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Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock

1952

Scene

The painting presents a dense mesh of lines, spots, and pigment covering the entire surface with no focal point.

Figures

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Symbolism

Some viewers associate the unrestrained composition with ideas of freedom of expression during the Cold War.

Craft

Pollock dripped and poured paint on a canvas laid flat on the floor to create an all-over web.

Impact

It is widely regarded as a masterpiece that synthesizes the artist's earlier colorful style with his later black paintings.

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Craft

Movement

Abstract Expressionism

Abstract Expressionism

1943 - 1965

Artists covered large canvases with sweeping gestures or dense fields of color, turning the act of painting into a record of emotion and physical movement.