Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock: There Were Seven In Eight The tile of the painting I researched is “There Were Seven In Eight” This painting was created by Jackson Pollock during the year of 1943. “There Were Seven In Eight” is now located in New York, at the Museum Of Modern Art. ("Art/Museums: Abstract Expressionist New York at the Museum of Modern Art in New York Oct. 3, 2010 to April 25, 2011.") During the creation of this art Pollock would take month long breaks and would continue back making this a…

Jackson Pollock and John Cage are both well known artist often known by the nickname of JP and JC. Both of these monumental figures have shaped the way that we view and make art now a days. Without these two monumental art figures, the art we know and love today would be very much different. Both of these artist share fantastic attributes that make them great and also…

what they want in fear of being shunned or becoming an outcast. Many people during the times of postwar turned to culture type things to become different. Jackson Pollock and John T. Biggers were two of many artists who changed the scene during this time. The end of World War II gave artist time to break through and become noticed. Jackson Pollock was the first major artist of his generation. He enjoyed abstract painting, he used the style drip painting. In 1930, the beginning of the…

use Abstract Expressionism. For Instance, Paul Jackson Pollock (Jan.28, 1912- Aug.11, 1956) who was born in the U.S. was most known for his technique of Drip Painting during this era. Jackson Pollock was one of the four sons in his family, he grew up in Arizona but got expelled from two schools. So, he moved to NYC along with his brother, and both studied Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Student’s league. The study of Benton didn’t really influence Pollock in anyway, but he decided to go on a…

to many artists and one of the one Jackson Pollock, an American abstract painter. His art amused me because to many all those splattered paints meant absolutely nothing but a “mess” some would say but to me this art had so much expression in it. The fact that he took different meaning to everything he painted was what made me admire him. I even remember the class doing group projects and my group chose to paint something to similar to the works of Jackson Pollock. His paintings seem to have a…

Poles”, an artwork created by the abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock, redefines art expectations at is rectified his controversial practice. “Blue Poles” spread five meters across and over two meters high, is a clear example of abstract art. Originally selling for 1.3 million, the masterpiece is now estimated to sell from 20-100 million. This intricate and expressive piece focuses on a variety of colors. As we observe “Blue Poles” it…

The painting Number 11, 1949 by Jackson Pollock is one of Pollock’s paintings from his famous “drip period.” The painting is large but not huge, it is about 45 inches tall and 47.5 inches wide, so it is a little bigger than the size of an old TV. This painting does not depict anything in particular. It is an abstract painting, there are no figures present. Instead of containing figures, the painting contains forms. The forms in the painting are created by the many layers of different colored…

experimentation. “Modern artists represented new ways of seeing, bringing forth-new ideas about the functionality of art and the nature of materials” [wiki – modern art]. I will be investigating how the careers of two pioneers of Abstract Expressionism, Jackson Pollock and his wife Lee Krasner’s’ careers diverged in different trajectories and if society had any role to play. Using specific examples of their work I will determine if the mood of the postwar era had an influence on the art they…

consider art to be everything that surrounds them. Jackson Pollock and Roy Lichtenstein arts are extremely beautiful and well define which could change the way of how people thing about arts. The Mask, 1941 by artist Jackson Pollock, Landscape Steer, 1936-37 also by Jackson Pollock. The Drowning Girl , 1963 by Roy Lichtenstein. All three arts has a unique style, and amazing contrast. The Mask is painted by Jackson Pollock in 1941, oil on canvas, 48.3 x 42.5 cm and it was…

Whenever I see Jackson Pollock’s White Light painting, the first thing I notice is that there’s more white/gray color over the other colors. I believe that Pollock is using tertiary colors first because I notice that there’s indeed some primary and secondary colors, but he mix them all at the end, making those tertiary colors. Also the reason that the painting looks kind of grayish is that whenever hues that are opposite of each other when mix together, they make a complementary color, which…