- Art Students League of New York
- Manual Arts High School
Jackson Pollock moved through regionalist, Surrealist and Indigenous-influenced sources before developing the poured paintings that transformed postwar American art. Working on unstretched canvas laid on the floor, he used sticks, hardened brushes and poured enamel to build all-over fields.
Painting; drawing; printmaking
Artist Films
Jackson Pollock: Paintings have a life of their own
San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- Mural
- Full Fathom Five
- Cathedral
- Number 1A, 1948
- Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)
- One: Number 31, 1950
- Blue Poles
- Lavender Mist
- The Deep
- Portrait and a Dream
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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