Lynne Mapp Drexler

Lynne Mapp Drexler (May 21, 1928– December 30, 1999) was an American abstract and representational artist, painter and photographer.

Early life and education Lynne Drexler was born on May 21, 1928 and raised in the Newport News, Virginia, area. a manager at a public utility, and Lynne P. Drexler. At the age of 11, she was an only child and had been living in Raleigh Terrace, Elizabeth City (now Hampton), Virginia. She began painting as a child. Later, Drexler took art classes in Virginia at the Richmond Professional Institute and at the College of William & Mary. Motherwell taught her composition and draftsmanship techniques and the philosophy "that to be an artist meant first and foremost that one had to create work worthy of attention". Her tendency to create vibrant paintings using a free brush stroke was influenced by Hofmann and the work of Henri Matisse. In an exhibition of seven married couples, Mr. and Mrs. at Alonzo, Drexler's painting "is concerned with juxtaposing diversely patterned areas of vivid colors" while her husband's work was said to reflect "an outer-space, figurative orientation".

Monhegan Island The couple bought a summer house off the coast of Maine on Monhegan Island in 1971. Drexler's paintings became less strictly abstract and exhibited a synthesis of abstract and representational influences. The first comprehensive exhibit of her work – showcasing over fifty paintings, photographic images and textiles – ran at the Monhegan Museum in August and September 2008. It then ran at the Portland Museum of Art from December 6, 2008, through March 1, 2009. The exhibition was organized by the Monhegan Historical and Cultural Museum Association.

In 2023, White Cube announced representation of the Lynne Drexler Archive.

In May of 2024, Farnsworth Art Museum launched an exhibition entitled Lynne Drexler: Color Notes that featured a collection of her works along with an accompanied playlist that ran from May 4, 2024 through January 12, 2025.

Collections Her works are in the collections of:

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Bates College, Lewiston, Maine Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, Virginia Museum of Modern Art, New York National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Portland Museum of Art, Maine Prentice Hall Collection, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts Queens Museum, Queens, New York Tamarind Print Collection, Los Angeles University of Massachusetts, Amherst