- Born
- Died
- Willem de Kooning was born on April 24, 1904 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was married to Elaine de Kooning. He died on March 19, 1997 in Long Island, New York, USA.
- SpouseElaine de Kooning(December 9, 1943 - February 1, 1989) (her death)
- Is portrayed by Val Kilmer in Pollock (2000)
- Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 150-152. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
- He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1986 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
- His muse Mimi Kilgore, born Emilie deMun Smith on 13 November 1935 and died on 24 November 2022 also in Houston.
- [on 'The Connoisseur', Norman Rockwell's satirical view of Jackson Pollock's art] Square inch by square inch, it's better than Jackson.
- [to Andy Warhol] You're a killer of art, you're a killer of beauty, and you're even a killer of laughter.
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