Having made his way to America as a stowaway on an British freighter the Dutch abstract expressionist artist, and eponym of Rotterdam's art school, Willem de Kooning, initially made his living as a painter and decorator. Which, considered in context of his later work, is just the most delicious thought...... "No Willem, that wall ONLY green, that wall ONLY yellow, the doors ONLY white. And straight edges!!!" Willem de Kooning Academy & Piet Zwart Institute Rotterdam Willem de Kooning
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