Artist

Lee Krasner

born New York City 1908-died New York City 1984
Also known as
  • Lenore Krasner
  • Lee Krasner Pollock
Born
New York, New York, United States
Died
New York, New York, United States
Active in
  • East Hampton, New York, United States
Biography

One of the first-generation Abstract Expressionists, and a painter whose considerable achievements have been recognized only recently, Lee Krasner was born in Brooklyn, New York. She received art training at Cooper Union, the Art Students League, and the National Academy of Design in New York. From 1933 to 1940 she studied with Hans Hofmann and was significantly influenced by her introduction to early twentieth-century European modernists such as Matisse, Picasso, and Mondrian. During the 1930s Krasner participated in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project. In 1945 Krasner married artist Jackson Pollock.

National Museum of American Art (CD-ROM) (New York and Washington D.C.: MacMillan Digital in cooperation with the National Museum of American Art, 1996)

Works by this artist (217 items)

Herman A. Webster, Le Moulin au Bord de l'Eau, 1926, etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Moune G.H. Webster, 1973.124.116
Le Moulin au Bord de l’Eau
Date1926
etching
Not on view
Herman A. Webster, Street Scene, etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Olin Dows, 1979.136.239
Street Scene
etching
Not on view
Herman A. Webster, Fin d'Une Belle Journee d'Automne, 1938, pencil and watercolor on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Moune G.H. Webster, 1973.124.89
Fin d’Une Belle Journee d’Automne
Date1938
pencil and watercolor on paper
Not on view
Herman A. Webster, Bird's-Eye View of Venice, 1933, pen and ink and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Moune G.H. Webster, 1973.124.55
Bird’s-Eye View of Venice
Date1933
pen and ink and pencil on paper
Not on view