Frances Barth: Bridging Abstraction and Landscape Frances Barth (b. 1946) stands as a singular figure in contemporary American painting, recognized for her distinctive approach that seamlessly blends the rigor of geometric abstraction with evocative explorations of landscape and mapping. Emerging during a pivotal moment in art history—following the dominance of minimalism and conceptualism—Barth’s oeuvre defies easy categorization, in…