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“I think my painting is so autobiographical if anyone can take the trouble to read it.”

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This comprehensive biography delves into the life of Lee Krasner, focusing on her artistic achievements, her relationship with Jackson Pollock, and her impact on modern art. The narrative covers her early years, her development as an artist, and her role in the Abstract Expressionist movement. more

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Lee Krasner

Lee Krasner, an American artist born on October 27, 1908, and died on June 19, 1984. She is renowned for her unique abstract expressionist style and is considered one of the most important female artists of the 20th century. She was married to Jackson Pollock and her art career began in the 1930s. more

“I went into my own black-out period which lasted two or three years where the canvases would simply build up until they'd get like stone and it was always just a gray mess. The image wouldn't emerge, but I worked pretty regularly. I was fighting to find I knew not what, but I could no longer stay with what I had.”

Years Two Fighting Three Black My Own Periods Stones Mess Gray Three Years

Author:Lee Krasner

“I think every once in a while I feel the need to break my medium... if I have been doing a very large painting I like to drop into something in small scale. It is a challenge to go into this size. It is just to hold my own interest, and then each media has its own conditions.”

Ifs Thinking Needs Feels Has Beens Interest Challenges My Own Break Conditions Media Painting Size Scales Mediums

Author:Lee Krasner

“God made the integers, man made the rest.”

Men Made Integers

Author:Leopold Kronecker

“You can grow grapes in almost any part of the world. You just have to develop your palate enough to realize wine is an expression of the place where you make it. You don't have to take over the world; just be an artist and express your area.”

World Enough Artist Grows Realizing Expression Areas Wine Grapes Palate

Author:Maynard James Keenan