American painter Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) was the leading figure in abstract expressionism, a style that evolved after World War II and radicalized the history of American painting and modern art i...
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"New needs need new techniques. The modern painter cannot express this age in the old forms of the Renaissance or of any other past culture. Each age finds its own technique." The new technique that b...
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The first time I looked at Jackson Pollock's painting Full Fathom Five my immediate reaction was, " Hey, I could do that." I did not understand how a number of lines and blobs of paint could be consi...
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Paul Jackson Pollock was born January 28, 1912 in Cody, USA and he had four siblings. As a boy he was said to have a decisive, serious personality. As he grew older he developed a drinking problem a...
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Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock
