Elaine de kooning paintings

American expressionist painter (–)

Elaine Marie Catherine de Kooning (də KOO-ning,^[2]Dutch:[dəˈkoːnɪŋ]; née&#;Fried; March 12, ^[1] – February 1, ^[3]) was an Abstract Expressionist and Figurative Expressionistpainter in the post-World War II era.

She wrote extensively on the art of the period^[4] and was an editorial associate for Art News magazine.^[5]

Early life and education

Elaine de Kooning was born Elaine Marie Catherine Fried in in Flatbush, New York.^[6] Later in life she told people she was born in Her parents were Mary Ellen O'Brien, an Irish Catholic, and Charles Frank Fried, a Protestant of Jewish descent.^[7][8] Her father Charles was a plant manager for the Bond Bread Company.

Elaine was the eldest of four children; Marjorie (Luyckx), Conrad, and Peter were her siblings.^[9] Her mother, despite being recalled as less loving and attentive than