A the creative life of Elaine de Kooning Curtis, Cathy (Writer on art) creator text bibliography biography nyu 2017 monographic eng

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x, 292 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. The first biography of Elaine de Kooning, 'A Generous Vision' portrays a woman whose intelligence, droll sense of humor, and generosity of spirit endeared her to friends and gave her a starring role in the close-knit world of New York artists. Her zest for adventure and freewheeling spending were as legendary as her ever-present cigarette. Flamboyant and witty in person, she was an incisive art writer who expressed maverick opinions in a deceptively casual style. As a painter, she melded Abstract Expressionism with a lifelong interest in bodily movement to capture subjects as diverse as President John F. Kennedy, basketball players, and bullfights. In her romantic life, she went her own way, always keen for male attention. But she credited her husband, Willem de Kooning, as her greatest influence; rather than being overshadowed by his fame, she worked 'in his light.'0 Chapter 1: Drawing and Discovering ; Chapter 2: Life with Bill ; Chapter 3: Black Mountain, Provincetown, and the Woman Paintings ; Chapter 4: Illuminating Art ; Chapter 5: East Hampton, Pro Sports, and the Separation ; Chapter 6: Enchantment ; Chapter 7: Loft Life, Speaking Out, and European Vistas ; Chapter 8: Portraits as Moments and Memory ; Chapter 9: Painting the President ; Chapter 10: Caretaking and Cave Paintings. Cathy Curtis. Includes bibliographical references and index. eng De Kooning, Elaine De Kooning, Elaine Marie 1918-1989 Painters United States Biography Pintores Biografías Estados Unidos Women painters United States Biography Mujeres pintoras Biografías Estados Unidos ND 237 C978g 2017 759.13 9780190498474 (cloth : alk. paper) 0190498471 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780190498504 (oxford scholarship online) DLC 170404 20230814150447.0 eng