''Woman I'' is a 1950

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painting by American artist

Willem de Kooning Willem de Kooning ( , ; April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. Born in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, he moved to the United States in 1926, becoming a US citizen in 1962. In 1943, he married pa ...

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History

Willem de Kooning painted ''Woman I'' over two years, from 1950 to 1952. He executed numerous preliminary studies before beginning the painting, starting over several times. ''Woman I'' is one of six canvases representing women, painted in a similar style.

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Willem de Kooning, Woman, I
Smarthistory, 2016
Willem de Kooning, Woman, I (from MoMA)
Khan Academy 1950 paintings Paintings by Willem de Kooning Portraits of women Paintings in the Museum of Modern Art (New York City) {{20C-painting-stub