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Willem De Kooning

Hardback

Main Details

Title Willem De Kooning
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Corinna Thierolf
SeriesThe Great Masters of Art
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:72
Dimensions(mm): Height 205,Width 140
Category/GenreArt and design styles - Abstract Expressionism
Painting and paintings
Individual artists and art monographs
ISBN/Barcode 9783777430737
ClassificationsDewey:759.9492
Audience
General
Illustrations Illustrated in colour and duotone throughout

Publishing Details

Publisher Hirmer Verlag
Imprint Hirmer Verlag
Publication Date 5 July 2018
Publication Country Germany

Description

In 1926 22 year - old Dutchman Willem de Kooning (1904 - 1997) travelled to the USA on a British freighter - without papers and hidden in the machine room. The young art student eked out a living by painting houses, signs and facades, before he was able aft er eight years to dedicate himself entirely to painting. In the United States he established contacts with the art scene and forged friendships with artists such as Arshile Gorky, Franz Kline, Clifford Still, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko. Today De Ko oning belongs to the outstanding painters of Abstract Expressionism and together with Jackson Pollock is regarded as a pioneer of Action Painting. This publication vividly examines De Kooning's life, marked by self - doubts, successes, new beginnings, excess es, and scandalous paintings, as well as the evolution of his artistic work. In addition, author Corinna Thierolf opens up exciting perspectives on De Kooning's work by revealing entirely new, surprising relationships with the works of fellow artists such as Franz Marc, Piet Mondrian, or Wassily Kandinsky.

Author Biography

Corinna Thierolf is head conservator of the Bavarian State Painting Collections and has curated numerous exhibitions for the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich.