The first biography of Elaine de Kooning, A Generous Vision
portrays a woman whose intelligence, droll sense of humor, and
generosity of spirit endeared her to friends and gave her a
starring role in the close-knit world of New York artists. Her zest
for adventure and freewheeling spending were as legendary as her
ever-present cigarette. Flamboyant and witty in person, she was an
incisive art writer who expressed maverick opinions in a
deceptively casual style. As a painter, she melded Abstract
Expressionism with a lifelong interest in bodily movement to
capture subjects as diverse as President John F. Kennedy,
basketball players, and bullfights. In her romantic life, she went
her own way, always keen for male attention. But she credited her
husband, Willem de Kooning, as her greatest influence; rather than
being overshadowed by his fame, she worked "in his light." Nearly
two decades after their separation, after finally embracing
sobriety herself, she returned to his side to rescue him from
severe alcoholism. Based on painstaking research and dozens of
interviews, A Generous Vision brings to life a leading figure of
twentieth-century art who lived a full and fascinating life on her
own terms.
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