Jackson Pollock - Revision history

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	== Additional resources ==		== Additional resources ==
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	( [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock Jackson Pollock] in Wikipedia.		* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock Jackson Pollock] in Wikipedia.
	* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mural_(1943) Mural (1943)] in Wikipedia.		* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mural_(1943) Mural (1943)] in Wikipedia.
	* Introvigne, Massimo. [https://bitterwinter.org/the-early-pollock-and-the-esoteric-pollock/ The Early Pollock and the Esoteric Pollock] posted on Bitterwinter.org on January 18, 2025.		* Introvigne, Massimo. [https://bitterwinter.org/the-early-pollock-and-the-esoteric-pollock/ The Early Pollock and the Esoteric Pollock] posted on Bitterwinter.org on January 18, 2025.

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Theosophical influences in his art

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	In 1940, Pollock became friends with art collector John D. Graham, whose interests included “Theosophy, hatha yoga, tantric yoga, numerology, systems of proportion derived from Pythagorean and Platonic sources, alchemy, and astrology.”<ref>Massimo Introvigne, [https://bitterwinter.org/the-early-pollock-and-the-esoteric-pollock/ The Early Pollock and the Esoteric Pollock] posted on Bitterwinter.org on January 18, 2025.</ref> He influenced Pollock to study Jungian psychology, and that school of thought was manifest in Pollock's painting ''Male and Female'' (1941–42) depicting the male and female aspects present in all people. Pollock went on to use alchemical, spiritualist, and mythological imagery in his paintings.<ref>Massimo Introvigne, [https://bitterwinter.org/the-early-pollock-and-the-esoteric-pollock/ The Early Pollock and the Esoteric Pollock] posted on Bitterwinter.org on January 18, 2025.</ref>		In 1940, Pollock became friends with art collector John D. Graham, whose interests included “Theosophy, hatha yoga, tantric yoga, numerology, systems of proportion derived from Pythagorean and Platonic sources, alchemy, and astrology.”<ref>Massimo Introvigne, [https://bitterwinter.org/the-early-pollock-and-the-esoteric-pollock/ The Early Pollock and the Esoteric Pollock] posted on Bitterwinter.org on January 18, 2025.</ref> He influenced Pollock to study Jungian psychology, and that school of thought was manifest in Pollock's painting ''Male and Female'' (1941–42) depicting the male and female aspects present in all people. Pollock went on to use alchemical, spiritualist, and mythological imagery in his paintings.<ref>Massimo Introvigne, [https://bitterwinter.org/the-early-pollock-and-the-esoteric-pollock/ The Early Pollock and the Esoteric Pollock] posted on Bitterwinter.org on January 18, 2025.</ref> There is no evidence that Pollock was active in any Theosophical Society.

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Art career

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	In 1943, Peggy Guggenheim commissioned the artist to paint a large mural for her townhouse. The 8-by-20-foot (2.4 by 6.1 m) work '''''Mural''''' was painted in oil and casein on canvas, and has been moved at least twice, to the University of Iowa Museum of Art and to the Getty Conservation Institute for study and conservation.		In 1943, Peggy Guggenheim commissioned the artist to paint a large mural for her townhouse. The 8-by-20-foot (2.4 by 6.1 m) work '''''Mural''''' was painted in oil and casein on canvas, and has been moved at least twice, to the University of Iowa Museum of Art and to the Getty Conservation Institute for study and conservation.

	In 1945 he married artist Lee Krasner, and they moved to Springs in East Hampton, New York. ~~Both~~ had exhibited art in 1942 at McMillen Gallery. With assistance from Peggy Guggenheim, they bought a house and converted a barn in to a studio where Pollock perfected his drip techniques. Lee was a stabilizing factor in his life, and they enjoyed domestic life, cooking and gardening together. She also provided guidance in modern art and techniques that helped his artistic development and advanced his career through social contacts.		In 1945 he married artist Lee Krasner, and they moved to Springs in East Hampton, Long Island, New York. They had met when both exhibited art in 1942 at McMillen Gallery. With assistance from Peggy Guggenheim, they bought a house and converted a barn in to a studio where Pollock perfected his drip techniques. Lee was a stabilizing factor in his life, and they enjoyed domestic life, cooking and gardening together. She also provided guidance in modern art and techniques that helped his artistic development, and advanced his career through social contacts.

	== Theosophical influences in his art ==		== Theosophical influences in his art ==

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	Pollock died in a single-car crash involving alcohol on [[August 11]], 1956, less than a mile from his home in East Hampton. New York.		During 1955 and 1956, Pollock experimented with sculptures of wire and plaster. He died in a single-car crash involving alcohol on [[August 11]], 1956, less than a mile from his home in East Hampton. New York.

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	Many of Pollock's early works are abstractions reminiscent of Picasso's style. Pollock was influenced by Mexican muralists David Alfaro Siqueiros and José Clemente Orozco. He began to experiment with laying out canvases on the floor to apply liquid paint, and developed his "drip" technique." From 1938 to 1942, the WPA Federal Art Project employed him. Prone to alcoholism, Pollock underwent Jungian psychotherapy, and was encouraged to express concepts and archetypes through his art.		Many of Pollock's early works are abstractions reminiscent of Picasso's style. Pollock was influenced by Mexican muralists David Alfaro Siqueiros and José Clemente Orozco. He began to experiment with laying out canvases on the floor to apply liquid paint, and developed his "drip" technique." From 1938 to 1942, the WPA Federal Art Project employed him. Prone to alcoholism, Pollock underwent Jungian psychotherapy, and was encouraged to express concepts and archetypes through his art.
	[[File:Jackson Pollock Mural 1943 Oil and casein on canvas.jpg\|center\|400px\|thumb\|''Mural'' (1943)]]		[[File:Jackson Pollock Mural 1943 Oil and casein on canvas.jpg\|center\|400px\|thumb\|''Mural'' (1943)]]
	In 1943, Peggy Guggenheim commissioned the artist to paint a large mural for her townhouse. The 8-by-20-foot (2.4 by 6.1 m) work '''''Mural''''' was painted in oil and casein on canvas, and has been moved at least twice, to the University of Iowa Museum of Art and to the Getty Conservation Institute for study and conservation.		In 1943, Peggy Guggenheim commissioned the artist to paint a large mural for her townhouse. The 8-by-20-foot (2.4 by 6.1 m) work '''''Mural''''' was painted in oil and casein on canvas, and has been moved at least twice, to the University of Iowa Museum of Art and to the Getty Conservation Institute for study and conservation.

			In 1945 he married artist Lee Krasner, and they moved to Springs in East Hampton, New York. Both had exhibited art in 1942 at McMillen Gallery. With assistance from Peggy Guggenheim, they bought a house and converted a barn in to a studio where Pollock perfected his drip techniques. Lee was a stabilizing factor in his life, and they enjoyed domestic life, cooking and gardening together. She also provided guidance in modern art and techniques that helped his artistic development and advanced his career through social contacts.

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	== Early life and education ==		== Early life and education ==
	Paul Jackson Pollock was born on [[January 28]], 1912 in Cody, Wyoming. LeRoy Pollock and Stella May McClure were his parents, and he was the youngest of five children. At the Manual Arts High School under the painter and illustrator Frederick John de St Vrain Schwankowsky, he learned the basics of painting. Unfortunately, he was expelled from that high school and another. At age 18 he moved to New York to join his brother Charles, Pollock to study under '''Thomas Hart Benton''' at the Art Students League. In the mid-1930s he toured the western United States with Benton and another student.		Paul Jackson Pollock was born on [[January 28]], 1912 in Cody, Wyoming. LeRoy Pollock and Stella May McClure were his parents, and he was the youngest of five children. his father, a land surveyor, took his son on trips that exposed him to Native American culture. At the Manual Arts High School under the painter and illustrator Frederick John de St Vrain Schwankowsky, he learned the basics of painting. Unfortunately, he was expelled from that high school and another. At age 18 he moved to New York to join his brother Charles, Pollock to study under '''Thomas Hart Benton''' at the Art Students League. In the mid-1930s he toured the western United States with Benton and another student.

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			[[File:Jackson Pollock passport photo from Wikimedia.jpg\|right\|210px\|thumb\|Passport photo, 1955]]
	'''Jackson Pollock''' (1912-1956) was an American painter of the abstract expressionist school, known best for the "drip" technique of his later paintings.		'''Jackson Pollock''' (1912-1956) was an American painter of the abstract expressionist school, known best for the "drip" technique of his later paintings.

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	Many of Pollock's early works are abstractions reminiscent of Picasso's style. Pollock was influenced by Mexican muralists David Alfaro Siqueiros and José Clemente Orozco. He began to experiment with laying out canvases on the floor to apply liquid paint, and developed his "drip" technique." From 1938 to 1942, the WPA Federal Art Project employed him. Prone to alcoholism, Pollock underwent Jungian psychotherapy, and was encouraged to express concepts and archetypes through his art.		Many of Pollock's early works are abstractions reminiscent of Picasso's style. Pollock was influenced by Mexican muralists David Alfaro Siqueiros and José Clemente Orozco. He began to experiment with laying out canvases on the floor to apply liquid paint, and developed his "drip" technique." From 1938 to 1942, the WPA Federal Art Project employed him. Prone to alcoholism, Pollock underwent Jungian psychotherapy, and was encouraged to express concepts and archetypes through his art.
			[[File:Jackson Pollock Mural 1943 Oil and casein on canvas.jpg\|center\|400px\|thumb\|''Mural'' (1943)]]
	In 1943, Peggy Guggenheim commissioned the artist to paint a large mural for her townhouse. The 8-by-20-foot (2.4 by 6.1 m) work ''Mural'' was painted on canvas, and has been moved at least twice, to the University of Iowa Museum of Art and to the Getty Conservation Institute for study and conservation.		In 1943, Peggy Guggenheim commissioned the artist to paint a large mural for her townhouse. The 8-by-20-foot (2.4 by 6.1 m) work '''''Mural''''' was painted in oil and casein on canvas, and has been moved at least twice, to the University of Iowa Museum of Art and to the Getty Conservation Institute for study and conservation.

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	'''Jackson Pollock''' was an American painter of the abstract expressionist school, known best for the "drip" technique of his later paintings.		'''Jackson Pollock''' (1912-1956) was an American painter of the abstract expressionist school, known best for the "drip" technique of his later paintings.

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	== Art career ==		== Art career ==

	Many of Pollock's early works are abstractions reminiscent of Picasso's style. Pollock was influenced by Mexican muralists David Alfaro Siqueiros and José Clemente Orozco. He began to experiment with laying out canvases on the floor to apply liquid paint, and developed his "drip" technique." From 1938 to 1942, the WPA Federal Art Project employed him.		Many of Pollock's early works are abstractions reminiscent of Picasso's style. Pollock was influenced by Mexican muralists David Alfaro Siqueiros and José Clemente Orozco. He began to experiment with laying out canvases on the floor to apply liquid paint, and developed his "drip" technique." From 1938 to 1942, the WPA Federal Art Project employed him. Prone to alcoholism, Pollock underwent Jungian psychotherapy, and was encouraged to express concepts and archetypes through his art.

			In 1943, Peggy Guggenheim commissioned the artist to paint a large mural for her townhouse. The 8-by-20-foot (2.4 by 6.1 m) work ''Mural'' was painted on canvas, and has been moved at least twice, to the University of Iowa Museum of Art and to the Getty Conservation Institute for study and conservation.

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	== Additional resources ==		== Additional resources ==
	=== Articles ===		=== Articles ===
			( [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock Jackson Pollock] in Wikipedia.
			* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mural_(1943) Mural (1943)] in Wikipedia.
	* Introvigne, Massimo. [https://bitterwinter.org/the-early-pollock-and-the-esoteric-pollock/ The Early Pollock and the Esoteric Pollock] posted on Bitterwinter.org on January 18, 2025.		* Introvigne, Massimo. [https://bitterwinter.org/the-early-pollock-and-the-esoteric-pollock/ The Early Pollock and the Esoteric Pollock] posted on Bitterwinter.org on January 18, 2025.
	* O’Connor, Francis Valentine. [https://theosophyart.org/2018/03/09/jackson-pollock/ Jackson Pollock] as blog post in Theosophy & Arts. Posted March 9, 2018.		* O’Connor, Francis Valentine. [https://theosophyart.org/2018/03/09/jackson-pollock/ Jackson Pollock] as blog post in Theosophy & Arts. Posted March 9, 2018.

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	== Early life and education ==		== Early life and education ==
	Paul Jackson Pollock was born on [[January 28]], 1912 in Cody, Wyoming. LeRoy Pollock and Stella May McClure were his parents, and he was the youngest of five children. ~~He struggled with school~~, ~~and~~ was expelled from ~~two~~ high ~~schools~~. At age 18 he moved to New York to join his brother Charles, Pollock to study under '''Thomas Hart Benton''' at the Art Students League. In the mid-1930s he toured the western United States with Benton and another student.		Paul Jackson Pollock was born on [[January 28]], 1912 in Cody, Wyoming. LeRoy Pollock and Stella May McClure were his parents, and he was the youngest of five children. At the Manual Arts High School under the painter and illustrator Frederick John de St Vrain Schwankowsky, he learned the basics of painting. Unfortunately, he was expelled from that high school and another. At age 18 he moved to New York to join his brother Charles, Pollock to study under '''Thomas Hart Benton''' at the Art Students League. In the mid-1930s he toured the western United States with Benton and another student.

			== Art career ==

			Many of Pollock's early works are abstractions reminiscent of Picasso's style. Pollock was influenced by Mexican muralists David Alfaro Siqueiros and José Clemente Orozco. He began to experiment with laying out canvases on the floor to apply liquid paint, and developed his "drip" technique." From 1938 to 1942, the WPA Federal Art Project employed him.

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