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“The painting has a life of its
own. I try to let it come through”
– Jackson Pollock. He was an
influential American painter,
and the leading force behind the and the creative approaches he took, led future
abstract expressionist movement in the art artists to create with passion, as opposed to
world. During his lifetime, Pollock enjoyed trying to follow set boundaries or guidelines.
considerable fame and notoriety.
Jackson Pollock’s greatness lies in developing “All artists have been influenced by Pollock. It
one of the most radical abstract styles in the was his spontaneity action art with no particular
history of modern art, detaching line from subject that I found compelling.
color, redefining the categories of drawing and A dynamic combination of line and color and
painting, and finding new means to describe paint dripped and spread over a large canvas
pictorial space. - spontaneous and fast gives you a feeling that
the artist was in a passionate rage to complete
Jackson Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming in the painting. His work was an important
1912. His father, LeRoy Pollock was a farmer contribution in the 20th century, of styles,
and later a land surveyor for the government. representing full contact painting.
Jackson Pollock grew up in Arizona and Chico,
California. To this day Jackson Pollock is I put his work in the top ten of my favorite
known as a leader in the most important 20th artists, because of his originality and the
century American art movements. The risks freedom of his expression.”
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