A Life Immersed in Abstraction: Willem Joseph Laquy Willem Joseph Laquy, born in 1905 in Galveston, Texas, embarked on a journey that would firmly establish him as a pivotal figure in the development of American Abstract Expressionism. Though often overshadowed by his more celebrated contemporaries like Pollock and Rothko, Laquy’s contribution to the movement was both significant and uniquely personal. His early life offered little indication of the artistic path he would forge. He initially pursued studies in architecture at Tulane University, a discipline that instilled within him a profou…