de Kooning

[ duh koo-ning ]

noun

1. Wil·lem [vil, -, uh, m, wil, -], 1904–97, U.S. painter, born in the Netherlands.

de Kooning

/ də ˈkuːnɪŋ /

noun

1. de KooningWillem19041997MUSDutchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Willem (ˈwɪləm). 1904–97, US abstract expressionist painter, born in Holland

Example Sentences

A de Kooning sold for $137.5 million in the same bullish, pre-recession year; a Klimt, too, for $135 million.

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The idea for these edgy Oedipal works came to Prince when he was looking through a catalogue of de Kooning's Women series.

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As earlier with Pollock and de Kooning, she excelled at personal contacts with the artists.

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Self-taught abstract expressionist Roy Newell ran with de Kooning and Kline in the 1950s, but sabotaged his own fame.

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Rivalry between the two camps was fierce: Famously, Rauschenberg once erased a Willem de Kooning drawing.

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