Transcript Jackson Pollock
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 • Pollock enjoyed considerable fame and notoriety but was a quiet and withdrawn artist who struggled with alcoholism.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
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Number One, Lavender Mist, 1950
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Blue Poles: Number 11, 1952
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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