Jackson Pollock “Jack the Dripper”
Childhood Born: January 28, 1912 Youngest Native American art Father: LeRoy Pollock and Stella McClure Youngest Native American art Father: Farmer turned Government Surveyor Abusive Alcoholic Left the family
School Years Charlie Manual Arts High School 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 Jackson consumed by alcoholism 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
“The She-Wolf” 1948 “Male and Female” 1942 “Key” 1946
“Shimmering” 1946 “Teacup” 1946
“Yellow Grey Black” 1948 “Number 23” 1948
“No. 5” 1948 Untitled 1942-44