Willem de Cunning Biography

The artist was born on April 24 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The parents of the future artist divorced the parents of the future artist divorced when Willem was three years old, and the boy who revealed artistic calling was raised by the mother of Cornelia Nobel, the mistress of a small bar. He hired an assistant to the interior designer striving for independence, found the first work: having firmly decided to engage in life “visual arts” in life, he hired an assistant to the interiors designer and soon signed up for evening courses at the Rotterdam Academy of Arts and Crafts - later he graduated from this institution.

It is hired by an assistant to Bernard Romein is hired by an assistant to the art decorator and designer Bernard Romein. At this time, he is already starting to write, but very few early paintings have been preserved - “Portrait of Rene”, a still life “Pig, a jug and a mug”, “Flowers saleswomen”. He interrupted his studies for the sake of traveling to Belgium interrupted his studies for the sake of traveling to Belgium, where he attended classes at the Brussels Royal Academy of Fine Arts, earning advertising orders to study and life.

After returning to his homeland, he received a diploma of the Rotterdam Academy of Arts and Crafts. I illegally emigrated illegally emigrated, reaching a ship to Virginia, the country's look was disappointed: "Some kind of flat country, a kind of Holland, which I left." Sketches for frescoes were not implemented, but they became the first abstractions of De Kuning.

Willem's student became artist Elaine Fried, a student of William, became a young ambitious artist Elaine Fried - eventually she became an independent abstract expressionist and outstanding critic. They entered into close relations, and registered marriage officially in the year. After the show, the artist became popular and sold his work for impressive amounts. After 2 years, together with A.

Gorki and J. Pollock, it represents the Museum of Modern Art at the Biennale Venetian. He received a prize from the art institute Chicago received a prize from the art institution of Chicago for a large -scale abstract canvas “excavations”. Many art critics consider this picture one of the most important works in American art of the 20th century. The popularity of De Kuning continued to grow, and for the first time it turned out to be financially stable, bought land for the construction of a studio house in Springs-a small village in East Hampton, where J.

Pollock lived and where many artists flocked. He parted with Elaine parted with Elaine, which led to long depression. None of the spouses sought a divorce, and, having lived separately for almost 20 years, they reunited and lived together to the death of Elaine in the year from lung cancer. He went to Japan after a trip to Venice and Rome went to Japan, which attracted the artist to calligraphy and drawing Sumi brushes-he created 20 black and white lithographs composed of abstract and quasi-philosophical compositions.

The style of painting the master again began to change finally in East Hampton in the Studio House, which he himself designed and actively participated in its construction, de Cunning returned to sculpture, making male and female figures, some almost in life. The style of painting the master began to change again - he began to work on abstract landscapes. Soon, a terrible diagnosis was for the first time - Alzheimer's disease.

Every year, the artist could write less and less, and officially ended his career in the year. At the time of such a creative triumph, the artist’s condition was so deteriorated that he was officially recognized as legally incompetent.

The artist painted his last picture by the artist painted his last picture, and the demand for his early works increased greatly. Until his death on March 19, his only illegitimate daughter Lisa cared about Willem de Kunging. Willem de Cunning.