Jackson Pollock

Definition: Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock

Noun

1. United States artist famous for painting with a drip technique; a leader of abstract expressionism in America (1912-1956).

Specialty Definition: Jackson Pollock

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Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 - August 11, 1956) was an influential American artist and a major force in the abstract expressionism movement.

He was born in Cody, Wyoming, and later moved to New York in 1929, where he studied under Thomas Hart Benton. Pollock moved away from figurative art, and developed techniques of splashing and dripping his paint onto canvas (action painting). Pollock was dubbed "Jack the Dripper" due to his painting style.
From 1938 to 1942 he worked for the Federal Art Project, in the 1950s and 1960s Pollock was supported by the CIA via the Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF).
Pollock's career was cut short when he died in a car crash in 1956.
He was the subject of the documentaries Jackson Pollock (1987) and Jackson Pollock - Love & Death on Long Island (1999) as well as a movie drama called Pollock starring Ed Harris. The earlier ten-minute documentary Jackson Pollock (1951) was directed by Hans Namuth and had music by Morton Feldman.

External Links

Jackson Pollock on Museum Web Paris
Pollock exhibition on MOMA Site
Pollock collection on the Guggenheim NY Site
Pollock Movie
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Synonym: Jackson Pollock

Synonym: Pollock (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Jackson Pollock

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Looks like a Jackson Pollock. (Crime Story; writing credit: Peter Mitchell)
Movie/TV Titles	Jackson Pollock (1987)
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Commercial Usage: Jackson Pollock

Domain	Title
Books	Visions: Paintings by Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Chang Dai-chien, Georgia O'Keeffe and California Impressionists Seen Through the Optic of Poetry (reference) Jackson Pollock Memories Arrested in Space (reference) American Art 1908-1947: From Winslow Homer to Jackson Pollock (reference) Jackson Pollock (reference) Jackson Pollock (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (reference) (more book examples)
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Anagrams: Jackson Pollock

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