Definition of Jackson Pollock

1. Noun. United States artist famous for painting with a drip technique; a leader of abstract expressionism in America (1912-1956).

Exact synonyms: Pollock
Generic synonyms: Painter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jackson Pollock

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Jackson Pollock (current term)
Jackson Pollocked
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Literary usage of Jackson Pollock

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Long Island Alive! by Francine Silverman (2002)
"The 1879 farmhouse where Jackson Pollock and his wife, Lee Krasner, ... Yet in his lifetime, Jackson Pollock never earned more than $8000 for his work. ..."

2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"Demuth, supra; Fairchild v. Bascomb, 85 Vt, 388. He thereby represents him as worthy of belief. Thompson v. Blanchard, Varick v. Jackson, Pollock r. ..."

3. Alison and Peter Smithson: From the House of the Future to a House of Today by Dirk van den Heuvel, Max Risselada, Beatriz Colomina (2004)
"... and Jackson Pollock, among others. The images were hung, with little explanation, in the front room ofthe ICA, where thes' filled the entire space, ..."

4. Useful Knowledge: The American Philosophical Society Millennium Program by Alexander G. Bearn, American Philosophical Society (1999)
"... a series of eighteen lectures and is generally acknowledged to describe the aims of Modernism as they were realized in the work of Jackson Pollock (Fig. ..."

5. The Story of the Forty-eighth: A Record of the Campaigns of the Forty-eighth by Joseph Gould (1908)
"Loeser, Jr.; Bohannan, Fisher, James, Williams, Jackson, Pollock, A. Bowen, Schuck, Douty and Stitzer), for their gallantry during the entire engagement. ..."

6. De Stijl Continued: The Journal Structure (1958-1964) an Artists' Debate by Jonneke Jobse (2005)
"55 The occasion was the exhibition Opposing Forces mounted early that year in the ICA, where the work of Jackson Pollock, Sam Francis and Georges Mathieu ..."

7. Mexico's Pacific Coast by Vivien Lougheed (2004)
"Orozco was influenced by Rivera and, in turn, influenced painters such as Jackson Pollock, Rupert Garcia and Leonard Baskin. ..."

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