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Franz Kline

Franz Kline

American, 1910–1962

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Franz Kline was an American painter. He is associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement of the 1940s and 1950s. Kline, along with other action painters like Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, John Ferren, and Lee Krasner, as well as local poets, dancers, and musicians, came to be known as the informal group, the New York School. Although he explored the same innovations to painting as the other artists in this group, Kline's work is distinct in itself and has been revered since the 1950s.

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Works in Collection

10 works
21 Etchings and Poems

21 Etchings and Poems

Pierre Alechinsky

1951–60, published 1960

Chief

Chief

Franz Kline

1950

Drawing related to Painting No. 2

Drawing related to Painting No. 2

Franz Kline

1954

In-text plate from 21 Etchings and Poems

In-text plate from 21 Etchings and Poems

Franz Kline

1960

Le Gros

Le Gros

Franz Kline

1961

Painting Number 2

Painting Number 2

Franz Kline

1954

Untitled

Untitled

Franz Kline

1951

Untitled (Study for Mahoning II)

Untitled (Study for Mahoning II)

Franz Kline

1960

Untitled II

Untitled II

Franz Kline

c. 1952

White Forms

White Forms

Franz Kline

1955

Exhibitions

21 exhibitions

May 06, 1952 – Jun 08, 1952

Recent Acquisitions

36 artists · 1 curator

Oct 19, 1954 – Feb 06, 1955

XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

260 artists

Oct 05, 1955 – Oct 24, 1955

Selections from the Art Lending Service

42 artists · 1 curator

May 30, 1956 – Sep 08, 1956

Twelve Americans

12 artists · 1 curator

May 28, 1959 – Sep 08, 1959

The New American Painting as Shown in Eight European Countries 1958–1959

17 artists · 1 curator

Aug 18, 1961 – Apr 20, 1962

Modern Paintings

6 artists · 1 curator

Aug 19, 1961 – Jan 30, 1962

Modern Allegories

20 artists · 1 curator

May 27, 1964

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

169 artists

Jan 17, 1968 – Mar 04, 1968

The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection

55 artists · 1 curator

May 28, 1969 – Sep 01, 1969

Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

119 artists · 1 curator

Jun 18, 1969 – Oct 05, 1969

The New American Painting and Sculpture: The First Generation

43 artists · 2 curators

Jul 06, 1971 – Sep 15, 1971

Summer Show

52 artists · 1 curator

Jul 28, 1971 – Nov 01, 1971

Ways of Looking

132 artists · 1 curator

Dec 03, 1974 – Mar 03, 1975

American Prints: 1913–1963

84 artists · 2 curators

Oct 26, 1983 – Jan 03, 1984

The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

81 artists · 1 curator

May 17, 1984

Selections from the Permanent Collection: Drawings

61 artists · 2 curators

Apr 10, 1985 – Oct 27, 1985

Philip Johnson: Selected Gifts

20 artists · 2 curators

Jan 24, 1987 – Jun 14, 1987

Drawings Acquisitions

65 artists · 1 curator

Nov 20, 1987 – Mar 08, 1988

Master Prints from the Collection

66 artists · 1 curator

Nov 03, 1988 – Feb 28, 1989

Collage: Selections from the Permanent Collection

42 artists · 2 curators

Nov 17, 1988 – Mar 26, 1989

Abstractions

77 artists · 1 curator