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KLINE Franz Josef, born 1910 Wilkes-Barre (PA) - 1962 New York. American painter. |
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| 1931-35 | Studied in Boston and from | ||
| 1936 | at the Heatherley School of Fine Art in London. | ||
| 1938 | Moved to New York. | ||
| 1943 | Became friends with de Kooning, who kindled his interest in abstraction. At first he painted portraits, seated figures in rocking chairs, railway bridges, and Pennsylvania landscapes. By the end of the 40s, he had developed his own personal style of gestural painting requiring ever larger canvases. Finally limited himself to black and white. | ||
| 1950 | From 1950 produced powerful tectonic constructions, whose origin he attributed to Mondrian. | ||
| 1954 | Participation in the Symposium "Abstract Art Around the World Today" at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. | ||
| 1958/59 | Colour experiments with the goal of being able to use colours structurally, like the non-colours black and white. | ||
| 1959 | Participation in documenta 2 in Kassel. | ||
| 1962 | Died of a heart attack. | ||
| 1964 | After his death his painting where on show on documenta 3 in Kassel. | ||
Kline developed an individual form of action painting language reminiscent of Far Eastern calligraphy. |
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