Elaine de Kooning
Crop of Elaine and Bill de Kooning, 1953. Courtesy of Bridgeman Images.
William Shrauger, Merce Cunningham, and Elaine de Kooning in the Black Mountain College production of The Ruse of the Medusa, Summer 1948. Photographer, Clemens Kalischer. Courtesy of the Black Mountain College Museum and Art Center.
FOCUS
Art/ Design/ Craft
ROLE
Guest Faculty
ATTENDANCE
1948 - 1948
BIRTH
1918-03-12
Brooklyn, NY
DEATH
1989-02-01
Southampton, NY
Elaine Marie Catherine de Kooning was an Abstract Expressionist and Figurative Expressionist painter in the post-World War II era. She wrote extensively on the art of the period and was an editorial associate for Art News magazine.
Black Mountain College Museum & Art Center wrote about the summer of 1948 with reflections from Willem and Elaine, which can be viewed here.
Relationships
Husband: Fellow guest faculty, Bill de Kooning
