Frank O'Hara
New York, New York, New York
Marker Inscription
Frank O'Hara 1926-1966 While living here in 1957-59, the poet, critic, and curator wrote a monograph about artist Jackson Pollock. His poems dealt with urban themes in an expressionist style analogous to Pollock's action paintings.
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The Story
While living here in 1957–59, the poet, critic, and museum curator Frank O'Hara (1926–1966) wrote a monograph on the painter Jackson Pollock. His breezy, urban poems shared the spontaneous, expressionist energy of Pollock's action paintings, and he became a central voice of the New York School that fused poetry and postwar abstract art.
Why it matters
O'Hara embodies the mid-century moment when New York became the capital of the art world, blurring the lines between poetry and painting.
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- 81 Leonard Gallery1.3 mi away
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- Hall des Lumières1.5 mi away · 49 Chambers Street, New York, NY
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- Maman2.5 mi away
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- Semicolon Cafe2.6 mi away
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- Conrad1.8 mi away · 102 North End Avenue, New York
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