Creative Book Club – “Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York” by Alexander Nemerov

Book: “Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York” by Alexander Nemerov
Facilitator: Rusty Lynn
Meeting Date: Saturday, November 18 from 10am-12pm
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Join us on Saturday, November 18 from 10am-12pm to discuss “Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York” by Alexander Nemerov.

The book is an in depth look at the life and loves of Helen Frankenthaler, who took the New York art scene by storm when she began to pour turpentine thinned paint onto her large canvas laid out on the floor of her studio on October 26,1952. The painting she made that day, “Mountains and Sea,” became the hallmark of her new, radical style of painting. An approach that was to become known as Color Field Painting. (You can see that painting at the National Gallery here in Washington, DC.) Helen had returned to NYC after graduating from Bennington in May 1950 with a desire to become a famous artist in the soon-to-be-center of the world’s art scene. The book’s primary focus is on what happened to Helen in the New York art scene in the 1950s.

The Creative Book Club meets on select Saturday mornings to discuss readings by a variety of authors. The club is free and open to all who are interested in keeping their creative muse flowing and connecting with other creative people. Future book selections will be announced on this website and in the Weekly eNews email in advance.

If you have questions, please contact our book club leader Rusty Lynn at rustylynn@earthlink.net.

Face masks are recommended inside the gallery.