Comparison Of Lavender Mist By Jackson Pollock And Mountains And Sea

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The two paintings I will be studying and comparing is Lavender Mist by Jackson Pollock and Mountains and sea by Helen Frankenthaler. Both paintings are a good representation of postwar American abstract expression art. These paintings exhibited new ways of creating art and how they’re portrayed to society. In this essay I will discuss the chaos and control in abstract expressionism through Jackson Pollock and Helen Frankenthaler’s works.
I believe Jackson Pollock’s works are very creative and original, his paintings are the first of their kind to be displayed professionally. In Jackson Pollock’s Painting Lavender Mist you can tell that the first layer of the painting is a dark lavender color mixed in with a light peach or pink color. The

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