Oral history interview with Helen Frankenthaler
name: label: Interviewee
content: Frankenthaler, Helen, 1928-2011
label: Interviewer
content: Rose, Barbara
label: Names
content: Bennington College
label: Names
content: De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997
label: Names
content: Dzubas, Friedel, 1915-1994
label: Names
content: Feeley, Paul, 1910-1966
label: Names
content: Greenberg, Clement, 1909-1994
label: Names
content: Hartigan, Grace
label: Names
content: Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
label: Names
content: Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944
label: Names
content: Motherwell, Robert
label: Names
content: Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973
label: Names
content: Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956
label: Names
content: Tamayo, Rufino, 1899-1991
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painting -- Technique
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Frankenthaler, Helen, 1928-2011
label: Interviewer
content: Rose, Barbara
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Helen Frankenthaler (1928- 2011) was a painter from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 7 in.)
label: Extent
content: 41 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.franke69
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Helen Frankenthaler conducted 1968, by Barbara Rose, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Frankenthaler speaks of studying art at Bennington College with Paul Feeley; the influence of Picasso and Kandinsky on her work; Clement Greenberg and his relationship with Frankenthaler and other artists; studying with Hans Hofmann and Rufino Tamayo; her childhood; meeting Robert Motherwell; the New York School; and Jackson Pollock, his paintings, technique, and influence on her. She also describes her technique, painting on the floor, titles, and color versus drawing. Frankenthaler recalls Grace Hartigan, Friedel Dzubas, Willem de Kooning, and others.