PAUL JACKSON POLLOCK

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January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956

Cody, Wyoming Springs, New York

Major figure in the abstract expressionist

movement.

Known for drip painting

Car accident

Wife : Lee Krasner (1945)

important influence on his career

In 2000, Pollock was the subject of a film directed by and starring Ed Harris.

*memorial retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City

*a larger comprehensive exhibition in 1967

Number 1

1950

National gallery

of art.

500 x 250

Number 8 1949 Neuberger Museum of art. 86.6 x 180.9

Number 14 – 1948 – 57 x 78.5 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, NY.

ONE (Number 31) 1950 The Pollock-Krasner foundation, New York. 270 x 531 cm

The Deep – 1953 – 220 x 150 - Georges Pompidou Centre, Paris.

Jackson Pollock – Number 7

Number 7 1951 Enamel On Canvas 143.5 x 167.6 cm

Abstract Expressionism No grounds

Black

National Gallery of Art

Washington DC, the USA

Van Gogh