Virtual ExhibitsTitle:
WOMAN
Artist:
de Kooning, Willem (1904-1997)
Medium:
Oil on artistboard
Date:
ca. 1948
Object ID:
X1960.05.01
Description:
Willem de Kooning was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. He was born in Rotterdam and moved to the United States in 1926, becoming an American citizen in 1962. In the years after World War II, de Kooning painted in a style that came to be reffered to as abstract expressionism or "action painting", and was part of a group of artists that came to be known as the New York School.
This painting was the first of many to be gifted to the Montana Historical Society by George and Elinor Poindexter. Poindexter wrote to director Michael Kennedy, "Two or three days ago I turned the little de Kooning lady over to the shipper...you should have it shortly...I don't have to tell you that you are getting a good picture." Willem de Kooning was one of the most important artists of the 20th century. His "Woman" series secured him as a central figure, alongside Jackson Pollock, in the New York School of Abstract Expressionism.
This painting was the first of many to be gifted to the Montana Historical Society by George and Elinor Poindexter. Poindexter wrote to director Michael Kennedy, "Two or three days ago I turned the little de Kooning lady over to the shipper...you should have it shortly...I don't have to tell you that you are getting a good picture." Willem de Kooning was one of the most important artists of the 20th century. His "Woman" series secured him as a central figure, alongside Jackson Pollock, in the New York School of Abstract Expressionism.
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Painting, Woman, X1960.05.01
Painting, Woman, X1960.05.01
