
unconscious, saw himself as the essential subject.intelligent, widely read, and, when he chose,.extremes found equilibrium in his art.and contemplative when sober, violent when drunk.Pollock was described by his contemporaries as.Assists individual working artists or merit with.Pollock-Krasner-Foundation established in 1985.Considered an iconic master of mid- century.Started European art movements and artists.Became a model of a painter who fused art and.After Pollocks death, artists active in theĪmerican Art Movements immediately followingĪbstract Expression such-as happenings, Pop.York with a large boulder marking his grave Buried in Green River Cemetery in Springs, New.Pollock's reputation remained strong despite Lee Krasner (Wife) managed estate and ensured.
Killing himself, passenger Edith Metzger and Ruth. Single-car crash while driving under the.
1952 returned to color and Mural Scale paintings. Move freely around a room as if he were dancing. Time magazine called him Jackson the Dripper. Added new dimensions applying paint from all. Paint flowing from chosen tool onto the canvas. Pollock was able to achieve a more immediate. Used technique of pouring and dripping paint. Pollock used hardened brushes, sticks and even. Using only synthetic resin-based paints called. Began to paint with his canvases laid out on the. Male and Female Composition with Pouring I. Later used paint pouring as one of several. Introduced the use of liquid paint in 1936 at. Perfected the technique of working with paint. The work of the Ukrainian American artist Janet. Pollock struggled to find a process by which heĬould translate entire personality into painting. 1944 created first wall sized painting Mural. 1943 given contract by Peggy Guggenheim at Art of. Used his work as treatment for other patients 1939 1941 while in treatment psychoanalysts. 1938 suffered a nervous break down forcing him to. Next 2 years lived in poverty with brother and. 1935 worked for the WPA Federal Art Project. When moving to New York Jackson dropped his first.
Moved to New York City to study under Thomas Hartīenton at the Art Students League of New York. Expelled after being expelled from another High. Enrolled in Los Angeles Manual Arts High School. Grew up in Arizona and Chico, California. After parents death became Pollock after being.