Popular Images
In 1952, near the outset of her career as an abstract painter, Helen Frankenthaler placed canvas onto the floor and poured turpentine-thinned oil paint directly onto the unstretched surface, creating a technique that became known as “stain painting.” This innovative procedure was celebrated for its emphasis on the inherent flatness of the two-dimensional medium. The uneven rate of the paint’s absorption into the raw, unprimed fabric enabled Frankenthaler to create swathes of densely saturated color or areas of diaphanous pooling.
Jackson Pollock’s propulsive dripping and flinging of paint onto horizontally oriented canvases influenced Frankenthaler’s chosen method. Frankenthaler, in turn, inspired her fellow second-generation Abstract Expressionists, including Kenneth Noland and Morris Louis, to adopt staining practices. Critics referred to these artists as either Color Field painters, due to their emphasis on free-form stretches of color, or practitioners of Postpainterly Abstraction, terminology that emphasizes the artists’ replacement of gestural, sweeping brushstrokes with directly poured paint.
Quality
The Whitney Print Shop offers exclusive custom reproductions of artworks in the collections and exhibitions of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Hand-made in the USA using gallery-quality materials, we create prints as true to the original work as possible, using strict color management protocols and state-of-the-art printing technology.
Selection
Many of the works offered through this store are exclusive and not available anywhere else. We are continually adding new artworks to our offering, so be sure to check back regularly as you build your own gallery. A variety of molding styles means our custom framed prints can match any type of decor.