Willem de Kooning

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Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist painter person

Willem de Kooning was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist painter renowned for his dynamic, gestural style and influential works such as his "Woman" series.

Aliases (1)

de Kooning ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dutch-American → abstract expressionist artist → painter → person →
associatedWith	New York School →
awardReceived	Presidential Medal of Freedom →
contemporaryOf	Franz Kline → Jackson Pollock → Mark Rothko →
countryOfBirth	Netherlands →
countryOfDeath	United States →
dateOfBirth	1904-04-24 →
dateOfDeath	1997-03-19 →
emigratedFrom	Netherlands →
emigratedTo	United States →
familyName	de Kooning →
field	painting →
gender	male →
givenName	Willem →
influencedMovement	Abstract expressionism →
movement	Abstract expressionism → Action painting →
name	Willem de Kooning →
nationality	American → Dutch →
notableWork	Door to the River → Easter Monday → Excavation → Gotham News → Police Gazette → Woman I → Woman II → Woman III →
notedFor	aggressive figuration → dynamic brushwork → fusion of abstraction and figuration →
occupation	artist → painter →
placeOfBirth	Rotterdam NERFINISHED →
placeOfDeath	East Hampton, New York →
residence	East Hampton, New York → New York City →
series	Woman series →
spouse	Elaine de Kooning →
style	abstract art → figurative abstraction → gestural abstraction →
trainedAs	commercial artist →
trainedAt	Academie van Beeldende Kunsten en Technische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abstract expressionism → Action painting →	associatedWithArtist
Arshile Gorky → Jackson Pollock →	influenced
Willem de Kooning ("de Kooning") →	familyName
Green River Cemetery →	hasBurial
Springs, East Hampton, New York, United States →	hasHistoricResident
Willem →	hasNotableBearer
Robert Rauschenberg →	influencedBy
Willem de Kooning →	name