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[[Image:Willem de Kooning.jpg|thumb|120px|Willem de Kooning]]
[[Image:Willem de Kooning.jpg|thumb|140px|Willem de Kooning]]
'''Willem de Kooning''' (1904-1997) was an [[Abstract Expressionism|Abstract Expressionist]] painter and sculptor. He emigrated from the [[Netherlands]] to the [[United States]] in 1926. There he had the influence of [[Arshile Gorky]]. He became one of the leading exponents of Abstract Expressionism and particularly of "Action Painting".
'''Willem de Kooning''' (1904-1997) was an [[Abstract Expressionism|Abstract Expressionist]] painter and sculptor. He emigrated from the [[Netherlands]] to the [[United States]] in 1926. There he had the influence of [[Arshile Gorky]]. He became one of the leading exponents of Abstract Expressionism and particularly of "Action Painting".
De Kooning constantly experimented newer content within the boundaries of the Abstract Expressionist movement that he became synonymous with. He was forever engaged with the idea of the figure, relentlessly challenging himself to address it in new ways. [http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/38607/take-a-virtual-tour-of-momas-radical-de-kooning-retrospective/]
De Kooning constantly experimented newer content within the boundaries of the Abstract Expressionist movement that he became synonymous with. He was forever engaged with the idea of the figure, relentlessly challenging himself to address it in new ways. [http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/38607/take-a-virtual-tour-of-momas-radical-de-kooning-retrospective/]
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[[Image:De Kooning Woman V.jpg|thumb|left|110px|Woman V]]
De Kooning is best known for the painting ''Woman V'', which took two years to complete. Among his best-known works is a series of images of women started in 1938 and done with roughly applied pigment and raw colors.
De Kooning is best known for the painting ''Woman V'', which took two years to complete. Among his best-known works is a series of images of women started in 1938 and done with roughly applied pigment and raw colors.
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[[File:Kooning Woman III.jpg|thumb|140px|left|Woman III.]]
[[Image:De Kooning Woman V.jpg|160px|Woman V]] Woman V
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