Artist of the Week: Elaine de Kooning
I don't know about you, but I love artists, especially empowering female artists. I was fortunate enough to go to a modern art show in my city. The show featured amazing artists including Damien Hirst, Henri Matisse, Andy Warhol, and my favorite–Elaine de Kooning. The wife of Willem de Kooning, Elaine was an expressionist painter. She was born in 1918 in Brooklyn, New York.
In her early career, she was an editorial associate for ARTNews Magazine. Elaine was a strong advocate for the movement–Abstract Expressionism. Her style included pops of color and abstract renditions of portraits. She was even commissioned to do a portrait of John F. Kennedy. Later in her artistic career, she taught classes at Parsons and Yale. Her works are featured in the MoMA, the National Gallery of Art, and the Guggenheim. Be sure to check her out the next time you visit an art museum.