Talk:Willem de Kooning

message: The statement, "Despite published claims, Willem de Kooning was never definitively diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease," seems to stress a particular point of view about the diagnosis, rather than simply stating facts verifiable from sources. It's always better to stick to verifiable sources, so I am returning the diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's, with the reference.--Ethicoaestheticist 11:22, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
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message: Most of this article has been taken word-for-word from the Encyclopedia Britannica, present edition: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9029596/Willem-de-Kooning --Ethicoaestheticist 12:00, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
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message: Harold Rosenberg coined the expression Action painting to primarily describe Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline and Jackson Pollock. From 1951 to 1961 nobody dripped, splattered, or splashed, with more savagely painted and violent brush strokes and fierce surfaces than de Kooning.During the 1950s he inspired hundreds of painters (maybe thousands) by the exciting and powerful freedom of his brushstrokes in the mid to late 1950s abstract landscapes -  Paintings like Parc Rosenberg, Montauk Highway, Ruth's Zowie, Spike's Folly, Bolton Landing, Gotham News, Door to The River, etc. Modernist 03:26, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Expressing opinion without citation from reliable source is not acceptable in Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia. Citation from reliable source is required for a statement and/or for reply. (Salmon1 (talk) 17:13, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
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message: There doesn't seem to be very much information about the "life" in the "biography."
Rncooper (talk) 18:09, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
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message: De Kooning. You've got to be kidding.173.71.91.90 (talk) 00:30, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
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message: ===Introduction===
In the introduction part, I think it is not necessary list 13 New York School painters, one or two that gave great influence to Willem de Kooning would be enough.  Too much other artists in the introduction part would feel irrelevant to the article. 
===Biographical section===
In the biography section, the second paragraph does not provide reliable source to the opinion the article made.  “Probably under the influence of Arshile Gorky” does not help with the understanding of de Kooning, because readers have no idea of who Arshile Gorky is and there is no reference of where this idea came from.  The principle behind biography section is that knowing something about the artist’s life helps us to more fully understand his or her work. Understanding the artist’s life and influences helps the reader discover the artist’s intended meaning to the art works.  That is why this section needs to be improve by adding more reliable source such as the interviews with de Kooning.
Jinghan xu (talk) 21:23, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Good observations.Aolivex (talk) 21:32, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
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message: In the biography section, the second paragraph does not provide reliable source to the opinion the article made.  “Probably under the influence of Arshile Gorky” does not help with the understanding of de Kooning, because readers have no idea of who Arshile Gorky is and there is no reference of where this idea came from.  The principle behind biography section is that knowing something about the artist’s life helps us to more fully understand his or her work. Understanding the artist’s life and influences helps the reader discover the artist’s intended meaning to the art works.  That is why this section needs to be improve by adding more reliable source such as the interviews with de Kooning.
Jinghan xu (talk) 21:23, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Good observations.Aolivex (talk) 21:32, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Biographical section

message: Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: https://web.archive.org/web/20080512065146/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/153632/Willem-de-Kooning and http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/153632/Willem-de-Kooning/1751/Mature-works. Copied or closely paraphrased material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, and according to fair use may copy sentences and phrases, provided they are included in quotation marks and referenced properly. The material may also be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Therefore such paraphrased portions must provide their source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you.  Moonriddengirl (talk) 19:06, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
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message: Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: cited sources including http://www.artnews.com/2011/09/08/shaping-de-koonings-legacy/ and http://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/06/arts/de-kooning-intrigues-live-on.html. Copied or closely paraphrased material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, and according to fair use may copy sentences and phrases, provided they are included in quotation marks and referenced properly. The material may also be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Therefore such paraphrased portions must provide their source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you.  Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:13, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: This is totally unrelated to the problem noted above (and many times on this talk page); it was added much more recently, and not by the same editor. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:13, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: And what was the motivation for removing three images? Coldcreation (talk) 05:30, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
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message: Gaugh, Harry F. Willem de Kooning. New York : Abbeville Press, c1983.
Lake, Susan F. Willem de Kooning : the artist’s materials. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, c2010.
Prather, Marla. Willem de Kooning: paintings. Washington : National Gallery of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press, c1994.
Waldman, Diane. Willem de Kooning. New York : Abrams in association with the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1988
Serge Guilbaut. How New York Stole the Idea of Modern Art, University of Chicago Press, 1983.
Jinghan xu (talk) 05:36, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
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message: Jinghan - 
It looks like most of the edits you've made so far have been on the Woman VI page that you created, so I left most of my comments on that talk page. I did want to say, however, that I noticed the Woman III page is very sparse. Did you happen to come across any information while you were researching on that particular work in his series? If so, you may want to consider adding to that article as well as the Woman VI. I think having a fully fleshed out set of articles on the entire Woman series would be very cool, and it may help you reach the necessary word count for the project. Just something to consider! I was also wondering if you are planning on expanding the sections under Work, as there are several with no text as of yet. 
Keep up the great work!
Richathanyou (talk) 00:14, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer Review 

message: A recent edit summary calls this a "surprisingly stubby article". There's no doubt about that. The reason is that a substantial copyvio dating from 2004 was removed last year. I did start on a skeleton rewrite, but seem to have got side-tracked by other matters at about 1936. Sorry about that! Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 20:24, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Including a short summary of the market reception section in the lead without references (already in the main body) seems useful. As an artist, the sale of his oil works in market transactions currently is at the top selling for over $300 million USD. Shorten the version I added into your own words, though it seems reasonable that some summary of the market reception section already in the article should go into the lead section. ManKnowsInfinity (talk) 19:43, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
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message: I've redirected Untitled XXV to this article for now. Feel free to expand! ---Another Believer (Talk) 01:15, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
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message: In this rather stubby article, there are so many things that needs to be a part of it to better understand the art and life of this great pioneer. I would start from his unique signature style which must be marked and analyzed. I am putting this forward step. I will be updating as and when required in the category.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by SriSriChinmaya (talk • contribs) 07:21, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Signature Style in the Works of Willem de Kooning 

message: The 2 bottom paintings have been mixed up. Collideascope (talk) 00:05, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
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