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Paul Jackson Pollock's Influence On Modern Art

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Paul Jackson Pollock was an American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement during 1940s, he rose to prominence due his unique style of painting where he would splatter paint, which led to his nickname “Jack the Dripper”. Jackson Pollock became famous because his art was completely different than others during the time period, people were obsessed over modern art, but pollock thought out of the box, and introduced a completely new form of art called drip painting, this sparked a revolution in the art field. Jackson Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming in 1912. He was the fifth and youngest son, his father LeRoy Pollock was a farmer and soon to be land surveyor for the government while his mother's purpose remains …show more content…

The first person to have influenced Pollock was Frederick Schwankovsky; he “gave Pollock some rudimentary training in drawing and painting, introduced him to advanced currents of European modern art, and encouraged his interest in theosophical literature”(). Their relationship soon ended after Pollock was expelled from Riverside High School. The next person Pollock would come under influence was Thomas Hart Benton, “Pollock’s work was strongly influenced by the compositional methods and regionalist subject matter of his [companion] Benton”. There were many more artists that influenced Pollock, but these above specifically built the fundamentals for young Pollock. Pollock’s style also developed through his influence of achohol, ,apparently after his experiences in psychiatric treatment for alcoholism,his work transformed into semi abstract and “showed the assimilation of motifs from the modern Spanish artists Pablo Picasso and Joan Miró, as well as the Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco. Jungian symbolism and the Surrealist exploration of the unconscious also influenced his works of this period”(). Pollock absorbed all the knowledge given and created masterpieces that changed American art forever, the masterpiece created was called Mural, which was a dark interpreatiton of Benton’s

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When he was 18 he joined the United States Air Force as a medical records technician (Congdon 15). On his breaks, he learned to paint using the wet-on-wet technique from a show called “The Magic of Oil Painting” that was hosted by Bill Alexander (Shrieves, Congdon 17-18). He eventually rose to the rank of Master Sergeant, where he had to yell at people as part of his job. He later stated that he hated doing it and would “...never scream again.” (Shrieves).

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Landau concludes the article by reflecting back to the central argument of whether or not “Jackson Pollock is the greatest living painter in the United States”, Landau supports this statement with a resounding yes as she credits him as being the most influential character ever produced in America also referring him to have “virtually singlehandedly brought about the long-awaited aesthetic triumph of America over the centuries-old hegemony of

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World War II began on June 27th, 1948 and ended on January 10th, 1950. Life in America wasn’t so great during this time mainly due to the government. Due to the war, the government was forced to control many things, especially things that affected natural goods. For example, citizens were allowed only three gallons of gas per week. Jackson Pollock was in his late thirties during this time so was probably feeling the effects of the implications put on the communities by the government and this may have had key effect on the painting.

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