Willem de Kooning, Untitled IV, 1982, oil on canvas, 70" x 80" (177.8 cm x 203.2 cm) © 2019 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Willem de Kooning Detailsb. 1904, Rotterdam, Netherlandsd. 1997, East Hampton, New YorkConnectThe Willem de Kooning Foundation Willem de Kooning is a pioneering figure of Abstract Expressionism and one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century.Born on April 24, 1904, in Rotterdam, de Kooning would become recognized as a leader of the New York school by the 1950s. Throughout his career, he moved seamlessly between abstraction and figuration through proliferations in painting, drawing, print media, and sculpture. For de Kooning, one body of work often informed the next, and his method of painting was characterized by a drive for exploration and experimentation. Willem de Kooning, Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, c. 1937, oil on board, 12" x 22" (30.5 cm x 55.9 cm) © 2019 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Exhibitions View All Beijing Talking on Paper Past Apr 16–Jun 11, 2016 New York Mythology Past Feb 22–Apr 14, 2012 New York Willem de Kooning The Figure: Movement and Gesture Past Apr 29–Jul 29, 2011 Journal View All Museum Exhibitions MoMA to Mount Exhibition of de Kooning drawings From 1966 May 18, 2012 Museum Exhibitions "de Kooning: A Retrospective: at MoMA Sep 01, 2011 Press Roberta Smith Reviews "Willem de Kooning" at Pace Gallery Jun 16, 2011