WHO IS THIS?? What is his type of painting called?
Jackson Pollock Facts
WHO?: "Paul Jackson Pollock“ WHAT? : An Abstract Expressionist painter. He did ‘action painting’ which involved a lot of movement and actually moving around the huge canvas and throwing the paint. WHEN?: Pollock was born on: January 28, 1912 WHERE?: He was born in Cody, Wyoming, United States of America Pollock Died on August 11, 1956 in New York WHY?: He created such art work to express his emotion .
Jackson Pollock was an artist that lived hard and died young. He struggled with alcohol, life, and the art world. Pollock was a major player in the Abstract Expressionist movement and was a very influential artist of the twentieth century.
Famous Jackson Pollock Quotes • Art….It’s all a big game of construction, some with a brush, some with a shovel, some choose a pen. •The method of painting is the natural growth out of a need. I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them. •It doesn't matter how the paint is put on, as long as something is said.
•On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more a part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting. •The modern artist is working with space and time and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating them.
•The painting has a life of its own. •Every good painter paints what he is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2C8ziyOWR8&feature=related