Jackson Pollock is considered to be one of the commanding figures in the Abstract Expressionist movement. Pollock (1912-56) began to study painting in 1929 at the Art Students’ League, New York, under the Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton. During the 1930s he worked in the manner of the Regionalists, being influenced also by the Mexican muralist painters (Orozco, Rivera, Siqueiros) and by certain aspects of Surrealism.
From 1938 to 1942 he worked for the Federal Art Project. By the mid 1940s he was painting in a completely abstract manner, and the `drip and splash’ style for which he is best known emerged with some abruptness in 1947. Instead of using the traditional easel he affixed his canvas to the floor or the wall and poured and dripped his paint from a can.
With the wonders of Adobe Flash you can now create your own paintings. www.jacksonpollock.org offers a live canvas, drag your mouse and click to change colour. Visit here to paint.
Here is one we created earlier :
