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Biography |
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1904 |
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Born, Rotterdam, Holland |
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1916 - 1925 |
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Studied, Rotterdam Academy of Arts, Holland |
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1926 |
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moved to the USA where he started working as a carpenter and house painter |
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1927 |
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settled in New York City |
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1929 |
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he met the artist and critic John D. Graham
met the painter Arshile Gorky, who became one of De Kooning's closest and most influential friends |
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1935 - 1937 |
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De Kooning began to work on the WPA (Works Progress Administration) Federal Art Project
won the Logan Medal of the arts |
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1943 |
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married artist, Elaine Marie Fried |
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1948 |
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Instructor, Black Mountain College in North Carolina |
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1950 - 1951 |
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Instructor, Yale School of Art |
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1964 |
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moved permanently to his new atelier in East Hampton |
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1989 |
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diagnozed as Alzheimer's disease |
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1992 |
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Died, Long Island New York, age 92 |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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Action Painting, Foundation Beyeler, Riehen |
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2007 |
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Frozen Gestures, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz |
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2006 |
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Francis Picabia, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich |
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2005 |
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Artists of the Gallery, Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zurich |
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2004 |
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What's modern? Gagosian Gallery - Madison Avenue, New York City, NY |
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2003 |
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Black White, Danese, New York City, NY |
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2002 |
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Group Show, McKee Gallery, New York City, NY |
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2001 |
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In the Rough, Museu Serralves - Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Porto |
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2000 |
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Visage Painting and the Human Face in 20th Century Art, NMWA The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo |
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1999 |
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Color & Field American Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich |
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