“All my work keeps going like a pendulum; it seems to swing back to something I was involved with earlier, or it moves between horizontality and verticality, circularlity, or a composite of them. For me, I suppose, that change is the only constant.”
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
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
“Becoming is superior to being.”
“All our interior world is reality, and that, perhaps, more so than our apparent world.”
“I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full.”
“It is not our exalted feelings, it is our sentiments that build the necessary home.”
“If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.”