Date Pollock Making Art On Floor

He had struggled on it for a while and he decided to take that painting off the easel place it on the floor and then pour some paint on the surface to finish it.

Date pollock making art on floor. Jackson pollock an american painter and leading force behind that movement created some of today s most recognizable pieces of paint splatter art. Jackson pollock birth date january 28 1912 death date august 11 1956. Pollock observed american indian sandpainting demonstrations in the 1940s. Nationality american education art students league of new york movement abstract expressionism field painter works view complete works jackson pollock was born january 28 1912 in cody wyoming.

Jackson pollock born paul jackson pollock jan. Three years prior to the making of this painting pollock was working on a small easel painting. Drip paintings pollock is most well known for his drip period which lasted between 1947 and 1950 and secured his prominence in art history and america s prominence in the world of art. Mural on indian red ground 1950.

28 1912 cody wyoming u s. 11 1956 at age 44 springs new york u s. The canvases were either laid on the floor or set against a wall. This is akin to the methods of the indian sand painters of the west.

Referring to his style of painting on the floor pollock stated i feel nearer more a part of the painting since this way i can walk round it work from the four sides and literally be in the painting. He made the mural with oil paint on linen. Using hardened brushes sticks and turkey basters and household enamel paints pollock squirted splashed and dripped his paint onto canvas rolled out over his studio floor. It was signed and dated 1943 but the signature and date were added in 1947.

He was the fifth. It is pollock s largest canvas. This is one of three wallsize paintings that pollock realized in swift succession in the summer and autumn of 1950. Jackson pollock american 1912 1956 one.

In 1956 time magazine gave pollock the name jack the dripper referencing his unique style of action painting. He wasn t merely imitating nature he was adopting its mechanism. He saw some of pollock s paintings lying on the floor and commented that pollock s art was possibly the most original. Number 31 1950 1950 oil and enamel on unprimed canvas 8 10 x 17 5 5 8 sidney and harriet janis collection fund by exchange gallery label text 2006.

In a famous 1950 documentary by hans namuth one can see pollock circling his canvases on the floor dripping and flinging paint in motions that seem both haphazard and perfectly controlled. From this deceptively simple decision an entire set of creative possibilities opened up to pollock and he spent the next.