According to Amy Schichtel, Collections Curator of the Johanna Liesbeth de Kooning Trust, Johanna Liesbeth ("Lisa") de Kooning died on Friday at her home on St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Her cause of death has not yet been determined.
Born on Jan. 29, in New York, she was the only child of her famed Abstract-Expressionist father Willem de Kooning and illustrator Joan Ward. She is survived by her three children, Isabel, Emma, and Lucy de Kooning Villeneuve.
A shining light in preserving her father's rich legacy, Lisa de Kooning grew up in Manhattan and then, in Springs, after her father built his legendary studio in East Hampton.
Establishing a foundation in her father's name, and a trust for her own collection of Willem de Kooning's work, Lisa de Kooning took great care in nurturing his legacy and in preserving his studio and keeping it intact, as he left it, for future generations of children, artists, educators and scholars.
In addition, Lisa de Kooning represented her father publicly on occasions such as the installation of his outdoor
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On Nov 23 , Johanna Liesbeth de Kooning, known as Lisa de Kooning, died suddenly at 56 years old at her home on St. John in the US Virgin Islands. The cause of death remains a mystery. In a story published yesterday by The New York Times, journalist Peter Haldeman reveals the life lived by the only child of abstract expressionist artist Willem de Kooning () and illustrator Joan Ward () in the story Her Father’s Daughter: The Turbulent Life of Lisa de Kooning.
Beautifully written and accompanied by a series of photographs of Lisa de Kooning (), Haldeman begins at de Kooning's private memorial service held on Dec. 15, at St. Luke’s Episcopal in East Hampton, N.Y. The story loops backward and weaves forward through pinnacle events and private moments witnessed by friends to reveal the person behind the headlines and benefit party photographs.
The photographs accompanying the story capture de Kooning in happy times spent in the art world or with family or friends. In separate pictures, de Kooning is beside Arnold "Arnie" Glimcher, art dealer and founder of The Pace Gallery, American sculptor John Chamberlain () and American pain
One of my favorite Abstract Expressionism artists is Willem de Kooning. He has such unique and vibrant art.
Willem de Kooning was a dynamic Abstract Expressionism artist well known for the design elements he used to create his painting. He used design elements for his paintings, such as his brush strokes and how he painted. Read on as we explore Willem de Kooning’s life and dynamic artistic style.
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Who Was The Abstract Expressionism Artist Willem De Kooning?
Willem de Kooning was a Dutch-American painter who became a leading figure in the Abstract Expressionist movement. Born in Rotterdam in , de Kooning moved to the United States in
Willem De Kooning loved art from an early age; he enrolled in Rotterdam’s Academy of Fine Arts at age After moving to the United States, he worked odd jobs to support himself while continuing to paint in his spare time.
By the s, he had become part of the emerging New York art scene and was one of the key figures in the Abstract Expressionist movement.
He is widely regarded as one of the most important painters of the 20th century, thanks in part to his dynamic, bold brushstrokes and his ability to create vibrant, e
de Kooning: An American Master
Photo: Dan Budnik. Woodfin Camp & Associates (from de Kooning: An American Master)
Willem de Kooning is one of the most important artists of the twentieth century, a true “painter’s painter” whose protean work continues to inspire many artists. In the thirties and forties, along with Arshile Gorky and Jackson Pollock, he became a key figure in the revolutionary American movement of abstract expressionism. Of all the painters in that group, de Kooning worked the longest and was the most prolific, creating powerful, startling images well into the s.
“Brilliant, sweeping, authoritative…The elusiveness of its subject makes the achievements of de Kooning: An American Master that much more dazzling.”
Awards
Pulitzer Prize in Biography
National Book Critics Circle Awards,
The Los Angeles Times Book Award for Biography,
One of the 10 Best Books of by The New York Times
The English-Speaking Union of the United States, Ambassador Book Award for Biography and Autobiography
The first major biography of painter Willem de Kooning, de Kooning: An American Master captures both the life and wor
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