In the book "Lee Krasner: A Lenore "Lee" Krasner (born Lena Krassner; October 27, – June 19, ) was an American painter and visual artist active primarily in New York whose work has been associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement.
Gail Levin redresses the Lee Krasner (born October 27, , Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died June 19, , New York City) was an American painter recognized for her unique contribution to Abstract Expressionism. Krasner was the sixth of seven children of Jewish emigrants from Odessa, Russia (now Ukraine).
Perhaps best known as the Lee Krasner was born October 27, , in Brooklyn, New York. In , the WPA hired her to paint murals. From to , she studied under Hans Hoffmann. She married fellow artist.
Abstract painter and collage artist An ambitious and important artist in New York City during Abstract Expressionism 's heyday, Lee Krasner's own career often was compromised by her role as supportive wife to Jackson Pollock, arguably the most significant postwar American painter, as well as by the male-dominated art world.
Lenore "Lee" Krasner was Lee Krasner (born Lena Krassner; October 27, –June 19, ), an American painter of Russian-Jewish descent, was a pioneering Abstract Expressionist of the New York School. For decades, her reputation was overshadowed by that of her late husband, painter Jackson Pollock, whose superstardom and tragic death distracted from her own career.
Perhaps best known as the long-suffering In Lee Krasner, author Gail Levin gives us an engrossing biography of the painter—so memorably portrayed in the movie Pollack by actor Marcia Gay Harden, who won an Academy Award for her performance—a firebrand and trailblazer for women’s rights as well as an exceptional artist who led a truly fascinating life.
Krasner, a pioneer of abstract She survived the tragic death of her famous husband Jackson Pollock, sexism in the art world, and a challenging childhood, as the daughter of working-class Jewish immigrants from Russia. She was strong, independent, inventive, and direct.
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Lee Krasner is best known as the artist-wife of Jackson Pollock, the renowned abstract expressionist painter. Yet in this riveting biography, the first full-length account of her colorful life, Krasner emerges as a significant artist who deserves her place in the twentieth century's cultural lexicon.