Paul Jackson Pollock (/ ˈpɒlək /; – ) was an American painter. [1] A major figure in the abstract expressionist movement, he was widely noticed for his "drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface, enabling him to view and paint his canvases from all angles.
Mural on Indian Red Ground is a 1950 abstract expressionist drip painting by American artist Jackson Pollock, currently in the collection of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. It is valued at about $250 million [1] and is considered one of Pollock's greatest works. [2]
Blue Poles, also known as Number 11, 1952, is an abstract expressionist painting by the American artist Jackson Pollock. It was purchased amid controversy by the National Gallery of Australia in 1973 and today remains one of the gallery's major paintings.
Jackson Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming, in 1912, though he lived there for less than a year as an infant. [3] His family knocked around [4] between Phoenix and Northern California before settling in Southern California, where Pollock went to high school (he did not graduate). [5] In the fall of 1930, he moved to New York City, following the path of his oldest brother, Charles, and enrolling ...
Mural is a 1943 large painting by American artist Jackson Pollock. Although signed and dated 1943, the signature and date were not added until 1947, and the work was probably completed around the fall of 1943. It was made with oil paint (and an off-white water-based paint) on linen, and is Pollock's largest canvas, measuring 2.43 by 6.04 metres (8 ft 0 in × 19 ft 10 in). The work was ...