9th Street Women - Assignments
Week 1: Lee Krasner
Pick a Krasner painting as muse. For ex: Laura used the painting “Prophecy”
Look below for some recommended Krasner paintings
You can also explore Krasner's work on data bases such as Artsy, Google Arts and Culture, MoMA, The Barbican and more to pick a painting of your own.
Make a painting AND/OR collage based on your selected Krasner painting.
Work on the art for Wednesday and finish for next Saturday
Before Wednesday at 4:30pm,, comment on at least 3 artworks by your classmates via Padlet.
Reading for next Saturday: Week Two: Elaine - Chapters #4 -#19, pp.55-235
Extra challenge: Read/watch/listen to three articles about Lee Krasner in the extra resources tab.
Lee Krasner, Still Life, 1938, Oil on paper, 19 x 25"
Lee Krasner, Gaea, 1966, Oil on canvas, 69" x 10' 5 1/2"
Lee Krasner, Number 3 (Untitled), 1951, Oil on canvas, 6' 10 1/2" x 57 7/8"
Lee Krasner, Untitled, 1942, Oil paint on linen, 21 × 27 in
Lee Krasner, The Seasons, 1957, Oil and house paint on canvas, 92 3/4 × 203 7/8 in
Lee Krasner, Lame Shadow, 1955, Oil and collage on canvas, 82 1/2 × 58 1/10 in
Lee Krasner, Palingenesis, 1971, Oil on canvas, 82 × 134 in
Lee Krasner, Bald Eagle, 1955, Oil, paper and canvas collage on linen, 77 × 51 1/2 in
Lee Krasner, Milkweed, 1955 Oil, paper and canvas collage on canvas, 84 × 59 × 1 1/2 in
Lee Krasner, Free Space (blue), 1975, Silkscreen, 19 1/2 × 26 in
Lee Krasner, Burning Candles, 1955, Oil, paper, and canvas on linen, 58 1/8 × 39 in
Lee Krasner, Four, 1957, Oil on cotton duck, 58 1/2 × 53 3/4 in
Prophecy, 1956, Lee Krasner
Desert Moon, 1955, Lee Krasner
Imperative, 1976, Lee Krasner
Blue Level, 1955, Lee Krasner
Icarus, 1964, Lee Krasner
Week 2: Elaine de Kooning and Grace Hartigan
Homework: Saturday, June 26 to Wednesday, July 7th
READING:
Catch up on Elaine: Chapters 4 - 19 Elaine, Art in War, The Turning Point
Read PART TWO - 1948-1951 Chapters 20 - 31. Grace, Helen and Joan
WORK:
Create a self portrait, pet portrait or pet portrait (or many.)
Respond or react to a Grace Hartigan painting; How? Go out into your environment and draw from it. Memory (Ireland) a street scene (your neighborhood) abstracting a figure into a non-objective form.
THE ONLY WAY YOU WILL GET THIS WORK DONE IS TO SCHEDULE IT.
Work from Elaine de Kooning
Elaine De Kooning, Bacchus #3, 1978; Acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 78 x 50 x 2 1/4 in
Elaine De Kooning, Jardin du Luxembourg, 1977; Color lithograph on paper, 30 x 22 in
Elaine de Kooning, Gary Mamay/National Portrait Gallery
Elaine de Kooning, 1946, oil on masonite, 29 3/4 x 22 5/8"
Elaine de Kooning, Six Horses: Blue Wall, 1984, Acrylic on canvas, 46 × 60 in
Elaine de Kooning, Desert Wall, Cave #96, 1986, Acrylic on canvas, 66 × 84 in
Elaine De Kooning, Bullfight, 1959 Oil on canvas, 77 5/8 × 131 1/4 × 1 1/8 in
Elaine de Kooning, Charging Bull, 1959, oil on masonite, 60 x 72.4 cm. (23.6 x 28.5 in.)
Elaine de Kooning, Untitled, ca. 1950 oil on masonite, 48.03 x 60 in.
Elaine de Kooning, Red Bison/Blue Horse, 1985–1986, oil and charcoal on canvas, (77.8 x 108.3 in.)
Elaine de Kooning, Matador and Bull, 1972, oil, crayon and paper collage on paper, (14 x 16.5 in.)
Elaine de Kooning, Baseball , ca. 1955–1956, oil on canvas, (15.9 x 18.1 in.)
Bullfight, 1959, Oil on canvas, 77 5/8 × 131 1/4 × 1 1/8 in
Elaine de Kooning, Basketball #1-A , 1981, oil on Masonite, (30 x 22 in.)
Elaine de Kooning, Bill Brown, 1954, Oil on canvas, 32 1/8 × 20 in
Robert De Niro by Elaine de Kooning 1973. Oil on canvas. Stretcher: 91.4 × 137.2cm (36 × 54")
Elaine de Kooning, Portrait of John F. Kennedy , 1963, oil on canvas, 96 x 48 in. (243.8 x 121.9 cm.)
John F. Kennedy, Elaine de Kooning, 1963, w115.6 x h262.9 x d6.4 cm (Frame), Oil on canvas
Elaine de Kooning, Harold Rosenberg #3, 1956.
Elaine de Kooning, Pele #3 , 1982, oil on canvas, 60 x 46 in.
Elaine de Kooning, FAIRFIELD PORTER, 1956 ink and casein on paper, 56 x 43 cm. (22 x 16.9 in.)
Work from Grace Hartigan
Grace Hartigan, Shinnecock Canal, 1957, Oil on canvas, 7' 6 1/2" x 6' 4"
Grace Hartigan, The Persian Jacket, 1952, Oil on canvas, 57 1/2 x 48"
Grace Hartigan, River Bathers, 1953, Oil on canvas, 69 3/8" x 7' 4 3/4"
Grace Hartigan, Ireland, 1958, Oil on canvas, 78 3/4 x 106 3/4 inches
Billboard, 1957, Grace Hartigan, 78 1/2 x 87 in.
Grace Hartigan, Sweden, oil on linen, 1959, 83 7/8 × 87 7/8in.
Grace Hartigan, New York City Rhapsody, 1960, Oil paint on canvas, 67 3/4 × 91 5/16 in
Grace Hartigan, ORCHARD STREET #2 , 1957, oil on canvas, 74.9 x 81 cm. (29.5 x 31.9 in.)
Grace Hartigan, North Ave 5 + 10
Grace Hartigan, Grand Street Brides, oil on canvas, 72 9/16 × 102
Grace Hartigan, Tatiana, 2004, Oil on canvas, 66 × 60 in
Grace Hartigan, Aida, 1986, watercolor on paper
Grace Hartigan, Masquerade, oil on canvas, (81.7 x 86.3 in.)
Grace Hartigan, Woman with red flower, 1956 oil on canvas, (53.7 x 38.3 in.)
Grace Hartigan, Theodora, 1983, oil on canvas, (78 x 84.1 in.)
Grace Hartigan, Semiramis, 1986, oil on canvas, 198.1 x 91.4 cm. (78 x 36 in.)
Grace Hartigan, Famous American Women (Amelia Earhart), 1995, Oil on canvas, 72 x 72 in. (182.9 x 182.9 cm.)
Grace Hartigan, The Persian Jacket, 1953, 10 x 7 in.
Week 3: Helen Frankenthaler
Homework:
READING:
PART THREE: 1951-1955 #32 - #45, pp.405-588
WORK:
Study the work of Frankenthaler (see below)
Respond, react or replicate the work of Frankenthaler
If you have already worked in the style of Frankenthaler - challenge yourself this time
Dip/stain small pieces and collage with them
Use tape or rulers
Work larger or smaller than you did last time
Work from Helen Frankenthaler
Helen Frankenthaler, Provincetown Bay, 1950, oil on canvas
Scene with Nude, 1952, Oil and charcoal on sized, primed canvas, 42 3/4 × 50 3/4 in
Sentry, 1976, Acrylic on canvas, 114 x 90 inches (289.6 x 228.6 cm)
Blue Bellows, 1976, Acrylic on canvas, 115 1/4 x 94 inches (292.7 x 238.8 cm)
Nature Abhors a Vacuum, 1973, Acrylic on canvas, 103 1/2 x 112 1/2 inches (262.9 x 285.8 cm)
New Paths, 1973, Acrylic and marker on canvas, 54 3/4 x 109 inches (139.1 x 276.9 cm)
Milkwood Arcade, 1963, Acrylic on canvas, 86 1/2 x 80 3/4 inches (219.7 x 205.1 cm)
Abstract Landscape, 1951, Oil and charcoal on sized, primed canvas, 69 x 71 7/8 inches (175.3 x 182.6 cm)
Mountains and Sea, 1952, Oil and charcoal on unsized, unprimed canvas, 86 3/8 x 117 1/4 inches (219.4 x 297.8 cm)
Untitled, 1959-1960, oil and charcoal on linen, 89 3/4 x 69 3/4 in
Provincetown Window, 1963 - 64, acrylic on canvas, 82 3/4 x 81 7/8 in.
Jacobs Ladder, 1957
Orange Breaking Through, 1961. Oil on canvas, 95 x 93 inches
Cool Summer, 1962, Oil on canvas, 69 3/4 x 120 inches (177.2 x 304.8 cm)
"Pink Field," 1962, Acrylic on canvas 23 3/4 x 58 inches
Open Wall, 1953, oil on canvas, 53 3/4 x 131 in
Eden, 1956, Oil on unsized, unprimed canvas, 103 x 117 inches
Hotel Cro-Magnon, 1958, Oil on sized, primed canvas, 68 x 81 inches (172.7 x 205.7 cm)
Week 4: Joan Mitchell
Homework:
READING:
PART FOUR: 1956-1959 #46 - epil., pp.593-716
WORK:
Spend some time getting familiar with Joan Mitchell’s artwork by exploring her database of work.
Build a “mental album” of a particular landscape that is significant to you.
There are a couple ways to do this, choose at least two this week:
Sit outside in your landscape. Take notes. What do you see? What do you hear? What do you smell? What do you feel? What do you taste?
Take pictures/source pictures of your landscape. Try to photograph/find multiple perspectives of your landscape. Photograph it at night, in the morning, in the afternoon… etc.
Make some quick two minutes sketches of your landscape. Sketch at least 5.
For your canvas this week - work in a diptych format. (Triptych or larger also works).
Study your notes, sketches, and/or your photographs for 10 minutes before going to the canvas.
Now you have built a mental album of your landscape… immediately go to your canvas and begin painting from your memory.
You can occasionally look back to your references (notes, pictures, sketches) but try to remain in the world of your canvas.