Dancing Through Fields of Color: The Story of Helen Frankenthaler

Author Elizabeth Brown and illustrator Aimee Sicuro's picture book Dancing Through Fields of Color: The Story of Helen Frankenthaler is a biography about the artist's breakthrough into the art world.

They said only men could paint powerful pictures, but Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) splashed her way through the modern art world. Channeling deep emotion, she poured paint onto her canvas and danced with the colors to make art unlike anything anyone had ever seen. She used unique tools like mops and squeegees to push the paint around, to dazzling effects. Frankenthaler became an originator of the influential "Color Field" style of abstract expressionist painting with her "soak stain" technique, and her artwork continues to electrify new generations of artists today.

Dancing Through Fields of Color discusses Frankenthaler's early life, how she used colors to express emotion, and how she overcame the male-dominated art world of the 1950s.

"A pitch-perfect expression of a little-known artist in text and illustration alike, this is a top-notch example of the picture book biography." --School Library Journal


Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Published: 03/19/2019
ISBN: 9781419734106
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 10.60h x 8.80w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2019
School Library Journal 03/01/2019 pg. 125
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2019 pg. 155
Publishers Weekly 05/06/2019
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 508133 / Dancing Through Fields of Color: The Story of Helen Frankenthaler
Reading Level: 4.8 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5