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[[Image:Willem de Kooning.jpg|thumb|140px|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]] with whom he started a studio. He became one of the leading exponents of Abstract Expressionism and particularly of "Action Painting". His first one-man exhibition took place in 1948.
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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.
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. [http://www.biography.com/people/willem-de-kooning-9270057]
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. [http://www.biography.com/people/willem-de-kooning-9270057] [http://prdhotelart.com/products-page/willem-de-kooning/police-gazette/]
De Kooning suffered from alcoholism his entire life.
De Kooning suffered from alcoholism his entire life.