Jackson Pollock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jackson Pollock

 

Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an American painter. He became famous for painting in the abstract ｅxpressionist style. Pollock's most famous paintings were made by dripping and splashing paint on a large canvas. His nickname was Jack the Dripper! In his lifetime he became very famous. He was helped by his wife, artist Lee Krasner, and his style was very new for the time. Lots of people thought his paintings were very special and important to the whole history of art.

Pollock was very bitter and had serious drinking problems. He was killed in a car crash at the age of 44 in 1956. His paintings are still popular in museums all over the world. Pollock has also been the subject of many movies because of his interesting life, the most famous being a short documentary film directed by Hans Namuth from 1951 and the dramatic movie about his life called Pollock which was made by and starred actor Ed Harris.