Lee Krasner
Lee Krasner · Arts & Literature
Pioneering American Abstract Expressionist painter; a central figure of the New York School. Born to a Russian Jewish family in Brooklyn.
1908, Brooklyn, New York, USA — 1984, New York City, USA
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Lee Krasner is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Pioneering American Abstract Expressionist painter; a central figure of the New York School. Born to a Russian Jewish family in Brooklyn.
Lee Krasner was a pioneering American Abstract Expressionist painter and a central figure of the New York School, whose collages and gestural canvases are held by major museums worldwide. Born Lena Krassner to Russian Jewish immigrant parents in Brooklyn, she was one of the few women accorded a place among the first-generation Abstract Expressionists and later a rare woman to receive a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art.
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Pioneering American Abstract Expressionist painter; a central figure of the New York School. Born to a Russian Jewish family in Brooklyn.
Source: aish.com; Britannica
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