Jackson Pollock was born on January 28th, 1912 in Cody, Wyoming. He was the youngest of five sons. Pollock grew up in Arizona and California and went to school at Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles. He moved to New York in 1929 and attended school at the Arts Student League*. During this time Pollock became associated with a group of artist known as "Abstract Expressionist"
Pollock had a unique painting technique working spontaneously with liquid paint. Pollock's painting technique involved him placing his canvas on the floor and walking around it while "dripping" or "pouring" the paint onto the canvas. Although he used paint brushes, the paint brush itself never touched the canvas surface. This technique left subject matter out of his paintings. Pollock felt his work did not require exact subject matter because it was always a constant development of "themes and obsession".
On August 8th, 1949 a four-page spread in Life Magazine posed the question "Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" He was also nicknamed "Jack the Dripper" from the article.
As Pollock's popularity rose, his inner demons did as well. Pollock battled alcoholism his entire life and his rise in popularity only increased his dependency on his addiction. On August 11, 1956 he died in Springs New York while driving drunk. Pollock had two friends with him at the time of his accident. One was killed instantly in the crash and the other was badly injured.
*On the final you will be asked to name 4 artist who went to school at the Art Students League
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Jackson Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming. He attended the Art Student's League in New York City. Jackson Pollock never let his brush touch the canvas by dripping the paint onto the canvas. By using his dripping technique he left subject matter out of his paintings. Jackson Pollock died in a car crash.
MR. ivers
He was the youngest of five which is interestig. He moved to new york in 1929 and was apart of the art students league. Pollocks painting technique was interesting in that he just threw his painting. He was named jack the dripper sounds like jack the ripper. Sad that he was an alcoholic. I think pollock was some wat of an idiot for throwing away his life by drinking away he probably could have been an artist without it. This alcoholism lead to his death becuase he died in a car accident when driving drunk
ADAM D.
Jackson Pollock was born on January 28th, 1912 in Cody, Wyoming. He moved to New York in 1929 and attended school at the Arts Student League. During this time Pollock became associated with a group of artist known as "Abstract Expressionist"
On August 8th, 1949 a four-page spread in Life Magazine posed the question "Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?"
On August 11, 1956 he died in Springs New York while driving drunk. One was killed instantly in the crash and the other was badly injured.
-(the)Brandon Craney #71
Jackson Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming. He attended the Art Student's League in New York City. Jackson Pollock never let his brush touch the canvas by dripping the paint onto the canvas. By using his dripping technique he left subject matter out of his paintings. Jackson Pollock died in a car crash.
n.maled
Jackson Pollock was born on January 28th, 1912 in Cody, Wyoming. He moved to New York in 1929 and attended school at the Arts Student League. During this time Pollock became associated with a group of artist known as "Abstract Expressionist"
On August 8th, 1949 a four-page spread in Life Magazine posed the question "Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" On August 11, 1956 he died in Springs New York while driving drunk. One was killed instantly in the crash and the other was badly injured.
A Hubble
Jackson Pollock was born on January 28th, 1912 in Cody, Wyoming. He was the youngest of five sons. Pollock grew up in Arizona and California and went to school at Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles. He moved to New York in 1929 and attended school at the Arts Student League*. On August 8th, 1949 a four-page spread in Life Magazine posed the question "Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?"
kkaiser
Jackson Pollock was born on January 28th, 1912 in Cody, Wyoming. He moved to New York in 1929 and attended school at the Arts Student League. While studying there, he became associated with the Abstract Expressionists. Pollock's painting technique involved him placing his canvas on the floor and walking around it while dripping paint on it. This technique left subject matter out of his paintings.
---E.Hicks
Jackson Pollock was the youngest of five sons. He attended the Art Students League. He became known as an "Abstract Expressionalist." Pollock would drip paint on his canvas. The paintbrush itself would never touch the canvas.
-k. brouillard.
During this time Pollock became associated with a group of artist known as "Abstract Expressionist"
Pollock had a unique painting technique working spontaneously with liquid paint. Pollock's painting technique involved him placing his canvas on the floor and walking around it while "dripping" or "pouring" the paint onto the canvas.This technique left subject matter out of his paintings.As Pollock's popularity rose, his inner demons did as well. Pollock battled alcoholism his entire life and his rise in popularity only increased his dependency on his addiction.On August 11, 1956 he died in Springs New York while driving drunk. Pollock had two friends with him at the time of his accident.I have no clue why Mr. O'Maley likes his work it looks like some one just...i dont know he just weird.
- Lauren Johnson
Jackson Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming. He attended the Art Student's League in New York City. Jackson Pollock never let his brush touch the canvas by dripping the paint onto the canvas. By using his dripping technique is how he applied paint to his canvas. Jackson Pollock died in a car crash.
-alana s.
He was the youngest of five which is interestig. He moved to new york in 1929 and was apart of the art students league. Pollocks painting technique was interesting in that he just threw his painting. He was named jack the dripper sounds like jack the ripper. Sad that he was an alcoholic. I thought his painting were good. Ashley Michael
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