Nanno de Groot

Nanno de Groot
Born
Nanno Freerk de Groot

(1913-03-23)March 23, 1913
Balkbrug, Netherlands
DiedDecember 26, 1963(1963-12-26) (aged 50)
Provincetown Massachusetts, USA
Known forPainting
MovementNew York Figurative Expressionism;
Abstract expressionism
Spouse(s)Elise Asher (m. 1948–1957; divorced),
Pat Richardson (m. 1958–1963; his death)[1]

Nanno Freerk de Groot (March 23, 1913 – December 26, 1963) was a Dutch artist, he was self-taught and active in New York City. He belonged to the group of New York School Abstract expressionist artists of the 1950s. He wrote:

"In moments of clarity of thought I can sustain the idea that everything on earth is nature, including that which springs forth from a man's mind, and hand. A Franz Kline is nature as much as a zinnia."[2]

  1. ^ "De Groot, Pat". LC Name Authority File (LCNAF).
  2. ^ American abstract expressionism of the 1950s : an illustrated survey with artists' statements, artwork and biographies. OCLC 50253062 – via worldcat.org.