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Born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, but later moved to Long Island, United States, Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) was an artist of the school of abstract expressionism with other artists, Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman.

After eight years of learning of art at the Rotterdam Academy of Fine Arts and Techniques, de Kooning came to America in 1926. De Kooning settled in a studio in Manhattan in 1927, after which he came under the influence of artist and critic John D. Graham also became a friend of Arshile Gorky, with whom he formed a close relationship. De Kooning first opportunity to indulge your creative genes came when he was appointed to work on the Project WPA Federal Art. He has been involved in easel painting and murals until his resignation in 1937.

In 1938, De Kooning, Arshile Gorky influenced by, drawn from painting, two men standing face Man "sit" and "representative of the male characters. The time had even worked on two series of abstractions called "Pink Landscape" and "Elegy." Slowly, de Kooning seemed to move from abstract art to abstract art, figurative, mixed These two trends have become a feature of De Kooning's art in the 1940s. Works of the period showing fusion of abstraction and figuration are "woman" "man standing", and the last example, 'Pink Angels. "De Kooning in 1946 conducted a series of deliveries in the series in black and white enamel - "Light in August" (1946), Zurich (1947), "Mailbox" (1947-8) and "Black Friday" (1948)

In 1950, Willem de Kooning embarked on his abstract art and representing the most famous - the series 'Female'. De Kooning had already addressed the issue of women in the 1940s but is now fully devoted to its study. "Woman I" started in 1950 and was completed in 1952. It continued the series until "Female VI", which created a ripple in the art world these pieces are very different in the art of other abstract expressionists. Although the figure for women is visible in the art of De Kooning, is not severe and that degenerates into a mixture of colors and textures. This combination of expressionism and traditional forms - Constant and without ambiguity - Kooning made more colorful paintings of abstract expressionist painting all the time. Images from the series The woman is the result of turbulent brush combined with the use of high-key colors. It shows a woman with all the sexual emotions of modern man.

Toward the 1960s De Kooning turned to abstract art pure with the change of emphasis on the human figure in the landscape. 'Bolton Landing "(1957) and "Puerta del River (1960): based on similarity with the work of another artist of the abstract expressionist movement, Franz Kline, in broad strokes and calligraphic trends. De Kooning also made his first sculptures modeled in clay and bronze in Rome in 1969, while in 1970-71, he participated the creation of figures natural size. In 1979, de Kooning also received the Andrew W. Mellon award, while the Museum of Modern Art presented a retrospective of De Kooning in 1997.

This figure is representative of abstract expressionism died March 12, 1997, after creating works who have not yet been studied. These paintings seem to move in a new direction and show trends, but who have borne the brunt of gossip and negative reviews.

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