This monumental biography of Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) emphasizes not only his enormous talent but the dedication that made it flower in the face of often horrifyingly slim odds. Beginning as a child in a broken, impoverished family in ...
Traces the career of abstract expressionist Willem de Kooning, discussing his personal life with wife Elaine Fried, and his battle with alcoholism and Alzheimer's disease. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, & ...