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Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928–2011). Tutti-Fruitti, 1966. Acrylic on canvas, 116 3/4 x 69 inches (296.6 x 175.3 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1976 (K1976:8). © Estate of Helen Frankenthaler / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Tutti-Fruitti. Helen Frankenthaler. Date: 1966. Color Field Painting Lyrical Abstraction. abstract. acrylic canvas. Location: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, US. Dimensions: 296 x 175 cm. Share: Tags: Orange. Helen Frankenthaler. Famous works. View all 141 artworks. Added: 27 Mar, 2024.
- Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, US
View all 141 artworks. Helen Frankenthaler lived in the XX – XXI cent., a remarkable figure of American Abstract Expressionism and Post-Painterly Abstraction. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
- American
- December 12, 1928
- Manhattan, New York, United States
- December 27, 2011
- Mountains and Sea | Helen Frankenthaler
- East and Beyond
- Aerie | Helen Frankenthaler
- Canyon
- Savage Breeze | Helen Frankenthaler
- Desert Pass
- Essence Mulberry
- Madame Butterfly
- Tutti Frutti
- The Bay | Helen Frankenthaler
Mountains and Sea, Frankenthaler’s first piece of commercially exhibited art, was created in 1952 when she was 23 years old. Additionally, it was her first piece of art using the soak-stain process. Even though the paintingonly has features that imply a scene at the seashore, with strokes of blue and green sections, it was named after the coastal c...
Suggested by Tatyana Grosman, Helen Frankenthaler tries her hand at making woodcuts, the oldest form of printmaking. Frankenthaler adopted the method of the Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch without any prior training. To create the woodcut, Munch joins many pieces of inked wood and prints the design in one pass. To create this woodcut, Frankent...
This artwork was produced two years before Frankenthaler passed away. It is the 1995 artwork with the same title that served as the inspiration for this screenprint. It is a great illustration of her enthusiasm and shows her love of vibrant colours and poetic art. For the tiny variations in colour intensity, Frankenthaler utilized nearly 90 screens...
The canyon displays the landscape‘s topographic elements. This piece of art is a classic colour field paintingfrom 1965. Acrylic paints were poured and applied in various patterns onto an unprimed canvas to make it. Frankenthaler let the orange and red colours run across the canvas. The top of the picture is allowed to just breathe thanks to the gr...
Together with the Long Island printing workshop, ULAE (universal limited art editions), this woodcut was created. Frankenthaler carved tiny sheets of plywood into forms that she then individually inked. Instead of being carved, Savage Breeze seems to be painted. This shows a flat area above the mountains. Frankenthaler worked hard to replicate the ...
The Desert Pass was made in 1976 by Helen Frankenthaler and is now housed at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Its warm brown and sandy golden hues, which were inspired by her trip to Arizona, invite you to think of the southwest. The greenish-blue tones indicate the hue of the cactus, while the yellow-gold tones imitate the sand, giving you a c...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s hand-printed prints from the 15th century and a mulberry tree outside Kenneth Tyler’s printing studio in New York Cityserved as inspiration for Frankenthaler. The essence of mulberry differs significantly from other woodcuts produced in the current age. Mulberry juice improved the quality of the paintings and increa...
The Madam Butterfly, designed in 2000, is a work of enchantment and beauty. This intricate piece, which was created in conjunction with Tyler Graphics as the final project, has 46 woodblocks, 106 colours, and a length of 6 feet. Frankenthaler acquired the Japanese ukiyo-e printing method while visiting Kyoto, and she utilized it to create Madame Bu...
One of Helen Frankenthaler’s works that shows the clash of many vibrant hues is titled Tutti frutti. It was given the name of a fruit-flavoured ice cream treat. This piece of art is the ideal illustration of Frankenthaler’s appreciation of fluidity in painting and his emphasis on organic, rounded shapes. It was painted on canvas in 1966 using acryl...
Looking at the blue hues, the bay highlights the colours and shapes while evoking a sense of radiance and spontaneity. The colours used here convey emotions and reactions, much as in her previous worksof art. The 1966 Venice Biennale chose this piece of art for the American pavilion. If you examine the artwork carefully, you will see that the way t...
About. This painting is exemplary of Helen Frankenthaler’s love of fluidity and her departure from centered compositions and towards more organic, rounded forms. In the 1960s, she began to experiment with her “soak-stain” technique, inspired by Jason Pollock, by thinning her oil paint with turpentine before applying it directly to a blank ...
Abstract painting. Notable work. Mountains and Sea. Movement. Abstract expressionism, color field painting, lyrical abstraction. Helen Frankenthaler (December 12, 1928 – December 27, 2011) was an American abstract expressionist painter. She was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting.
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May 22, 2021 · Tutti-Fruitti by Helen Frankenthaler, 1966, via Albright-Knox, Buffalo. Helen Frankenthaler’s most recognized contribution to painting is the “soak-stain” technique, whereby thinned paint is applied to unprimed canvas, resulting in the organic, flowing fields of color which define her mature work.
