Willem de Kooning(1904-1997)

The band of artists known as the New York School toyed with tradition and rebelled against the Renaissance. Feeling as though free association led to the best outcome, they took a surrealist approach, less concerned with aesthetic and more with expression. Never knowing exactly how a piece would turn out, the artists embraced their own complex humanity and worked from a place of sporadic realness.

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The New York School (1972)

Willem de Kooning was born on 24 April 1904 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was previously married to Elaine de Kooning. He died on 19 March 1997 in Long Island, New York, USA.

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1982

The New York School

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1972

The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art

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Self

1975

Painters Painting

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Self (painter)

1972

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[on 'The Connoisseur', Norman Rockwell's satirical view of Jackson Pollock's art] Square inch by square inch, it's better than Jackson.

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