Birth Birth namename

Paul Jackson Paul Jackson PollockPollock

BornBorn January 28, January 28, 1912)1912)Cody, WyomiCody, WyomingngDiedDied August 11, August 11, 1956 1956 (aged 44)(aged 44)Springs, New Springs, New YorkYork

MovementMovement Abstract Abstract expressionisexpressionismm

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Jackson Pollock

http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=23187

"drip" technique.

“My painting does not come from the easel. I prefer to tack the unstretched canvas to the hard wall or the floor. I need the resistance of a hard surface. On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting.”

When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a sort of 'get acquainted' period that I see what I have been about. I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through. It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well.

Pollock stated: “I feel nearer, more a part of the painting, since this way I can walk round it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting. This is akin to the methods of the Indian sand painters of the West.”

http://www.artsology.com/gfx/navajo_sand_painter.jpg, http://www.skeptiseum.org/images/exh/sand-painting.jpg

Influenced by Native American Sand Painters

$140 million http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollockhttp://www.jacksonpollock.com/images/signature.jpg

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Composition

Jackson Pollock's "One: Number 31", painted 1950.

The Key

The She-Wolf