Abstract Expressionism 20th Century Art of Von Allen: Forward by Ruth Kligman

Von Allen, B; 1961, Jacksonville, North Carolina, Studied Art at the Village Center for the Arts in Palm Springs. Allen moved to New York directly after school, befriending Ruth Kligman, an artist who was an insider when the Abstract Expressionist movement was at its peak. She also was notable as the mistress of Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. "Over the course of his remarkable career," Kligman stated in 2004, "Von Allen has made an exceptional contribution to the body of Abstract Expressionist work worldwide, and ranks as one of our most important new masters of the genre."