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By Shelley Esaak, About.com Guide to Art History since 2003

Profile: Franz Kline

Tuesday September 30, 2003
You might know of him as that guy who created those big black and white paintings that resemble Oriental calligraphy...sort of. This new profile sketches in more detail on Franz's life and (sometimes hard) times. Check it out to learn how a boy from a coal-mining town in Pennsylvania became a leading light in Abstract Expressionism.

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