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| Zot Willem De Kooning 1949 Oil on paper, mounted on wood 45.7 x 51.4cmImage from :http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/483870 Could be related to Andre Massons 'Sand Paintings' |
- (1904-1997) De Kooning was a Dutch artist to lived in America. He was part of the formation of the Abstract Expressionism Movement.
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| Mailbox Willem De Kooning 1948 oil, enamel, charcoal on paper on composition board 58.7 x 76.2 cm Image from: http://www.scholarsresource.com/images/thumbnails/192/d/dva12797.jpg I personally like this one due to the streaks of colours and the way he has layered the white paint on top to create depth with the black outlines. |
- However, unlike Jackson Pollock (another founder of the movement), De Kooning has an 'outline' to his shapes and forms in the paintings, which contains the composition, these are usual black outlines. Refer to 'Mailbox' 1948.
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| Pink Angels Willem De Kooning 1945 Oil and Charcoal on canvas 132.1 x 101.6cm Image from: http://www.moma.org/images/dynamic_content/exhibition_page/53598.jpg?1374095343 |
- De Koonings roots were in Cubism although he tended to create paintings from the imagination where as Cubist painters took things from indoors or that could be held with the hand. (Pink Angels (1945) which was also inspired by Picasso)
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| Excavation Willem De Kooning 1950 Oil and Enamel on Canvas 205.7 x 254.6 cm Image From: http://uploads7.wikipaintings.org/images/willem-de-kooning/excavation.jpg |
- 'Excavation'(1950) shows that De Kooning was influenced by analytical cubism in particular, and also inspired by Mondrian. He seemed to experiment with the thicknesses of paint, an experimentation I would also like to do!! There is subtle graduations of paint and colour in his paintings.
- Influenced by Chaim Soutine (who I have recently looked at) and his landscape paintings ('February' 1957 - Note the small carcass drawing that this marked into the paint which is similar to that of Soutines Beef carcass paintings.)
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| February Willem De Kooning 1957 oil on canvas 200.7 x 175.3 cm Image From : https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHRjodbIKtMCUq_jRp8OAvgXm2Zpd_LwbP33CUBMTlJ3uJzGvyG2SsG2_d2SFPJxKBNTQ_y6SwVeNzOKjvwvg2oidSNfQE7an0Pt5PiVx8J5sTziFn2OE_kjHjofrlAZaYFt5sfPss64_h/s1600/February.jpg |
- He used newspaper to blot, shift and smudge the oil paint. De Kooning also used the newspaper to transfer an image across the painting or even onto a separate painting altogether.
- The painters physical principle was fluidity.
- He prefered to use oil paints because of this principle. Kooning mixed the oil paint with safflower oil and water to extend the drying time of the painting. When the water evaporated from the paint, it left bubbles and wrinkles in the paint, adding another unusual surface to his works. I would like to try this technique out in the next year!
- Mainly De Kooning painted upon canvases layered with gesso or smooth vellum to help the fluidity of the paint.
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| Rosy fingered dawn at Louise Point Willem De Kooning 1963 oil on canvas 203.2 x 177.8 cm Image from: http://www.stedelijk.nl/assets/A%2022662.jpg?w=740&h=740&mode=max&404=backup This painting may have been one of his cards he used to create larger works. Colour themes and tester cards. In this one, he has applied the brighter colours last and scraped away at parts such as in the top left hand corner. |
- Some of his works were drawn onto originally and the drawings were preserved with transparent shellac, so that it was always there as a guideline! This is an interesting technique that I would like to try out in the future!
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| Clam Diggers Willem De Kooning 1963 oil on paper on composition board 51.4 x 36.8 cm image from : http://uploads0.wikipaintings.org/images/willem-de-kooning/clam-diggers.jpg This is my favourite painting from the book, I love the fluid shapes and pastel colours and how the forms suggest the human figures and features such as the eyes and breasts. |
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