Chief by Franz Kline
Mahoning by Franz Kline
Painting Number 2 by Franz Kline
Painting by Franz Kline
Painting No. 7 by Franz Kline
Untitled [verso] by Franz Kline
Gros by Franz Kline
Accent Grave by Franz Kline
Torches Mauve by Franz Kline
Black and White by Franz Kline
Blueberry Eyes by Franz Kline
Horizontal Rust by Franz Kline

Where to See Franz Kline

33 museums worldwide

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About Franz Kline

American · 1910–1962 · Abstract Expressionism

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.

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Franz Kline's works are held in 33 museums worldwide, including National Gallery of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Buffalo AKG Art Museum.

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🇦🇷 Argentina

1 museum

🇩🇪 Germany

4 museums

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

1 museum

🇺🇸 United States

27 museums

Frequently Asked Questions

  • 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.
  • Franz Kline famous paintings?
    The biography mentions Mahoning, Chief, and Painting Number 2 as examples of his work. It does not provide a comprehensive list of his famous paintings.
  • 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.
  • Franz Kline most famous painting?
    The biography mentions Mahoning, Chief, and Painting Number 2 as decisive compositions. However, it does not specify which painting is his most famous.
  • 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.

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Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Franz Kline's works across the following collections.

  1. [1] museum Buffalo AKG Art Museum Used for: museum holdings.
  2. [2] museum Cleveland Museum of Art Used for: museum holdings.
  3. [3] museum Museum of Fine Arts Boston Used for: museum holdings.
  4. [4] museum Carnegie Museum of Art Used for: museum holdings.
  5. [5] museum Allentown Art Museum Used for: museum holdings.
  6. [6] museum John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Used for: museum holdings.
  7. [7] book Jed Perl, Art in America 1945-1970 Used for: biography.

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