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Helen Frankenthaler

Helen Frankenthaler. Tissue Paper Bleed. Meet the Artist. Born in 1928 in New York City. She is still alive today. She had a lot of money growing up. Got to study in Mexico. Her Inspiration. She met famous artist Jackson Pollack He was her inspiration Abstract Impressionism

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Helen Frankenthaler

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  1. Helen Frankenthaler Tissue Paper Bleed

  2. Meet the Artist • Born in 1928 in New York City. • She is still alive today. • She had a lot of money growing up. • Got to study in Mexico.

  3. Her Inspiration • She met famous artist Jackson Pollack • He was her inspiration • Abstract Impressionism • Splatter Art

  4. Her Painting Style • She invented “soak and stain” method. • She would pour the paint onto the canvas instead of using a brush and leave the splatter marks and drips to show the process of her work. “Smalls Paradise” – About a Jazz bar in Harlem. Do you feel like you are swimming in the painting? Do you feel like you are in a jazz club or a garden?

  5. Can you see how the paint was poured onto the canvas and allowed to soak in?

  6. Vocabulary • Abstract Expressionism • Abstract means there are no recognizable, natural shapes in the artwork • Expressionism means that the artist was trying to “express” his or her feelings by the way that they painted. “A Pink Lady” – What was she trying to express in this painting?

  7. Vocabulary • Shapes • Non Objective • Art that is purely an arrangement of line, color, shape, form or texture and that does not show any recognizable person, place or thing.

  8. “Seeing the Moon” What colors do you see? What shapes do you see? How does this make you feel? Do you see the moon?

  9. “Mirabelle” What is the first thing you think of when you look at this painting? Where did she pour paint?

  10. “Blue Atmosphere” What colors do you see? Why do you think she called it Blue Atmosphere?

  11. What would you call these paintings?

  12. Look how big her paintings are!!!

  13. Look how big her paintings are!!!

  14. Today’s Lesson – Step 1 • Select an abstract idea or emotion and write it down • Energy • Freedom • Confusion • Happiness or Sadness • Anger • Love • Play

  15. Today’s Lesson – Step 2 • Wet your constructions paper lightly • DON’T USE TOO MUCH WATER • Lay colors of tissue paper that show the emotion or abstract idea you picked on the construction paper • Overlap the tissue paper • Arrange them so they represent your abstract idea • Paint over the tissue paper lightly with water • Wait a few minutes • Remove the tissue paper and see how the colors bleed.

  16. Lesson Example

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