Lee Krasner

A prominent artist of the Abstract Impressionist movement, Lee Krasner was born on October 27, 1908, in Brooklyn. She attended the Women’s Art School at Cooper Union and the National Academy of Design. She also studied under artist Hans Hoffman. In the 1930’s she worked for the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project in the mural division which influenced the large scale works of her later career. A central figure in the New York Art world, she met Jackson Pollock in 1942. In 1945, the couple were married and moved out to East Hampton where she developed her Little Image paintings. After Pollock’s death in 1956, the energy and scale of Krasner’s work expanded. This same year, she had her first solo exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery in London. She continued to champion Pollock’s work for the rest of her life. Her own work continued to develop, and she never kept the same aesthetic for long. She died on June 19, 1984, a few months before her retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. Her works are included in many prominent institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, the Tate Gallery, the National Gallery and the Art Institute of Chicago.

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