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Lee Krasner
Creating constantly evolving abstract paintings, from Little Images to monumental canvases.
Little Images · Milkweed
- Born
- 27 October 1908
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Died
- 19 June 1984
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Lee Krasner
American Abstract Expressionist whose work combined disciplined composition with sweeping gestures and continual reinvention.
Early life
Brooklyn childhood
Born to Jewish immigrant parents and decided early to pursue art.
Formal training
Studied at Cooper Union and the National Academy of Design before taking classes with Hans Hofmann.
Career
- 1930s
Training and public art
Worked on government art programmes and absorbed modernist approaches.
- 1940s–1950s
Independent abstraction
Developed tightly patterned paintings and later collages made from reworked material.
- Late 1950s–1980s
Expanding scale
Produced large gestural canvases and gained wider recognition through exhibitions.
Selected work
Little Images
Intimate abstractions built from densely repeated marks.
Milkweed
A collage painting combining fragments into a newly organised surface.
The Seasons
A large painting whose intertwined forms suggest organic growth.
Beyond work
Marriage and advocacy
Married Jackson Pollock and later worked to preserve his artistic legacy.
Reworking earlier art
Cut up and reused earlier paintings and drawings as material for new compositions.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and references ↗Biography and contributions ↗Photo: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
