Jasmine Rodulfo
FA 1000-6 Jackson Pollock Artists, philosophers, teachers who influenced the artist Pollack was a nature loving child. Since he grew up in the western part of America he had grown to love nature and animals. Most of his work was inspired by his childhood. Since he moved around a lot because of his Dad, especially at a young age he learned to take in and capture every moment especially of nature. He loved the way it made him feel. When it came to painting, Pollock had a lot of inspiration. Not only from teachers but, society itself. Even though he was a very awkward child everything made sense in his mind and he was able to bring his ideas to life on a
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Thomas Hart Benton was an artist that Jackson’s brother Charles went to art school with. Benton was almost like a father figure towards Pollock, which is what he lacked in his younger life and was a major influence on his paintings. Benton’s art captured agriculture, city life and war propaganda using vivid colors and a take on social realities (Doss 320). This was something Pollock had an interest in and influenced him to express his feelings on what was going on in the world. Benton inspired Pollock to be more involved in society and capture what America is really about. Jackson Pollock’s Going West was an example of Benton’s strong regional influence on Jackson’s earlier work. Going west is a painting which includes a cowboy with horses and wagons making its way through mountains. The cowboy is supposed to symbolize the spirit of American life. Unfortunately, Benton moved away to pursue a teaching career, deserting Jackson just like his father did and because of this Jackson eventually abandoned regionalism to pursue abstract expressionism. This explains why most of Pollock’s paintings are full of more