Willem de Kooning

Willem de Kooning (1904 – 1997)

Born Willem de Kooning on April 24, 1904, in Rotterdam, Netherlands

He moved to the US in 1926, and married his student Elaine Klein (de Kooning) in 1943

Was employed in the Federal Art Project by the Works Progress Administration (like Jackson Pollock)

This abstract impressionist artist died on March 19, 1997, in East Hampton, NY

You can learn more about this artist by visiting The Willem de Kooning Foundation.

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Willem de Kooning

1904 – 1997 Photograph by Rudy Burckhardt, 1950
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Woman I

1950-1952, oil on canvasMuseum of Modern Art, New York