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Woman I is the first in the group of Woman paintings that de Kooning began in 1950. The works are influenced by sources ranging from Paleolithic fertility fetishes to American billboard advertisements, and the attributes of this particular figure seem to include both the vengeful power of the goddess and the hollow seductiveness of the calendar ...
4 de abr. de 2013 · Woman I de William de Kooning. Esta obra la realizó William de Kooning entre los años 1950 y 1952, y en la actualidad está expuesta en el Museum of Modern Art de Nueva York, más conocido con el acrónimo MoMA. En ella se puede ver uno de los temas predilectos de este artista, que no es otro que la figura femenina, generalmente representada ...
A painting from the Women series, ca. 1952, featuring a garish and humorous figure with a collaged mouth. Learn about the artist, the context, and the details of this Abstract Expressionist work.
Learn how de Kooning created his iconic Woman I, a series of abstract and figurative paintings that challenged his contemporaries and critics. Discover the sources, influences, struggles and reactions behind this masterpiece of 20th-century art.
De Kooning's Woman I is a large-scale portrait of a woman with a fierce expression and a voluptuous body. It reflects his fascination with the female form and his use of oil paint to capture its flesh.
crucial to de Kooning’s handling of paint in the Woman series was confirmed by de Kooning himself. Beyond such direct testi-mony, it might also be noted how closely the hands of Woman, II resemble those in Soutine’s Woman in Red (fig. 7). De Kooning spent more concentrated effort on Woman, I than on any other canvas of his career.
Artwork Details. Overview. Exhibition History. Title: Woman, I. Artist: Willem de Kooning (American (born The Netherlands), Rotterdam 1904–1997 East Hampton, New York) Date: 1950–1952. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 75 7/8 × 58 in. (192.7 × 147.3 cm) Classification: Paintings. Credit Line: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase, 1953.
