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Elaine de Kooning
American expressionist painter (1918–1989)
Elaine Marie Catherine de Kooning (də KOO-ning,[2]Dutch:[dəˈkoːnɪŋ]; née Fried; March 12, 1918[1] – February 1, 1989[3]) was an Abstract Expressionist and Figurative Expressionistpainter in the post-World War II era.
Elaine de kooning donald barthelme biography
She wrote extensively on the art of the period[4] and was an editorial associate for Art News magazine.[5]
Early life and education
Elaine de Kooning was born Elaine Marie Catherine Fried in 1918 in Flatbush, New York.[6] Later in life she told people she was born in 1920.
Her parents were Mary Ellen O'Brien, an Irish Catholic, and Charles Frank Fried, a Protestant of Jewish descent.[7][8] Her father Charles was a plant manager for the Bond Bread Company.
Elaine was the eldest of four children; Marjorie (Luyckx), Conrad, and Peter were her siblings.[9] Her mother, despite being recalled as l