In 1945, Pollock moved with his wife and American painter Lee Krasner to Springs, New York, where he would remain the rest of his life. Although the psychotherapy did not cure his drinking, it did expose him to Jungian concepts, which he expressed in his paintings at the time. Joseph Henderson, who encouraged Pollock in his artistic endeavors as part of his therapy. Two of his brothers suggested Jungian psychotherapy, with Dr. In 1930, he moved to New York to study art, and secured a job under the WPA Federal Art Project, a New Deal project, which allowed him to earn a living from his painting.Īs he was gaining professional and social success, Pollock fought the addiction of alcoholism and recurring bouts of depression. Pollock was expelled from two high schools during his formative years, the second one being Los Angeles Manual Arts School, where he was encouraged to pursue his interest in art. Wikipedia: en./wiki/Jackson_Pollockĭeemed the “greatest painter alive” during his lifetime, Jackson Pollock was an American painter who was a major artist abstract expressionist art in the 20th century.Friends and Co-workers: Lee Krasner, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman, Philip Guston, Ad Reinhardt.

Art institution: Art Students League of New York, New York City, NY, US.Teachers: Thomas Hart Benton, David Alfaro Siqueiros.Influenced on: Helen Frankenthaler, Cy Twombly, Morris Louis, Lee Krasner, Robert Morris, Kenneth Noland, Franz Kline, Gerhard Richter, Charles Gibbons.Influenced by: El Greco, Pablo Picasso, Paul Cezanne, Thomas Hart Benton, Jose Clemente Orozco, Joan Miro, Chaim Soutine, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Salvador Dali, Yves Tanguy, Native Art, Regionalism, Surrealism, Roberto Matta.Painting School: New York School, Irascibles.Art Movement: Abstract Expressionism, Abstract Art.Died: AugSprings, New York, United States.

Born: JanuCody, Wyoming, United States.

Artist Jackson Pollock dribbling sand on painting while working in his studio - Photo by Martha Holmes

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