Willem De Kooning
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had been widely acknowledged as one of the greatest
painters of this century known for his daring originality. Several
exhibitions in the U.S. and abroad have celebrated the artistic
achievements of this eminent artist's 60-year career. My essay covers part
of his early life with real focus on his ....
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.... a government agency that put artists to work
during the Great Depression. By the next decade, he had attained a place in
the downtown art scene among his fellow artists.
By the late 1940s, de Kooning along with Arshile Gorky, Jackson
Pollock, Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman, began to be recognized as a major
painter in a movement called "Abstract Expressionism". This new school of
thought shifted the center of twentieth century art form Paris to New York.
Willem de Kooning was ....
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