Jackson Pollock - Revision history

Aschlafly: His political views were more populist than Leftist.

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His political views were more populist than Leftist.

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Aschlafly: His drip painting "Number 19, 1948" sold for a then-record price of $58.4 million at a Christie's auction in 2013.

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His drip painting "Number 19, 1948" sold for a then-record price of $58.4 million at a Christie's auction in 2013.

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Joaquín Martínez at 13:29, April 24, 2013

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-'''Jackson Pollock''' (1912-1956) was one of the greatest American [[painter]]s of the 20th century.  He was a leader in the abstract expressionist movement, most notably in "detaching line from color, redefining the categories of drawing and painting, and finding new means to describe pictorial space."<ref>http://www.jackson-pollock.org/</ref>  He was famous and popularly acclaimed during his life, which was tragically cut short by an auto accident at the age of only 44.  He was born in Wyoming and grew up traveling the Southwest, where he may have been influenced a bit by Native American culture.
+'''Jackson Pollock''' (1912-1956) was one of the greatest American [[painter]]s of the 20th century.  He was a leader in the abstract expressionist movement, most notably in "detaching line from color, redefining the categories of drawing and painting, and finding new means to describe pictorial space."<ref>http://www.jackson-pollock.org/</ref>  He was famous and popularly acclaimed during his life, which was tragically cut short by an auto accident at the age of only 44.  He was born in Wyoming and grew up traveling the Southwest, where he may have been influenced a bit by Native American culture.  His political views were more [[populism|populist]] than [[Leftist]].<ref>https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/jackson-pollock-silkscreens-at-moma-were-political-427457</ref>
 His drip painting "Number 19, 1948" sold for a then-record price of $58.4 million at a Christie's auction in 2013.<ref>http://artdaily.com/news/62609/Jackson-Pollock-work--Number-19--1948--sells-for-record--58-4-million-at-Christie-s#.WUDG-ukpCUk</ref>  Pollock created that work during an enormously productive period between 1947 and 1950, shortly after the end of [[World War II]].

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 [[File:Pollock Number 5.jpg|thumb|192px|Number 5, 1948.]]
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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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 [[Image:Jackson Pollock Galaxy.jpg]] '''Galaxy, 1947'''.

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-'''Jackson Pollock''' (1912-1956) was one of the greatest American [[painter]]s of the 20th century.  He was a leader in the the abstract expressionist movement, most notably in "detaching line from color, redefining the categories of drawing and painting, and finding new means to describe pictorial space."<ref>http://www.jackson-pollock.org/</ref>  He was famous and popularly acclaimed during his life, which was tragically cut short by an auto accident at the age of only 44.  He was born in Wyoming and grew up traveling the Southwest, where he may have been influenced a bit by Native American culture.
+'''Jackson Pollock''' (1912-1956) was one of the greatest American [[painter]]s of the 20th century.  He was a leader in the abstract expressionist movement, most notably in "detaching line from color, redefining the categories of drawing and painting, and finding new means to describe pictorial space."<ref>http://www.jackson-pollock.org/</ref>  He was famous and popularly acclaimed during his life, which was tragically cut short by an auto accident at the age of only 44.  He was born in Wyoming and grew up traveling the Southwest, where he may have been influenced a bit by Native American culture.
 His drip painting "Number 19, 1948" sold for a then-record price of $58.4 million at a Christie's auction in 2013.<ref>http://artdaily.com/news/62609/Jackson-Pollock-work--Number-19--1948--sells-for-record--58-4-million-at-Christie-s#.WUDG-ukpCUk</ref>  Pollock created that work during an enormously productive period between 1947 and 1950, shortly after the end of [[World War II]].
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 [[File:Jackson Pollock Guardians of the Secret 1943.jpg|thumb|left|Guardians of the Secret, 1943]]
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	'''Jackson Pollock''' (1912-1956) was one of the greatest American [[painter]]s of the 20th century. He was a leader in the the abstract expressionist movement, most notably in "detaching line from color, redefining the categories of drawing and painting, and finding new means to describe pictorial space."<ref>http://www.jackson-pollock.org/</ref> He was famous and popularly acclaimed during his life, which was tragically cut short by an auto accident at the age of only 44. He was born in Wyoming and grew up traveling the Southwest, where he may have been influenced a bit by Native American culture.		'''Jackson Pollock''' (1912-1956) was one of the greatest American [[painter]]s of the 20th century. He was a leader in the the abstract expressionist movement, most notably in "detaching line from color, redefining the categories of drawing and painting, and finding new means to describe pictorial space."<ref>http://www.jackson-pollock.org/</ref> He was famous and popularly acclaimed during his life, which was tragically cut short by an auto accident at the age of only 44. He was born in Wyoming and grew up traveling the Southwest, where he may have been influenced a bit by Native American culture.
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		+	His drip painting "Number 19, 1948" sold for a then-record price of $58.4 million at a Christie's auction in 2013.<ref>http://artdaily.com/news/62609/Jackson-Pollock-work--Number-19--1948--sells-for-record--58-4-million-at-Christie-s#.WUDG-ukpCUk</ref> Pollock created that work during an enormously productive period between 1947 and 1950, shortly after the end of [[World War II]].

	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/]		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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-'''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/]
+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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 == See also ==
-[[Image:Pollock..jpg|thumb|right|200px|Number 18, 1950.]]
+[[Image:Pollock..jpg|thumb|right|200px|Number 18, 1950 at Guggenheim [[Museum]].]]
 *[[Contemporary painting]]

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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.
-<blockquote>
+<center>
-''Each age finds its own technique.''
+''"Each age finds its own technique."''
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+</center>
 [[Image:Jackson Pollock Galaxy.jpg]] '''Galaxy, 1947'''.
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-''Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.''
+''"Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is."''
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 [[File:Jackson Pollock 2.jpg|right|200px]]
-[[File:Jackson Pollock, One Number 31, 1950.jpg|thumb|300px|One: Number 31, 1950.]]
+[[File:Pollock Number 5.jpg|thumb|192px|Number 5, 1948.]]
-[[File:Jackson Pollock, The Deep, 1953.jpg|thumb|The Deep, 1953.]]
+[[File:Pollock Convergence 1952.jpg|thumb|Convergence, 1952.]]
 '''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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 == External links ==
-[[File:Pollock Convergence 1952.jpg|thumb|Convergence, 1952.]]
+[[File:Jackson Pollock, One Number 31, 1950.jpg|thumb|300px|One: Number 31, 1950.]]
 *[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]

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 *[http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/pollock_jackson.html Jackson Pollock]
+[[File:Jackson Pollock, Shimmering Substance, 1946.jpg|thumb|left|Shimmering Substance, 1946.]]
 [[Category:American Painters|Pollock, Jackson]]