Tag Archives: William De Kooning

PICASSO & WOMEN IN WAITING

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Dave

”The Europeans had shown the way; yet the avant-garde American artists had to work desperately to break away from the influence of the School of Paris and especially from that Olympian, Pablo Picasso. Like the Collective Unconscious or the dreams … Continue reading →

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MIRROR MIRROR ON THE EASEL

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Dave

who is the fairest painter since Medieval?.” I’m maybe not as good as Raphael”, he once conceded, ”but there is more tension in my canvases”. One of the greatest admirers of his own haunting portraits was the eccentric Russian called … Continue reading →