Happy Birthday Franz Kline!
Today we remember and celebrate the birth of Abstract Expressionist Franz Kline. Kline was best known for his role as an "action painter", creating large-scale canvases, which featured abstract motifs and calligraphic bolts of black paint over white fields. This spontaneous, gestural style of work became iconic amidst mid-20th-century Abstract Expressionism. Kline helped pioneer this movement alongside other notable artists including Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Jo