Helen Frankenthaler
Biography
Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) was an American abstract expressionist painter. She was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting. By the time of her death, she had exhibited her work for over six decades.
Known For & Full Filmography5 Titles
Movie - 1973, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Painters Painting: The New York Art Scene 1940-1970 is a 1972 documentary directed by Emile de Antonio. It covers American art movements from abstract expressionism to pop art through conversations with artists in their studios. Artists appearing in the film include Willem de Kooning, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Helen Frankenthaler, Frank Stella, Barnett Newman, Hans Hofmann, Jules Olitski, Philip Pavia, Larry Poons, Robert Motherwell, and Kenneth Noland.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Künstlerin
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2006, 2h 15m • as Self (archive footage)
Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Henry Geldzahler reflects on the 1960s pop art scene in New York.
Movie - 1972, 2h 15m • as Self
During this critical decade in American life, artists built on the styles of the 1950s. An explosion of artistic energy produced Pop Art, Minimalism, color-field painting, and hard-edged abstraction. Sculptors and painters on both coasts explored new methods and new subject matter. American Art in the Sixties examines the key figures of that decade including Rauschenberg and Johns, two crucial transitional figures between Abstract Expressionism and the sensibilities of the new decade. The art of that time mirrors the optimism and the affluence, and the technology and the vulgarity of those boom years.
Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • as Self
A 30-minute film about Helen Frankenthaler, who invented the stained canvas at the age of 24 and influenced a whole generation of "color field" painters.