Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) was the founder of the Abstract Expressionist Movement in art. This was the first truly American artform and its development had worldwide repercussions. Whereas up to the ...
One of the most influential painters of the 20th century and his lesser-known brother are the subjects of a one-of-a-kind exhibition at The Society of the Four Arts. The artwork of Jackson Pollock, ...
Who is Jackson Pollock, and why is one of his less famous works of art — and its upcoming sale at an auction — so significant? The Everson Museum of Art will be auctioning off a painting by the famed ...
Jackson Pollock's "Untitled" (c.1944-45) is a drypoint and engraving in black on white wove paper. Inscribed "2nd proof 1967" among other things. (all images via Swann) Tomorrow, Swann auction house ...
"[Jackson] Pollock would often begin with some sort of figurative device to which he would then respond—and eventually bury under layers of paint," says Sue Taylor, an art historian at Portland State ...
As a young woman at The Art Students League in Manhattan, Helen Harrison often headed to the nearby Museum of Modern Art at lunchtime, where she'd sit and ponder “One, No. 31, 1950,” the wall-sized ...
Did Jackson Pollock become an artist because he was copycatting his older brother? Believe it or not, the pugnacious Abstract Expressionist was the baby brother in his family—the youngest of five sons ...
Despite the widespread prejudice she faced from galleries and critics, Krasner firmly rejected the label of “female artist.” ...
Abstract Expressionist New York shines a bright and bold light on Jackson Pollock. Although the selection on view is obviously not as extensive as MoMA’s major retrospective in 1998-99, the show is ...
Opening in October, ‘Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, presents two abstract expressionist peers as equals—and gives Lee Krasner the top billing she deserves.
“I can’t believe America missed an all-new ‘Will Trent’ for this one,” he joked. By Trish Bendix Krasner was typecast as the wife of the breakout artist of the Abstract Expressionist movement, no ...