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