Franz Kline (May 23, 1910 – May 13, 1962)

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Chief
1950

Kline is well-known Abstract Expressionist, whose style consisted predominately of black strokes on a white canvas (a style de Kooning had helped Kline find). But Kline's earlier period was dominated by a very vivid Expressionism, which two of the three paintings below evince.

Hot Jazz
1940

Untitled
1960

Palmerton 
1941