Amaranth Ehrenhalt Art
American, 1928-2021
When multidisciplinary Abstract Expressionist artist Amaranth Ehrenhalt first moved from Philadelphia to New York City in the 1950s she unintentionally lived out the “starving artist” lifestyle. She made her paintings on the floor, but not in order to replicate the technique attributed to American painter Jackson Pollock. Owing to her modest financial situation, she simply didn't own a table.
Ehrenhalt graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1951 and attended a weekly course at the Barnes Foundation. There, she basked in the owner's large Parisian art collection and became deeply enamored with French artwork. It should come as no surprise that when a friend offered to trade a round trip to Paris for a portrait, Ehrenhalt jumped at the opportunity. Dutch-American painter Willem de Kooning — a fellow New Yorker at the time — invited her to have dinner upon her return, but after experiencing the Parisian art scene, she canceled her return trip and the two never shared that dinner. Ehrenhalt forged connections with Joan Mitchell, Alberto Giacometti and Yves Klein in the French capital, and remained in the country for over 40 years.
In her later years, Ehrenhalt returned to New York. She often traveled with her son, enraging the security guards at many of the world’s finest museums. From the Louvre in Paris to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, her son, Caradoc remembers guards running and shouting at the sight of Ehrenhalt leaning a nose-length away from the art, her pointer finger hovering closer to the work explaining techniques and details behind the piece. Many of these trips were not just proof of how well-educated and experienced she was, but also lessons in friendship as she knew many of the artists personally.
Ehrenhalt’s work appeared in group exhibitions and solo exhibitions in Paris, California, Italy and New York. Five of her paintings from the mid-20th century were featured in “Encore: Five Abstract Expressionists,” which opened at Baruch College’s Sidney Mishkin Gallery in 2006.
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Artist: Amaranth Ehrenhalt
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Color in Motion
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in Lawrence, NY
Amaranth Ehrenhalt was a multifaceted artist best known for her paintings. She was
part of the second generation of Abstract Expressionists, working first in New York in
the early 19...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Amaranth Ehrenhalt Art
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Pont
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in Lawrence, NY
Amaranth Ehrenhalt was a multifaceted artist best known for her paintings. She was
part of the second generation of Abstract Expressionists, working first in New York in
the early 19...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Amaranth Ehrenhalt Art
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Oil, Canvas
Abidjah
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in Lawrence, NY
Amaranth Ehrenhalt was a multifaceted artist best known for her paintings. She was
part of the second generation of Abstract Expressionists, working first in New York in
the early 19...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Amaranth Ehrenhalt Art
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Watercolor
Small Red Dot
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in Lawrence, NY
Amaranth Ehrenhalt was a multifaceted artist best known for her paintings. She was
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the early 19...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Amaranth Ehrenhalt Art
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Watercolor
Rikki's Fan
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in Lawrence, NY
Amaranth Ehrenhalt was a multifaceted artist best known for her paintings. She was
part of the second generation of Abstract Expressionists, working first in New York in
the early 19...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Amaranth Ehrenhalt Art
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Canvas, Oil
Sidonia
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in Lawrence, NY
Amaranth Ehrenhalt was a multifaceted artist best known for her paintings. She was
part of the second generation of Abstract Expressionists, working first in New York in
the early 19...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Amaranth Ehrenhalt Art
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Watercolor
Cordell
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in Lawrence, NY
Amaranth Ehrenhalt was a multifaceted artist best known for her paintings. She was
part of the second generation of Abstract Expressionists, working first in New York in
the early 19...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Amaranth Ehrenhalt Art
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Watercolor
Illa
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in Lawrence, NY
One of the "Women of Abstract Expressionism"
Amaranth Ehrenhalt was long interested in patter and the idea of decoration in her work. Indeed, in the mid-60s, before Miriam Schapiro...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Amaranth Ehrenhalt Art
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Watercolor
Spaghetti Western
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in Lawrence, NY
One of the "Women of Abstract Expressionism"
Amaranth Ehrenhalt was long interested in patter and the idea of decoration in her work. Indeed, in the mid-60s, before Miriam Schapiro...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Amaranth Ehrenhalt Art
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Oil
Gavenium
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in Lawrence, NY
One of the "Women of Abstract Expressionism"
On very stiff construction paper
Caradoc Ehrenhalt would often accompany his mother, the artist Amaranth Ehrenhalt,
on her visits to the Louvre in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
York. She enjoyed taking a close-up look at the works, many of which were by artists
she had known personally.
Mr. Ehrenhalt loved those trips. The museum guards not so much.
"She would get very close to the art and point out details and techniques, her finger
getting close," her son said. The guards would rush over and issue the don't touch
warning."
Amaranth Ehrenhalt was a multifaceted artist best known for her paintings. She was
part of the second generation of Abstract Expressionists, working first in New York in
the early 1950s, and then in Paris for much of the rest of her career. Never afraid to
experiment, Ehrenhalt's work may best be described as bold, even aggressive, in
execution, composition and even color. She worked across media, including oils, works
on paper, prints and etchings, tapestry, design and sculpture.
Amaranth Ehrenhalt died on March 16, 2021 in Manhattan. She was 93. The cause was
Covid-19.
Ehrenhalt moved to Paris early in her career and settled there as an expatriate artist for
the next forty-odd years. Le Select Cafe was the place where artists and cognoscenti
met. There Ehrenhalt met Beauford Delaney and Yves Klein (for whom she bought baby...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Amaranth Ehrenhalt Art
Materials
Acrylic
Curtain
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in Lawrence, NY
One of the "Women of Abstract Expressionism"
Amaranth Ehrenhalt was long interested in patter and the idea of decoration in her work. Indeed, in the mid-60s, before Miriam Schapiro or Judy Chicago or the idea of "femmage," she embarked on a series of works that explored these ideas. This is one of them. She wanted to incorporate typically female images and ideas into her art. To quote one reviewer of Miriam Schapiro's work: "These things had been tossed aside, and she gave them appreciation."
Amaranth Ehrenhalt was a multifaceted artist best known for her paintings. She was
part of the second generation of Abstract Expressionists, working first in New York in
the early 1950s, and then in Paris for much of the rest of her career. Never afraid to
experiment, Ehrenhalt's work may best be described as bold, even aggressive, in
execution, composition and even color. She worked across media, including oils, works
on paper, prints and etchings, tapestry, design and sculpture.
Amaranth Ehrenhalt died on March 16, 2021 in Manhattan. She was 93. The cause was
Covid-19.
Ehrenhalt moved to Paris early in her career and settled there as an expatriate artist for
the next forty-odd years. Le Select Cafe was the place where artists and cognoscenti
met. There Ehrenhalt met Beauford Delaney...
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1960s Feminist Amaranth Ehrenhalt Art
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Oil
Aderet 2
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in Lawrence, NY
One of the "Women of Abstract Expressionism"
Caradoc Ehrenhalt would often accompany his mother, the artist Amaranth Ehrenhalt,
on her visits to the Louvre in Paris and the Metropoli...
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1990s Abstract Impressionist Amaranth Ehrenhalt Art
Materials
Oil
Splash 3
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in Lawrence, NY
One of the "Women of Abstract Expressionism"
Caradoc Ehrenhalt would often accompany his mother, the artist Amaranth Ehrenhalt,
on her visits to the Louvre in Paris and the Metropoli...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Amaranth Ehrenhalt Art
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Oil
Juni
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in Lawrence, NY
One of the "Women of Abstract Expressionism"
Caradoc Ehrenhalt would often accompany his mother, the artist Amaranth Ehrenhalt,
on her visits to the Louvre in Paris and the Metropoli...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Amaranth Ehrenhalt Art
Materials
Acrylic
Little Sun in Her Chariot of Gold (Oscar Wilde)
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in Lawrence, NY
One of the "Women of Abstract Expressionism"
Caradoc Ehrenhalt would often accompany his mother, the artist Amaranth Ehrenhalt,
on her visits to the Louvre in Paris and the Metropoli...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Amaranth Ehrenhalt Art
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Acrylic
Gumti
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in Lawrence, NY
One of the "Women of Abstract Expressionism"
Caradoc Ehrenhalt would often accompany his mother, the artist Amaranth Ehrenhalt,
on her visits to the Louvre in Paris and the Metropoli...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Amaranth Ehrenhalt Art
Materials
Oil
The Yellow Ribbon
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in Lawrence, NY
One of the "Women of Abstract Expressionism"
Caradoc Ehrenhalt would often accompany his mother, the artist Amaranth Ehrenhalt,
on her visits to the Louvre in Paris and the Metropoli...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Amaranth Ehrenhalt Art
Materials
Oil
Calvert
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in Lawrence, NY
Caradoc Ehrenhalt would often accompany his mother, the artist Amaranth Ehrenhalt,
on her visits to the Louvre in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
York. She enjoyed ta...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Amaranth Ehrenhalt Art
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Gouache
Sriffle
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in Lawrence, NY
Caradoc Ehrenhalt would often accompany his mother, the artist Amaranth Ehrenhalt,
on her visits to the Louvre in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
York. She enjoyed ta...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Amaranth Ehrenhalt Art
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Oil
Chilton
By Amaranth Ehrenhalt
Located in Lawrence, NY
Caradoc Ehrenhalt would often accompany his mother, the artist Amaranth Ehrenhalt,
on her visits to the Louvre in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
York. She enjoyed ta...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Amaranth Ehrenhalt Art
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Gouache
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