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Willem de Kooning ( / də ˈkuːnɪŋ /; [ 2] Dutch: [ˈʋɪləm də ˈkoːnɪŋ]; April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. Born in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, he moved to the United States in 1926, becoming a US citizen in 1962. [ 3] In 1943, he married painter Elaine Fried .
Willem de Kooning (; Dutch: [ˈʋɪləm də ˈkoːnɪŋ]; April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. Born in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, he moved to the United States in 1926, becoming a US citizen in 1962. In 1943, he married painter Elaine Fried.
Mar 19, 1997 · His paintings of women feature a unique blend of gestural abstraction and figuration. Heavily influenced by the Cubism of Picasso, de Kooning became a master at ambiguously blending figure and ground in his pictures while dismembering, re-assembling, and distorting his figures in the process.
3 days ago · Titled “Willem de Kooning and Italy,” the exhibition is the first to explore the time that the artist spent in the country between 1959 and 1969 and how his time there impacted his practice ...
Willem de Kooning: Abstraction, Representation, and Reinvention. “What you do when you paint, you take a brush full of paint, get paint on the picture, and you have fate.”. So declared Willem de Kooning (American, born The Netherlands, 1904–1997), an and representation.
The Foundation fosters the study and appreciation of Willem de Kooning's life and work through research, exhibitions, and educational programs.
Willem de Kooning (born April 24, 1904, Rotterdam, Netherlands—died March 19, 1997, East Hampton, New York, U.S.) was a Dutch-born American painter who was one of the leading exponents of Abstract Expressionism, particularly the form known as Action painting.