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He and [[Jackson Pollock]] were both important figures in the Abstract-Expressionist school. His later work showed an increasing preoccupation with landscape, but in the 1960s, he worked on a new group of Women. During this period his work was marked by a heightened colour intensity and density which in turn was replaced by lighter tones and larger, more reduced forms. He painted abstract landscapes after 1995. [http://www.biography.com/people/willem-de-kooning-9270057] [http://prdhotelart.com/products-page/willem-de-kooning/police-gazette/]

He and [[Jackson Pollock]] were both important figures in the Abstract-Expressionist school. His later work showed an increasing preoccupation with landscape, but in the 1960s, he worked on a new group of Women. During this period his work was marked by a heightened colour intensity and density which in turn was replaced by lighter tones and larger, more reduced forms. He painted abstract landscapes after 1995. [http://www.biography.com/people/willem-de-kooning-9270057] [http://prdhotelart.com/products-page/willem-de-kooning/police-gazette/]

In 1964 he received one of the greatest distinctions awarded in America, the "Presidential Medal of Freedom". <ref> [http://www.willem-de-kooning.com/] </ref>

In 1964 he received one of the greatest distinctions awarded in America, the "Presidential Medal of Freedom". [http://www.willem-de-kooning.com/]  

De Kooning suffered from alcoholism his entire life.  

De Kooning suffered from alcoholism his entire life.