| Description |
112 pages : color illustrations ; 16 cm |
| Series |
Essential series |
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Essential series (Wonderland Press)
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| Contents |
The myth surrounding the man -- The early Jackson Pollock -- His Western childhood -- The raucous teenage years -- His move to New York -- Pollock's idols and therapists -- Personal problems -- Enter Lee Krasner, artist then wife -- Hello Peggy Guggenheim, dealer and patron -- The myth begins -- Lee and Jackson move to the Hamptons -- Betty Parsons takes on Pollock -- Drip painting is born -- Special: Titles of Pollock's paintings and museum labels -- Abstract expressionism enters the vocabulary of art -- Fame paralyzes the man, brings on the booze -- Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock -- After the Drip, the Pour -- Then, Black and White -- The blues: Pollock leaves Parsons for Sidney Janis -- Finally, color returns, just as all goes black |
| Summary |
For readers who have little time to spare and are averse to art-world jargon, this series aims to provide an entertaining guide to individual artists and pop culture. Each volume presents an account of the artist's life, personal and professional anecdotes, concise definitions of cultural and social movements that shaped the artist's work, and colour reproductions. Jackson Pollock has been described as the most important American painter of the 20th century, and is credited with having invented Abstract Impressionism. Thrust into international celebrity, he died violently. This book considers the question of what is significant about Pollock's "drip" paintings, what caused his mental breakdowns, and what his western upbringing has to do with his art |
| Subject |
Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956.
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Abstract expressionism -- United States.
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Painters -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956.
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| LC no. |
98071936 |
| ISBN |
0810958090 (Harry N. Abrams) |
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0836269977 (Andrews McMeel) |
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