Gothic Landscape

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Although this is an abstract painting, the thick vertical lines that dominate its centre can be seen as trees, with thick knotted roots at their base. It was probably this that led Krasner to call the painting 'Gothic Landscape', several years after completing it. Krasner was married to the artist Jackson Pollock and, during their life together, her work was eclipsed by his rise to fame. 'Gothic Landscape' was made in the years following his death from a car crash in 1956. It belongs to a series of large canvases whose violent and expressive gestural brushstrokes reflected her feelings of grief.

Tate Modern

London

Title

Gothic Landscape

Date

1961

Medium

Oil on canvas

Measurements

H 176.8 x W 237.8 cm

Accession number

T03291

Acquisition method

Purchased 1981

Work type

Painting

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