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Mar 20, 1997 · Willem de Kooning, who came to New York City from his native Rotterdam and radically altered the shape of American art after World War II, died yesterday at his home in East Hampton, L.I.. He...
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 an American citizen in 1962. [3] In 1943, he married painter Elaine Fried .
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Mar 20, 1997 · March 20, 1997 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Willem de Kooning, the Abstract Expressionist considered by many the world’s greatest living artist, died Wednesday at 92. He died in his studio on...
Mar 19, 1997 · Died: March 19, 1997 - East Hampton, New York. Abstract Expressionism. Action Painting. Works Progress Administration. "Art should not have to be a certain way. It is no use worrying about being related to something it is impossible not to be related to." 1 of 7. Summary of Willem de Kooning.
- American
- April 24, 1904
- Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- March 19, 1997
May 13, 2024 · 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.
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Mar 20, 1997 · March 19, 1997 at 7:00 p.m. EST. Willem de Kooning, 92, one of the leading American artists of this century and a giant of abstract expressionism whose paintings and drawings...
De Kooning had reached a more thoroughly open, less anxiously complex place in his artistic career. Succumbing to the affects of old age and dementia, de Kooning worked on his last painting in 1991 and passed away in 1997 at the age of 92, after an extraordinarily long, rich and successful career.
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