Jackson Pollock Gallery
The Key
1946 Oil on canvas, 59 x 84 in; The Art Institute of Chicago

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Eyes in the Heat
Shimmering Substance
Number 8
She-Wolf
Easter and the Totem
Tea Cup
Key

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Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
Pollock founded the Abstract Expressionist movement. By the mid 1940s he was painting in a completely abstract manner, and the `drip and splash' style for which he is best known emerged with some abruptness in 1947. Instead of using the traditional easel he affixed his canvas to the floor or the wall and poured and dripped his paint from a can. He was an alcoholic.
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