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Pollock, Jackson - 1912–56, American painter, b. Cody, Wyo. He studied (1929–31) in New York City, mainly under Thomas Hart Benton, but he was more strongly influenced by A. P. Ryder and the Mexican muralists, especially Siqueiros. From 1938 to 1942, Pollock worked on the Federal Art Project in New York City. Affected by surrealism and also by Picasso, he moved toward a highly


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    Jackson Pollock: Meaning and Significance » Read Now

    by Claude Cernuschi. 336 pgs.

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    The Fate of a Gesture: Jackson Pollock and Postwar American Art » Read Now

    by Carter Ratcliff. 352 pgs.

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    "A provoking & rewarding text. Calling Pollock to his aid at every twist & turn in the vast labyrinth of modern American art, Mr. Ratcliff ... writes with an insight born of long personal experience, combining expert knowledge with a questioning eye." New York Times Book Review "Provocative ...
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    Jackson Pollock, Superstar, in New England Review » Read Now

    by Justin Spring. 12 pgs.

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    ...Justin Spring Jackson Pollock, Superstar At its best and...current blockbuster exhibition of Jackson Pollock at the Museum of Modern Art...seekers and philosophers...
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    Pollock and After: The Critical Debate » Read Now

    by Francis Frascina. 252 pgs.

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    ...Expressionism in general, and Jackson Pollock in particular, within the paradigms...seemingly incompatible examples. Pollocks work of the 1940s and particularly...of an...
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    On Modern American Art: Selected Essays ("Jackson Pollock" begins on p. 84) » Read Now

    by Robert Rosenblum. 386 pgs.

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    Robert Rosenblum is a critic, curator and art historian, whose writings helped establish the reputations of Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol. In this collection he explores the meanings, movements and paradoxes of 20th-century American art.
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    Contemporary Art and Its Philosophical Problems (Chap. Seven "Jackson Pollock: America's Artistic Genius or a Product of His Time?") » Read Now

    by Ingrid Stadler. 152 pgs.

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    This collection examines the complex intersection where art and philosophy merge. Topics for discussion include the criticism of Robert Wolfe, the minimalist sculpture of the 1960s, the metaphysics of photography, the paintings of Jackson Pollock, and why women have been denied entrance to the pantheon of great artists.
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    Materiality Is the Message, in Art Journal » Read Now

    by Jeanne Siegel. 4 pgs.

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    ...by Jeanne Siegel Jackson Pollock. Exh. cat. New York: The Museum...curatorial aims in the recent Jackson Pollock retrospective at the Museum...visitor packages, and even a...
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    Evolution and Revolution, in Art Journal » Read Now

    by Elizabeth L. Langhorne. 4 pgs.

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    ...Elizabeth L. Langhorne Jackson Pollock: Early Sketchbooks and...February 8, 1998. The Jackson Pollock Sketchbooks in the Metropolitan...does not bode well for Jackson. In...
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    Modern Painting: Contemporary Trends (Discussion of Jackson Pollock begins on p. 134) » Read Now

    by Nello Ponente. 215 pgs.

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    ...and movement, as in the work of Jackson Pollock and in so much American painting...critics couple him with Wols and Pollock, whose anxieties and loss of faith...dramatic...
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    A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ("Pollock, Jackson (1912-56)" begins on p. 481) » Read Now

    by Ian Chilvers. 670 pgs.

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    From Renoir and Picasso to Red Grooms and Guerrilla Girls, this is the most useful reference work on twentieth-century art available in a one volume. Compiled by Ian Chilvers, the editor of The Oxford Dictionary of Art, it is both authoritative and accessible, with generous use of anecdote and clear...

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