Willem de Kooning

Kooning, Willem de





Willem de Kooning was born Apr 24 1904 BirthRotterdam, Netherlands.
Died March 19 1997 deathLong Island, USA.

"The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves."

Categories: Sculpture Objects Action painting Praemium Imperiale Award Der Kaiserring Abstract Expressionism Painting Documenta Kassel

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As an action painter, he tried to capture a sense of energy and emotion in his work. In doing so, he alternated between abstract and figural painting. While much of his work resembles the total abstraction of painters like Jackson Pollock, his best pieces combine the chaos of expressionism with more traditional forms…
Works in the Hirshhorn collection
One of the most remarkable aspects of de Kooning’s career was his ability to move between figurative and abstract modes…
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