About Franz Kline
Painted black and white with housepainter's brushes, planned every spontaneous-looking stroke in advance, and died at fifty-one after twelve years of work that mattered.
Where to see Franz Kline
Collection holdings are reported here; current display varies. Check with each museum before visiting.
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6 recorded worksNational Gallery of Art
Washington D.C., United States
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16 recorded worksMetropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States
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6 recorded worksBuffalo AKG Art Museum
Buffalo, United States
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5 recorded worksSmithsonian American Art Museum
Washington D.C., United States
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4 recorded works
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston, United States
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4 recorded works
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York City, United States
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4 recorded works
Museum of Modern Art
New York City, United States
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4 recorded works
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, United States
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3 recorded works
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, United States
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3 recorded works
Worcester Art Museum
Worcester, United States
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3 recorded works
Yale University Art Gallery
New Haven, United States
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1 recorded workCleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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2 recorded works
Bavarian State Painting Collections
Munich, Germany
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2 recorded works
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
New York City, United States
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2 recorded works
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
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2 recorded works
Fogg Museum
Cambridge, United States
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1 recorded work
Museum Ludwig
Cologne, Germany
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1 recorded work
National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Also here (6)
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1 recorded work
Neue Nationalgalerie
Berlin, Germany
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1 recorded work
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen
Düsseldorf, Germany
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1 recorded work
Carnegie Museum of Art
Pittsburgh, United States
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1 recorded work
Allentown Art Museum
Allentown, United States
Also here (3)
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1 recorded work
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Sarasota, United States
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1 recorded work
Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas, United States
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1 recorded work
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, United States
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1 recorded work
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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1 recorded work
RISD Museum
Providence, United States
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1 recorded workCincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati, United States
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1 recorded work
Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, United States
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1 recorded work
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, United States
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1 recorded work
Saint Louis Art Museum
St. Louis, United States
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1 recorded workTate
London, United Kingdom
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1 recorded workPhiladelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, United States
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Where did Franz Kline live?
Franz Kline was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and later lived in New York. He also had a house in Provincetown.Where is Franz Kline from?
Franz Kline was United States, born in 1910 and died in 1962.Who is Franz Kline?
Franz Kline was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1910. He attended Boston University and Heatherley's Art School in London before settling in New York in 1939.Franz Kline art movement?
The biography does not explicitly state the art movement with which Franz Kline was associated. However, it mentions that he was painting while many artists of the nascent New York School were experimenting with Surrealist-inspired biomorphic abstraction.How did Franz Kline paint?
Kline's method involved using large canvases and housepainter's brushes. He created structural compositions that appear spontaneous, but were carefully planned using small preparatory studies.What is Franz Kline known for?
Franz Kline is known for his black and white paintings, especially those done between 1950 and 1961. He was inspired by graphic illustration, and the massive structures of New York, such as girders and bridges.What paint did Franz Kline use?
Franz Kline used housepainter's brushes and industrial enamel. The biography does not specify the brand or type of paint he used.
Sources
Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Franz Kline's works across the following collections.
- [1] museum Buffalo AKG Art Museum Used for: museum holdings.
- [2] museum Cleveland Museum of Art Used for: museum holdings.
- [3] museum Museum of Fine Arts Boston Used for: museum holdings.
- [4] museum Carnegie Museum of Art Used for: museum holdings.
- [5] museum Allentown Art Museum Used for: museum holdings.
- [6] museum John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Used for: museum holdings.
- [7] book Jed Perl, Art in America 1945-1970 Used for: biography.
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