Jackson Pollock was born on
January the 28th 1912, in Cody Wyoming in the USA. He died in a car
accident in 1956. He was a very influential American painter and an important
figure within abstract expressionist. He was very well known for his unique
style of drip painting, which defined his work. Pollock was first introduced to
using liquid paints in 1936 at a workshop, which was experimenting with liquid
paints. This workshop was situated in New York City and was being operated by
the Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros.
Once he had moved to Springs,
he started to paint on canvases that were laid out on the studio floor, and
from that he had later developed his infamous "drip" technique,
turning to synthetic resin-based paints called alkyd enamels, which,
at that time, was the novel medium. Here is an example of his work called;
No.5, which he produced in the year of 1948. You can clearly observe the
effects of using the drip technique.
References:
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(2011) [Online]
Available at: http://worldsluxurious.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/jackson-pollock-no-5-worlds-most.html (accessed 15th April 2012).
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Avidd (2011)
Jackson Pollock Documentary Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G5hQWPP74s (accessed: 15th April 2012).
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