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Jackson pollock was one of the most influential and well known American painter, also known to be the founder of the famous art style called drip painting. Pollock has a tough childhood hood, where his father abandoned the family when he was 9 years old and had to go through upbringing, but appreciated nature as he grew up. He was addicted to alcohol which became the reason for his poverty and had to stay with his brother to get himself together. Pollock had a hard time adapting a specific art style and hated picasso for stealing his moment to shine. During his tough time jackson met a woman named Lee krasner, who was painter herself get known to each other and married after. One of the painting that got me interested was his first drip painting called the Full Fathom Five, where he discovered his true potential and his own art style to call his …show more content…
The painting consists of poured lines of black and shiny silver house paint applied by the brush and the palette knife. These paintings seems to be easy to accomplish but the reality is whole lot different. Each of the painting consist of some kind of meaning or his emotions are dripped and splattered across the whole canvas. Another one of his painting that I admire the most out of all his other artwork is called Autumn Rhythm, which evokes the feeling of nature, not because of its title but also because of its coloring, horizontal orientation, and sense of ground and space. The painting might look like the flickering of his hand with a paint brush or just splashing it on the canvas but jackson took his precious time of his life to create all of his artwork through precision and patience. Throughout his life jackson was never able to get rid of his addiction of alcoholism which became the reason of his death. Jackson Pollock might be alcohol addict but his artwork showed his inner self clearly and people appreciated and his work became motivation for the

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