Lee Krasner

Lee Krasner never took the easy way out-not in life, not in art. Brought up in a poor Brooklyn neighborhood and originally named Lena Krasner by her immigrant parents, she decided early on to create a new name and a new identity for herself. Later, as one of the few female painters in the aggressively male circle of Abstract Expressionists, she had to contend not only with the critics' skepticism about their new way of making art but also with the skepticism that greeted any woman's attempts to become a professional artist.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Published: 09/01/1993
ISBN: 9781558592834
Pages: 128
Weight: 1.46lbs
Size: 10.96h x 8.55w x 0.49d

Review Citations: Booklist 01/01/1994 pg. 798