Perle Fine  Summer 1, 1958-1959.

Oil paint and collage on canvas (57 x 70 in. )

McCormick Gallery, Chicago  © A.E Artworks, LLC.

Judith Godwin Epic, 1959.

Oil paint on canvas (diptych) (82 x 100 in) 

National Museum of Women in the Arts,

Washington, DC Gift of Caroline Rose Hunt

Photographed by Lee Straisworth © Judith Godwin

Ethel Schwabacher Antigone I,  1958.

Oil paint on canvas (50 5/8 x 82 1/4 in.)

Collection of Christopher C Schwabacher and Brenda S. Webster 

© Estate of Ethel Schwabacher 

The Mint Museum is excited to host Women of Abstract Expressionism, the first major museum exhibition focusing on women in the movement’s seminal years. This groundbreaking exhibition features large-scale, colorful and energy filled canvases to delight and inspire visitors.  Organized by the Denver Museum of Art, it brings together over 50 paintings by women working on the East and West Coasts between the years 1945-1960.  Many well-known and lesser known artists are featured in the exhibition.  The exhibition includes renowned artists such as Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, and Grace Hartigan; as well as Perle Fine, Jay DeFeo, Mary Abbott and Judith Godwin.  Visit works from major museums, private collections and artist's estates.  Experience the unique voices of these women artists of Abstract Expressionism. 

Abstract Expressionism from Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

WDAV audio programs about the exhibition

MOMA: History of Abstract Expressionism from MOMA Learning 

Finally an Exhibition Devoted to the Women of Abstract Expressionism - Hyperallergenic 

"Women of Abstract Expressionism Challenges the Canon, But it is only the beginning - Hyperallergenic