Which of the following artists was a color-field painter, who poured diluted paint onto unprimed canvas to emphasize that painting is simply pigment on a flat surface?
A) Jasper Johns
B) Helen Frankenthaler
C) Frank Stella
D) Henri Matisse

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Helen Frankenthaler was a pioneer of the color-field painting movement, known for her innovative technique of pouring thinned paint onto raw canvas, a method that emphasized the materiality of paint and the flatness of the canvas surface. This approach influenced the development of color-field painting and abstract expressionism.

Which of the Following Artists Was a Color-Field Painter, Who