Elaine de Kooning

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Elaine de Kooning
Birth name Elaine Marie Fried
Born (1918-03-12)March 12, 1918[1]/1920[2]
Brooklyn, New York
Died February 1, 1989(1989-02-01) (aged 68-70)
Southampton, New York
Nationality American
Field Painting
Movement New York Figurative Expressionism, Abstract Expressionism
Influenced by Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Harold Rosenberg, Mark Rothko, Joan Mitchell, Rudy Burkhardt, Aristidemus Kaldis, Stuart Davis, Robert Jonas, Milton Resnick, Josef Albers[3][4][5][6]

Elaine de Kooning (March 12, 1918[1]/1920[2] – February 1, 1989) was an Abstract Expressionist, Figurative Expressionist painter in the post-World War II era and editorial associate for Art News magazine.[7] On December 9, 1943, she married artist Willem de Kooning, who was a highly influential artist in the Abstract Expressionism movement.

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Early life and education [edit]

She was born Elaine Marie Catherine Fried in 1918 (she later gave her birth year as 1920)[1] in Brooklyn, New York. The oldest of four children born to Charles Frank Fried and Mary Ellen O'Brien Fried, she was raised in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn.[1][2] 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 brief studies at Hunter College in New York City, in 1937 she attended 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.[8]

She stated:[9]

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

Death [edit]

Elaine de Kooning died on February 1, 1989, in Southampton, New York,[2] a year after having a lung removed due to lung cancer.[1] Willem de Kooning, who was never officially diagnosed with Alzheimer's but nonetheless reported to have had the disease, was told in the summer of 1989 that his wife had died.

Teaching positions [edit]

Selected solo exhibitions [edit]

Selected group exhibitions [edit]

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References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Elaine de Kooning". TheArtStory.org. 
  2. ^ a b c d Glueck, Grace (February 2, 1989). "Elaine de Kooning, Artist and Teacher, Dies at 68". New York Times. 
  3. ^ Bledsoe, Jane K, Ed. “ Elaine de Kooning: Essays by Lawrence Campbell, Helen Harrison, Rose Slivka.” Georgia museum of Art. Univ of Ga 1992.
  4. ^ Baxter, Adrienne. Ed., Luyckx, Marjorie, Slivka, Rose. “Elaine De Kooning The Spirit of Abstract Expressionism.” New York, Braziller, 1993. Print
  5. ^ Marko, Karen & G. Armond, “ DeKooining, Elaine Marie.” The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives. Vol. 2. 1986-1990. Ed. Kenneth Jackson. New York: Scribner and Sons, 1999. 245-7.
  6. ^ Tuchman, Phyllis. “Oral history interview with Elaine De Kooning.”Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Washington. 27 Aug. 1981.
  7. ^ Edvard Lieber, "Willem de Kooning: Reflections in the Studio", p.10.
  8. ^ American abstract and figurative expressionism : style is timely art is timeless : an illustrated survey with artists' statements, artwork and biographies. p. 75
  9. ^ ‘’It is, No.4, Autumn, 1959.’’ Magazine for Abstract Art, Second Half Publishing Co., New York pp. 29, 30.

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