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Dutch-born painter Willem de Kooning was a leading figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He studied at the Rotterdam Academy of Fine Arts and Techniques and, inspired by American illustrators, moved to the United States in 1926, working his way across the Atlantic as a seaman with no passport or visa.
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The Collection. Modern and Contemporary Art. Woman. Willem de Kooning American, born The Netherlands. ca. 1952. Not on view. De Kooning made both figurative and abstract art at various points in his career, sometimes concurrently. Of nonfigurative work, he said, "even abstract shapes must have a likeness."
Seated Woman on a Bench 1972. © Willem de Kooning Revocable Trust/ARS, NY and DACS, London 2024. License this image. In Tate Britain. Prints and Drawings Rooms. 1 artworks by Willem de Kooning. View by Appointment. Biography.
He is best known for a provocative series of paintings of women, whose aggressive forms are rendered with slashing strokes and dripping paint. Simultaneously ferocious and comical, the meaning of these images is still disputed. One of the most remarkable aspects of de Kooning's career was his ability to move between figurative and abstract modes.
Willem de Kooning lived in the XX cent., a remarkable figure of American-Dutch Abstract Expressionism and Abstract Art. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
Artwork Details. Overview. Inscriptions and Markings. Provenance. Exhibition History. References. Title: Black Untitled. Artist: Willem de Kooning (American (born The Netherlands), Rotterdam 1904–1997 East Hampton, New York) Date: 1948. Medium: Oil and enamel on paper, mounted on wood. Dimensions: 29 7/8 × 40 in. (75.9 × 101.6 cm)
