Painter Albert Pinkham Ryder, whom Pollock admired. Thomas Hart Benton, mural panels from America Today, New School for Social Research, New York, 1930-31, now in the collection of theĭuring the 1930s, Pollock's work reflected Benton's "American Scene" aesthetic, althoughĮnriched by a brooding, almost mystical quality reminiscent of the work of the visionary Scale works of his own, although he would not realize that aim until 12 years later. Of contemporary mural painting is thought to have sparked his ambition to paint large Muralist José Clemente Orozco was at work on frescoes. His teacher's 1930-31 murals at the New School for Social Research, where the Mexican He also studied mural painting with Benton and posed for Under Benton's guidance, Pollock analyzed Old Master paintings and learned the rudiments It was at about this time that he dropped his first name, Paul, and began using his In 1930 Pollock went east and enrolled in Benton's class at the League. Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League, and he suggested that Jackson should Charles, the eldest, went to New York to study with the Regionalist painter Two of his brothers, Charles and Sanford (known as Sande), were also developing asĪrtists. School in Los Angeles, Pollock was encouraged to pursue his early interest in art. Panoramic landscape influenced his artistic vision. While attending Manual Arts High Who sometimes joined his father on these jobs, later remarked that memories of the Worked on road crews at the Grand Canyon and elsewhere in the Southwest. Left to right: LeRoy, Frank, Charles, Jackson,Īfter a series of unsuccessful farming ventures, his father became a surveyor and The family leftĬody when Pollock was less than a year old, and he was raised in Arizona and California. He was the fifthĪnd youngest son of LeRoy McCoy Pollock and Stella McClure Pollock. Paul Jackson Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming on 28 January 1912.
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