Jackson Pollock’s Biography

The central figure that charted the course of the Abstract Expressionist movement was the deeply troubled painter Jackson Pollock. He was born Paul Jackson Pollock in Cody, Wyoming on January 28, 1912. He was the fifth and youngest son and grew up in Arizona and California after his family left him when he was a little over one year old. Pollock's artistic journey began at the Manual Arts School in Los Angeles, California where he joined two of his brothers. From there, he went on to New York to attend the Art Students League after being convinced by one of his brothers whom also attended the school. In 1945 Jackson Pollock married fellow artist Lee Krasner. Unfortanetly Pollock was an alcoholic, which ultimately led to his downfall.In Paris, on August 12, 1956, Jackson Pollock died from an accident involving drunk driving.

Abstract Expressionism is a style of painting that combines hard to define images of abstract and the emotional values of expressionism.There are three styles that can be identified within the art movement. The first, which Jackson Pollock developed, was the most well-known of this movement. The method, known as action painting, involved waving a brush filled with liquid paint over a canvas to produce an image that had no obvious focal