Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) is an American icon. Creator of rhythmic and energetic "action painting," he is internationally hailed as a leading figure in Abstract Expressionism. Born in Wyoming and ...

“Jackson Pollock: The Early Years” is currently on display at the Picasso Museum in Paris. Featuring about 100 artworks, the show focuses on the period between 1938 (when Pollock started ...

When most people think of the artist Jackson Pollock, what comes to mind are his gestural, abstract drip paintings, which are almost synonymous with the male-dominated postwar New York art scene.

Some Abstract Expressionists (Arshile Gorky, Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Jackson Pollock) were Action Painters ... 001.html for Frank Stella’s biography and Interview Excerpts.

With a growling vocal delivery and a dynamic stage presence, Wanda Jackson took the West Coast by storm in the mid-1950s. Dressed in her trademark “shimmy” dresses, she belted out hard-driving ...

And questions of biography arise: does the handwriting confirm assumptions ... letter to Charles Henry Alston Archives of American Art Lee Krasner letter to Jackson Pollock Archives of American Art ...

For one song, Mr. Creel sang about feeling unmoored — “I wanna be an actor, a doctor, an architect / Or start a sect or new ...

The German artist Hannah Höch (1889-1978) was one of the pioneers of photomontage, the practice of cutting and pasting together photographs and printed materials from newspapers, fashion magazines and ...

What happened on November 7 in world history? Here are 4 events worth remembering: See them above in our 57-second video, and below for more details! The reported deaths of Butch Cassidy and the ...

SYMPTOMS of bowel cancer can be both subtle or embarrassing to discuss with a GP, as they can affect your bowel habits. But ...

The talk of Art Basel Paris’s third edition has no doubt been the Grand Palais, the architectural gem custom-built 124 years ago for the Universal Exposition of 1900. At the outbreak of World War II, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Voters made a historic choice Tuesday night with the election of Melesa Johnson as Jackson County ...