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Born April 24, 1904 • Rotterdam • Netherlands • (Birthday in 3 days)
Died March 19, 1997 (aged 92) • East Hampton • New York
Awards And Honors Praemium Imperiale (1989)
Notable Works “Woman”
Movement / Style Abstract Expressionism • Action painting • automatism
Notable Family Members spouse Elaine de Kooning

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Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock
American artist
Vincent van Gogh: Self-Portrait
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter
Philip Guston
Philip Guston
American painter
Tworkov, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1960
Jack Tworkov
American artist
Franz Kline
American artist
Bradley Walker Tomlin
American painter
Robert S. Duncanson
American painter
John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent
American painter
La Farge, John: Flowers on a Japanese Tray on a Mahogany Table
John La Farge
American painter
Sam Francis
American artist
Ethel Schwabacher
American artist
Jasper Johns
American painter
Leonardo da Vinci: self-portrait
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Claude Monet: Self-portrait in a Beret
Claude Monet
French painter
Munch, Edvard
Edvard Munch
Norwegian artist
Eugène Delacroix: Liberty Leading the People
Eugène Delacroix
French artist
The Adoration of the Shepherds by Giorgione
Giorgione
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Joan Miró
Joan Miró
Spanish artist
Baptism of Christ
Masolino
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Niccolò dell’Abate
Italian painter

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