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Franz Kline
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American painter (1910-1962)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1910-05-23 ) May 23, 1910, Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Died
- May 13, 1962 (1962-05-13) (aged 51), New York City , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Boston University
- Movement
- Abstract expressionism , action painting
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Wilkes-Barre
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- draftsperson
- Employer
- Pratt Institute
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Documenta III
- Field of work
- abstract art
- Genre
- abstract art
- Movement
- action painting
- Work location
- New York City
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- student
- Cy Twombly
- has works in the collection
- Museum Ludwig
- date of birth
- 1910-05-23
- date of death
- 1962-05-03
- name in native language
- Franz Kline
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Encyclopedic overview
Painting Number 2 (1954), The Museum of Modern Art Franz Kline (May 23, 1910 – May 13, 1962) was an American painter. He is associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement of the 1940s and 1950s. Kline, along with other action painters like Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, John Ferren, and Lee Krasner, as well as local poets, dancers, and musicians, came to be known as the informal group, the New York School. Although he explored the same innovations to painting as the other artists in this group, Kline's work is distinct in itself and has been revered since the 1950s.
Biography
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