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Frankenthaler, Helen (sh)




born Dec. 12, 1928, New York, N.Y., U.S.

U.S. painter.

She studied with Rufino Tamayo in high school and at Bennington College, then returned to her native New York City and joined the "second generation" of Abstract Expressionists. Influenced by Jackson Pollock and Arshile Gorky, she developed a style featuring abstract colour combinations within large expanses of bare canvas. She perfected the technique of colour staining, producing diaphanous colour by thinning the oils and letting them soak into the unprimed canvas. In the 1960s she began to use acrylic paints. Though abstract, many of her paintings (e.g., Ocean Desert, 1975) evoke landscapes and are noted for their lyricism. Her work influenced the colour-field painters Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland. She was married to Robert Motherwell from 1958 to 1971.


Sermon on the Mount (sh)




Biblical collection of religious teachings and ethical sayings attributed to Jesus, as reported in the Gospel of St. Matthew.

The sermon was addressed to disciples and a large crowd of listeners to guide them in a life of discipline based on a new law of love, even of enemies, as opposed to the old law of retribution. It is the source of many familiar Christian homilies and oft-quoted passages from the Bible, including the Beatitudes and the Lord's Prayer. The sermon is often regarded as a blueprint for Christian life.