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Willem de Kooning

Willem de Kooning, Untitled (Three Women), c. 1948, Matte opaque paint (possibly oil) with fine particulate filler, enamel, carbon transfer drawing, charcoal, and graphite pencil on card stock, mounted on secondary support, 51,9 × 66,8 cm, Collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, gift of Mrs. Richard Deutsch (Katherine W. Sanford, class of 1940), 1953.2.5, © 2026 The Willem de Kooning Foundation/Pictoright, Amsterdam

PRESENTATION:Willem de Kooning at work

Willem de Kooning was a Dutch-American master and a central figure of Abstract Expressionism, renowned for pioneering “Action painting”. His work seamlessly fused figuration with radical abstraction through dynamic, fluid brushstrokes and heavy canvas reworking. Most famous for his controversial “Woman” series, de Kooning used aggressive, expressive gestures, vibrant pigment, …