Janet Sobel
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Janet Sobel, born Jennie Olechovsky, was a Ukrainian-born American Abstract Expressionist painter who pioneered the drip painting technique; her work directly influenced Jackson Pollock. She was credi
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Drip painting
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Drip painting is a form of art, often abstract art, in which paint is dripped or poured on to the canvas. This style of action painting was experimented with in the first half of the twentieth century
Janet Sobel
…31, 1893 – November 11, 1968), born Jennie Olechovsky (occ. Lechovsky), was a Ukrainian-born American Abstract Expressionist painter who pioneered the drip painting technique; her work directly influenced Jackson Pollock. She was credited as exhibiting the first instance of all-over painting seen by Clement Greenberg…
An example of drip painting techniques used to create a portrait.
Pollock's studio-floor in Springs, New York, the visual result of being his primary painting surface from 1946 until 1953