Abstract expressionism is a movement in art that experiments with the disconnect between color and line, and the creation of illusion within reality. This limitless pictorial space was born from the ...

"[Jackson] Pollock would often begin with some sort of figurative device to which he would then respond—and eventually bury under layers of paint," says Sue Taylor, an art historian at Portland State ...

Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) was the founder of the Abstract Expressionist Movement in art. This was the first truly American artform and its development had worldwide repercussions. Whereas up to the ...

“Pollock” is a colossal word in art. Automatically it brings to mind the abstract drip-paintings of a disturbed, passionate alcoholic who drizzled paint in layers as he walked around huge canvases.

Who is Jackson Pollock, and why is one of his less famous works of art — and its upcoming sale at an auction — so significant? The Everson Museum of Art will be auctioning off a painting by the famed ...