How Did Pollock Painting Look Like Art

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Pollock painting did not look like art to me it looked like a lot lines on a canvas. To me the painting all where lines of different colors with squirrels. Pollock painting could be identified by the type of canvas. Over the last five weeks, I learned about many different artists and saw beautiful pictures of art. Pollock stood out the most for his painting because it was so different. The other artist work told stories and gave moral. Pollock was an American painter who painted abstract. He also was involved in the expressionist movement and was well known for his drip painting. The time magazine named Pollock as “Jack the Dripper” for his famous drip work. Pollock painting came from his own train of thought. One day his therapist

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