1. Artists of the WPA & Their Styles By: Timothy Vermette

2. Parallelism to the Murals in Coburn 205

3. Arshile Gorky Born Vostanig Manoog Adoyan near Turkey around 1904 (actual date is debated) Important artist in shaping the abstract expressionism movement Survivor of the Armenian Genocide Self-taught artist before enrolling in New School of Design in Boston Moved to New York and enrolled at the National Academy of Design and Grand Central School of Art Died in 1948

4. Gorky’s Art Style Used his personal trauma of the Armenian Genocide to create beautiful pieces of art Combined elements of surrealism with expressionism The Artist and His Mother, 1926-1936 The Liver is the Cock’s Comb, 1944

5. Jackson Pollock Born in Wyoming in 1912 Attended Manual Arts High School in LA Studied under Thomas Hart Benson in NY Driven by alcoholism Died in 1956

6. Pollock’s Art Style Primarily focused on nature, focusing on previous areas of his life before turning to Surrealism and Cubism later on Was mostly known for abstracts, as well as art sparked by his therapy sessions Going West, 1935 Mural, 1943

7. Sources www.theartstory.org www.wikipedia.org www.wikiart.org www.museum.state.il.us www.discussions.mnhs.org www.flickr.com www.nytimes.com www.biography.com www.wpamurals.com