Download - Willem de Kooning
Who Was Willem de Kooning?
• Dutch-American painter• Born in 1904 in the Netherlands• Studied at a famous art school in Rotterdam• Moved to the United States in 1926• First worked as a house painter in New Jersey• Knew much about artists and writers• Died 1997
What is Abstract Expressionism?• Artist presents an idea using only color and form
• Actual objects are not represented in the art
• Action painting: painting that emphasizes the physical movements involved
• Style of painting that developed between 1946 and the 1960s (during the time your grandparents were kids and teenagers)
• Other famous abstract expressionist painters: Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko
Information from http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/abstract-expressionism.html
Our Project: How Can We Paint Like Willem de Kooning?
• We are going to use lots of energy and emotion when we paint!
• First, draw a fast sketch of a person with a dark colored oil pastel
- Energetic and messy!• Then paint your portrait in a loose and
energetic style• Our pictures don’t really have to look like the
objects we are painting