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Willem de Kooning
Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist (1904–1997)
For the academy named after him, see Willem de Kooning Academy.
In this Dutch name, the surname is De Kooning, not Kooning.
In this article, Dutch capitalization is used for tussenvoegsels in Dutch family names.
The first letter in De Kooning is capitalized unless it is preceded by a name, initial or title of nobility.
Willem de Kooning (də KOO-ning,[2]Dutch:[ˈʋɪləmdəˈkoːnɪŋ]; April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was a Dutch-Americanabstract expressionist artist.
Born in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, he moved to the United States in 1926, becoming a US citizen in 1962.[3] In 1943, he married painter Elaine Fried.
In the years after World War II, De Kooning painted in a style that came to be referred to as abstract expressionism or "action painting", and was part of a group of artists that came to be known as the New York School.
Other painters in this group included