Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning De Kooning in his studio in 1961 Born ( 1904-04-24 ) April 24, 1904 Rotterdam, Netherlands Died March 19, 1997 (1997-03-19) (aged 92) East Hampton, New York, U.S. [1] Nationality Dutch, American Known for Abstract expressionism Notable work Woman I , Easter Monday , Attic , Excavation Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom (1964) National Medal of Arts (1986) Praemium Imperiale (1989) Willem de Kooning ( / d ə ˈ k uː n ɪ ŋ / ; [2] Dutch: [ˈʋɪləm də ˈkoːnɪŋ] ; April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was a Dutch abstract expressionist artist. He was born in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. He moved to the United States in 1926, and became an American citizen in 1962. [3] On December 9, 1943, he married painter Elaine Fried. In the years after World War II, de Kooning painted in a style that came to be referred to as abstract expressionism or "action painting", and was part of a group of artists that came to be known as the New York School. Other painters in this gr