Woman I

Woman I is a 1950 abstract expressionist painting by American artist Willem de Kooning. The work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, in New York.{{Cite web|title=MoMA {{!}} Willem de Kooning. Woman, I. 1950–52|url=https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/willem-de-kooning-woman-i-1950-52-2/|access-date=2022-02-04|website=www.moma.org}}

History

Willem de Kooning painted Woman I over two years, from 1950 to 1952. He executed numerous preliminary studies before beginning the painting, starting over several times.{{Cite web|date=2019-12-11|title=Action Painting and Willem de Kooning's Woman I|url=https://blog.singulart.com/en/2019/12/11/action-painting-and-willem-de-koonings-woman-i/|access-date=2022-02-04|website=Singulart Magazine|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=The strange story behind Willem de Kooning's Woman I {{!}} art {{!}} Phaidon|url=https://www.phaidon.com/agenda/art/articles/2014/june/19/the-strange-story-behind-willem-de-kooning-s-woman-i/|access-date=2022-02-04|website=www.phaidon.com}}

Woman I is one of six canvases representing women, painted in a similar style.{{Cite book|last=Clark|first=Marlene|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BCdrzQEACAAJ&q=woman+i+de+kooning|title=The Woman in Me: Willem de Kooning, Woman I-vi|date=2020|publisher=Academica Press|isbn=978-1-68053-100-8|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Siegel|first=Eleanor Kathryn|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sci_tgAACAAJ&q=woman+i+de+kooning|title=Willem de Kooning's "woman" Paintings of 1950-53|date=1990|publisher=University of Texas at Austin|language=en}}

References

External links

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0xbZTe1JSM Willem de Kooning, Woman, I] Smarthistory, 2016
[https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/post-war-american-art/abex/v/womani-test Willem de Kooning, Woman, I (from MoMA)] Khan Academy

Category:1950 paintings

Category:Paintings by Willem de Kooning

Category:Portraits of women

Category:Paintings in the Museum of Modern Art (New York City)