 Franz Kline's Painting Number 2, 1954 Franz Kline (May 23, 1910 - May 13, 1962) was an American painter mainly associated with the Abstract Expressionist group which was centered, geographically, around New York, and temporally, in the 1940s and 1950s; but not limited to that setting. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and died in New York City. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (808x611, 58 KB)Franz Kline Painting Number 2 1954 Oil on canvas 68 1/2 x 89 (204. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (808x611, 58 KB)Franz Kline Painting Number 2 1954 Oil on canvas 68 1/2 x 89 (204. ...
May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ...
1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...
May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ...
1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ...
This USPS stamp illustrates Pollocks drip technique. ...
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As with Jackson Pollock and other Abstract Expressionists, he was labelled an "action painter" because of his seemingly spontaneous and intense style, focusing less, or not at all, on figures or imagery, but on the actual brush strokes and use of canvas. For most of Kline's [mature and representative] work, however, as the phrase goes, "spontaneity is practiced". He would prepare many draft sketches - notably, commonly on refuse telephone book pages - before going to make his "spontaneous" work. Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an influential American painter and a major force in the abstract expressionist movement. ...
Pollocks Galaxy, a part of the Joslyn Art Museums permanent collection. ...
Black and white and color Kline's best known abstract expressionist paintings are in black and white. Kline re-introduced color into his paintings around 1955. Although he used color in many of his most important paintings more often only after 1959. Kline's paintings are deceptively complex and subtle. While generally Franz Kline paintings have a dynamic, spontaneous and dramatic impact, it is interesting to learn how closely Kline refered to his compositional drawings. Kline carefully rendered many of his most complex pictures from studies. There seems to be references to Japanese calligraphy in Kline's black and white paintings, although he always denied that connection. Bridges, tunnels, buildings, engines, railroads and other architectural and industrial icons are often mentioned as sources of Kline's inspiration. 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
East Asian calligraphy typically uses ink brushes to write Chinese characters (called Hanzi in Chinese, Kanji in Japanese, and Hanja in Korean). ...
Kline's most recognizable method/style derives from a suggestion made to him by his friend Willem De Kooning. In 1948, de Kooning suggested to an artistically frustrated Kline to bring in a sketch and project it with a Bell Opticon opaque projector he had at his studio. Kline described the projection as such: Willem de Koonings Woman V (1952-53) Willem de Kooning (April 24, 1904 – March 19, 1997) was an abstract expressionist painter, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands. ...
"A four by five inch black drawing of a rocking chair...loomed in gigantic black strokes which eradicated any image, the strokes expanding as entities in themselves, unrelated to any entity but that of their own existence."
Kline created paintings in the style of what he saw that day throughout his life. In 1950, he exhibited many works in this style at the Charles Egan Gallery.
Reference Elaine de Kooning, "Franz Kline: Painter of his own Life", Art News, volume 61, November 1962.
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