Jackson Pollock
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Paul Jackson Pollock was an American painter. A major figure in the abstract expressionist movement, he was widely noticed for his "drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto
Pollock's passport picture (1955)
Pollock in 1928
Signature of Jackson Pollock on Pasiphaë (1943; Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Pollock's studio in Springs, New York
Ruth Kligman
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Ruth Kligman was an American abstract artist.
Jackson Pollock
…paintings. Pollock and Krasner's relationship began to crumble by 1956, owing to Pollock's continuing alcoholism and infidelity involving another artist, Ruth Kligman. On August 11, 1956, at 10:15 p.m., Pollock died in a single-car crash in his Oldsmobile convertible while driving under the influence of alcohol. At…
Ruth Kligman by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1972