Inspired by Pollock

"There was a reviewer a while back who wrote that my pictures didn't have any beginning or any end. He didn't mean it as a compliment, but it was. It was a fine compliment. Only he didn't know it." Jackson Pollock.

Nearly all 700 of the works Pollock completed during his lifetime systematically broke auction records  but who really is Jackson Pollock, the American artist who is also known as “Jack the Dripper"? Why do his works continue to inspire contemporary artists?

Jackson Pollock was born on the 28th January 1912, in the city of Cody, Wyoming. Coming from a modest family of Irish and Scottish descent, he frequently moved between Arizona and California depending on his alcoholic father's current job status.

Influenced by his older brothers, Charles and Franck, he followed art trends relatively early and left for New York with them in 1930. In this growing cultural capital he eagerly attended classes by Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League of New York, and would go on to use Benton's techniques for the rest of his life.

As a child, Jackson was fascinated by Native American culture, and primitive Indian American art had a lasting effect on him. In the late 1930s he showed a real fascination with Pablo Picasso's cubist work but also the surrealist artist, Miro. These great European masters encouraged Pollock to explore mythological figures in his paintings.

Pollock's meeting with Peggy Guggenheim undoubtedly sparked the beginning of his reputation in the early 1940s. She commissioned him to paint a 240cm x 600cm painting, the result of which would  foreshadow his future large scale works.

In 1945, Pollock moves into a barn in Springs (East Hampton) with Lee Krasner, and his famous dripping and Action Painting period begins. Pollock placed canvases on the floor and across walls, and with the help of large pieces of wood and syringes, launched paint at them from a distance.

This technique gained him recognition on a  global scale, especially after the release of Hans Namuth's film. At the beginning of 1952, he partially abandoned abstract expressionism to return to more figurative subjects.

Jackson Pollock was the father of abstract expressionism, the pioneer of the unconventional and the forbearer of the “all-over". The ability to surpassing the limits of a medium is an undeniable trait of a great artist. Pollock wasn't satisfied with formal drawing techniques so when in search of new methods which would leave a  mark on the history of art forever. In this selection, artists draw inspiration from these methods by altering them, distorting them and celebrating them.

Discover the paintings inspired by Pollock from artists such like Gabriela Lavezzari, Caroline Vis, Tic and many others.

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Painting, Sans Titre, Aurel Cojan

Aurel Cojan

Painting - 50 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch

$3,390

Painting, No title, Uta Riek

Uta Riek

Painting - 210 x 195 x 0.5 cm Painting - 82.7 x 76.8 x 0.2 inch

$9,685

Painting, Multi Seen, Seen

Seen

Painting - 142.2 x 40.6 x 0.1 cm Painting - 56 x 16 x 0 inch

$2,421

Painting, En chemin, Sophie Petetin

Sophie Petetin

Painting - 60 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1 inch

$1,568

Painting, Multi Seen, Seen

Seen

Painting - 76.2 x 71 cm Painting - 30 x 28 inch

$1,816

Painting, Melody, Floria Rey

Floria Rey

Painting - 108 x 217 x 0.1 cm Painting - 42.5 x 85.4 x 0 inch

$1,876

Painting, Boum !!!!, Âme Sauvage

Âme Sauvage

Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$363

Painting, Summer blossom, James Chiew

James Chiew

Painting - 140 x 140 x 5 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 2 inch

$21,185

Painting, Claim 86, Mark Hellbusch

Mark Hellbusch

Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$666

Painting, Colorful, Zokatos

Zokatos

Painting - 150 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

$9,079

Painting, Endlessness, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

Painting - 120 x 180 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch

$4,842

Painting, Urban life, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,332

Painting, RESONNANCE, Sophie Petetin

Sophie Petetin

Painting - 73 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 1 inch

$1,931 $1,545

Painting, Strange, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

Painting - 105 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 41.3 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

$3,632

Fine Art Drawings, Curva 15, J/Y Delaunay-Israël

J/Y Delaunay-Israël

Fine Art Drawings - 108 x 158 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 42.5 x 62.2 x 0.4 inch

$2,518 $2,014

Painting, Colour 1, Emma Donaldson

Emma Donaldson

Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$121 $109

Painting, Véléade, Irene Mahon

Irene Mahon

Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$654 $588

Painting, Claim 42, Mark Hellbusch

Mark Hellbusch

Painting - 130 x 120 x 1.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 47.2 x 0.6 inch

$2,833

Painting, Markas, Daniel Timko

Daniel Timko

Painting - 80 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch

$1,313

Painting, Theorem 2, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 100 x 250 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 98.4 x 0.4 inch

$3,123

Painting, Red on pink, Hayvon

Hayvon

Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

$291

Painting, Select yours colors, Hayvon

Hayvon

Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$412

Print, Spring, Aloyzas Smilingis

Aloyzas Smilingis

Print - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Print - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,211

Painting, Flowers by D D, Dam Domido

Dam Domido

Painting - 95 x 122 x 0.1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 48 x 0 inch

$4,237

Painting, Another day, Dam Domido

Dam Domido

Painting - 100 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 80.7 x 0 inch

$3,995

Painting, Gleams, Aloyzas Smilingis

Aloyzas Smilingis

Painting - 122 x 91 x 0.4 cm Painting - 48 x 35.8 x 0.2 inch

$5,084

Painting, Zest, Matthieu Ribo

Matthieu Ribo

Painting - 40 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch

$242

Painting, Romance galactique, Zokatos

Zokatos

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$5,448

Painting, B&W IV, Rudolf Wiesinger

Rudolf Wiesinger

Painting - 64 x 54 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.2 x 21.3 x 0 inch

$424

Painting, Persévérance, Alain Somma

Alain Somma

Painting - 60 x 73 x 4.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 1.8 inch

$847

Painting, Sans titre, Sylvie Bruneau

Sylvie Bruneau

Painting - 60 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

$1,211 $1,090

Painting, Wild pink, Eliana Sá

Eliana Sá

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,574

Painting, No name, Uta Riek

Uta Riek

Painting - 225 x 225 x 0.2 cm Painting - 88.6 x 88.6 x 0.1 inch

$9,685