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Willem de Kooning

painter, sculptor, university teacher, designer, draftsperson, printmaker

1904  – 1997

Willem de Kooning was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. Born in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, he moved to the United States in 1926, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1962. In 1943, he married painter Elaine Fried.

All Quotes by Willem de Kooning

“The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves.”
— Willem de Kooning
“The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves.”
— Willem de Kooning
“Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure.”
— Willem de Kooning