Elaine de Kooning

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Elaine de Kooning
John F. Kennedy, 1963 painting by Elaine de Kooning, National Portrait Gallery Washington, D. C.
Birth name Elaine Marie Fried
Born March 12, 1918(1918-03-12)
Died February 1, 1989 (aged 70)
Nationality American
Field Painting, Abstract expressionism
Movement East Coast Figurative painting, Abstract Expressionism
Influenced by Willem de Kooning

Elaine de Kooning (March 12, 1918- February 1, 1989) was an Abstract Expressionist, Figurative Expressionist painter in the post-World War II era and editorial associate for the Art News magazine.[1] On December 9, 1943, she married artist Willem de Kooning, who was highly influential artist in the Abstract Expressionism movement.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life and education

Born as Elaine Marie Fried in Brooklyn, New York, her artistic sensibility was encouraged by her mother, who took her to museums and taught her to draw what she saw. After graduating from Erasmus Hall High School then doing a brief stint at Hunter College in New York City, in 1937 she began to study at the Leonardo da Vinci Art School, Hoboken, New Jersey. In 1938 she went on to study at the American Artists School in New York City.[2]

Elaine de Kooning stated:[3]

”A painting to me is primarily a verb, not a noun, an event first and only secondarily an image.”

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[edit] Selected solo exhibitions

[edit] Selected group exhibitions

[edit] Death

February 11, 1989, Elaine de Kooning died at the age of 70. Willem de Kooning was never told that his wife had died.[4]

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[edit] External link for image reproduction

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