De kooning, narrating when i start something and the unexpected happens but not always for the good. I mean, i work very spontaneously. In other words i make the best of it. Narrator born in rotterdam in 1904, de kooning was apprenticed at age 12 to a local painting and decorating firm. At night, he attended the Rotterdam Academy of fine arts and techniques. There he received formal training, drawing from the model and rendering traditional subjects such as still lifes. Recent avantgarde movements such as jugendstil with its sensuous line fascinated the young painter. [foghorn sounding] at age 22, de kooning emigrated to america working his way aboard a ship. He settled in hoboken, new jersey where he supported himself as a house painter. De kooning soon moved across the hudson river to new york city. There, he met other aspiring painters, including Arshile Gorky and stuart davis. De koonings art duri these lean years revealed his interest in abstraction. These compositions echoed the
Great american master. De kooning, narrating when i start something and the unexpected happens but not always for the good. I mean, i work very spontaneously. In other words i make the best of it. Narrator born in rotterdam in 1904, de kooning was apprenticed at age 12 to a local painting and decorating firm. At night, he attended the Rotterdam Academy of fine arts and techniques. There he received formal training, drawing from the model and rendering traditional subjects such as still lifes. Recent avantgarde movements such as jugendstil with its sensuous line fascinated the young painter. [foghorn sounding] at age 22, de kooning emigrated to america working his way aboard a ship. He settled in hoboken, new jersey where he supported himself as a house painter. De kooning soon moved across the hudson river to new york city. There, he met other aspiring painters, including Arshile Gorky and stuart davis. De koonings art duri these lean years revealed his interest in abstraction. These c
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. [ prologue from west side story playing ] jerry is the only genius ive ever met, my definition of genius being endless invention. He was very, very particular and that was both frightening and thrilling. If you do what Jerome Robbins tells you to do, youre gonna be just fine. People forget about him as a performer. He was a wonderful performer. When he was on sure ground he was fine. When he was on less sure ground or unable to express himself he was a terror. He insulted me many times. He was an absolute doll. Great artists are not great saints. Its two jobs. [ prologue from west side story continues ] good evening. Im ed murrow. The name of the program is person to person. Tonight well be visiting first with Jerome Robbins, the outstanding director choreographer in the American Theater today. At the age of 40 he can look back on an almost unbroken string of broadway and ballet hits during, oh the past 15 years
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