Painter, Sculptor
· 1904 – 1997
- Netherlands
Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning left behind a stamp of his painting’s innovative and emotionally loaded style. Willem de Kooning’s art style is innovative with a focus on free and emotional expression. In Kooning’s paintings, “Excavation” is a kind of monument, concretizing his interests in form, color, and texture. We should also know that “Police Gazette” and “Woman I” are well-praised around the globe.
Willem de Kooning was born in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, in 1904. In 1926 he made a brave decision to leave his workplace, a commercial art studio, and move to the United States, where he would later find a niche for himself in the vibrant art of New York City. Kooning’s paintings were distinguished by the figurative style in forms of the human body depicted abstractly and expressively. Yet, his late exploration of abstract expressionism would finally cement his position as a driving force in modern art. Now Willem De Kooning’s art is more accessible than before, you can find Wellem De Kooning’s lithograph in authentic galleries like Singulart.
You can find a style evolution in Kooning’s paintings, from figurative to abstract, and enabled us to find these creative artistic journeys through his work. If you are looking for a piece of Willem De Kooning’s art or Willem de Kooning’s lithograph, Singulart is a fantastic place to help you find the one that suits you the best!
Willem de Kooning was born in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, in 1904. In 1926 he made a brave decision to leave his workplace, a commercial art studio, and move to the United States, where he would later find a niche for himself in the vibrant art of New York City. Kooning’s paintings were distinguished by the figurative style in forms of the human body depicted abstractly and expressively. Yet, his late exploration of abstract expressionism would finally cement his position as a driving force in modern art. Now Willem De Kooning’s art is more accessible than before, you can find Wellem De Kooning’s lithograph in authentic galleries like Singulart.
You can find a style evolution in Kooning’s paintings, from figurative to abstract, and enabled us to find these creative artistic journeys through his work. If you are looking for a piece of Willem De Kooning’s art or Willem de Kooning’s lithograph, Singulart is a fantastic place to help you find the one that suits you the best!
122 Artworks
Willem de Kooning (1904–1997), Untitled X, 1976, copyright The Willem de Koning Foundation/VG Bild- Kunst, Bonn 2004, Printed in Germany
Giclée print on Paper
33x23in
$500
Abstract composition - Vintage Screen printing in colors for De Kooning exhibit, 1990
Screen Printing on Paper
37x26in
$350
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In the Studio
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Born
- 1904 – 1997
- Mediums
- Painter, Sculptor
De Kooning: A Retrospective / Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) - New York, United States
Willem de Kooning: The Late Paintings, the 1980s / Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York, United States
Willem de Kooning: The North Atlantic Light / Tate Gallery - London, United Kingdom
Willem de Kooning: Paintings / Whitney Museum of American Art - New York, United States
Willem de Kooning: A Retrospective / Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) - New York, United States
Willem de Kooning: Drawings / Whitney Museum of American Art - New York, United States
Willem de Kooning: New Paintings / Sidney Janis Gallery - New York, United States
Willem de Kooning: Recent Paintings / Sidney Janis Gallery - New York, United States
Willem de Kooning: Recent Paintings / Sidney Janis Gallery - New York, United States
Willem de Kooning: Recent Paintings / Sidney Janis Gallery - New York, United States
Willem de Kooning: Recent Paintings / Sidney Janis Gallery - New York, United States
The New Decade: 35 American Painters and Sculptors / Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) - New York, United States
De Kooning: Paintings / Sidney Janis Gallery - New York, United States
Willem de Kooning / Charles Egan Gallery - New York, United States
Abstract Painting in America / Whitney Museum of American Art - New York, United States
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, United States
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco, United States
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., United States
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., United States
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, United States
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, United States
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, United States
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, United States
Birth of Willem de Kooning in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Begins working as a house painter's apprentice
Moves to the United States
Studies at the Académie Julian in Paris
Works on the WPA Federal Art Project
First solo exhibition at the Egan Gallery, New York
Begins his celebrated "Woman" series
Co-founds the "Irascible Eighteen"
Marries Elaine Fried
Wins the Guggenheim International Award
Represents the United States at the Venice Biennale
Teaches at the University of Pennsylvania
Receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
Passes away in East Hampton, New York
