Seated Woman- Willem de Kooning

I like this particular painting by Willem de Kooning because of his use of complimentary colors. The blue walls in the background really make the red hair of the woman pop out at you. Also, I like how it is more abstract. Even though it does not look realistic at all, the viewer is able to tell it is a woman through her features and shape.

Willem de Kooning: Villa Borghese

I admire this piece of art by de Kooning, done in 1960 with oil pastels. I like how the artist chose to use analogous colors to represent Villa Borghese. The varying shades of greens, blues, and yellows in this piece go very well together. He also uses minimal detail to create the image of the villa. This use of minimal detail gives the image of a very abstract landscape.

William De Kooning ( Woman I)

Although at first glance it does not look like much I enjoyed how long De Kooning took to create Woman, I, making numerous preliminary studies and repainting the work repeatedly. The hulking, wild–eyed subject draws upon an amalgam of female archetypes, from Paleolithic fertility goddesses to contemporary pin–up girls. Her threatening stare and ferocious grin are heightened by de Kooning's aggressive brushwork and frantic paint application. Combining voluptuousness and menace, Woman, I reflects the age–old cultural ambivalence between reverence for and fear of the power of the feminine.

Gansevoort Street - 1949 - Willem de Kooning

After looking through the artwork of Willem de Kooning, I found his painting "Gansevoort Street" from 1949 to be my favorite piece. I really like the colors, the warmth of the painting, and his use of contrast and lines. Not only do I like the abstract style of "Gansevoort Street", but I like his use of his various techniques to bring it all together. Through his use of colors, lines, volume and texture, this painting has become a piece of art that I would want to put in my home or work place.

William de Kooning: pencil drawing of Elaine de Kooning

I found this drawing interesting because it contrasts from de Kooning's typical abstract style and replaces it with a classical representation of the subject. In this drawing, the model happened to be de Kooning's wife, Elaine de Kooning, who was also a prominent abstract expressionist. I though that it was interesting that he chose to abandon his trademark style for the representation of his wife. However, some of his other work did appear to depict her in his famous painting style.

Willem de Koonong

When looking up art by Willem De Kooning, it was very difficult for me to pick out  piece that he did that i found interesting. I do not really like his work all that much, but if i had to pick one that stands out even a little bit, I guess this piece did a little. This piece is Untitled V oil on canvas. It was painted in 1980 and is now in Pace Gallery, New York. Its color was the only thing that stood out to me honestly because I don't show much interest in this artist.

Self Portriat (1924) Kathe Kollwitz

I find this Kollwitz piece particularly interesting considering the topics we have been looking at in class with simple line drawings. She Makes this self portrait using charcoal lines especially in the arms that up close look so simple but seem to really complete the drawing as a whole, and give it a personal touch that sets it apart from those alike.