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DE KOONING Willem, born 1904 Rotterdam - 1997 New York. American-Dutch painter. |
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| 1916-20 | Worked
for an art dealer in Rotterdam while attending
evening classes at
the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten en Technische Wetenschappen in
Rotterdam. Studies there 8 years. |
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| 1920 | Introduced
to de Stijl and Jugenstijl artists. |
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| 1924 | Studies
at Academie des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, and Van Schelling Design School,
Antwerp. |
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| 1925 | Returns
to Rotterdam; completes studies at Academie there. |
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| 1926 | Emigrated
illegally to the US. |
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| 1927-35 | Worked
as a free-lance commercial artist. |
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| 1930 | Shared
a studio with Gorky. |
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| 1934 | Member
of the newly founded Artists Union. |
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| 1935 | Employed
by WPA Federal Arts Project; removed when it is learned he is not a U.S.
citizen. |
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| 1936 | Included,
'New Horizons in American Art', exhibition of works from WPA Arts
Projects, Museum of Modern Art. |
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| 1937 | Commission
for a 27 m long mural for the Pharmacy Pavilion
at the New York
World Fair. |
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| 1938-44 | First
pictures of women. |
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| 1940 | From
1940 commissions for stage designs. |
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| 1941 | Designs
murals for United States Maritime Commission for S.S. President
Jackson. |
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| 1942 | Included,
'American and French Paintings', McMillen Gallery, New York, selected by
John Graham. Met Pollock. |
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| 1943 | Included,
group show, Bignou Gallery, New York. |
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| 1944 | Included,
'Abstract and Surrealist Art in America', Mortimer Brandt Gallery, New
York, selected by Sidney Janis. Participants include William Baziotes,
Adolph Gottlieb, Mark Rothko. |
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| 1948 | First
solo show, Egan Gallery, New York; also 1951. Taught at Black Mountain College (summer) in North Carolina. Museum of Modern Art acquires Painting, 1948. Included, 'Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting', Whitney Museum of American Art. Also 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1972. |
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| 1949 | Included,
'Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting', Whitney Museum of
American Art. Included, "The Intrasubjectives," Kootz Gallery, New York, organized by Harold Rosenberg and Samuel Kootz. |
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| 1950 | Solo
show, "XXV Venice Biennale," curated by Alfred H.Barr.Jr. Taught at the School of Fine Arts in Yale. Continued Women series and worked on abstract compositions with great colour intensity. Included, 'Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting', Whitney Museum of American Art. |
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| 1950-51 | Teaches
at Yale University School of Fine Arts. de Kooning page 2 |
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