Lee Krasner's 1965 Whitechapel Gallery show was her first European exhibition, highlighting her overshadowed talent.

In 1965, Lee Krasner's inaugural European institutional exhibition was launched at the Whitechapel Gallery in London, transforming her image from merely Jackson Pollock's widow to a celebrated artist. A native of Brooklyn, she was born before World War I and enrolled in the Woman's Art School of Cooper Union in 1927, later studying at the National Academy of Design. To support herself, she worked as a nightclub hostess and studied under Hans Hoffman in the late 1930s, where she met critic Clement Greenberg. Krasner showcased her work alongside Picasso and Pollock in 1941. She wed Pollock in the autumn of 1945. Her first solo exhibition occurred in 1951, leading to a retrospective in 1959. Pollock's passing in 1956 deeply influenced her art. Her retrospective, titled Living Colour, at the Barbican Gallery concluded on 1 September 2019.