9, 98, 99 (color ill.). cat. (New York: Pace Gallery, 1990), pp. “De Kooning: dipinti, disegni, sculture,” exh. 29, 39. Philippe Sollers, “De Kooning, vite” (Éditions de la différence, 1988), vol. Find more prominent pieces of abstract at Wikiart.org – best visual art database. Frederick Hartt, “Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture” (Harry N. Abrams, 1976), vol. Deborah Solomon, “The Figure in the (Abstract) Canvas,” “Wall Street Journal,” May 6, 1994, p. A12. Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan, “de Kooning: An American Master” (Alfred A. Knopf, 2004), pp. Yoshiyuki Fuji, “Willem de Kooning,” Contemporary Great Masters 5 (Kodansha, 1993), pl. Willem de Kooning, (born April 24, 1904, Rotterdam, Netherlands—died March 19, 1997, East Hampton, New York, U.S.), Dutch-born American painter who was one of the leading exponents of Abstract Expressionism, particularly the form known as Action painting.During the 1930s and ’40s de Kooning worked simultaneously in figurative and abstract modes, but by about 1945 these two … His parents, Leendert de Kooning and Cornelia Nobel, were divorced in 1907, and de Kooning lived first with his father and then with his mother. New York, Museum of Modern Art, “Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America,” January 23–March 25, 1951, cat. (Electa, 1985), p. 64. Harry F. Gaugh, “Willem de Kooning,” Modern Masters 2 (Abbeville Press, 1983), pp. Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. (Hatje Cantz, 2005), pp. 44–47, 177, fig. (1993), pp. 220, 225, 226, 229, 230, fig. Harold Rosenberg, “The Anxious Object: Art Today and Its Audience” (Horizon Press, 1964), pp. All Rights Reserved. (Harry N. Abrams, 2000), pp. cat. This course offers an in-depth, hands-on look at the materials, techniques, and thinking of seven New York School artists, including Willem de Kooning, Yayoi Kusama, Agnes Martin, Barnett Newman, Jackson Pollock, Ad Reinhardt, and Mark Rothko. Susan Chevlowe et al., “Common Man, Mythic Vision: The Paintings of Ben Shahn,” exh. 21 (ill.); Catalan and Spanish cat., pp. Sharing a studio with the artist Arshile Gorky, de Kooning immersed himself in … 38–39; repr. “Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago” (Art Institute of Chicago, 1961), p. 122, 390 (ill.). James N. Wood and Teri J. Edelstein, “The Art Institute of Chicago: Twentieth-Century Painting and Sculpture” (Hudson Hills Press, 1996), pp. Oil and enamel on canvas, The Art Institute of Chicago. “de Kooning: A Centennial Exhibition,” exh. Excavation is de Kooning's largest easel painting and the culminating work of his late 1940s abstractions. cat. 43, 45, 128, cat. cat. ‘Excavation’ was created in 1950 by Willem de Kooning in Abstract Expressionism style. 64. 3.44 (color ill.); 2nd ed. Sourced quotations by the Dutch Painter Willem de Kooning (1904 — 1997) about painting, paint and art. Willem de Kooning.New York, 1959, p. 21, states that the figure's mouth was cut out of a Camel cigarette advertisement. Kirk Varnedoe with Pepe Karmel, “Jackson Pollock,” exh. (Jewish Museum/Princeton University Press, 1998), p. 89, fig. (Hatje Cantz, 2005), pp. 11, 45. “Willem de Kooning,” exh. 220, 225–226, 229–230, fig. (Chicago: Richard Gray Gallery, 1974), n.pag. II (color ill.). Eric de Chassey, “Les quatre leçons de Paul Cézanne,” “Beaux Arts” 111 (April 1993), p. 83 (color ill.). 5 (color ill.). Calvin Tompkins, “Manet and de Kooning,” “New Yorker” (February 6, 1984), pp. “Willem de Kooning: Pittsburgh International Series,” exh. 51, 73–75, cat. (Madrid: Fundacíon Juan March, 1978), n.pag. (Whitney Museum of American Art/Prestel-Verlag, 1983), pp. (Neues Museum Weserburg/Hirmer, 1996), pp. 2, p. 456, fig. 15, 81. (The Jewish Museum/Princeton University Press, 1998), p. 89, fig. (New York Graphic Society, 1971), fig. months, until the desired effect was achieved. 71, 72, 75, 76, 147, fig. 31, 36–38, 41, 56, 64, 71, 109, fig. (Paris: Galerie Karsten Greve, 1990), pp. “Instituto de arte de Chicago,” El mundo de los museos (Madrid: Editorial Codex, 1967), pp. by Marla Prather with essays by David Sylvester and Richard Shiff; traveled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 11, 1994–January 8, 1995, and London, Tate Gallery, February 15–May 7, 1995 (Washington, D. C. and New York only), pp. Stephen Polcari, “Review: Willem de Kooning, Washington, National Gallery,” “Burlington Magazine” 136, 1098 (September 1994), p. 644, fig. Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture May 17, 1984–Aug 4, … 58 (color ill.). (Pace Wildenstein, 2001), p. 43. John Wilmerding, ed., “The Genius of American Painting” (William Morrow and Company, 1973), p. 289 (ill.). “Picasso, Guston, Miró, de Kooning: in vollkommener Freiheit/Painting for Themselves, Late Works,” exh. 82. cat. Willem de Kooning (24 aprilie 1904 – 19 martie 1997) a fost un artist olandezo-american, care s-a născut în Rotterdam, Olanda.. În perioada de după al Doilea Război Mondial, de Kooning a pictat într-un stil devenit cunoscut cu denumirea de expresionism abstract și a făcut parte din grupul de artiști care au devenit cunoscuți ca făcând parte din New York School. (Prentice Hall, 1973), p. 245, pl. cat. 15–18, fig. ), without frame, Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Logan Purchase Prize Fund; restricted gifts of Edgar J. Kaufmann, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Noah Goldowsky. Sam Hunter, “American Art of the 20th Century: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture” (Harry N. Abrams, 1972), p. 245, pl. cat. Masterpieces from the Collection Mar 2, 1982–Mar 1, 1983 1 other work identified. 388 (color ill.). 77, 79. As he developed this, he added detail in … “XXVII Biennale di Venezia,” June 19–October 17, 1954, cat. Philip Larson and Peter Schjeldahl, “De Kooning: Drawings, Sculptures,” exh. Daniel Schulman, “Marion Perkins: A Chicago Sculptor Rediscovered” in “African Americans in Art: Selections from the Art Institute of Chicago,” “Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies” 24, 2 (1999), p. 100. D. Cateforis: Willem de Kooning's 'Women' of the IQ50S: A Critical History of their Reception and Interpretation, Ann Arbor 1992. He left school in 1916 and became an apprentice in a firm of commercial artists. Curtis Bill Pepper, “ The Indomitable de Kooning,” “New York Times,” November 20, 1983, p. 88. 224 (ill.). Susan Chevlowe et al., “Common Man, Mythic Vision: The Paintings of Ben Shahn,” exh. 245–46, 261. 2, cat. Willem de Kooning is widely known for his masterful yet highly idiosyncratic working methods. © 2018 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Signed: recto: "de Kooning" (bottom right in black paint); not inscribed on verso, 205.7 × 254.6 cm (81 × 100 1/4 in. 8 (ill.). 15 (color ill.). 27 (color ill.). 180 (color ill.). 7 (ill.). Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, “New Accessions USA,” July 3–September 2, 1952, cat. Open today 10–11 a.m. members | 11 a.m.–6 p.m. public. Ingried Brugger et al., “Willem de Kooning,” exh. (West Palm Beach: Norton Gallery of Art, 1975), pp. Terms of Use | Links Elizabeth Murray, “Willem de Kooning,” “Art Journal” 48, 3 (Fall 1989), p. 236. (ill.). 20, 93, 100–02, 127, 136, cat. cat. 154, 157, 159, 172–73, 185, 194, 195, fig. Artist: Willem de Kooning (1904-97), even more than his contemporary Jackson Pollock, initiated a freeness, largeness and urban energy in modern American art. Aptly titled, the painting reflects de Kooning’s technically masterful painting process: an intensive building up of the surface and scraping down of its paint layers, often for months, until the desired effect was achieved. Through studio demonstrations and gallery walkthroughs, you’ll form a deeper understanding of what a studio practice means and how ideas develop from close … Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, “Willem de Kooning,” September 19–November 17, 1968, organized by the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, cat. cit. When de Kooning was 21, in 1926, he moved from Holland to the U.S. to pursue a career in commercial art. “Willem de Kooning,” exh. “4 mestres contemporâneos: Jean Dubuffet, Alberto Giacometti, Willem de Kooning, Francis Bacon,” exh. Kooning's work. Excavation, Willem de Kooning’s largest painting up to 1950, exemplifies the artist’s innovative style of expressive brushwork and distinctive organization of space into loose, sliding planes with open contours. cat. He had no papers and spoke no English. Washington, D. C., National Gallery of Art, “Willem de Kooning: Paintings,” May 8–September 5, 1994, cat. “Willem de Kooning: Drawings, Paintings, Sculptures,” exh. Aline B. Louchheim, “Conclusions from a Chicago Annual,” “New York Times,” October 28, 1951, sec. 68 (ill.). 7, 9, 10 (ill.). In abandoning the pure abstraction of previous masterpieces such as Excavation, de Kooning turned the era’s leading art critic Clement Greenberg — and others — against him. Add to Wishlist. Sally Yard, “Willem de Kooning: The First Twenty-Six Years in New York, 1927–1952” (Ph.D. Bennett Schiff, “For de Kooning, Painting Has Been ‘A Way of Living,’” “Smithsonian” 25, 1 (April 1994), pp. Edwin Denby, “My Friend de Kooning,” “ARTnews Annual” 29 (1964), p. 91 (ill.). (E. P. Dutton and Company, 1974), n.pag. cat. 45 (ill.). cat. “Willem de Kooning: Paintings,” exh. (Guggenheim Museum/Harry N. Abrams, 1999), p. 35, fig. (Dordrechts Museum, 1979), n.pag. cat. Willem de Kooning’s rise to art world fame took a delightfully meandering path. 16 (ill.), 83 (color ill.). 27 (color ill.). 555 (ill.); 2nd ed. diss., Princeton University, 1980), pp. cat. by Thomas B. Hess; traveled to London, Tate Gallery, December 5, 1968–January 26, 1969, New York, Museum of Modern Art, March 6–April 27, 1969, Art Institute of Chicago, May 17–July 6, 1969, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July 29–September 14, 1969, pp. “de Kooning, Chamberlain: Influence and Transformation,” exh. The mobile structure of hooked, calligraphic Eric de Chassey, “Les quatre leçons de Paul Cézanne,” “Beaux Arts,” 111 (April 1993), p. 83 (color ill.). Excavation, 1950, by Willem de Kooning. 30, 101, 140, 197, 202, 212–18 (ill.), 233, 366. Sold, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, to the Art Institute, 1952. According to de Kooning, his point of departure was an image of women working in a rice field from Bitter Rice, a 1949 Italian Neorealist film. cat. After years of cajoling, in 1966 Willem de Kooning agreed to a retrospective of his work. 47, 50, 58, 104, cat. Please update your browser for the best experience. 16, 286 (color ill., detail), 295 (color ill.). 131 (ill.). Diane Waldman, “Willem de Kooning” (National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution/Harry N. Abrams, 1988), pp. 62–63. With his ‘Woman’ paintings of the early 1950s, Willem de Kooning produced one of the most groundbreaking series in 20th-century art, not to mention one of the more controversial. “de Kooning: dipinti, disegni, sculture,” exh. Summary of Willem de Kooning. (Kunstforum Wien/Edition Minerva, 2005), pp. cat. Robert Hughes, “Painting’s Vocabulary Builder,” “Time” (January 9, 1984), pp. The one so honored is Willem de Kooning, the reluctant Abstract Expressionist whose career was a lightning rod and whose late-period legacy has been the subject of … 243, 247 (color ill.). (New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2004), pp. Alfred H. Barr, Jr., “Gorky, De Kooning, Pollock (7 Americans Open in Venice),” “ARTnews” 49, 4 (June-August 1950), p. 23 (ill.). cat. Aptly titled, the composition reflects his technically masterful painting process: an intensive building up of the surface and scraping down of its paint layers, often for THE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE CXLV OCTOBER 2003 7^5. cat. 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