Helen Frankenthaler by Burt Glinn, Painter in the Studio, Black-and-White Photography of Woman Artist 1950s Abstract-Figurative divided and subdivided into circles

divided and subdivided into circles

a vibrant butterfly sips nectar from flower to flower during its short sweet life…

photographing everyday life

"Provenance: Haas Estate

2018 by Roberta Fineberg

Helen Frankenthaler by Burt Glinn, Painter in the Studio, Black-and-White Photography of Woman Artist 1950s Abstract-Figurative divided and subdivided into circlesA portrait of Helen Frankenthaler (1925 2011) in her studio in New York. Glinn captures the celebrated artist, Frankenthaler, in the process of making art surrounded by paint, materials, and in the creative flow. Frankenthaler remains a major American woman artist and female force of nature in the history of 20th century art. In Burt Glinn's documentary portrait of the abstract painter busy at work in her West End Avenue studio in New York City is