Woman III
1951-53
Abstract Expressionism
Oil on canvas
Private Collection
‘Woman III’ is part of De Kooning’s Women series of paintings shown at the Sidney Janis Gallery to much controversy and outrage within the art world. Thick swathes of energetic vertical and horizontal gestures of paint covered the surface of the canvas in hues of cream and silver. From this frantic gesturing a figure of a wide-eyed, large-breasted woman emerges. The compactness of the figure with the gestural brushwork gives the woman a sense of wound-up energy.
Willem De Kooning
Abstract Expressionism, Modern Art, Action Painting
Born: 24 April 1904, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Nationality: Dutch-American
Died: 19 March 1997, New York, USA
De Kooning was an abstract expressionist artist. He moved from the Netherlands to the USA in 1926 and became an American citizen in 1962
