Franz Kline was an American Abstract Expressionist known for his distinctive monochromatic paintings. Employing black brushstrokes on white canvases, Kline created compositions that were calculated and distinct from other artists of his generation. “The final test of a painting, theirs, mine, any other, is: does the painter's emotion come across?” the artist once said. Born on May 23, 1910 in Wilkes-Barre, PA, Kline studied painting at Boston University and illustration at the Heatherley School of Fine Art in London during the 1930s. After moving to New York in 1938, he befriended Willem de Kooning, who introduced him to abstraction. Kline’s mature works, such as Nijinsky (1950) and Mahoning ...