How would Jackson Pollock be described? He was the first American painter to capture the American imagination
Which 4 out of 7 elements of design did you employ while drip painting - line, texture, colour, and value.
Jackson Pollock was not a cowboy (That was a myth to try and market his image)
Pollock died in 1956 at the age of 44 in a car crash- drinking and driving
Allover drip painting was his style
Jackson Pollock broke from the European tradition and helped found a new movement in America
Pollock contributed to the Abstract Expressionist movement
Jackson Pollock worked on the floor so that he could become part of the painting
he was inspired by the Mexican muralists
Jackson used industrial enamel paints- like enamel house paint
Jackson applied the painted with sticks and turkey basters
his artwork was large and had repeated calligraphic lines so it was described as 'exulted wallpaper'
Pollock paints from the unconscious mind
Lee Krasner was Jackson’s wife
Jackson and his wife, Lee, moved from NYC to Springs, in the Hamptons, (Pollock’s studio is still there today)
The Abstract Expressionist community was influenced by the Hemingway mystique. (It was common at this time that many drank to excess)
from 1946-1951 Jackson Pollock's allover paintings were made at this time
Jackson Pollock used gesture and calligraphic lines to create his works of art
it is described that the viewer can enter Jackson Pollock's paintings because they are big- and yet, they have been described as very calm, quiet, and intimate
Jackson Pollock's early years
Pollock was born on a sheep ranch
Jackson was the youngest of five boys
It was said that his father was shy, reserved, and financially unsuccessful
The family traveled a great deal due to financial insecurity at this time
His mother was regarded as stronger and had an interest in the arts (In terms of crafts)
His dad's work with land surveying likely impacted Jackson Pollock as a painter in terms of the size of his paintings, space, and scale of his works
Jackson and education and early creative influences
He grew up in southern California
The Art scene and Art education were limited at this time
The only new or fresh creative ideas were coming from the Disney operation, or what was going on in France or Mexico
Polock’s artwork was described as energetic
As a very young man when he went to the museums in California- they were influenced by ethnographic arts and were inspired by the Sand Painters of the First Nation Americans
he liked the energy and directness of the sand painter's approach to painting - they worked on the ground
1930's
Jackson Pollock moved to New York City in 1930
he was influenced by Picasso and thought that Pablo Picasso was a big star of the European art scene
Peggy Guggenheim was a patron of Jackson Pollock
Jackson's work has been described as 'exulted wallpaper'
Jackson paints from the unconscious
Jackson said, 'I am nature' which was viewed as rather egotistic at the time
1937 on- Jackson Pollock was in and out of therapy (analysis) - so that is why he felt that art came from the unconscious
Jackson painted with turkey basters and sticks to achieve gesture and calligraphic lines (He had a great deal of control to make successful compositions)
Jackson Pollock regarded Matisse and Picasso as the European art stars who also broke from the European tradition. Matisse and Picasso were great sources of inspiration for Pollock.
Jackson Pollock's work was featured in Life magazine- which captured the imagination of the American public
1948
1948- Jackson gave up drinking and it is said that at this time, he produced some of his greatest works
Pollock’s artwork became more famous due to marketing by his wife, Lee Krasner after he passed away
a Pollock is sold, in November 2006- possibly for a record price. the Hollywood entertainment magnate David Geffen has sold a classic drip painting by Jackson Pollock for about $140 million, art experts with knowledge of the transaction.
1956- had an affair with Ruth Kligman, who was a young artist in New York City.
When Ruth was visiting Jackson with a friend at his studio, they were going to a party and Jackson was driving under the influence. Ruth survived the car crash while Jackson and her friend died on the scene.
Jackson was known as a reckless driver- apparently, driving drunk while expressing his anger
The art critics of the period say that suicide and alcoholism were a sad dimension of the abstract expressionist movement