Jackson Pollock
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We may still wonder why the mass-circulation magazines singled Pollock out from his fellow Abstract Expressionists. How did he become a cult figure for the Beat Generation? And what caused his reputation to continue to soar? This compelling and original book locates the man and the artist in the continuum of his times, recreating the social and cultural milieu of New York in the 1940s and 1950s. Pollock's early years are chronicled, from his birth in the Wild West town of Cody, Wyoming, in 1912, through his prophetically troubled school years, marked by repeated expulsions, to his arrival in New York and periods of study with Thomas Hart Benton, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Stanley William Hayter. Key critics who recognized Pollock's achievement, such as Clement Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg, perceptive photographers, such as Hans Namuth and Arnold Newman, ...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0810992450
ISBN13:9780810992450
Release Date:August 2005
Publisher:"Harry N. Abrams, Inc."
Length:286 Pages
Weight:3.25 lbs.
Dimensions:11.8" x 0.8" x 10.3"
Age Range:13 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 8 to Postsecondary
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