Franz Kline

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abstract expressionist artist human painter

Franz Kline was an American Abstract Expressionist painter best known for his large, gestural black-and-white canvases that emphasize bold, dynamic brushstrokes.

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Label Occurrences
Franz Kline canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abstract expressionist artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
painter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1962 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930s ⓘ
artisticStyle gestural abstraction ⓘ
associatedWith New York School ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart disease ⓘ
contemporaries Jackson Pollock ⓘ
Mark Rothko ⓘ
Willem de Kooning ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1910-05-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1962-05-13 ⓘ
educatedAt Boston University ⓘ
Heatherley School of Fine Art ⓘ
ethnicGroup American of German descent ⓘ
familyName Cline ⓘ
surface form: Kline
fieldOfWork abstract art ⓘ
non-objective painting ⓘ
fullName Franz Jozef Kline ⓘ
genre abstract painting ⓘ
givenName Franz ⓘ
hasWorkInCollection Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ⓘ
surface form: Guggenheim Museum

Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
Tate Modern ⓘ
Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ
influenced postwar American painting ⓘ
influencedBy Cubism ⓘ
European modernism ⓘ
movement Abstract expressionism ⓘ
surface form: Abstract Expressionism

Action painting ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableFor bold gestural brushstrokes ⓘ
large black-and-white abstract paintings ⓘ
notableWork Cardinal ⓘ
Chief ⓘ
Mahoning Valley ⓘ
surface form: Mahoning

Meryon ⓘ
Painting Number 2 ⓘ
occupation painter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
representedBy Betty Parsons Gallery ⓘ
The Sidney Janis Gallery ⓘ
surface form: Sidney Janis Gallery
sexOrGender male ⓘ
signatureElement dynamic black brushstrokes on white ground ⓘ
usedColorPalette black and white ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ

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Willem de Kooning → contemporaryOf → Franz Kline ⓘ
Abstract expressionism → associatedWithArtist → Franz Kline ⓘ
Action painting → associatedWithArtist → Franz Kline ⓘ
Joan Mitchell → influencedBy → Franz Kline ⓘ
New York School → associatedWith → Franz Kline ⓘ
Musée Marmottan Monet → hasWorkBy → Franz Kline ⓘ
Black Mountain College → hadFaculty → Franz Kline ⓘ
Elaine de Kooning → influencedBy → Franz Kline ⓘ
Conrad Marca-Relli → associatedWith → Franz Kline ⓘ