Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning was born in Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands on April 24th, 1904 and is the Painter. At the age of 92, Willem de Kooning biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Willem de Kooning (born in Rotterdam and migrated to the United States in 1926, becoming an American citizen in 1962) became an American citizen in 1962.
Elaine Fried, a painter, married him in 1943. De Kooning exhibited in a style that came to be described as abstract expressionism or "action painting" in the years after World War II, and was part of a group of artists that came to be known as the New York School.
Jackson Pollock, Elaine de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Peter Kline, Nell Blaine, Adolph Gottlieb, Anne Ryan, Clyfford Still, and Richard Pousette-Dart were among the group's painters.
Early work
Abstract still-lifes from De Kooning's 1930s and early 1940s paintings are characterized by geometric or biomorphic shapes and vibrant hues. Davis, Gorky and Graham are among his many influences, but also Arp, Joan Miró, Mondrian, and Pablo Picasso. De Kooning created a series of solitary male figures, standing or seated against undefined backgrounds in the early years; many of these are unfinished.
De Kooning had started a series of black and white paintings by 1946, which he would continue to do into 1949. During this period, he had his first one-man exhibition at the Charles Egan Gallery in 1948, largely black and white paintings, though a few pieces have passages of bright color. De Kooning's black paintings are important in abstract expressionism's history, mixed media, and their method.: 25
In the early and late 1940s, De Kooning painted women regularly, but it wasn't until 1950 that he started to investigate the female issue more specifically. His well-known Woman series, which began in 1950 and culminated in Woman VI, owes a lot to Picasso, not least in the figure's violent, penetrative breaking of the figure and the spaces around it. Picasso's late works reveal signs that he, in turn, saw pictures of Pollock and de Kooning's paintings. De Kooning was the leading painter of the 1950s art movement to a new movement known as American abstract expressionism. "Moming's paintings and drawings have reflected desire, apprehension, inner conflict, pleasure,... and as presenting design and handling difficulties as those of an engineer," the artist said. The female figure is a significant representation of both De Kooning's art career and his own life. The Woman painting is considered a significant work of art for the museum due to its historical context surrounding the post-World War II period and the American feminist movement. In addition, the medium (oil, enamel, and charcoal on canvas) of this painting makes it different from those of de Kooning's time.
Woman III (1953), Woman VI (1953), Interchange (1955), and Police Gazette (1955). The painter is known for his drawings: Woman III (1953), Woman VI (1953), Woman VII (1953), and Police Gazette (1955). Clamdigger (1972-1976) and Seated Woman on a Bench (1972/1976) are two prominent sculptures.