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Franz Kline
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Fan account of Franz Kline, an American artist and pioneer of Abstract Expressionism, active in the 1940s and 50s.
1910-1962
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Opustena https://www.wikiart.org/en/franz-kline/opustena
Opustena
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Untitled https://www.wikiart.org/en/franz-kline/untitled-1957-1
Untitled
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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White Forms http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79639
Gift of Philip Johnson
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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UNTITLED https://www.wikiart.org/en/franz-kline/untitled-1956
UNTITLED
November 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Buttress https://www.wikiart.org/en/franz-kline/buttress-1956
Buttress
November 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Untitled https://www.wikiart.org/en/franz-kline/untitled-1
Untitled
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Accent Grave https://www.wikiart.org/en/franz-kline/accent-grave-1955
Accent Grave
November 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Bethlehem https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/17449/
Bethlehem
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Black and White.png https://www.wikiart.org/en/franz-kline/black-and-white-png
Black and White.png
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Meryon http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/kline-meryon-t00926
Purchased 1967
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Mycenae https://www.wikiart.org/en/franz-kline/mycenae-1958
Mycenae
November 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Torches Mauve https://www.wikiart.org/en/franz-kline/torches-mauve-1960
Torches Mauve
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Untitled http://www.moma.org/collection/works/190976
Gift of Dr. Irwin Berman in memory of his wife Linda Berman
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Painting No. 7 https://www.wikiart.org/en/franz-kline/painting-no-7
Painting No. 7
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Orange Outline https://www.wikiart.org/en/franz-kline/orange-outline-1955
Orange Outline
November 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Season's Greetings https://collections.artsmia.org/art/64340/
large room with rocking chair in foreground; woman with a tray and man painting at an easel right of center in background; stove with tea kettle at right, background; two tables with various objects at left, background
November 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Delaware Gap https://www.wikiart.org/en/franz-kline/delaware-gap
Delaware Gap
November 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Chief http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78319
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David M. Solinger
November 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Painting https://www.artic.edu/artworks/102581/
Until the early 1940s, Franz Kline painted realistic landscapes, portraits, and cityscapes that were inspired by the textures and forms of New York City. Around 1949 he began to make black-and-white canvases such as Painting, which, while abstract, continue to suggest the invigorating energy of urban street life. The artist’s preparation for his paintings included making numerous sketches on newspaper or telephone-book pages. He then translated a small-scale drawing onto canvas, as, what he called, “strokes expanding as entities in themselves.” Utilizing housepainters’ brushes, Kline tacked his canvases to a wood panel in order to obtain the hard surface that he needed to paint his world of eternally colliding forces. Though the many visible drip marks imply a quick, spontaneous execution, the artist returned to this work several times over a two-month period to refine and strengthen its rhythm and spacing. Bequest of Sigmund E. Edelstone
October 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Horizontal Rust https://www.wikiart.org/en/franz-kline/horizontal-rust-1960
Horizontal Rust
October 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Le Gros http://www.moma.org/collection/works/80108
The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection
October 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Chatham Square https://www.wikiart.org/en/franz-kline/chatham-square-1948
Chatham Square
October 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Painting Number 2 http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79234
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hazen and Mr. and Mrs. Francis F. Rosenbaum Funds
October 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Picture 046 https://www.wikiart.org/en/franz-kline/picture-046
Picture 046
October 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Untitled https://www.wikiart.org/en/franz-kline/untitled
Untitled
October 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM