Elaine de Kooning

American painter (1918-1989).

Born March 12th, 1918 in Brooklyn. [ref]

Died February 1st, 1989 at 70 years old in Southampton (lung cancer). [ref]

Occupations
architectural draftsperson, art critic, graphic artist, illustrator, painter, printmaker, sculptor
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde