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Learn about the life and art of Willem de Kooning, a leading figure of Abstract Expressionism and a link between New York School painting and European modernism. Explore his paintings of women, his murals, his influences, and his legacy at MoMA.
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Willem de Kooning was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands in 1904, and his parents divorced when he was three. His mother, Cornelia Nobel, ran a bar and largely raised de Kooning on her own. He found his artistic vocation early and left school when he was twelve to apprentice at a commercial design and decorating firm. He then went on to study at ...
In the mid-1940s, De Kooning began a series of black and white abstractions, reportedly because he could not afford expensive pigments and had to turn to cheaper household enamels. With the pared-down color palette and the radical flattening of pictorial space, these abstractions, shown at the Charles Egan Gallery in 1948, portended the rise of Abs...
Thomas Hess described the settings for de Kooning's Women as "no-environment," indicating their ambiguous space, and his larger abstractions from mid-1950s seemed part and parcel of the gritty urban environment in which de Kooning lived. By the late 1950s, however, he was beginning to show interest in a new type of scenery. He began a series of Abs...
While Jackson Pollock has been extolled as the most important and influential Abstract Expressionist and influenced the likes of Allan Kaprow, many young painters at the time found that appropriating Pollock's process of painting tended to produce paintings that looked like Pollock's, but de Kooning's use of color and gestural application of paint,...
Explore the abstract expressionist paintings of Willem de Kooning, who fused Cubism, Surrealism and Expressionism in his works. Learn about his life, style, influences, and legacy through quotes, images, and summaries.
- American
- April 24, 1904
- Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- March 19, 1997
The painter is noted for his paintings: Woman III (1953), Woman VI (1953), Interchange (1955), and Police Gazette (1955). Some notable sculptures are Clamdigger (1972/1976) and Seated Woman on a Bench (1972/1976). Woman Standing - Pink, 1954-5 Willem de Kooning. Gansevoort Street ( c. 1949 ), Willem de Kooning.
Learn about the life and work of Willem de Kooning, a leading Abstract Expressionist painter who created gestural and figurative paintings. Explore his famous Woman series, his influences, his legacy, and his artworks for sale on artnet.
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Learn about the life and work of Willem de Kooning, a Dutch-born American abstract expressionist painter known for his disturbing pictures of women. Explore his biography, artworks, and related activities at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
- April 24, 1904
- March 19, 1997
Learn about the life and work of Willem de Kooning, a Dutch-American abstract expressionist painter. See one of his artworks in Tate Britain and explore his biography, style, and influence.
Learn about Willem de Kooning, a Dutch-American painter who created abstract expressionist works such as Woman I and Excavation. Explore his biography, style, influences and artworks at Wikiart.org.
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