"When you hear about the midcentury art scene in Springs, the first names that come to mind are likely Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner. While they were two of the most recognizable figures to emerge from that milieu, they were not the only ones. Counted among their friends was Perle Fine (1908-1988), a well-respected Abstract Expressionist painter in her own right.
Fine’s New York art scene debut occurred in 1943, when two of her paintings were featured at Peggy Guggenheim’s museum-gallery Art of This Century. For the next decade or so, Fine found great success in the city’s art scene, until she became disillusioned with that world and moved to East Hampton in 1954."
— Julia Tyson, East Hampton Star
April 11, 2024
