LEE KRASNER 1908-1984 AMERICAN INK PAINTING OF ABSTRACT ON PAPER. Lee Krasner. Untitled 1938. Image only size 14 7/8in by 10 3/4in.

Provenance: Ralph Reilly Beverly Hills, CA.

Lee Krasner (American, 1908–1984) was a renowned Abstract Expressionist painter and an inspiration for many 20th century female artists. Krasner was born in Brooklyn, New York and studied at the Arts Students League, The Cooper Union, and the National Academy of Design; her career as a full-time artist took off during the Great Depression, when she worked as a painter for the WPA’s Federal Art Project in the 1930s. In 1937, Krasner began studying with renowned Modernist painter and teacher Hans Hoffman, and dramatically modified her style, moving away from naturalistic works towards an abstracted geometric aesthetic. In 1941, she first viewed Jackson Pollock’s work at an exhibition; having never heard of the artist before, she visited his studio and immediately recognized his talent. The two became romantically involved, married, and moved their studios to East Hampton, New York. Krasner continued working on her all-over compositions, inspired by Henri Matisse and Piet Mondrian’s grid paintings, and inventive collaged works, but she waited more than 10 years to receive significant critical recognition for her work amidst a male-dominated American art scene. During the late 1940s and 1950s, Pollock’s career took off significantly with Krasner’s constant support; his death in a car crash in 1955 following their rocky marriage served as a catalyst for a Krasner’s work. In paintings using organic forms and earthy tones, Krasner examined subjects surrounding life and death, and in later decades continued creating these forms, further defining their outlines to resemble her collaged works. Krasner died in 1984, at 76 years old, finally fully recognized as a distinguished Abstract artist in her own right. Her work has been exhibited in retrospectives at the Houston Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Modern Art and the Brooklyn Museum in New York, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among many other institutions.

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