Wonder Women Wednesday #3

Blue and Black, 1951-1953

oil on canvas

Lee Krasner (1908-1984) is an American artist who was born to Russian Jewish immigrants in Brooklyn, New York.  She studied art at the Women's Art School of the Cooper Union, Art Students League, National Academy of Design and the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts.  It took some time for Lee to find her own voice through art due to the fact that she was also nurturing the career of Jackson Pollock, her husband.

Upon Jackson's death Lee continued to grow as an artist, changing her style of art and exhibiting widely.  It is artists like Lee Krasner who have helped pave the way for other female artists.  In 1972 Lee picketed with others at the Museum of Modern Art due to the lack of representation of female artists.  In 1978 she was the only female artist included in Abstract Expressionism: The Formative Years held by the Whitney Museum of American Art.

"Survivor. Yes, I think that's what counts in the end. But I didn't need The Feminine Mystique to get me off the ground... Let me say the women's revolution is the only real revolution of our time."

Check out the following link for a bit more information on Lee Krasner.
http://www.biography.com/people/lee-krasner-37447/videos/lee-krasner-mini-biography-2175974030