Mahoning Franz Kline

Franz Kline: The Abstract Expressionist Who Redefined Modern American Art Franz Kline, a towering figure in Abstract Expressionism, was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a coal-mining town that offered little encouragement for artistic exploration. Despite this unremarkable beginning, Kline emerged as a leading American painter whose bold brushwork and black-and-white abstractions would become emblematic of post-war […]