“I'm not interested in 'abstracting' or taking things out or reducing painting to design, form, line, and color. I paint this way because I can keep putting more things in it.”

About Willem de Kooning

Artist • Dutch-American

Willem de Kooning was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist who became a leading figure of the New York School. Born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, he moved to the United States in 1926, where his style evolved...