The De Looper Foundation

The De Looper Foundation The de Looper Foundation was started by Frauke de Looper to honor her late husband, Willem de Looper.
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This Untitled painting was completed in 1982, the year Willem became Curator of The Phillips Collection. It measures 72 ...
05/19/2026

This Untitled painting was completed in 1982, the year Willem became Curator of The Phillips Collection. It measures 72 x 48 inches wide.

The painting on the right in this photo was reserved by Frauke (Willem's wife) as hers. It hung in their Kalorama apart...
05/19/2026

The painting on the right in this photo was reserved by Frauke (Willem's wife) as hers. It hung in their Kalorama apartment for many years.

It was rare for de Looper to paint using a brush in the mid 1970's, making these compositions on paper all the more capt...
04/29/2026

It was rare for de Looper to paint using a brush in the mid 1970's, making these compositions on paper all the more captivating. Here, watercolor floats across the page in liquid pools and the artist brushed over it, creating reticulating washes of color.

In 1977, de Looper created a series of paintings on paper that his wife Frauke titled "Lost Cache" when she discovered t...
04/09/2026

In 1977, de Looper created a series of paintings on paper that his wife Frauke titled "Lost Cache" when she discovered them. The images suggest panoramic horizons, each measuring 10 inches high and 30 inches across.

De Looper's late work is often characterized by active patterns and gesture. In an interview with Ben Forgey in 1992, h...
04/01/2026

De Looper's late work is often characterized by active patterns and gesture. In an interview with Ben Forgey in 1992, he mentions an admiration for calligraphy. Here are some examples that reflect his interest.

The Foundation is thrilled to announce that in US Chamber of Commerce has acquired a stunning painting by de Looper for ...
03/19/2026

The Foundation is thrilled to announce that in US Chamber of Commerce has acquired a stunning painting by de Looper for their Washington, DC location. Untitled, 1974 combines luminous color and subtle textural detail in overlapping layers of acrylic paint. Like other works from this period, the painting is composed of fluid, horizontal bands that suggest depth without breaching the flatness of the surface. It measures 74 x 95 inches.

De Looper's keen interest in defining inner and outer space in his painting is evident in his "Window Series" of the mid...
03/09/2026

De Looper's keen interest in defining inner and outer space in his painting is evident in his "Window Series" of the mid-1980's. A couple of these were included in an exhibit at Shippee Gallery on 57th Street, in NYC .

The cheery kitchen in the de Looper's apartment was reminiscent of his acrylic paint: Golden's "Diarylide yellow".
02/18/2026

The cheery kitchen in the de Looper's apartment was reminiscent of his acrylic paint: Golden's "Diarylide yellow".

Many artists choose to depict their own image in their works...de Looper was more often drawn toward abstraction. Here ...
02/04/2026

Many artists choose to depict their own image in their works...de Looper was more often drawn toward abstraction. Here are a few sketches from his early notebooks.

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