Ghosts Of Artists Past Rest At Green River Cemetery In Springs - 27 East

Ghosts Of Artists Past Rest At Green River Cemetery In Springs

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Helen Harrson, director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, standing next to Mr. Pollock's grave. She will give a tour of the cemetery and the artists, writers, and actors buried there on Friday.  ELIZABETH VESPE

Helen Harrson, director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, standing next to Mr. Pollock's grave. She will give a tour of the cemetery and the artists, writers, and actors buried there on Friday. ELIZABETH VESPE

Helen Harrson, director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, standing next to Mr. Pollock's grave. She will give a tour of the cemetery and the artists, writers, and actors buried there on Friday.  ELIZABETH VESPE

Helen Harrson, director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, standing next to Mr. Pollock's grave. She will give a tour of the cemetery and the artists, writers, and actors buried there on Friday. ELIZABETH VESPE

Helen Harrson, director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, standing next to Mr. Pollock's grave. She will give a tour of the cemetery and the artists, writers, and actors buried there on Friday.  ELIZABETH VESPE

Helen Harrson, director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, standing next to Mr. Pollock's grave. She will give a tour of the cemetery and the artists, writers, and actors buried there on Friday. ELIZABETH VESPE

Helen Harrson, director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, standing next to Mr. Pollock's grave. She will give a tour of the cemetery and the artists, writers, and actors buried there on Friday.  ELIZABETH VESPE

Helen Harrson, director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, standing next to Mr. Pollock's grave. She will give a tour of the cemetery and the artists, writers, and actors buried there on Friday. ELIZABETH VESPE

Helen Harrson, director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, will give a tour of the Green River cemetery and the artists, writers, and actors buried there on Friday.  ELIZABETH VESPE

Helen Harrson, director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, will give a tour of the Green River cemetery and the artists, writers, and actors buried there on Friday. ELIZABETH VESPE

Frank O'Hara's grave sight. The famous poet has an unassuming gravestone, but he is a popular writer people often visit at Green River.   ELIZABETH VESPE

Frank O'Hara's grave sight. The famous poet has an unassuming gravestone, but he is a popular writer people often visit at Green River. ELIZABETH VESPE

Philip Pavia, the famous sculptor and artist, designed his gravestone. Many of the headstones at Green River were designed by artists. ELIZABETH VESPE

Philip Pavia, the famous sculptor and artist, designed his gravestone. Many of the headstones at Green River were designed by artists. ELIZABETH VESPE

Jimmy Ernst's wife, Edith Dallas Bauman Brody, is buried right next to him. One of her sculptures is placed next to her grave.  ELIZABETH VESPE

Jimmy Ernst's wife, Edith Dallas Bauman Brody, is buried right next to him. One of her sculptures is placed next to her grave. ELIZABETH VESPE

Jackson Pollock's gravestone. Mr. Pollock was at the forefront of abstract expressionism and regarded as the movement's leader. KYRIL BROMLEY

Jackson Pollock's gravestone. Mr. Pollock was at the forefront of abstract expressionism and regarded as the movement's leader. KYRIL BROMLEY

Stan VanDerBeek's headstone at Green River Cemetery. He was a visual artist, film maker, and early proponent of computer animation in the 1950s. KYRIL BROMLEY

Stan VanDerBeek's headstone at Green River Cemetery. He was a visual artist, film maker, and early proponent of computer animation in the 1950s. KYRIL BROMLEY

Stan VanDerBeek's headstone at Green River Cemetery. He was a visual artist, film maker, and early proponent of computer animation in the 1950s. KYRIL BROMLEY

Stan VanDerBeek's headstone at Green River Cemetery. He was a visual artist, film maker, and early proponent of computer animation in the 1950s. KYRIL BROMLEY

Lee Krasner's gravestone. She, along with her husband, Jackson Pollock, were at the forefront of abstract expressionism. KYRIL BROMLEY

Lee Krasner's gravestone. She, along with her husband, Jackson Pollock, were at the forefront of abstract expressionism. KYRIL BROMLEY

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Perle Fine and Maurice Berezov's headstone. Ms. Fine was an abstract expressionist and Hans Hoffman School alumna who participated in many of the movement's important exhibitions. Their home and  studio were on Red Dirt Road.  KYRIL BROMLEY

Perle Fine and Maurice Berezov's headstone. Ms. Fine was an abstract expressionist and Hans Hoffman School alumna who participated in many of the movement's important exhibitions. Their home and studio were on Red Dirt Road. KYRIL BROMLEY

Jackson Pollock's gravestone. Mr. Pollock was at the forefront of abstract expressionism and regarded as the movement's leader. KYRIL BROMLEY

Jackson Pollock's gravestone. Mr. Pollock was at the forefront of abstract expressionism and regarded as the movement's leader. KYRIL BROMLEY

Abraham Rattner and his wife, Esther Gentle Rattner established a summer art school in Sag Harbor's former Baptist chapel, where in 1956, they briefly employed Jackson Pollock's mistress, Ruth Kligman. Later, the Rattners had a home and studio on 30A Egypt Lane in East Hampton. Mr. Rattner's distinctive signature is engraved on his tombstone. Ms. Gentle's son, Allen Leepa, founder of the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art at St. Petersburg College in Florida, is also buried at Green River. KYRIL BROMLEY

Abraham Rattner and his wife, Esther Gentle Rattner established a summer art school in Sag Harbor's former Baptist chapel, where in 1956, they briefly employed Jackson Pollock's mistress, Ruth Kligman. Later, the Rattners had a home and studio on 30A Egypt Lane in East Hampton. Mr. Rattner's distinctive signature is engraved on his tombstone. Ms. Gentle's son, Allen Leepa, founder of the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art at St. Petersburg College in Florida, is also buried at Green River. KYRIL BROMLEY

A map of the Green River Cemetery and its famous artists, writers and actors.

A map of the Green River Cemetery and its famous artists, writers and actors.

authorElizabeth Vespe on Oct 28, 2019
The huge granite boulder on Jackson Pollock’s grave was chosen to reflect his love of natural forms, Helen Harrison, director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, explained as the... more

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