Jackson Pollock“Jack the Dripper”

Childhood Born: January 28, 1912

› LeRoy Pollock and Stella McClure Youngest Native American art Father:

› Farmer turned Government Surveyor› Abusive Alcoholic› Left the family

School Years Charlie

› New father figure› Artistic influence

Manual Arts High School› Expelled for fighting

Early Years of Art 1929

› New York› Art Student’s

League› Thomas Hart

Benton› Regionalism› Surrealism “Going West” 1934-35

Love Life Lee Krasner

› Art viewing› Fellow artist› October 1945

Jackson consumed by alcoholism

Marriage destroyed by alcohol and affair

Art Prime 1940s – Fully abstract 1947 – Only Drip and Splash style “Jack the Dripper”

› Life Magazine

Death August 11, 1956

› Driving home› Flipped car› Killed Pollock and friend› Mistress, first called

“Male and Female”1942

“The She-Wolf” 1948

“Key” 1946

“Teacup” 1946“Shimmering” 1946

“Number 23” 1948

“Yellow Grey Black” 1948

Untitled1942-44

“No. 5”

1948