Franz Jozef Kline

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Franz Jozef Kline was an American abstract expressionist painter best known for his bold, large-scale black-and-white gestural compositions.

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instanceOf abstract expressionist artist
human
painter
activeYearsEnd 1962
activeYearsStart 1930s
associatedWith New York School
causeOfDeath heart disease
colorPalette black and white
contributedTo rise of Abstract Expressionism in the United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1910-05-23
dateOfDeath 1962-05-13
educatedAt Boston University
Heatherley School of Fine Art
ethnicGroup American of Pennsylvania Dutch descent
familyName Kline
fieldOfWork painting
fullName Franz Jozef Kline
genre abstract art
givenName Franz
hasWorkInCollection Guggenheim Museum
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Tate Modern
Whitney Museum of American Art
influenced gestural abstraction
postwar American painting
influencedBy Cubism
European modernism
Japanese calligraphy
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Abstract expressionism
nationality American
notableFor large-scale black-and-white gestural compositions
notableWork Cardinal
Chief
Mahoning
Meryon
Painting Number 2
occupation painter
placeOfBirth Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States
linked to: New York City
residence New York City, New York, United States
linked to: New York City

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Elizabeth Vincent Parsons
style gestural abstraction
workLocation New York City, New York, United States

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Franz Jozef Kline fullName Franz Jozef Kline