Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock

• Jackson Pollock was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement.

• Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming in 1912.

Jackson Pollock

Grayed Rainbow 1953 • The Abstract Art Movement began in the early 1940s in New York City after the end of World War II.

• Pollock and the abstract artists became known as the New York School of Artists.

Jackson Pollock

Ocean Greyness 1953 • Abstract Expressionist Art tries to illustrate what the artist feels.

• Abstract art is all about shapes and color.

• In abstract art there are no real life images, scenery, or objects.

Jackson Pollock

• Sand paintings, as created by Navajo Indians, were part of a healing ceremony. • The artist served as a medicine man, who would use naturally colored grains of sand, and pour them by hand to create these elaborate paintings.

• Pollock observed a sand painting demonstration in the 1940s.

Jackson Pollock

• Pollock was influenced by sand paintings but instead of using sand he would drip paint on his canvases.

• Pollock would stand over his paintings, dip his paintbrush or a stick into a pail of paint, and drip the paint on to the canvas.

Untitled, 1950.

Jackson Pollock

• In 1948 Time Magazine published an article about Pollock and gave him the nicknames “The Big Dripper” and “Jack the Dripper.” • Pollock enjoyed considerable fame and notoriety but was a quiet and withdrawn artist who struggled with alcoholism. Why couldn’t I get a cool nickname like “El Guapo”?

Jackson Pollock

•Pollock's career was cut short on August 11, 1956, when he died in a single-car crash while driving under the influence of alcohol in his Oldsmobile convertible. • One of the passengers was also killed in the accident, which occurred less than a mile from Pollock's home. • Pollock was 44.

Jackson Pollock

• This painting sold for $140,000,000 (one hundred and forty million dollars) in the year 2006.

• Pollock's works are some of the most valuable in the world.

Number 5,

1948

Jackson Pollock

Number One, Lavender Mist, 1950

Jackson Pollock

Blue Poles: Number 11, 1952

Jackson Pollock

Autumn Rhythm Number 30, 1950

Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock

Click on the link below to see Pollock at work… http://www.nga.gov/feature/pollock/process3qt.shtm