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[[Image:Willem de Kooning.jpg|thumb|120px|Willem de Kooning]]
[[Image:Willem de Kooning.jpg|thumb|120px|Willem de Kooning]]
'''Willem de Kooning''' (1904-1997) was an [[Abstract Expressionism|Abstract Expressionist]] painter. 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".
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De Kooning is best known for the painting ''Woman V'', which took two years to complete. He and [[Jackson Pollock]] were both important figures in the Abstract-Expressionist school. His later work showed an increasing preoccupation with landscape. [http://www.biography.com/people/willem-de-kooning-9270057]
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 done with roughly applied pigment and raw colours.
He and [[Jackson Pollock]] were both important figures in the Abstract-Expressionist school. His later work showed an increasing preoccupation with landscape. [http://www.biography.com/people/willem-de-kooning-9270057]
De Kooning suffered from alcoholism his entire life.
De Kooning suffered from alcoholism his entire life.
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== Quotes ==
*"My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start out that way. I can see of course that, in the abstract, thinking and all activity is rather desperate."
*"The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves."
== See also ==
== See also ==