Where to See Lee Krasner

Lee Krasner's art can be viewed in several public collections. Many are in the United States, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Her work is also held at the Whitney Museum of American Art^[3], also in New York. Other US locations include the National Gallery of Art^[4] and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (part of the Smithsonian Institution) in Washington, DC, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Outside the US, Krasner's work can be seen at the Tate Gallery in London, the Musee National d'Art Moderne (Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou) in Paris, and the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. These museums hold paintings, drawings, and other works that span Krasner's career. Availability of specific pieces on display may vary, so checking museum websites is advisable.

Lee Krasner's works can be seen at National Gallery of Art^[4], Prints in the National Gallery of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and 2 other museums worldwide.

Lee Krasner, born Lena Krassner (1908-1984), produced a limited number of prints, particularly later in her career. Although she is better known for her paintings, her explorations in printmaking offer insight into her artistic practice. Krasner engaged with printmaking at various points, often collaborating with workshops and printers. These collaborations allowed her to translate her abstract expressionist style into media such as lithography and screen printing. "Shattered Colour" (1976) is a screen print that demonstrates her use of bold forms and dynamic composition. Her prints often echo themes and motifs found in her paintings, including biomorphic shapes and energetic lines. Krasner used printmaking to revisit and reinterpret earlier ideas, sometimes creating variations on existing compositions. The prints are not mere reproductions; they are original works that explore the possibilities of the medium. Collectors value her prints for their connection to her larger body of work and their unique qualities as limited edition pieces.

Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock became a couple during the 1940s.

Lee Krasner (born Lenore Krassner in Brooklyn, New York, 1908) experimented with a range of media and approaches throughout her career. She studied at the Women's Art School of Cooper Union, the Art Students League, and the National Academy of Design. She also studied with Hans Hofmann from 1937 to 1940. Krasner engaged with Cubism early in her career; Hofmann taught his students an academic version of the style, using observed forms toward abstracted surfaces. Later, she absorbed the 'action' moment of Surrealism that emerged in New York in the 1940s. Krasner worked in media including oil paint and collage. From 1953 to 1955, she explored collage. In 1959, she completed two mosaic murals for the Uris building at 2 Broadway in New York. In 1976, she made 'Past Continuous', a collage on canvas composed of three panels.

It is difficult to name only one work as Lee Krasner's most famous, as her practice was wide-ranging. Krasner's art is difficult to categorise, but her work is associated with Abstract Expressionism. She was a virtuoso of colour and line, and she explored diverse media, including collage and mosaic. After Krasner and Jackson Pollock married in 1945, they lived in Springs, Long Island. There, Krasner used a bedroom as a studio, where she created her Little Image series. This group of 31 paintings celebrate painting itself as a basic means of communication. One such work, *Composition*, dates to 1949. Krasner worked with her canvas flat on a table, applying pigment with sticks and palette knives, sometimes straight from the tube. She created small, roughly geometric, hieroglyphic-like shapes. Another painting, *Milkweed* (1955), is held by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, New York. *Night Creatures* (1965) is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and *Gaea* (1966) is at the Museum of Modern Art^[6], New York.

Lee Krasner (born Lenore Krassner in Brooklyn, 1908) was an abstract expressionist painter known for her constantly evolving style. She studied at the Women's Art School of Cooper Union, the Art Students League, and the National Academy of Design before participating in New Deal art projects during the early 1930s. From 1937 to 1940, Krasner studied at the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts and exhibited with the American Abstract Artists in New York in 1940. Krasner's work is difficult to categorise, but it is imbued with gestural painting, colour, and line. She explored diverse media, including collage and mosaic. In the late 1940s, she painted her 'Little Image' series flat on a table, applying pigment with sticks, palette knives, and straight from the tube to create geometric shapes. Krasner refused a signature style, constantly questioning her practice, experimenting, and moving abstract painting in new directions. A major retrospective opened in 1965 at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London.

Lee Krasner was aware of the sexism within Abstract Expressionism, where she felt she was considered a 'dame' even though she was a painter.