Biography of jackson pollock the artist

(1912-1956)

Who Was Jackson Pollock?

Artist Jackson Pollock studied under Thomas Hart Benton before leaving traditional techniques to explore abstraction expressionism via his splatter and action pieces, which involved pouring paint and other media directly onto canvases.

Pollock was both renowned and critiqued for his conventions.

Interesting facts about jackson pollock

He died after driving drunk and crashing into a tree in New York in 1956, at age 44.

Early Life

Paul Jackson Pollock was born on January 28, 1912 in Cody, Wyoming. His father, LeRoy Pollock, was a farmer and a government land surveyor, and his mother, Stella May McClure, was a fierce woman with artistic ambitions.

The youngest of five brothers, he was a needy child and was often in search of attention that he did not receive.

During his youth, Pollock's family moved around the West, to Arizona and throughout California. When Pollock was 8, his father, who was an abusive alcoholic, left the family, and Pollock's older brother, Cha