Willem de KooningAmerican, 1904–1997Study for "Glazier" (Self-Portrait)
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Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
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- Accession number
- 2023.3034
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Comings and goings
Not on view at present
Art Institute of Chicago · Oct 2, 2026 — now · Verified
Was on view · Regenstein Hall
Art Institute of Chicago · Sep 28, 2026 — Oct 2, 2026 · Verified
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Meanwhile, in the life of Willem de Kooning
The whole life1937
Leaves the Federal Project: no citizenship
In 1937 De Kooning had to leave the Federal Art Project because he did not have U.S. citizenship, and he began to work full-time as an artist, earning income from commissions and by giving lessons.
1938
Meets Elaine Fried
In 1938 her teacher introduced Elaine Fried, then 20 and an admirer of Willem’s work, to the 34-year-old De Kooning in a Manhattan cafeteria. He began to teach her drawing and painting in his loft on West 21st Street, sternly demanding precise linear definition, and destroyed many of her drawings, which impelled Elaine to strive for both precision and grace.
turn of the 1930s and 1940s
His own manner takes shape
De Kooning’s individual manner took shape at the turn of the 1930s and 1940s under the influence of Picasso and Miró.
1940s
Meets Franz Kline
De Kooning met the younger painter Franz Kline, who was also working in the figurative style of American realism and had been drawn to monochrome. Kline, who died young, became one of De Kooning’s closest artist friends; his influence is evident in De Kooning’s calligraphic black images of this period.
