Mary Gabriel illuminates the evolution of abstract art from the 1920s to the early 1960s through the biographies of five art stars: Lee Krasner, Helene de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler. World War II, cultural and economic upheaval, and the exchange of ideas with European refugee artists all influenced the minds and work of New York artists. And at the center of this whirlwind were five extraordinary women and their outstanding paintings. Published in Russian for the first time.