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Willem de Kooning
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Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist (1904–1997)
Willem de Kooning was a Dutch-American painter (1904–1997) who became a leading figure in abstract expressionism, a major art movement of the 20th century. His bold, gestural paintings that blended abstraction with recognizable forms influenced modern art significantly and helped establish New York as a center of contemporary art after World War II.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1904-04-24 ) April 24, 1904, Rotterdam , Netherlands
- Died
- March 19, 1997 (1997-03-19) (aged 92), East Hampton, New York , U.S.
- Known for
- Abstract expressionism
- Notable work
- Woman I , Interchange , Easter Monday , Attic , Excavation
- Spouse
- Elaine Fried ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1943 ; died 1989 )
- Awards
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (1964) , Edward MacDowell Medal (1975) , National Medal of Arts (1986) , Praemium Imperiale (1989)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Willem
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Rotterdam
- Place of death
- East Hampton
- Spouse
- Elaine de Kooning
- Occupation
- teacher
- Educated at
- Willem de Kooning Academy
- Employer
- Black Mountain College
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Participant in
- Documenta 6
- Field of work
- painting
- Genre
- figurative art
- Movement
- action painting
- Image
- Willem de Kooning 1968.jpg
- Work location
- New York City
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- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Commons category
- Willem de Kooning
- date of birth
- 1904-04-24
- date of death
- 1997-03-19
- medical condition
- Alzheimer's disease
- Commons Creator page
- Willem de Kooning
- cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Willem de Kooning
- student
- Tom Wesselmann
- birth name
- Willem de Kooning
- significant person
- Joseph Glasco
- start of work period
- 1916-01-01
- end of work period
- 1997-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Willem de Kooning (/də ˈkuːnɪŋ/ də KOO-ning, 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 U.S. citizen in 1962. In 1943, he married painter Elaine Fried.
In the years after World War II, De Kooning painted in a style that came to be referred to as abstract expressionism or "action painting", and was part of a group of artists that came to be known as the New York School. Other painters in this group included Jackson Pollock, Elaine de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, John Ferren, Nell Blaine, Conrad Marca-Relli, James Brooks, Adolph Gottlieb, Jack Tworkov, Norman Lewis, Anne Ryan, Robert Motherwell, Philip Guston, Clyfford Still, and Richard Pousette-Dart. De Kooning's retrospective held at MoMA in 2011–2012 rendered him one of the best-known artists of the 20th century.
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