Willem J De Looper

Willem de Looper was born on October 30, 1932 in the Hague and died in 2009. He received a B.A. from American University after immigrating to Washington D.C. in 1950. After his graduation from American, de Looper joined the U.S. Army and served in Germany. After returning to the U.S., de Looper became a part of the second-generation of the Washington Color School because of his distinct painting process. He also became the chief curator at the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C.