Perle Fine

Portrait of an Artist, Her Work Revived

BENJAMIN GENOCCHIO

24 APRIL, 2009

In most survey books on American art history, the artists associated with Abstract Expressionism in New York in the 1950s and ’60s are almost exclusively men. In recent years, however, museums on Long Island and elsewhere have sought to widen our vision of the movement, highlighting the achievements of many talented, if sidelined, female artists.