Bettsey's Blog: Abstract Expressionism Artists

Jackson Pollock 1912-1956 Wife is an artists and stood for his work http://www.jackson-pollock.org/

Jackson was the main name associated with abstract expressionism and became a figure head for this art movement. He was the first major art star.

Jackson created paintings that involved dripping paint on a canvas either with a brush but he liked to use a stick.

In the 30s Pollock worked in the regionalist style. The definition on Wikipedia of the regionalism is 'Regionalism is an American realist modern art movement that was popular during the 1930s. The artistic focus was from artists who shunned city life, and rapidly developing technological advances, to create scenes of rural life.' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regionalism_(art)
Here is a painting by Thomas Hart Benton called The Ballad of the Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley. Thomas was the leader of this art movement.

This was one of Jackson Pollocks influences. Another influence was Diego Rivera who was a Mexican painter. Here is some of his painting.

This is called the flower seller 1942.

Between 1946 and 1951 where the years where Pollock had created his best and most famous work.

This painting is titles Eyes in The Heat 1946

This is titled Composition 1946

This is titled Autumn Rhythm 1950

wanted to express his feelings not illustrate them.

Here is a documentary about Jackson Pollok.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfwUxQrDGqw

Mark Tobey 1890-1976
Mark is an american painter that has travel to many places in his life and has studied poetry and calligraphy in Kyoto. The Calligraphy then came about in some of his paintings and was considered an unusual contribution to the movement. White writing is the style that mark is known for and is a form of abstraction, it is where Mark paints white marks on dark or tinted canvas' or paper.

This is calligraphic in a painting. 'Calligraphic is a visual art related to writing. It is the design and the execution of the lettering with a broad tip instrument or brush'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calligraphy

This is called Broadway Afternoon 1950

This one is called Night Flight 1958

Mark Tobey also influenced Jackson Pollock and you can tell that their work is simular with the free flowwing lines. Marks work was first to express the pulse of new york city.

Good website for more information
https://pollocksthebollocks.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/mark-tobey/

Lee Krasner Wife of Jackson Pollock

Here are some of her works. Lee Krasner liked to use college, oils and paints.

This peice is untitled 1953

This is called The Civet 1962

Willem De Kooning 1904-1997

De Kooning is an american abstract expressionist who is a sculptor swell as a painter. He paints figurative abstracts.

This is titled Two Women 1951

This is titled Woman v 1952-53

This sculpture is titled Clamdigger 1972

Robert Motherwell 1915-1991

This is titled 'Elegy to the Spanish Republic'

This painting is titled 'Africa 1'

Barnett Newman 1905-1970

He is an american artist and his work consisted of colours and lines to seperate them he liked to call them zips. zips either join or separate the compassion.