Creator story
Surprising fact
Pollock worked on the floor, walking around and into his canvases; Life magazine asked in 1949 if he was the greatest living painter in the United States.
Source: Wikipedia / WikimediaAbstract Expressionism
Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) revolutionised painting with his drip technique, pouring and flinging paint onto canvases laid on the floor. His vast, rhythmic webs of colour made him the icon of Abstract Expressionism.
Pollock's radical action painting shifted the centre of the art world from Paris to New York.
- Pioneered the drip, or action-painting, technique.
- Painted huge, rhythmic webs of poured colour.
- Made New York the new capital of modern art.
Key works
A key work by Jackson Pollock
These works make it easiest to see how the artist changed form, content, and the very way art could exist in culture.
1950
Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)
Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) is one of Jackson Pollock's defining works.