Franz Kline

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Franz Kline was an American Abstract Expressionist painter best known for his large, gestural black-and-white canvases that emphasize bold, dynamic brushstrokes.

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instanceOf abstract expressionist artist
human
painter
activeYearsEnd 1962
activeYearsStart 1930s
artisticStyle gestural abstraction
associatedWith New York School
causeOfDeath heart disease
contemporaries Jackson Pollock
Mark Rothko
Willem de Kooning
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1910-05-23
dateOfDeath 1962-05-13
educatedAt Boston University
Heatherley School of Fine Art
ethnicGroup American of German descent
familyName Kline
linked to: Cline
fieldOfWork abstract art
non-objective painting
fullName Franz Jozef Kline
genre abstract painting
givenName Franz
hasWorkInCollection Guggenheim Museum
Museum of Modern Art
Tate Modern
Whitney Museum of American Art
influenced postwar American painting
influencedBy Cubism
European modernism
movement Abstract Expressionism
Action painting
nativeLanguage English
notableFor bold gestural brushstrokes
large black-and-white abstract paintings
notableWork Cardinal
Chief
Mahoning
linked to: Mahoning Valley

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Painting Number 2
occupation painter
placeOfBirth Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States
linked to: New York City
representedBy Betty Parsons Gallery
Sidney Janis Gallery
sexOrGender male
signatureElement dynamic black brushstrokes on white ground
usedColorPalette black and white
workLocation New York City

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