Lee Krasner (October 28, 1908 - June 19, 1984) was an influential abstract expressionist painter in the second half of the 20th Century.
She was born in Brooklyn, New York to Russian immigrant parents.
Lee studied with Hans Hofmann starting in 1937. Hofmann exposed Krasner to the works of Picasso, Matisse, and other European abstract painters. This exposure helped to direct Lee's work further and further into geometric abstract work. In 1940, she started showing with a group of American painters, helping to establish the Abstract Expressionism movement.
In 1944, Krasner married Jackson Pollock, who was also influential in the same movement.
Actress Marcia Gay Harden won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for playing Lee Krasner in the 2000 movie Pollock.
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