Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) was the founder of the Abstract Expressionist Movement in art. This was the first truly American artform and its development had worldwide repercussions. Whereas up to the ...
In 1942, when Jackson Pollock was still an emerging artist, he displayed some of his work at a group exhibition in New York City. One of the other painters in the show, fellow Abstract Expressionist ...
"[Jackson] Pollock would often begin with some sort of figurative device to which he would then respond—and eventually bury under layers of paint," says Sue Taylor, an art historian at Portland State ...
Some say there were just two rules governing the Club, a group of leading Abstract Expressionists in mid-century New York City. One was technical: Any two founding members could block a new applicant ...
As a young woman at The Art Students League in Manhattan, Helen Harrison often headed to the nearby Museum of Modern Art at lunchtime, where she'd sit and ponder “One, No. 31, 1950,” the wall-sized ...
Abstract Expressionist New York shines a bright and bold light on Jackson Pollock. Although the selection on view is obviously not as extensive as MoMA’s major retrospective in 1998-99, the show is ...
Her work influenced Jackson Pollock. So, why isn’t Janet Sobel a household name like him? A new exhibit in Houston aims to remedy that. Houston Matters meets her grandson, who lives here, and learns ...
Jackson Pollock is one of the most famous abstract expressionists ever! But, all he really did was splatter a bunch of paint all over the place. Easy if you ask me! But now, you can find out! Alex ...
“I can’t believe America missed an all-new ‘Will Trent’ for this one,” he joked. By Trish Bendix Krasner was typecast as the wife of the breakout artist of the Abstract Expressionist movement, no ...