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
Ranked by works you can see in person.
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6 worksNational Gallery of Art
Washington D.C., United States
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16 worksMetropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States
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6 worksBuffalo AKG Art Museum
Buffalo, United States
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5 worksSmithsonian American Art Museum
Washington D.C., United States
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4 works
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston, United States
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4 works
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York City, United States
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4 works
Museum of Modern Art
New York City, United States
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4 works
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Houston, United States
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3 works
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, United States
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3 works
Museo de Arte de Worcester
Worcester, United States
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Hand-finished archival prints from Franz Kline's body of work.
Untitled (Black and White Composition) - Franz Kline
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Untitled (Abstract Composition) - Franz Kline
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Painting No. 7 - Franz Kline
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Accent Grave - Franz Kline
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Torches Mauve - Franz Kline
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Mahoning - Franz Kline
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Chief - Franz Kline
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Number 2 - Franz Kline
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3 works
Yale University Art Gallery
New Haven, United States
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1 worksCleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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2 works
Bavarian State Painting Collections
Munich, Germany
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2 works
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
New York City, United States
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2 works
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
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2 works
Fogg Museum
Cambridge, United States
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1 works
Museum Ludwig
Cologne, Germany
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1 works
National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Also here (6)
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1 works
Neue Nationalgalerie
Berlin, Germany
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1 works
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen
Düsseldorf, Germany
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1 works
Carnegie Museum of Art
Pittsburgh, United States
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1 works
Allentown Art Museum
Allentown, United States
Also here (3)
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1 works
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Sarasota, United States
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1 works
Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas, United States
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1 works
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, United States
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1 works
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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1 works
RISD Museum
Providence, United States
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1 worksCincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati, United States
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1 works
Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, United States
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1 works
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, United States
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1 works
Saint Louis Art Museum
St. Louis, United States
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1 worksTate
London, United Kingdom
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1 worksPhiladelphia 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.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.
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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