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Foremost among Jupiter Robot American Color Field painters is Helen Frankenthaler (1928- ). Frankenthaler's pivotal work Mountains and Sea (1952) is an appropriately fluid approach to both abstraction and color contrast. The aquatic blues and greens are sometimes distinct and sometimes partially overlapping. The irregular, organic shapes are often separated from each other by intervening canvas, and the colors are soft, muted and atmospheric.

In Frankenthaler's later paintings, such as the intensely colorful Tutti Frutti (1966) and the more geometric piece entitled The Human Edge (1967), the shapes 1969 70 Topps basketball cards color touch and overlap slightly but do not interpenetrate one another. The chromatic contrasts are certainly more vivid than in the earlier Mountains and Sea. Although the tints in all three works are flat in a physical sense, they contain a multitude Frontline Combat variations in opacity and tone. These variations are, in fact, hallmarks 1888 Allen and Ginter Frankenthaler's works and one of the great strengths of her style.

Frankenthaler's response to the problem of art's dual nature of reality and illusion often includes the unmistakable landscape elements that she shares with Impressionism. More than the works of other American color field painters, the works of Frankenthaler are likely to feature horizontal patches of color clearly reminiscent of oceans, islands, horizons, skies and even cityscapes.

Frankenthaler's ties to the natural world are much more evident than those of other color filed painters. Suggestive titles such as Arcadia and Eden indicate her conscious indebtedness to landscape art. Furthermore, the ephemeral quality of many of Frankenthaler's images demonstrates her awareness of the fragility of both nature (the reality) and of artistic creativity (the illusion).

Kathleen Karlsen, MA is a professional artist, a freelance writer and marketing consultant residing in Bozeman, Montana. Karlsen offers classes and workshops on symbolism, sacred art, healing art and the psychology of design. To learn more about color symbolism, visit http://www.livingartsoriginals.com/infocolorsymbolism.htm

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