The Life and Work of Abstract Expressionist Lee Krasner: A Biographer's View

Gail Levin, Professor of Art History and American Studies at the Graduate Center and Baruch College, CUNY, joined the Muscarelle Museum of Art to offer a biographer's insights into the life and work of Lee Krasner.

Krasner once said, "I think my painting is so autobiographical, if anyone can take the trouble to read it." Art historian Gail Levin first interviewed the artist when she was a twenty-two year-old graduate student. Dr. Levin's presentation takes us on an illustrated journey from Krasner's birth in 1908 Brooklyn to her love of nature on the Eastern End of New York's Long Island. In addition to an art historical analysis, Dr. Levin shares some of the insights she gained traveling to Krasner's parents' hometown in Ukraine in 2010; meeting the family of Krasner's first companion, the Russian emigré Igor Pantuhoff; interviewing Krasner's friends like playwright Edward Albee; and even learning from Krasner how to cook some of her favorite foods.