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de Koo·ning (d

ng), Willem 1904-1997.

Dutch-born American painter and leader of the abstract expressionist school. In the 1950s he produced a monumental series entitled Woman, characterized by unrestrained color and a violent treatment of subject matter. His wife, Elaine Fried de Kooning (1920-1989), painted in a variety of styles, often devoting numerous works to a single theme, as in her drawings and portraits of John F. Kennedy.

de Kooning [də ˈkuːnɪŋ]

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de Kooning - United States painter (born in the Netherlands) who was a leading American exponent of abstract expressionism (1904-1997)

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