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

$3,403

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

$9,722

Painting, Multi Seen, Seen

Seen

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

$2,430

Painting, En chemin, Sophie Petetin

Sophie Petetin

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

$1,574

Painting, Multi Seen, Seen

Seen

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

$1,823

Painting, Melody, Floria Rey

Floria Rey

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

$1,884

Painting, Boum !!!!, Âme Sauvage

Âme Sauvage

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

$365

Painting, Summer blossom, James Chiew

James Chiew

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

$21,266

Painting, Claim 86, Mark Hellbusch

Mark Hellbusch

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

$668

Painting, Colorful, Zokatos

Zokatos

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

$9,114

Painting, Endlessness, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

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

$4,861

Painting, Urban life, Pol Ledent

Pol Ledent

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

$1,337

Painting, RESONNANCE, Sophie Petetin

Sophie Petetin

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

$1,938

Painting, Strange, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

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

$3,646

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

$2,528 $2,022

Painting, Colour 1, Emma Donaldson

Emma Donaldson

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

$122 $109

Painting, Véléade, Irene Mahon

Irene Mahon

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

$656 $591

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

$2,844

Painting, Markas, Daniel Timko

Daniel Timko

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

$1,319

Painting, Theorem 2, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

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

$3,135

Painting, Red on pink, Hayvon

Hayvon

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

$292

Painting, Select yours colors, Hayvon

Hayvon

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

$413

Print, Spring, Aloyzas Smilingis

Aloyzas Smilingis

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

$1,215

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

$4,253

Painting, Another day, Dam Domido

Dam Domido

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

$4,010

Painting, Gleams, Aloyzas Smilingis

Aloyzas Smilingis

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

$5,104

Painting, Zest, Matthieu Ribo

Matthieu Ribo

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

$243

Painting, Romance galactique, Zokatos

Zokatos

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

$5,468

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

$425

Painting, Persévérance, Alain Somma

Alain Somma

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

$851

Painting, Sans titre, Sylvie Bruneau

Sylvie Bruneau

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

$1,215

Painting, Wild pink, Eliana Sá

Eliana Sá

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

$1,580

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

$9,722