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    Sydney Pollack

    American film director, producer and actor

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  1. Paul Jackson Pollock (/ ˈpɒlək /; January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an American painter. A major figure in the abstract expressionist movement, Pollock was widely noticed for his " drip technique " of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface, enabling him to view and paint his canvases from all angles.

  2. Oct 4, 2002 · Representing key moments in the artist’s career, the exhibition will trace the evolution of Pollock’s style from the early figurative work of the 1930s to the abstract ‘drip’ paintings of the 50s, leading to a fuller understanding of the genesis of Blue Poles.

  3. Mar 19, 2020 · The last monumental abstract painting by American artist Jackson Pollock, Blue poles became part of Australia’s emerging national art collection in 1973 amid much controversy. Painted four years before the artist’s death in 1956, the purchase price of US$2 million (then equivalent to A$1.3 million) set a new record for Pollock and was, at ...

  4. Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Pollack is known for directing commercially and critically acclaimed studio films.

  5. Jackson Pollock’s monumental painting Blue poles is recognised today as an Abstract Expressionist masterpiece. The work is a prime example of his unique approach to action painting. He started Blue poles in 1952 by working on the floor of his studio, a converted barn on Long Island in the United States of America.

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  6. Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) The Met acquired this monumental "drip" painting by Pollock in 1957, the year following the artist’s unexpected death—a sign of how quickly his reinvention of painting was accepted into the canon of modern art.

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  8. Blue Poles, originally titled Number 11, 1952, is an abstract expressionist painting and one of the most famous works by Jackson Pollock. It was purchased amid controversy by the National Gallery of Australia in 1973 and today remains one of the gallery's major holdings.

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