Elaine de Kooning

Elaine de Kooning (March 12, 1918/1920 – February 1, 1989) was an Abstract Expressionist, Figurative Expressionist painter in the post-World War II era and editorial associate for Art News magazine. On December 9, 1943, she married artist Willem de Kooning, who was a highly influential artist in the Abstract Expressionism movement.

Read more about Elaine De Kooning:  Early Life and Education, Death, Teaching Positions, Selected Solo Exhibitions, Selected Group Exhibitions

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    Whatever an artist’s personal feelings are, as soon as an artist fills a certain area on the canvas or circumscribes it, he becomes historical. He acts from or upon other artists.
    —Willem De Kooning (b. 1904)