That Kennedy visage, like JFK himself, was short-lived. The high tide would wash it away. John F. Kennedy (detail) by Elaine de Kooning, 1963 National Portrait Gallery John F. Kennedy by Elaine de ...

Elaine de Kooning sketching John F ... That anatomical and gestural distinctiveness registers JFK’s individuality as instantaneously as the air of peculiar quietness in his facial expression.

There’s a lot to like about “A Generous Vision: The Creative Life of Elaine ... Willem de Kooning — but instead trains its focus on the painter herself. The painting of JFK, which hangs ...

In New York City in the 1940s, painters Willem de Kooning and his wife, Elaine, were the people you wanted at your dinner party. He was inventing abstract expressionism. She, his former student ...

Elaine de Kooning (1918–1989) was an accomplished Abstract Expressionist ... New York, she was known for her vibrant portraiture, which included public figures such as John F. Kennedy, ...

Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America" and "JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President." Elaine de Kooning's attempt to capture the essence of ...

The larger-than-life president seemed “incandescent, golden” to painter Elaine de Kooning ... art circles — was commissioned to paint JFK’s portrait by the Harry S. Truman Library in ...