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Clip & save. (Art Notes). the artist Jackson Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming Cody is a city in Park County, Wyoming, United States. It is named after William Frederick Cody, primarily known as Buffalo Bill, from William Cody's part in the creation of the original town. The population was 8,835 at the 2000 census. , the youngest of fivebrothers, all of whom had careers in the visual arts. Jackson was notvery talkative, and he was continually expelled from schools for hisrebellious behavior. Only when he decided to become an artist did hefind lasting satisfaction. He went to New York New York, state, United StatesNew York,Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of where he enrolled in theArt Students League (an art school) under the guidance of the well-knownpainter, Thomas Hart Benton. Benton recognized Pollock's talent andbecame a lifelong friend. Pollock was strongly influenced by the powerful rhythms inBenton's painting, but continued to search for the best way toexpress himself. Along the way, he studied the ideas to be found in thework of such experimental artists as Albert Pinkham Ryder Albert Pinkham Ryder (March 19, 1847 – March 28, 1917) was an American painter best known for his poetic and moody allegorical works and seascapes, as well as his eccentric personality. , and Mexicanpainters, David Alfaro Siqueiros and Jose Clemente Orozco Noun 1. Jose Clemente Orozco - Mexican painter noted for his monumental murals (1883-1949)Jose Orozco, Orozco . At the time he started out on his career, the Great Depression ofthe 1930s was underway and there was no work for artists. Between 1935and 1943, he found it necessary to join 5,000 other unemployed artistsand work for the government. The government expected artists to painttraditional, realistic pictures, but in his spare time Pollock continuedto experiment with his own personal ideas. Pollock eventually rejected the idea of painting realistic objectsand developed a style where he completely covered large canvases withabstract lines. He avoided having a center of interest. While theseideas made his work look very original, he didn't invent all-overpainting. Students who are interested in this approach to paintingshould look at work by such modern artists as Piet Mondrian, Mark Tobey,Joan Miro and Francis Picabia Francis-Marie Martinez Picabia (January 28, 1879 - November 30, 1953) was a well-known painter and poet born of a French mother and a Spanish-Cuban father who was an attach�� at the Cuban legation in Paris, France. . Moreover, instead of applying paint with brushes or palette knives,Pollock chose to pour it out of paint cans directly onto very largesheets of canvas that he had tacked to the floor of his studio. In thisway, he rarely touched the surface of the canvas. And, instead ofpainting from only one position, he walked around the canvas pouringpaint from any of the four sides, occasionally stepping on the canvas toreach particular areas more easily. The intent behind his painting style was that it should bespontaneous and should arise from his unconscious mind rather than beingcarefully planned in advance--something like improvisational music(jazz, for example). In fact, he believed that abstract art should beenjoyed as music is enjoyed, rather than be used for copyingappearances. A motion picture made while he was working, shows him more like acreative performer, focusing all his attention on the act of painting.He poured and dribbled paint boldly and, in doing so, took great risks,because if any single action had failed, the entire painting would havebeen ruined. In addition to his paintings, the artist made large numbers ofdrawings. Some of them showed his ability to draw realistically, whileothers look very much the work of the Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso. The search that led Pollock to his mature style took a number ofyears to develop. It finally appeared in the late 1940s, and most of hisbest work was done between 1950 and 1956. His career ended tragically ina car wreck in 1956, at the age of 44. this painting Many of Pollock's pictures were painted in black onunprepared, cream-colored canvas, but this one includes large amounts ofcolor not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed.See also: Color . However, careful observation will show that much of the color hasbeen applied on top of underpainting In art, an underpainting is an initial layer of paint applied to a ground, which serves as a base for subsequent layers of paint. Underpaintings are often monochromatic and help to define colour values for later painting. that was black, or at least verydark. This layering is used create a thick web of lines and is apparentin many of Pollock's best paintings. Perhaps the most interestingthing about these lines is that they help explain how the artist worked,as well as being a finished picture. In the final layers of the painting, Pollock departed from theblack foundation by adding numbers of different, bright colors: white,yellow, red and blue. Some of these overlying overlyingsuffocation of piglets by the sow. The piglets may be weak from illness or malnutrition, the sow may be clumsy or ill, the pen may be inadequate in size or poorly designed so that piglets cannot escape. colors were allowed tosmear and spread into other colors to complete the painting. The addition of so much color makes the painting much like some ofPollock's earlier paintings that he had completed several yearsbefore. While some art critics at the time believed that this paintingwas about to become a failure and was only saved by the addition of thecolor, other people disagree. Nevertheless, it is true that the paintingis different from numbers of others that Pollock painted during the lastyears of his life. Just about all of the lines in this and most of the best ofPollock's paintings have been poured with a swinging motion of hisarms and body. He allowed small quantities of paint to fall on someparts of the canvas to make thin lines while, in other parts, largequantities of paint produced broad lines. And in some areas, it is easyto see that at times he swung the buckets of paint violently to createlarge curving lines, while elsewhere he must have been nearly standingstill. Knowing these things will enable students to read how Pollockworked. They should then be better able to understand why the style isalso called "Action Painting." Students should realize,however, that numbers of Abstract Expressionist artists did not work inthis very physical way. Like many of Pollock's paintings, this one is too large forthe walls of ordinary homes, but because it was painted on canvas thatcould be moved, it cannot be called a mural muralPainting applied to and made integral with the surface of a wall or ceiling. Its roots can be found in the universal desire that led prehistoric peoples to create cave paintings—the desire to decorate their surroundings and express their ideas and beliefs. . The reason for his choiceof size is that Pollock believed pictures should be available to thepublic and not hidden away in the homes of wealthy people.