b. 1904, Rotterdam; d. 1997, East Hampton, New YorkWillem de Kooning was born April 24, 1904, in Rotterdam. From 1916 to 1925, he studied at night at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten en Technische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam, while apprenticed to a commercial-art...
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The organic forms and black contours in Elegy reminds us of paintings by Joan Mirò and also works by de Kooning's friend Arshile Gorky.The painting was first shown in 1943.At the exposition Twentieth Century Paintings in gallery Bignou in New York, were...
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Dutch-born American painter who was one of the leading exponents of Abstract Expressionism, particularly the form known as Action painting . During the 1930s and '40s de Kooning worked simultaneously in figurative and abstract modes, but by about 1945...
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Happy Birthday Billy, The 20's are finished long live the 30's.
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