Helen Frankenthaler

Born in New York City in 1928, Helen Frankenthaler was a pivotal figure in postwar American art. Coming from a cultured and progressive family, she received a strong education, studying under Rufino Tamayo and Paul Feeley, and later with Hans Hofmann. Her early career was deeply intertwined with the New York art scene, particularly through her relationship with critic Clement Greenberg, who introduced her to key figures like Jackson Pollock. Seeing Pollock's work in 1950 was…