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Lee Krasner
A Force of Nature: The Life and Legacy of Lee Krasner Born Lena Krassner on October 27, 1908, in the vibrant streets of Brooklyn, New York, the woman who would become Lee Krasner emerged as a transformative force within the landscape of American modernism. Her journey was never merely one of following established paths, but rather of carving out new, visceral territories through paint and movement. From her early days at Washington Irv
ing High School for Girls, where a focused course in visual arts first ignited her creative spirit, to her rigorous training at Cooper Union’s Women's Art School, Krasner possessed a foundational discipline that would later serve as the bedrock for her most radical experiments. Her education was marked by a relentless pursuit of mastery, eventually leading her to the National Academy of Design between 1928 and 1932, where she studied u…