Willem de Kooning at work
Willem de Kooning in his studio, New York, 1959. © Arnold Newman / Liason Agency. Artwork © 2026 The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Pictoright, Amsterdam.
He was twenty-two when he left Rotterdam as a stowaway. No papers, knowing only one word of English, chasing his own American Dream. Fifty years later, Willem de Kooning was considered one of the most important artists of his time. Discover de Kooning through his work.
