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Jackson Pollock by Ellen G. LandauPublication Date: 2010-04-01
This book recreates the social and cultural milieu of New York in the 1940s and 1950s. With extensive knowledge of Pollock's habits, reading, conversation, and the exhibitions he visited, the author retraces many of the far-flung sources of Pollock's work.
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Jackson Pollock by Elizabeth FrankPublication Date: 1983-12-01
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) revolutionized the art of this century with his famous "pouring paintings" of the late 1940s and early '50s. No artist of our time has been more controversial, and Pollock's reputation as the archetypal Abstract Expressionist has assumed mythic overtones. The balanced evaluation presented in this well-reasoned overview is long overdue.
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Jackson Pollock by Evelyn ToyntonPublication Date: 2012-01-24
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) not only put American art on the map with his famous "drip paintings," he also served as an inspiration for the character of Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire -the role that made Marlon Brando famous. Like Brando, Pollock became an icon of rebellion in 1950s America, and the brooding, defiant persona captured in photographs of the artist contributed to his celebrity almost as much as his notorious paintings did.
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Tom and Jack : the intertwined lives of Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollock by Henry AdamsPublication Date: 2009-12-01
The drip paintings of Jackson Pollock, trailblazing Abstract Expressionist, appear to be the polar opposite of Thomas Hart Benton's highly figurative Americana. Yet the two men had a close and highly charged relationship dating from Pollock's days as a student under Benton. Pollock's first and only formal training came from Benton, and the older man soon became a surrogate father to Pollock. In true Oedipal fashion, Pollock even fell in love with Benton's wife. Pollock later broke away from his mentor artistically, rocketing to superstardom with his stunning drip compositions.
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