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Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock was an American artist best known for as the abstract painter who splattered his canvasses. He lived from 1912 to 1956. Ask questions about his personal life and works of art here.
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What style did Jackson pollock use in Blue Poles?
Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles is one of his drip paintings it is essentially not to be representational like looking at a portrait of a man but represent the action of painting, his action painting communicates the process of painting itself, open up to subconscious understanding.
Is Jackson pollock still alive?
Sadly, no, he died of a car crash under the influence of achohol.
The car accident happened in 1956.
What do artists Jackson pollock and Eudora welty and Ralph Ellison have in common?
They were founded by the WPA
wood work and metal work at school... mainly in high school for boys
Why did Jackson Pollock say he placed the canvas on the floor?
Because that was what he did, and then he went on dripping color all over the canvas.
How were Jackson Pollock's works made?
He laid his canvases on the studio floor, then poured or dripped paint onto them using hardened brushes, sticks, and even basting syringes as paint applicators.
Which abstract expresionist was given the name Jack the dripper?
Jackson Pollock was the artist and got the name from making art using drips of paint.
What is Jackson Pollock famous for?
• Lee Krasner, Jackson Pollock's wife, changed her name. Her original name is Lenore Krassner.
• Pollock's real first name is Paul. Right around the time that he moved to New York to study with Benton in 1930, he decided to drop his first name and use his middle name of Jackson.
• The only person to survive Pollock's deadly car accident was his lover, Ruth Kligman.
• One of his most famous works is Blue Poles, painted in 1952. It was created with enamel and aluminum paint with glass on a canvas.
• The most important element in Pollock's paintings is that of lines. When he first started using the method of pouring and dripping paint onto canvas, it resulted in huge areas covered with complex linear patterns that created image and form.
• "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" That was the question on the front cover of Life magazine on August 8, 1949.
• His first experiment with liquid paint was at the Siquieros workshop in New York, 1936.
• The French equivalent of action painting, a form of abstract expressionism associated with Pollock, is Tachisme.
• Pollock was nicknamed Jack the Dripper because he literally dripped paint onto his canvas to create unique, intricate pieces.
His brother Sanford knew Jackson had a special talent. In 1941, he wrote a letter to their eldest brother Charles about Jackson. He said if Jackson could "hold himself together, his work will become of real significance. His painting is abstract, intense, evocative in quality."
• Pollock's paintings differed from before he moved to the Hamptons and right after the move. Before moving to The Springs in East Hampton with his wife, his imagery was congested, the colors were somber, and the overall mood of his paintings was anxious and conflicted.
• After the move to the country, the colors were brighter, his compositions were more open, and the imagery reflected a new responsiveness to nature.
• His work Blue Poles, 1952 was originally inscribed with a '3' and subsequently painted over with a '2'.
• In 1949, Pollock decided to number his paintings, including the year they were created, instead of using descriptive titles. This began with his 1949 solo exhibition at the Betty Parsons Gallery.
• Downward arching stretch-marks at the top edge of the canvas are common with Pollock's works. This is because he would often hang them along a beam in his studio; another step in his creation process.
Click links below for more info and for some quotes by Pollock himself!
~ He would drink himself unconsious frequently...
~ He pissed in Peggy Guggenhiems fireplace at a dinner party in front of her guest
~ He was a studied with Thomas Hart Benton briefly
Not known any more.
But click link below for an example of his early style!
What are two different types of abstract expressionist painting styles?
Colour field paintings and action paintings
What kind of style did Jackson Pollock have?
His way of working is called 'Action painting', which is a kind of abstract expressionism.
This seems to be a new fad: asking the height of famous artists. Sadly this information is very seldom available. And, one might add, not very important for judging the work of the artist.
When was Jackson Pollock adopted?
Jackson Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming, but was adopted by his neighbors eleven years after birth.
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