Willem’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene (Noli Me Tangere)
Design attributed to Michiel Coxcie (1499–1592) or Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona Woven in the workshop of Willem de Pannemaker (active 1515–c. 1581) Brussels

Excavation
Willem de Kooning American, born Netherlands, 1904–1997

Untitled XI
Willem de Kooning American, born Netherlands, 1904–1997

Untitled
Willem de Kooning American, born Netherlands, 1904–1997

Two Women's Torsos
Willem de Kooning American, born the Netherlands, 1904–1997

Litho #2 (Waves #2)
Willem de Kooning American, born Netherlands 1904-1997

Head #3
Willem de Kooning American, born Netherlands, 1904–1997

Untitled
Willem de Kooning American, born the Netherlands, 1904–1997

Study for "Woman VI"
Willem de Kooning American, born the Netherlands, 1904–1997

Landscape with Trees, Pond and Sheep
Willem Buytewech Dutch, 1591/92-1624

A Mother Feeding her Child (The Happy Mother)
Willem van Mieris (Dutch, 1662–1747)

Frederick Kiesler & Willem de Kooning, New York
Irving Penn American, 1917–2009

Willem de Kooning, Long Island, New York
Irving Penn American, 1917–2009

Pluto and Proserpina with Falconry
After an engraving by Adriaen Collaert (c. 1560–1618) after Hans Bol (1534–1593), Falconry Woven at the workshop of Erasmus I de Pannemaker (c. 1565–1620 or later) Brussels

Willem de Vos
Anthony van Dyck Flemish, 1599-1641

Interrelation of Volumes from the Ellipsoid
Georges Vantongerloo Belgian, 1886–1965

The Mass of St. Gregory, from a Book of Hours
Willem Vrelant or his workshop (Bruges) Netherlandish, flourished 1449-1481

Willem De Kooning
Kurt Blum Swiss, 1922–2005

Sideboard
Daniel Pabst (American, 1826–1910) Philadelphia

The Crucifixion
Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish, 1598–1664)