Artist a Day: Jackson Pollock

[{"selector":"#anim-a9694284-3df3-422f-9519-dff62b0a8cea","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-118.91891%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-20d1bfe0-00dc-41ca-8d45-3489b1242a79","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-84226ddc-ce69-4f86-8d69-ffc7993dfb1f","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Execute Magazine

Artist a day! JACKSON POLLOCK (1912-1956) Jackson Pollock was The prominent figure of American Abstract Expressionism. Pollock created his best artworks, so-called "drips", between 1947 and 1950.

Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube Arrow

Mural on Indian Red Ground

Mixed technique on board, 244 x 183 cm, 1950

After those captivating years, equivalent to Picasso's "Blue Period" or van Gogh's final months in Auvers, he rejected the "drip" paintings, and his latest pictures are often plain unimpressed efforts.

Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube Arrow

Number 29

Mixed technique on glass, 182.9 x 121.9 cm, 1950

He became passionately celebrated after being highlighted in a four-page spread in Life magazine on August 8, 1949.

Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube Arrow

Full Fathom Five

Oil on canvas, 129.2 x 76.5 cm, 1947

As his fame increased, some critics started calling Pollock a hoax, scam, causing even him to question his work and the importance of painting.

Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube Arrow

Going West

Oil on fiberboard, 38.3 x 52.7 cm, 1935

Jackson Pollock died in a car crash in the summer of 1956. He was 44.

Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube Arrow

Untitled (Naked Man with Knife)

Oil on canvas, 127 x 91.4 cm, 1940

The car crash was caused by driving under the influence of alcohol.

Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube Arrow

Peddler

Watercolor on paper, 28.4 x 26 cm, 1935

His lover, supporter, artist Ruth Kligman, was the only survivor of the tradic accident.

Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube Arrow

Number 7 (Out of the Web)

Mixed technique on canvas, 244 x 121.5 cm, 1949

Today, Pollock paintings are estimated to be worth anywhere starting from $12 million.

Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube Arrow

Enchanted Forest

Oil on canvas, 114.6 x 221.3 cm, 1947

Composition with Pouring II

Oil on canvas, 63.9 x 56.3 cm, 1943

Today, Pollock paintings are estimated to be worth anywhere starting from $12 million.

Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube Arrow

Mural

Oil on canvas, 247 x 605 cm, 1943

“Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.”

Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube Arrow

“It doesn't matter how the paint is put on, as long as something is said.”

Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube Arrow

"Painting is no problem. The problem is what to do when you're not painting."

Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube Arrow

Number 1 (Lavender Mist)

Oil and enamel on canvas, 221 x 300 cm, 1950

Shimmering Substance

Oil on canvas, 76.3 x 61.6 cm, 1946

Buy Our Art Book "See You There"

HOME

Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube Arrow

Artist a Day: Jackson Pollock

VISITHERE