Abstract Expressionist Movement Jackson Pollock Existentialism

January 28 1912 august 11 1956 was an american painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement.

Abstract expressionist movement jackson pollock existentialism. It blended elements of surrealism and abstract art in an effort to create a new style fitted to the postwar mood of anxiety and trauma. The dripping paint onto a canvas laid on the by jackson pollock floor is a technique that has its roots in the work of andre masson max ernst and david alfaro siqueiros. Paul jackson pollock p l e k. The first of which is made famous by jackson pollock one of the most well known of this movement.

He is most closely linked with what is known as action painting. Technically an important predecessor is surrealism with its emphasis on spontaneous automatic or subconscious creation. Abstract expressionism is a broad movement in american painting that began in the late 1940s and became a dominant trend in western painting during the 1950s. Vice president nelson rockefeller is expected to fetch 18 million when its offered for sale for the first time in.

The movement embraced the gestural abstraction of willem de kooning and jackson pollock and the color field painting of mark rothko and others. In order to perform the drip painting pollock launched the paint directly into the canvas through holes in the can. This is the currently selected item. He was widely noticed for his technique of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface drip technique enabling him to view and paint his canvases from all angles.

How to paint like willem de kooning. Although it is the accepted designation abstract expressionism is not an accurate description of the body of work created by these artists. The painting techniques of franz kline. His work was large in scale loud in color and free flowing.

The most prominent american abstract expressionist painters were jackson pollock willem de kooning franz kline and mark rothko. His work ranges from jungian scenes of primitive rites to the purely abstract drip paintings of his later career. Abstract expressionism broad movement in american painting that began in the late 1940s and became a dominant trend in western painting during the 1950s. Jackson pollocks paintings are recognized by the technique of dripping the extreme technique of abstract expressionism.

Robert motherwell elegy to the spanish republic no. A masterpiece by jackson pollock that sold for 306 in 1950 to former us. Jackson pollock was the most well known abstract expressionist and the key example of action painting. De kooning woman i.