Franz Kline

Franz Kline
Kline, c. 1960
Born	(1910-05-23)May 23, 1910 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	May 13, 1962(1962-05-13) (aged 51) New York City, NY, U.S.
Education	Boston University
Known for	Abstract painting
Movement	Abstract expressionism, action painting

Franz Kline (May 23, 1910 – May 13, 1962) was an American painter. He is associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement of the 1940s and 1950s. Kline, along with other action painters like Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, John Ferren, and Lee Krasner, as well as local poets, dancers, and musicians came to be known as the informal group, the New York School. Although he explored the same innovations to painting as the other artists in this group, Kline's work is distinct in itself and has been revered since the 1950s.^[1]