Elaine Marie de Kooning (March 12, 1918 - February 1, 1989), was an abstract expressionist painter and a vibrant figure in the New York School. She was born Elaine Marie Fried in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
During her youth, her artistic sensibility was encouraged by her mother, who took her to museums and taught her to draw what she saw. After graduating from Erasmus Hall High School then doing a brief stint at Hunter College she began to study at ...
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Elaine Marie de Kooning (March 12, 1918 - February 1, 1989), was an abstract expressionist painter and a vibrant figure in the New York School. She was born Elaine Marie Fried in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
During her youth, her artistic sensibility was encouraged by her mother, who took her to museums and taught her to draw what she saw. After graduating from Erasmus Hall High School then doing a brief stint at Hunter College she began to study at the Leonardo da Vinci Art School, New York, in 1936, but soon transferred to the American Artists School.
In 1938, Elaine was introduced to a Dutch immigrant artist, Willem de Kooning. She soon began studying with him, and approximately five years later, on December 9, 1943, they married. While her artistic reputation was eclipsed to some degree by his fame, she was able to forge a name as an artist and as a critic for ARTnews.
Elaine de Kooning is also credited with discovering the Russian-American artist Alexander Ney (born 1939). In 1973,...
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