Essay On Jackson Pollock

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Jackson Pollock was one of the most famous painters of the twentieth century. His fame was most known during his time of splattering paint onto canvas and adding himself into the painting as well. Pollock did not have much handed to him and had to work for what he wanted. He was a heavy drinker who relied on drinking to make all his problems disappear. Paul Jackson Pollock was born on January 28, 1912, in Cody, Wyoming to LeRoy Pollock and Stella May McClure. LeRoy was a farmer and a government land surveyor while Stella had always dreamt of being an artist. He was the youngest of the family and was always in need of attention. During Pollock’s childhood his family moved around a lot and at the age of eight, his father left. Whenever this happened, Charles, his oldest brother became the man of the house. Charles was the artist of the family who influenced Jackson to have a love for art. After enrolling at the Manual Art School in Los Angeles and getting expelled twice, Pollock knew art was his calling. In 1930, Pollock moved to New York City to live with Charles. This was when he started studying under Thomas Hart Benton. The Benton’s were the family that Pollock never had. Around 1941, Pollock met Lee Krasner, a Jewish artist who’s painting could hold themselves. Krasner was very interesting in Pollock’s painting and soon after …show more content…

This was a time of making art into something that it actually did not look like at first. Artists would make what they felt and then put their own thoughts of what it was to them on the painting. The movement was not just for artists who filled their canvas with color or abstract images, but it was also for artists who put bright colors and shapes into their works. Jackson Pollock’s most famous work of art during this period was Number 1 (Lavender Mist). The painting was the only work of Pollock’s that sold during his solo exhibition at Betty Parson’s New York gallery

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