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

                                                                                

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