Paul Jackson Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming January 28, 1912, growing up in Arizona and California. He attended the Manual Arts School in Los Angeles and later studied at the Art Students League in New York, where he moved to join his two artistic brothers. It was at this time that he dropped his first name, Paul.
Influenced by muralists and surrealists who had come before him, Pollock transi
...see more »tioned into enamel paint and was encouraged to venture into other avenues of artistic delivery and expression, such as flinging and pouring. Inspired by the spontaneity of these methods, he eventually became known for his "drip" method, which he called 'direct painting'. Pollock he said 'direct painting' reminded him of American Indian sand painting. Pollock would spread the canvas on the floor of his studio and work from all sides to create his compelling and fascinating art.
Pollock was recognized as one of the founders of Abstract Expressionism, a movement that included such other artists as Willem DeKooning, Mark Rothko, and Franz Kline. This group of artists believed that the visual expression of inner emotion was the primary function of art. In the early forties, he joined a group exhibition with artists that included Picasso, Braque, Matisse and other masters. Peggy Guggenheim, who owned the Art of This Century gallery, became a patron and dealer for Pollock's work. In the mid-forties, Pollock and his artist wife, Lee Krasner, moved to The Springs on Long Island, which led to some of Pollock's most beautiful and meaningful work. He started getting more attention and publicity with a Life magazine article and other solo exhibitions. By 1955, Pollock's alcoholism, which he had fought for most of his adult life, took control of him. While his wife was traveling in Europe, Pollock was killed in a car accident on August 12, 1956.
Jackson Pollock remains one of the world's most recognized modern artists. His paintings can be found at the Pollock-Krasner House, his former residence on Long Island, as well as in private collections, museums and galleries, and at retailers around the world.
Partial list of artwork:
c.1934-8 Flame (Museum of Modern Art, New York City)
c.1935 Going West (Thomas Hart Benton Collection, Kansas City, Missouri)
1941 Bird (Museum of Modern Art, New York City)
1943 Mural (University of Iowa)
1943 Guardians of the Secret (San Francisco Museum of Art)
1944 The Totem, Lesson I (Mrs Emily Walker Collection, Connecticut)
1946 Eyes in the Heat (Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice)
1947 Full Fathom Five (Museum of Modern Art, New York City)
1950 Lavender Mist, Number One (Alfonso Ossorio and Edward F Dragon Collection, New York)
1950 Number Thirty-two, 1950 (Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany)
1952 Blue Poles Number 11 (National Gallery of Australia, Canberra)
1953 Ocean Greyness (Solomon R Guggenheim Collection, New York City)
1953 Sleeping Effort (Washington University Gallery of Art, St Louis, Missouri)
1953 Portrait and a Dream (Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas)
1953 Easter and the Totem (Museum of Modern Art, New York City)
1954 White Light (Museum of Modern Art, New York City)« see less
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