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Lee Krasner: A Biography of the Abstract Expressionist Pioneer

"Lee Krasner (1908–1984) was a formidable force in twentieth-century American art, whose groundbreaking contributions to Abstract Expressionism reshaped modern painting. While long obscured by her marriage to Jackson Pollock, her full biographical narrative—most authoritatively captured in Gail Levin’s landmark account Lee Krasner: A Biography—reveals a fiercely independent artist whose uncompromising commitment to formal reinvention defined a six-decade career. Early Life and Artistic Foundations (1908–1937) Lee Krasner was born Lena Krassner on October 27, 1908, in Brooklyn, New York. She was the youngest of six surviving children born to Jo..."

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