Willem de Kooning ART FOR SALE

Portrait of Willem de Kooning: Photograph of Willem de Kooning

1904 Rotterdam, Holland - 1997 East Hampton, New York. Known for: Abstract expressionist painting, figurative.

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Willem de Kooning was born in Rotterdam, Holland on April 24, 1904. His father, Leenert, was a wine and beer distributor who won custody of young Willem when his parents separated about five years after his birth. His mother, Cornelia Nobel de Kooning, ran a tough seamen's bar, and snatched the boy back soon after. At the age of twelve, with elementary school behind him, de Kooning entered an informal apprenticeship with commercial artists and designers, Jan and Jaay Gidding, who also provided his art education. They enrolled him in night courses at the Rotterdam Akademie voor Beeldende Kunsten en Wettenschappen, where he studied academic art and crafts. His first jobs were in commercial art, including a year in Belgium during which he... Read full biography

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Untitled - Chair

Type:Drawing

Year:circa 1957

Size:13.25" x 10.75"

Medium:Watercolor

Signed:Unsigned

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Artist: Willem de Kooning, Dutch/American (1904 - 1997) Title: Untitled - Chair Year: circa 1957 Medium: Watercolor on Paper Size: 13.25 in. x 10.75 in. (33.66 cm x 27.31 cm) Frame Size: 22.5 x 20 inches

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