixth of seven children of jewish emigrants from odessa, russia now ukraine.
Mar 28, 2019 lee krasner american abstract oil on canvas oil on canvas, framed. Krasnerthe wife of jackson pollock, one of the most celebrated artists in the postwar periodworked the canvas flat on a table, applying pigments with sticks and palette knives or straight from the tube. Working in oil on canvas, ink on paper, and mixedmedia collage, krasner produced works characterized by a sensuous painterly style, her largescales collages. Meticulously crafted and intimately scaled, it reflects her deft control of innovative, unorthodox painting methods. Artwork by lee krasner white squares, 1948 artstack. It has made too many over the years see her, wrongly, as a follower rather than creator. Lee krasner at the smithsonian archives of american art, washington d. In addition to her renown as the wife of iconic american painter jackson pollock, she was an important member of the abstract expressionist movement. When she was she decided to become an artist and was admitted on her second application to washington. Find more prominent pieces of abstract at best visual art database. The emotionally charged paintings lee krasner created.
Lee krasner from the depths of despair to the height of her career duration. Lee krasner, buro 247 the emotionally charged paintings lee krasner created. After she quit, she joined in 1940 the american abstract artists. By the standards of the new york school an umbrella term for post world war ii american abstract artists, untitled is a relatively small workvertically oriented and consisting of tightly painted, gridded crescents of black and white paint with flecks of vibrant color, it measures 48 x 37 inches. Lee krasner, american painter recognized for her unique contribution to abstract expressionism. Painter hans hofmann to his student lee krasner, in 1937 in 1951, life magazine published a celebrated photograph of the irascibles, eighteen artists who protested the metropolitan museum of arts refusal to exhibit modern art. Lee krasner american abstract oil on canvas oil on canvas, framed. Krasner made these paintings none larger than three feetwhile working on a tabletop in her bedroom. All men and women are shaped by the world in which they live, and it remains unclear to. Lee krasner and norman lewis at the jewish museum the new. The seasons 1957 whitney museum of american art, new york. The rich, revealing, and thrilling story of five women whose li. Lee krasner was a renowned american abstract expressionist painter. This photograph defined the new york school of artists, a group committed to stretching the.
Same as look inside, except that the entire book is scanned in, and. Lee krasner was one of the first generation abstract expressionist painters. Lee krasner untitled, lee krasner was an influential american abstract expressionist painter in the second half of the century. It begins with the beautiful little paintings that lee krasner made in the late 1940s. Lee krasner at the brooklyn museum the brooklyn rail.
Art brokerage is the first online fine art brokerage. They knew her, if at all, as jackson pollocks wife. Lenore lee krasner was an american abstract expressionist painter, with a strong speciality. Dec 17, 2008 lee krasner from the depths of despair to the height of her career duration. Untitled is part of a late 1940s series called little images, none larger than three feet, that krasner made on a tabletop in her bedroom. To make this work, she applied thick paint using repetitive strokes, often squeezing paint straight out of the tube. This compelling account of the life of an incredibly talented and influential painter of the 20th century delves deeply into events and issues that changed the art world forever.
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