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Paul Klee

Thinking about the quality of the chroma in Helen’s work made me think of many of Paul’s watercolor and guache works. As a true Modernist and a gifted painter, his work has been a big influence.

More (images and words)

#paulklee

Helen was easily one of the most respected women artists in her time which was the middle of the last century, when she was the first to showcase the stain technique so many of her second generation peers utilized. If you’ve seen one of her better ones you know how absolutely breathtaking her work can be.

#helenfrankenthaler

Robert Natkin

I noticed when looking at Andrew’s newest on David Richard’s site that they also show work by Robert, who (while he is no longer with us) was established by the time I first became interested and in abstraction.

#robertnatkin

Maya Freelon

If you didn’t know of Maya already “yes” Triangle legends Nnenna and Phil Freelon are her parents (her brother is no slouch either). Walter gives her upcoming show at CAM Raleigh a shout out.

#mayafreelon

Raimund Girke

On the occasion of Gallery Weekend Berlin, Keweing has presented a selection of work by this “decisive pioneer of analytical painting, Girke’s position counts among the most important in German painting post-1945. In October he would have celebrated his 90th birthday.”

More (yes, his works makes me think of Robert Ryman also).

#raimundgirke

Andrew Huffman

has new work up at David Richard.

#andrewhuffman

Dorothy Fratt

Dorothy (who is no longer with us) made works which “are too rich to be minimal, too spare to be expressionist. They deal with color and expansive space, yet they are too gestured and incidented to be straight colorfield works. They are adventures in form dealing with color as an expressive agent rather than as a mere phenomenon.”

#dorothyfratt

Thomas Scheibitz

Artforum finds Thomas’s newest noteworthy.

#thomasscheibitz

Lee Krasner

The blog about Robert inspired me to look back into the last century. Regular readers know I often make Pinterest boards of artists as I’m looking at their work- here’s one of Lee’s work. I’ve always felt she got the lamest deal of any of the AbEx generation as her work is some of the strongest of the group. Here’s some quotes from her that help illustrate how she saw her place.

#leekrasner

Eric Louie

Boom notes that Louie’s latest work evokes a sense of strength and vigour– agree.

#ericlouie

Philip Guston

Since Philip has been in the news…

I’ve looked at Guston’s cartoonish paintings in the last year since the cubes I paint often take on a cartoonish quality- he was of course considered by many to be a first rate abstractionist for a time (and I would agree).

#philipguston

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Paul Klee

Helen Frankenthaler