Meaning of Willem de Kooning in English

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  1. Noun

    Willem de Kooning

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    1. United States painter (born in the Netherlands) who was a leading American exponent of abstract expressionism (1904-1997)

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  • « Willem de Kooning is generally credited for coming out of the painterly gates strong in the forties, revolutionizing art and abstraction and reaching incredible heights by the early fifties, and then tailing off. »
    Jerry Saltz
  • « Abstract Expressionism - the first American movement to have a worldwide influence - was remarkably short-lived: It heated up after World War II and was all but done for by 1960 (although visit any art school today and you'll find a would-be Willem de Kooning). »
    Jerry Saltz

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