“Look passively and try to receive what the painting has to offer and not bring a subject matter or preconceived idea of what they are to be looking for.”
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Jackson Pollock
Paul Jackson Pollock was an American painter. A major figure in the abstract expressionist movement, he was widely noticed for his "drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface, enabling him to view and paint his canvases from all angles. It was called all-over painting and action painting, because Pollock covered the entire canvas and used the force of…
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culture · American painter (1912–1956) · painter · draftsperson · printmaker · also Jackson Pollock, jackson Pollock, Pollock
Born 28 January 1912 · Died 11 August 1956 · Q37571
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I feel nearer, more a part of the painting, since this way I can walk round it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting. This is akin to the methods of the Indian sand painters of the West.
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2026· 5 entries
“I feel nearer, more a part of the painting, since this way I can walk round it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting. This is akin to the methods of the Indian sand painters of the West.”
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The Guardian: Uncaged+ review – elegant sketches of Lee Krasner and her life with Jackson Pollock
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Public attention spiked: 11,729 Wikipedia readers in one day, 8× the usual 1,465, with 3 article edits. Coverage that week: “Uncaged+ review – elegant sketches of Lee Krasner and her life with Jackson Pollock” (The Guardian).
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Pollock's 1948 drip painting Number 7A was sold at Christie's in New York for $181
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2024· 1 entry
Kasmin announced exclusive global representation of Pollock
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2023· 1 entry
An unknown Pollock painting was reportedly discovered in Bulgaria after international police agencies were able to track down a group of international art smugglers
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2013· 1 entry
Pollock's Number 19 (1948) was sold by Christie's for a reported US$58,363,750 during an auction that ultimately reached US$495 million total sales in one night, which Christie's reports as a record to date as the most e
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2012· 1 entry
Number 28, 1951, one of the artist's combinations of drip and brushwork in shades of silvery gray with red, yellow, and shots of blue and white, also sold at Christie's, New York, for US$20
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2011· 1 entry
The Republican Iowa State Representative Scott Raecker introduced a bill to force the sale of the artwork, held by the University of Iowa, to fund scholarships, but his bill created such controversy that it was quickly w
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2007· 2 entries
For $17 million to Pierre Lagrange, a London hedge-fund multimillionaire, was subject to an authenticity suit before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
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A traveling museum exhibition of the paintings was mounted and was accompanied by a comprehensive book, Pollock Matters, written by Ellen G
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2006· 1 entry
A documentary, Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock
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2005· 2 entries
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation requested a computer analysis (see fractal analysis section below) to be used for the first time in an authenticity dispute
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The Pollock-Krasner Foundation requested a fractal analysis to be used in the authenticity dispute over the Pollockesque paintings found in the locker in Wainscott, New York in 2003 (see above)
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2004· 1 entry
One: Number 31, 1950 was ranked the eighth-most influential piece of modern art in a poll of 500 artists, curators, critics, and dealers
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2003· 1 entry
24 Pollockesque paintings and drawings were found in a locker in Wainscott, New York
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2000· 1 entry
The biographical film Pollock, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, directed by and starring Ed Harris, was released
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1999· 1 entry
The physicist and artist Richard Taylor used computer analysis to show similarities between Pollock's painted patterns and fractals (patterns that recur on multiple size scales) found in natural scenery, reflecting Pollo
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1998· 2 entries
And 1999, his work was honored with large-scale retrospective exhibitions at MoMA and at The Tate in London
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And 1999, Pollock's work was honored with large-scale retrospective exhibitions at MoMA and the Tate Gallery in London
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1990· 1 entry
To evaluate newly found works for an upcoming supplement to the 1978 catalogue
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1973· 1 entry
Number 11, 1952 (also known as Blue Poles) was purchased by the Australian Gough Whitlam government for the National Gallery of Australia for US$2 million (A$1
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1956· 6 entries
Died 1956-08-11.
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“My work with Benton was important as something against which to react very strongly, later on; in this, it was better to have worked with him than with a less resistant personality who would have provided a much less strong opposition. At the same time Benton introduced me to Renaissance art. [remark on his former art-teacher w:Thomas Hart Benton ]”
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But was making sculptures at Tony Smith's home: constructions of wire, gauze, and plaster
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Time magazine dubbed Pollock "Jack the Dripper" due to his painting style
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“Eu não pinto a natureza, eu sou a natureza.”
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“I can control the flow of paint; there is no accident..”
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1955· 1 entry
Pollock painted Scent and Search, his last two paintings
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1950· 1 entry
Hans Namuth, a young photographer, wanted to take pictures—both stills and moving—of Pollock at work
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1947· 2 entries
Pollock suggests that he painted his canvases on the floor because he witnessed the Navajo sand artist at the Natural History Museum in New York do it in 1941 (five years after he witnessed Siqueiros do it in 1936), and
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“It came into existence because I had to paint it. Any attempt on my part to say something about it, to attempt explanation of the inexplicable, could only destroy it. [1947, on his painting 'She wolf']”
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1946· 1 entry
And Greenberg later noted that Sobel was "a direct influence on Jackson Pollock's drip painting technique"
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1945· 1 entry
Married artist Lee Krasner, who became an important influence on his career and on his legacy
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1936· 2 entries
Pollock participated in an experimental workshop run by the Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros
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At an experimental workshop in New York City by the Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros
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1930· 1 entry
Following his older brother Charles, Pollock moved to New York City, where they both studied under Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League
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1912· 1 entry
Born 1912-01-28.
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