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Who did de Kooning marry in 1943?

  • Painter Anna Brown

  • Sculptor Helen Frankenthaler

  • Painter Elaine Fried

  • Writer Peggy Guggenheim

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The painter Willem de Kooning married Elaine Fried in 1943. The two had met a few years earlier at an art show in New York City. They were married for 25 years, and had two children together. Their marriage was often stormy, but they remained together until Fried's death in 1978.
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