- Betty Parsons
Betty Parsons (1900 - 1982) was an American artist and legendary art dealer known for her early promotion of
Abstract Expressionism . She was known as "the den mother of Abstract Expressionism" [ [http://www.npg.si.edu/cexh/artnews/parsons.htm Betty Parsons ] ]In 1946 she opened the Betty Parsons Gallery, which specialized in
Abstract Expressionism . She showed work byBarnett Newman ,Jackson Pollock ,Clyfford Still ,Ellsworth Kelly ,Mark Rothko andRobert Rauschenberg among others.Helen Frankenthaler , the painter, who met Parsons in 1950, said: "Betty and her gallery helped construct the center of the art world. She was one of the last of her breed." Many of the Abstract Expressionist artists she launched left her gallery for more commercial galleries. Art critic, B. H. Friedman: "She was resentful. She had struggled so long to get them established, and other dealers capitalized on her efforts." Her other artists includeAgnes Martin ,Richard Pousette-Dart andRichard Tuttle . She ran the gallery until her death in 1982. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE4D7143EF93BA15755C0A964958260 Carol Strickland, Betty Parsons's 2 Lives: She Was Artist, Too, The New York Times, June 28, 1982]Betty Parsons was also a painter. Her work is held in the collection of the
Smithsonian American Art Museum ,National Museum of Women in the Arts .ee also
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New York School
*Abstract expressionism
*Art Students League of New York References
External links
* [http://eev.liu.edu/oldcollab/Betty_Parsons/ Shaping a generation: The Art and Artists of Betty Parsons]
* [http://americanart.si.edu/search/search_artworks1.cfm?StartRow=1&ConID=3692&format=short Smithsonian American Art Museum]
* [http://www.aaa.si.edu/exhibits/exhibit-illustratedletters/index.cfm/fuseaction/items.detailItem/ItemID/5844/heading/P/personid/2392 Archives of American Art]
* [http://www.nmwa.org/collection/portfolio.asp?LinkID=659 National Museum of Women in the Arts]
* [http://www.glbtq.com/arts/am_art_lesbian_1900_1969,3.html American Art: Lesbian, 1900-1969]
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