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Frankenthaler, Helen
1 Reviews
(2)
K-3
Illustrated by
Aimée Sicuro.
Brown's debut picture-book biography of Abstract Expressionist Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011) limns her creative childhood, dutiful art study, and early career in mid-twentieth-century NYC. Once Frankenthaler develops her trademark "soak-stain" technique, the rhythmic text mirrors that kinetic process: "Helen grabbed a bucket of crimson and...POURED...setting her colors FREE." Sicuro's watercolor, ink, and charcoal-pencil illustrations reinforce the ideas of movement and color saturation. An appended art project helps everything seep in. Timeline. Bib.
Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2019
1 reviews
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