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Willem de Kooning
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Willem de Kooning

Artist · born April 24, 1904 · died 1997

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Willem de Kooning was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. Born in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, he moved to the United States in 1926, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1962. In 1943, he married painter Elaine Fried.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~60Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom1964
  2. ~82Received the National Medal of Arts1986
  3. ~85Named Praemium Imperiale1989

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