1. Jackson Pollock Abstract Expressionist

2. Born in Cody, Wyoming in 1912 Jackson was one of five children His father was a surveyor and farmer. It was his mother who was interested in the arts

3. Pollock’s early work…….

4. Jackson frequently used sticks and turkey basters instead of traditional paint brushes.

5. Jackson Pollock, Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist)

6. May he rest in peace…. Died. Jackson Pollock, 44, bearded shock trooper of modern painting, who spread his canvases on the floor, dribbled paint, sand and broken glass on them, smeared and scratched them, named them with numbers... at the wheel of his convertible in a side road crack-up near East Hampton, N.Y. --Time Magazine August 20, 1956