...his solo exhibitions and his first piece that was entered into a museum collection. This piece of art was made before the artist discovered his famous drip style of painting that he became later famous for. The technique used to create this piece is far different from the artist later work. This piece features heavy black and white line drawn by the artist onto his canvas verses the light splatters of paint featured in his later pieces. Among the major differences found in this piece versus works from Pollock’s drip period are at the brushstrokes. During his drip period Pollock used sticks as a method of transporting paint onto his canvasses, in this piece you can see the strokes from the classic paintbrush was used. Secondly the subject matter also can be seen as a difference between the two periods in the artist’s professional life. During the period when “She Wolf” was created most artists including Pollock were focusing and exploring themes of a primitive or mythological background. “She Wolf” is said to be the story of the birth of a mythological Roman...
Words: 540 - Pages: 3
...Jackson Pollock, born in 1912, died in 1956, was an American painter and also on of the major figures in the abstract expressionist movement. He was also well known for his unique style of drip painting. Pollock had a tough early life growing up in the American West, but this would shaped him into the confident person and artist he would become. Pollock came to New York in 1930 as a, art student from Los Angeles. When he was taking classes at the Art Students League, he has a close mentorship with painter Thomas Hart Benton and absorbed himself in Surrealism and based his paintings off the murals of Mexican painters David Alfaro Siqueiros and José Clemente Orozco In his early years, he spent painting realist murals in the 1930s, such as the...
Words: 368 - Pages: 2
...Jackson Pollock: Autumn Rhythm The artist I have chosen to research is Jackson Pollock. Pollock was one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century. He created artwork during some of the hardest times in the country, the Great Depression and World War II. In this paper I will be talking about the life of Jackson Pollock and focusing on his piece of artwork called Autumn Rhythm (Number 30). Jackson Pollock was born January 28, 1912 in Cody, Wyoming. He was the youngest of 5 brothers and his oldest brother had a major art influence on him. His family moved around a couple times before ending up in California where Pollock was enrolled at Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles. During his time there, he was expelled two times before he ended up dropping out. Around age 18, he moved to New York to live with his oldest brother. While he was there he started to...
Words: 1236 - Pages: 5
...Paul Jackson Pollock was an artist who is most famed for his “Drip Paintings” which is the style of painting that he adopted between 1947 – 1950. Pollock was born in 1912 and died in 1956 after a fatal accident after he had already adopted the reputation of being one of the most influential abstract expressionist artists of his time. The painting that I have chosen to do my contextual analysis on is one of his earliest drip paintings called the “Full Fathom Five” “Full Fathom Five” was created on an oil canvas, with the dimensions of 129.2 x 79 cm, which was laid out onto the floor in order for him to do his drip painting technique. The painting consisted of an under layer, which he created with use of a brush and a palate knife in order to create texture, a top layer, which makes use of his drip painting technique whereby he pours industrial or house paint out along a stick whilst moving his body and in this layer he also embedded different knick...
Words: 636 - Pages: 3
...contain vibrant colors and light and airy brush strokes that come together beautifully. The Luncheon of the Boating Party in its entirety appears to be a very busy painting. When a closer look is take you notice that the activities are detailed and add a sense of lively hood to the painting. This painting shows how Renoir saw his world at the time and that he was a very detail orientated artist. The clothing styles, activities occurring, and food being consumed was drawn in such a way that it felt as if you were there experiencing the scene yourself. Lastly Jackson Pollock’s painting Autumn Rhythm is a perfect example of abstract impressionists. Pollock has a different approach when creating his work; He liked to be “inside” his paintings and would lay his canvas on the floor so that he could work from all four side. Pollock used a technique that not many others did, if any, by taking his paint and pouring it onto the canvas until he created his desired results. He didn’t use traditional painting utensils such as brushes, instead he chose to...
Words: 462 - Pages: 2
...assignment focuses on two artists Grant Wood and Jackson Pollock, whom works were said to representative the “American Spirit”. Pollock’s style of painting and the similar works of his fellow colleague led to the term of action painting. While Wood’s personal style of painting was inspired by the Renaissance period or Renaissance artists, mainly Durer and van Eyck. But if both artists art works representative the “American Spirit” wouldn’t that mean also means that their techniques are similar as well? In actuality both artists’ styles are very different but express the same “ideas” just in their own ways. On one hand we have Grant Wood who was a Midwestern American whom studied art in Paris in the early 1920’s. After years of unsuccessful attempts Wood moved back the Midwest and dedicated himself to studying the characteristic of the land and it’s people in their daily life’s thus bring in the “American Spirit” expression which could be seen in his famous work American Gothic. This painting was inspired when Wood saw a farm hose build in a local version of Gothic style. In the American Gothic, Wood painted in the Gothic house that inspired him and the farmer where inspired from his sister and doctor. Now on the other have we also have Jackson Pollock who was an innovator of Abstract Expressionism. He later studied Navajo sand painting, psychology, and other variety of art for ways to express primal human nature. Pollock painted Autumn Rhythm with a style that would later be...
Words: 435 - Pages: 2
...the style of painting. This would be the same as reading a children's book which depicts an image you want to see, where as a novel will give the reader an abstract view or insight. Impressionism uses abstract techniques within a painting, they use not only a brush to show texture and light, but also dots or blobs. Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s painting “The Luncheon of the Boating Party” does not show smooth clear images, the painting has more of a blur or smearing type of look with the use of blobs to show light. I would say Impressionism does look as if created with color pencils or oil crayons. The American form which has a look completely different than the styles of Neoclassical and Impressionism is the style developed by Jackson Pollock in the 20th century is known as Abstract Expressionism. Jackson Pollock’s painting of “Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)” shows more splash in this style of painting. The painting does not give, or maybe I just do not see, a central point in Pollock’s painting of Autumn Rhythm (Number 30). Jackson Pollock’s use of Abstract Expression does not have or use any type of traditional methods to his style. Traditional methods would include painting tools such as paint brushes and an easel, Jackson Pollock’s...
Words: 573 - Pages: 3
...expressionist artist who was born in Manila in 1916 to wealthy Filipino parents from the province of Negros Occidental. His heritage was Hispanic, Filipino, and Chinese. Between the ages of eight and thirteen, he attended school in England. At age fourteen, he moved to the United States. Ossorio attended Portsmouth Priory (now Portsmouth Abbey School) in Rhode Island, graduating in 1934. From 1934 to 1938, he studied fine art at Harvard University and then continued his studies at the Rhode Island School of Design. He became an American citizen in 1933 and served as a medical illustrator in the United States Army during World War II. Ossorio's early work was surrealist. He was an admirer and early collector of the paintings of Jackson Pollock who counted him as a good friend, and whose works influenced and were influenced by Ossorio. In the early 1950s, Ossorio was pouring oil and enamel paints onto canvas in the style of the first abstract expressionist movement in the US. In 1950, he was commissioned by the parish of St. Joseph in Victorias City, Negros Occidental in the Philippines to do a mural which would be known as "The Angry Christ" to complete the reconstruction of the church built by the Czech architect Antonin Raymond. Ossorio had this to say in a 1968 interview. "(The Angry Christ) is a continual last judgment with the sacrifice of the mass that is the continual reincarnation of God coming into this world. And it worked out beautifully because the services take place...
Words: 619 - Pages: 3
...“Triumph of the avant-garde” The term “avant-garde” was originally used in reference to the advancement of a military unit. In the late 18th century and into the 19th century, a movement began in art and architecture that was intended to do just that. Artists were beginning to move forward in their expression of ideas. They were trying new techniques, and testing the boundaries of what was acceptable. These avant-garde artists were beginning to challenge art itself and its very definition. Up to his point, art was about expression, but the expression was limited by rules and governed by the very specific influences of period. For the purposes of success and acceptance, most artists up to this point conformed to the “norm”. Art was about making a specific product that was pleasing to the eye. But during the late 18th century, political and social changes were also changing the way artists were expressing themselves. New techniques were being introduced. In fact, much of art became less about the final product, and more about the technique and process itself. Artists were being less influenced by trends, and more influenced by the desire for social and political change. Artists were also beginning to focus more on expressing their own personal thoughts, feelings, and ideas. A great example of this is the synthetism used by Paul Gauguin. With it, he synthesized the observation of subjects in nature with his own personal feelings about the subjects. An example...
Words: 1067 - Pages: 5
...around her, in Pollocks Blood Relations prove this point. Emma and Mrs. Borden focused on the social expectations associated with gender. While Miss Lizzie’s interactions The Actress occupied more with what it means to be a woman. Emma is constantly scolding Lizzie for her unladylike behaviour. While Mrs. Borden is a firm believer that Lizzie should do her duty as a woman and marry. The Actress take a different approach on the topic of gender, she allows Pollock to explore what it means to not fit gender norms. Using Emma as a tool to show the unfair expectation in relation to gender Pollock provides a commentary on the expectations of women. Emma has been held to a certain standard her whole life. She has read Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Etiquette many times (Pollock 686) and knows...
Words: 1043 - Pages: 5
...The Documentary of “Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock” How important is artwork to you? Is it important enough to spend millions of dollars on? What about convincing people that the artwork you have is authentic? How about even getting called out of your name and felling like your lower because you’re not a professional who can see if the artwork is real? How far will people go just to get the most famous pieces of work, or even artwork in general? This is a big controversy and the documentary of “Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock” will explain it all. The Documentary started off with Teri Horton, who is the main lady in the film buying her friend a painting that she described as ugly for five dollars at a thrift shop. When she brought the paining to her friend, immediately the friend thought the same about the painting, it was ugly, plus it was so big it couldn’t fit in between the door of her trailer home. Instead of Teri letting her money go to waste, she put the painting up for grabs at a garage sale, and while doing so an art teacher said she might...
Words: 579 - Pages: 3
...Comparing and Contrasting the Lives and Works of Jackson Pollock and John Cage Jackson Pollock was a painter. John Cage was a composer turned water color painter. Jackson Pollock wanted to include himself in his work and show his inner self. John Cage wanted to remove himself from his work and let nature control the outcome. However, One similarity that is not very obvious is what they were both working against. Neither one of them liked the path that the forefathers of their janera had pathed. They wanted to make their own style and forge their own path. At first appearance John Cage and Jackson Pollock are very different, but if you look more closely at their lives and how their work evolved you can see some similarities too. Jackson Pollock’s work was abstract expressionism that was supposed to represent the subconscious mind and evoke emotion. Jackson Pollock and his movement with the New York painters was about self first and self discovery. His paintings were representations of himself and the things that were going on in his life. In the beginning of his career he painted the west, which reminded him of his home growing up. As his career continued he shifted his work as he was inspired by Jungian Psychoanalysis, and later he began his work with splatter paint (which is...
Words: 529 - Pages: 3
...extremely spirited, messy brush stokes or no brushes at all, simply dripping/flinging paint onto the canvas with overlapping inspirational sources. Critics of this era did not viewed or even consider abstract expressionism as art, which is similar to every new artistic form that emerged before them. Many of the initial artists of this movement lived in New York and met in a tavern located in Greenwich Village, thus, the movement was also given the name The New York School. One of the most notorious members of this group was Jackson Pollock, who became so well known for his dip and splatter form that many gave him the nickname “Jack the Dripper;” Pollock utilized drips and lines to stimulate emotion versus portraying distinctive subject matter. (Gersh-Nesic, 2014) Pollock would place his excessively large canvas on the ground, dripping and pouring thinned-out paint across the surface compared to the traditional style of utilizing actual brushes. Pollock exploited the use of large canvas, which he incorporated into small viewing areas so that the painting engulfed the viewer bringing forth an overwhelming personal experience. In...
Words: 1272 - Pages: 6
...3. Wireless use policy 4. Remote access and device use policy 5. Network/Malware/Virus policy 6. Copyright Information policy 7. Guests use of personal device Personal devices are authorized in the household, but connection to the network should be authorized and monitored. These devices are prohibited to access the Pollock household’s protected network, any private information, sharing family member’s personal information to public. All guests/visitors should use guest password protected...
Words: 381 - Pages: 2
...PDQ OBSERVATION (FISHBALL, ATBP.) GROUP 4Caballero * Catubay * Crisostomo * Ligayo * Ng ENTREP, S63, Tue, 6:00pm-9:00pm 2. INTRODUCTION• Fishball - is an edible, ball-shaped patty made of pulverized fish. It is somewhat flat in shape and most often made from the meat of cuttlefish or pollock and served with a sweet and spicy sauce or with a thick black sweet and sour sauce. 3. INTRODUCTION • Fish balls in the Philippines are sold by street vendors pushing wooden deep frying carts. • When you talk about street food in the Philippines, fish balls always receive special mention. 4. OUTPUT PRICE DELIVERY QUALITY- Should be very - Waiting time is only for - May be “just done”, affordable even to the a maximum of 5 “well-done” or toasted poor and the “masa” minutes since there are depending on the- Maximum prices per no seats customer preference piece are as follows - Products are skewered - Not dri PDQ OBSERVATION (FISHBALL, ATBP.) GROUP 4Caballero * Catubay * Crisostomo * Ligayo * Ng ENTREP, S63, Tue, 6:00pm-9:00pm 2. INTRODUCTION• Fishball - is an edible, ball-shaped patty made of pulverized fish. It is somewhat flat in shape and most often made from the meat of cuttlefish or pollock and served with a sweet and spicy sauce or with a thick black sweet and sour sauce. 3. INTRODUCTION • Fish balls in the Philippines are sold by street vendors pushing wooden deep frying carts. • When you talk about street food in the Philippines, fish balls always receive special mention. 4. OUTPUT...
Words: 3192 - Pages: 13
