Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) an abstract expressionist painter was born in Rotterdam in The Netherlands. The Rotterdam Academy of Fine Art accepted de Kooning as a student in 1916.
In 1926 he stowed away on a boat to New York City.
De Kooning made his living for a time as a house painter. Later, he was a teacher at Black Mountain College with John Cage, Buckminster Fuller and Josef Albers.
In the post World War II era, de Kooning painted in the area of abstract expressionism. Others in this movement include Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still. Later, de Kooning experimented with other art movements.
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