Mountains and Sea, 1952 — Fine Art

Mountains and Sea, 1952- by Helen Frankenthaler fills the page with broad bands of blue, green and orange that drift over the paper. The paint sits in thin layers, and the colour spreads into the ground in soft pools. Some edges stay sharp, some fade out.

This fine art print hangs on a wall that gets plain light from one side. A light frame on a dark wall, a dark frame on a pale wall, or a wood frame beside wooden furniture can follow the room.

In a reading corner, the big colour bands sit low on the wall near the bookshelf. From the doorway you catch the orange strip first. Closer in you see the thin paint edges where one colour meets the next.