Willem de Kooning
Friday, November 30th, 2007b. 1904, Rotterdam; d. 1997, East Hampton, New York Willem de Kooning was born April 24, 1904, in Rotterdam. From 1916 to 1925, he studied at night at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten en Technische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam, while apprenticed to a commercial-art and decorating firm and later working for an ...