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which shows up in many of his personal photos. In 2016 I JACKSON POLLOCK
was exhibiting at an international exhibition in Vienna at the

MOYA, Museum of Young Art, the Palais Schonborn, in the Pollock was an American painter and a major figure in the abstract
heart of Vienna and of course if you are in Vienna you must expressionist movement in the art world. He was well known for his

go to Klimt’s museum. unique style of drip painting, in which he would pour and splatter
I was fortunate to see many of Klimt’s works at the paint onto canvas. Jackson Pollock’s greatness lies in developing

Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere Museum. Klimt’s glistening one of the most radical abstract styles in the history of modern art,
“Golden Phase” was impressive and the gold leaf which he detaching line from color, redefining the categories of drawing and

used during this period created a third dimension in the painting, and finding new means to describe pictorial space.
texture and the depth of the design, quite spell-binding, the “All artists have been influenced by Pollock. It was his spontaneity

intensity, the allure of gold is often a feature that I like to action art with no particular subject that I found compelling. A
present in my paintings. The depth in his works was due to dynamic combination of line and color and paint dripped and

the intricate design which left one following the brush work spread over a large canvas - spontaneous and fast gives you a
into the grooves and the gold highlights and texture. feeling that the artist was in a passionate rage to complete the

It was important for me to view Klimt’s last and most famous painting. His work was an important contribution in the 20th
painting of this period The Kiss (Der Kuss) is considered a century, of styles, representing full contact painting. I put his work

masterpiece of Vienna Secession (local variation of Art in the top ten of my favorite artists, because of his originality and
Nouveau) and Klimt’s most popular work.” the freedom of his expression.”

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