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Paul Jackson Pollock (/ ˈ p ɒ l ə k /; January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an American painter.A major figure in the abstract expressionist movement, Pollock was widely noticed for his "drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface, enabling him to view and paint his canvases from all angles.
Jackson Pollock died in a car crash on Springs-Fireplace Road in 1956. Pollock and his wife Lee Krasner are buried in Green River Cemetery. Pollock's grave is marked by a large glacial erratic stone on top of a hill, Krasner's by a small stone lower on the hill. Since Pollock's burial, numerous other writers and artists have been buried in the ...
Lee Krasner (Mrs. Jackson Pollock) takes her husband's paint and enamels and changes his unrestrained, sweeping lines into neat little squares and triangles." [ 89 ] Even after the rise of feminism in the 1960s and 1970s, Krasner's artistic career was always put into relation to Pollock since remarks made about her work often commented on how ...
Kligman was involved with Pollock in 1956 for a few months before his death. [4] She was 26 and he was 44 when they met at a gallery where she was working. He was struggling with alcoholism. On August 11, 1956, Pollock had been drinking all day before speeding and losing control of the car in which they and Edith Metzger were traveling.
Renowned art collector and supporter Ben Heller [5] acquired the painting in 1957 a year after Jackson Pollock died for a reported $32,000. [6] Heller was friends with Pollock and patronized him and many other American artists during his lifetime. [7] Blue Poles hung in the living room of Heller's 10th floor New York apartment on Central Park ...
Pollock probably found limitless inspiration amongst the 18+ acres of property--land upon land including a walnut orchard and a gorgeous creek.
Fort Jackson is the nation’s largest military basic training base, with more than 50,000 recruits assigned there each year to train to be soldiers. At least three members of the Army based at ...
Quincy Jones, 91, died in his home in Los Angeles on Sunday night. Jones is best known for producing Michael Jackson's early albums and won 28 Grammy Awards. The cause of his death has not been ...