Willem de Kooning, 1904-1997. (artist)(Obituary)

Art in America | May 1, 1997| | Copyright

Reams of trivia about de Kooning the drunk, womanizer, basket case, etc., have just about buried de Kooning the artist. Too bad, because for me and most avant-garde artists I knew in the 1 950s he was the painter. He was so revered by the habitues of the Cedar Street Tavern and the Club that their conversation was studded with "me and Bill."

What was it about de Kooning that gripped us? His masterful painting and his deflection of the grand tradition of Western painting into a brand-new style. He was a "conservative," as he said, tipping his brush to his European ...

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