Through my own essay, I will be looking at the artist, William De Kooning, and two pieces from his Woman series (shown below). De Kooning is Dutch-American and was part of the New York School of artists in the 1950s. As you can see, his work fits both Abstract Expressionist and Figurative genres of work, looking at the figures of woman but in unusual ways. De Kooning took his time with these pieces, taking a year to complete Woman (left) and two years to complete Woman, I (right).
Woman-William De Kooning-1949/50 Woman, I–Willam De Kooning-1950/52
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