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| − | Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) was an American painter among the most prominent of the New York School, more commonly referred to as the Abstract | + | [[File:Jackson Pollock 2.jpg|right|195px]] |
| + | [[File:Pollock Number 5.jpg|thumb|192px|Number 5, 1948.]] | ||
| + | [[File:Pollock Convergence 1952.jpg|thumb|Convergence, 1952.]] | ||
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| + | '''Jackson Pollock''' (1912-1956) was an American [[painter]]. He began to study painting in 1929 at the Art Students’ League, New York, under the Regionalist painter [[Thomas Hart Benton]]. During the 1930s he worked in the manner of the Regionalists, being influenced also by the Mexican muralist painters ([[Jose Clemente Orozco]], [[Diego Rivera]], [[David Alfaro Siqueiros]]) and by certain aspects of [[Surrealism]]. From 1938 to 1942 he worked for the Federal Art Project. [http://artistquoteoftheday.wordpress.com/] | ||
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| + | Siqueiros's radical experiments proved influential for Abstract Expressionist artist Jackson Pollock, in particular, who was a member of his New York Workshop. [http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=79146] | ||
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| + | He was among the most prominent of the New York School, more commonly referred to as the [[Abstract Expressionism|Abstract Expressionist]]s. His major innovation was to paint unstretched [[canvas]] rolled out on the floor, working from all sides of the picture plane, pouring and throwing paint to create a line that re-encompasses itself over and over again without generating a positive and negative form. His work marked a watershed in American art history. | ||
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| + | ''"Each age finds its own technique."'' | ||
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| + | [[Image:Jackson Pollock Galaxy.jpg]] '''Galaxy, 1947'''. | ||
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| + | ''"Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is."'' | ||
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| + | [[Image:Pollock summertime.jpg]] | ||
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| + | '''Summertime: Number 9A, 1948.''' | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | [[Image:Pollock..jpg|thumb|right|200px|Number 18, 1950 at Guggenheim [[Museum]].]] | ||
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| + | *[[Contemporary painting]] | ||
| + | *[[American Painting]] | ||
| + | *[[Lyrical Abstraction]] | ||
| + | *[[Willem de Kooning]] | ||
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| + | [[File:Jackson Pollock Guardians of the Secret 1943.jpg|thumb|left|Guardians of the Secret, 1943]] | ||
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| + | == External links == | ||
| + | [[File:Jackson Pollock, One Number 31, 1950.jpg|thumb|300px|One: Number 31, 1950.]] | ||
| + | [[File:Jackson Pollock, The Deep, 1953.jpg|thumb|The Deep, 1953.]] | ||
| + | *[http://www.leninimports.com/jackson_pollock.html Jackson Pollock] | ||
| + | *[http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/2008/05/robert_rauschen.html Robert Rauschenberg vs. Joshua Davis] | ||
| + | *[http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/pollock_jackson.html Jackson Pollock] | ||
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| + | [[File:Jackson Pollock, Shimmering Substance, 1946.jpg|thumb|left|Shimmering Substance, 1946.]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:American Painters|Pollock, Jackson]] | ||
Revision as of 21:21, February 27, 2014
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) was an American painter. He began to study painting in 1929 at the Art Students’ League, New York, under the Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton. During the 1930s he worked in the manner of the Regionalists, being influenced also by the Mexican muralist painters (Jose Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros) and by certain aspects of Surrealism. From 1938 to 1942 he worked for the Federal Art Project. [1]
Siqueiros's radical experiments proved influential for Abstract Expressionist artist Jackson Pollock, in particular, who was a member of his New York Workshop. [2]
He was among the most prominent of the New York School, more commonly referred to as the Abstract Expressionists. His major innovation was to paint unstretched canvas rolled out on the floor, working from all sides of the picture plane, pouring and throwing paint to create a line that re-encompasses itself over and over again without generating a positive and negative form. His work marked a watershed in American art history.
"Each age finds its own technique."
Galaxy, 1947.
"Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is."
Summertime: Number 9A, 1948.
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