Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock, born January 28, 1912 in Cody, Wyoming and died on August 11, 1956, in Springs, New York, is an American painter of abstract expressionism, world-wide known during his lifetime.
Jackson Pollock has produced more than 700 works, completed paintings, painted or sculpted essays and drawings as well as some engravings.
Pollock had a decisive influence on the course of contemporary art. The practice of all-over as well as the "dripping", which he used extensively from 1947 to 1950, made him famous thanks to the photos and films of Hans Namuth, realized more or less in the heat of the action .
This recognition, late after a lifetime of embarrassment, coincided with the emergence of New York as the new world capital of culture shortly after the Second World War between 1948 and 1950.
Pollock was the first of the third wave of " American abstract artists to be finally recognized, opening a passage in the midst of collectors to other artists of the New York school.
In 1945, Pollock married the painter Lee Krasner, who had a decisive influence on his career and on the valorization of his work.
Some of his works
Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) 1950
Stenographic Figure 1942
Blue (Moby Dick) 1943
Mural on Indian red ground 1950
Number 8 1949
