Download or read book Jackson Pollock written by Deborah Solomon and published by Cooper Square Press. This book was released on 2001-06-26 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deborah Solomon's biography sets Jackson Pollock in his time and portrays him as a shy, often withdrawn person, full of insecurities and self-doubts, and frequently unable to express himself about his art or its meaning. Solomon interviewed two hundred people who knew Pollock and his work and she has drawn extensively on Pollock's own writings and other personal papers. She examines the artist's relationships with his family; his wife and fellow artist Lee Krasner; art patron Peggy Guggenheim; the painters Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, and many more.
Download or read book To a Violent Grave written by Jackson Pollock and published by . This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), as told by his family, friends, neighbors and colleagues.
Download or read book Jackson Pollock written by Deborah Solomon and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deborah Solomon interviewed the people who knew Abstract-Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) for this insightful portrait.
Download or read book A Biography of Jackson Pollock written by Rachel Phelps and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Jackson Pollock was born January 28, 1912. Known professionally as Jackson Pollock, he was an American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was well known for his unique style of drip painting. During his lifetime, Pollock enjoyed considerable fame and notoriety; he was a major artist of his generation. Regarded as reclusive, he had a volatile personality, and struggled with alcoholism for most of his life.
Download or read book Jackson Pollock written by B. H. Friedman and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1995-08-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nowhere is the complex and destructive painter Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) revealed with more compassion and insight than in this exemplary biography. Friedman, a friend of Pollock's and active in the art world, shows him to be a brilliant man tormented by his relationship to his family; an artist who worked hard through years of poverty to achieve his controversial painting technique; the first American painter to gain an international reputation for himself and for what has been variously called Action Painting or Abstract Expressionism; and a man who struggled with alcohol and the tension between gentleness and violence.Newly illustrated with seminal Pollock paintings, this book takes the reader inside the art world of New York during the '40s and '50s, when Action Painting first emerged. Friedman reveals what it meant to Pollock to experience the invasion of his studio and of the very act of painting by the external pressures of shows, reviews, films, dealers, critics, hostile publicity; and how, despite it all, Pollock created many of the most graceful and powerful paintings ever made in America.
Download or read book Jackson Pollock written by Evelyn Toynton and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) not only put American art on the map with his famous "drip paintings," he also served as an inspiration for the character of Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams's "A Streetcar Named Desire"--the role that made Marlon Brando famous. Like Brando, Pollock became an icon of rebellion in 1950s America, and the brooding, defiant persona captured in photographs of the artist contributed to his celebrity almost as much as his notorious paintings did. In the years since his death in a drunken car crash, Pollock's hold on the public imagination has only increased. He has become an enduring symbol of the tormented artist--our American van Gogh.In this highly engaging book, Evelyn Toynton examines Pollock's itinerant and poverty-stricken childhood in the West, his encounters with contemporary art in Depression-era New York, and his years in the run-down Long Island fishing village that, ironically, was transformed into a fashionable resort by his presence. Placing the artist in the context of his time, Toynton also illuminates the fierce controversies that swirled around his work and that continue to do so. Pollock's paintings captured the sense of freedom and infinite possibility unique to the American experience, and his life was both an American rags-to-riches story and a darker tale of the price paid for celebrity, American style.
Download or read book Jackson Pollock written by Carolyn Lanchner and published by The Museum of Modern Art. This book was released on 2009 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Survey of important works in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
Download or read book Jackson Pollock written by Ellen G. Landau and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2005-08-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author retraces the sources of Pollock's work. Includes comparative photographs illustrating paintings by artists Pollock admired to further explain the work of this complex, tragic, and immeasurably influential figure.
Download or read book Jackson Pollock written by Steven Naifeh and published by Clarkson Potter Publishers. This book was released on 1989 with total page 962 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on interviews with more than 850 people, this illustrated biography profiles the troubled life of the enigmatic avant-garde artist whose controversial work changed the definition of modern art.
Download or read book Action Jackson written by Jan Greenberg and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-04-17 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagines Jackson Pollock at work during the creation of one of his paint-swirled and splattered canvasses.
Download or read book Pollock written by Leonhard Emmerling and published by Taschen. This book was released on 2003 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and work of Jackson Pollock.
Download or read book Jackson Pollock written by Joanne Mattern and published by ABDO Publishing Company. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the life of Jackson Pollock and describes his unique style of art.
Download or read book To a Violent Grave written by Jeffrey Potter and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a thousand blazing images conjured up by his immediate family and closest friends, Jackson Pollock, the spectacularly self-destructive and gifted American painter, comes to life in this fascinating oral biography written by his friend and East Hampton neighbor, Jeffrey Potter. Photographs.
Download or read book Jackson Pollock Splashed Paint And Wasn t Sorry written by Fausto Gilberti and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clever, charmingly quirky portrayal of painter Jackson Pollock – and the first in a series of picture-book biographies of contemporary artists Jackson Pollock was unlike any other painter. Instead of sitting in front of an easel with brushes, he poured paint over canvases rolled-out across the floor, moving, splashing, and making the vivid liquid run with energy and rhythm. Pollock’s story is told here with wit and eccentricity, perfectly paired with black-line illustrations – and splatters galore. Fausto Gilberti brings movement, life, and whimsy to the true life story of one of the most important contemporary artists of our time.
Download or read book Jackson Pollock written by Elizabeth Frank and published by Modern Masters Series. This book was released on 1983 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 100 illustrations -- approximately 48 in full color -- this innovative series offers a fresh look at the most creative and influential artists of the postwar era. Modern Masters form a perfect reference set for home, school, or library. Each handsomely designed volume presents: - A thorough survey of the artist's life and work - Statements by the artist - An illustrated chapter on technique - Chronology - Lists of exhibitions and public collections - Annotated bibliography - Index
Download or read book Love Affair written by Ruth Kligman and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate and revealing portrait.--George Plimpton
Download or read book Biography of Jackson Pollock written by Kate Kastelein and published by Hyperink Inc. This book was released on 2012-03-14 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABOUT THE BOOK It is quite possible I could do that is the most frequent statement uttered about Jackson Pollocks art work. His most famous pieces, those with large canvases splattered with paint have delighted and confounded art lovers and critics since the 1940s. Pollocks fame was largely due to his innovative way of painting. He would take a large canvas and place it on the floor of his studio. He would then walk around it, drizzling and splattering paint on it with sticks, pallet knives, or even just by pouring the paint directly onto the canvas. The resulting canvas often gave the impression of having no design or form, but this was not necessarily-or sometimes at all-the case. Many of Pollocks paintings are extremely large, some measuring as long as 18 feet. His most famous works are in his splatter paint style, and feature swirls, splashes, and splatters of paint, often in very simple colors like black, white, yellow, and red. He also created a number of works using more traditional methods, i.e. paint brush on canvas, but they still tend be uniquely abstract. MEET THE AUTHOR Kate has over 10 years of experience writing, researching and editing articles, eNewsletters, web content, press releases, and resource books. Shes a huge nerd, and am interested in everything from science and the latest technology to crafts, food and celebrity gossip. Because of her eclectic tastes, She written about topics ranging from childhood brain development to fuel efficiency to micro-breweries. Kate loves writing and researching, as it gives her a chance to inform and entertain readers, and an opportunity to learn something new. She has a sharp, concise writing style and a keen eye for detail, making her books a joy to read. Be sure to check out all her titles. Shes a native Mainer, and when shes not shovelling snow or writing, shes spending time with her family. EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK Jackson Pollock was born in 1912, the youngest in a family of five boys. He was born in Cody, Wyoming, but later moved to Arizona and then Chico, California. Pollocks father, LeRoy was a farmer, and later worked for the US Government as a land surveyor. Pollocks mother, Stella, worked as a housekeeper and is frequently considered to have been a key figure in Pollocks childhood and adult life. Pollocks history with mental illness and social problems seems to have started early on in life following an unsteady pattern of surges and quells in behavioral problems. Growing up he was often in trouble, and expelled from two high schools, including the Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles. He did however have periods in his life where he seemed entirely free or mostly-free of deep emotional conflict. he was a prolific and productive artist. Pollock travelled with his father, and was able to experience Native American culture while doing so. He would later say that Native American art greatly influenced his own style. Eventually Pollock moved to New York City to stay with his brother, Charlie, who was already there, and to study at the Art Students League of New York. It was there that he met his mentor, Thomas Benton. CHAPTER OUTLINE Biography of Jackson Pollock + About Pollock + Background + Major Accomplishments And Awards + Personal Life + ...and much more
