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Dec. 16, 2010
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Willem de Kooning’s ‘Woman-Ochre’ was stolen in 1985 and seriously damaged. The restored painting will be on view at the Getty starting next week.
May 31, 2022
Among the least convincing controversies of the rambunctious 1980s was the one about the aged American master of abstract expressionist painting Willem de Kooning.
Oct. 9, 1995
Elaine de Kooning died in 1989.
Aug. 12, 1992
Willem de Kooning, a dominant figure in the Abstract Expressionist art movement, died Wednesday in New York at the age of 92.
March 20, 1997
Willem de Kooning, the Abstract Expressionist considered by many the world’s greatest living artist, died Wednesday at 92.
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The gift of creativity was once so revered that myths and legends accumulated around its possessors; the artist was considered to have divine insight into laws of nature like proportion and harmony.
July 18, 1993
March 11, 2010
Major MOCA show celebrates the power and precision of Willem de Kooning.
Feb. 11, 2002
The daughter of artist Willem de Kooning, who is said to have Alzheimer’s disease, asked a court in New York to declare him mentally incompetent to manage property worth up to $150 million, according to ARTnews magazine.
May 22, 1989