What is another fact about Franz Kline?

I need a fact about franz klines (who is an abstract artist) work, this is what i have got so far,

  1. In 1910 he exhibited the first totally abstract painting - a mysterious and sensual watercolour.

  2. Franz Kline was one of the most famous painters in abstract expressionist movement.

Another fact would be very well apreciated :)

Answer #1

3 more facts i found to be of use

known for his use of inexpensive commercial paints and large housepainter’s brushes to build graphic networks of rough bars of black paint on white backgrounds.

Studied painting in the Art Department, Boston University, 1931-5 and at Heatherley’s School in London 1937-8

He began his career in the New York art world at the bottom of the ladder, showing his work at the Washington Square Outdoor Show in 1939

Answer #2

spent summers from 1956-62 painting in Provincetown, Massachusetts

died in New York City of a rheumatic heart disease

he was labeled an “action painter” because of his seemingly spontaneous and intense style, focusing less, or not at all, on figures or imagery, but on the actual brush strokes and use of canvas

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