Joop Sanders
| Joop Sanders | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 6, 1921 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Art Students League of New York |
| Style | Painting |
| Movement |
Abstract Expressionism, The New York School |
Joop Sanders (born October 6, 1921 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch-born, American painter, educator and founding member of the American Abstract Expressionist group. He is the youngest member of the first generation of the New York School.
Joop Sanders was born 1921 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and emigrated to the USA in 1939. He became a US citizen in 1955. He is married to the lieder singer Isca Sanders. His son is the steel sculptor John Sanders and his daughter is the lawyer and environmental activist Karin Greenfield-Sanders. His son-in-law is the photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and his grandchildren include artist Isca Greenfield-Sanders and filmmaker Liliana Greenfield-Sanders.
In 1940 Sanders met Willem de Kooning at a concert featuring the music of Virgil Thomson, Aaron Copland and William Schuman. As de Kooning was, Sanders is Dutch. He had immigrated to the U.S. in 1939. At the concert Sanders started talking to the woman sitting next to him. When he told her his name was Joop, she remarked, "Oh, is that Dutch? You have to meet my fiance who is also Dutch." The woman was Elaine de Kooning.
He studied:
Sanders was a charter member of The Club, which was located at 39 East 8th Street. The twenty original members of The Club were Landes Lewitin, Phillip Pavia, Willem de Kooning, Milton Resnick, Conrad Marca-Relli, Franz Kline, James Rosati, Ibram Lassaw, Al Copley, Ad Reinhardt, George Cavillon, John Roelants, Joop Sanders, Ludwig Sander, Emanuel Navaretta, Charles Egan, Jack Tworkov, Gus Falk, Ahron Ben-Shnuel and Peter Grippe.
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