Mary Gabriel

Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler by Mary Gabriel weaves an extraordinary tapestry of creativity, resilience, and transformation. Set against the backdrop of postwar America, this riveting narrative recounts the lives of five pioneering female artists who defied the norms of their male-dominated world. Mary Gabriel, through meticulous research and eloquent...

Burst! Abstract Painting After 1945 looks at the close, but previously unexplored relationship between Abstract Expressionism and Art Informel. Through texts and close to one hundred illustrations, the book describes a vital creative exchange across the Atlantic that would entirely redefine painting. With works by Jean Dubuffet, Natalia Dumitresco, Helen Frankenthaler, Asger Jorn, Lee Krasner, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and...