de Kooning

de Koo·ning

D0105900 (dĭ ko͞o′nĭng), Willem 1904-1997. Dutch-born American painter and leader of the abstract expressionist school. In the 1950s he produced a monumental series entitled Woman, characterized by unrestrained color and a violent treatment of subject matter. His wife, Elaine Fried de Kooning (1918-1989), painted in a variety of styles, often devoting numerous works to a single theme, as in her drawings and portraits of John F. Kennedy.

de Kooning

(də ˈkuːnɪŋ) n (Biography) Willem (ˈwɪləm). 1904–97, US abstract expressionist painter, born in Holland

de Koo•ning

(də ˈku nɪŋ)
n. Willem, 1904–97, U.S. painter, born in the Netherlands.

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