MEASUREMENTS:37"HX49"W FRAMED, MINT CONDITION/FRAME HAS DAMAGE/"in the style of"Paul Jackson Pollock was an American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was widely noticed forMEASUREMENTS:37"HX49"W FRAMED, MINT CONDITION/FRAME HAS DAMAGE/"in the style of"Paul Jackson Pollock was an American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He 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.At the peak of his fame, Pollock abruptly abandoned the drip style.Pollock's drip paintings were influenced by the artist Janet Sobel; the art critic Clement Greenberg would later report that Pollock "admitted" to him that Sobel's work "had made an impression on him."/Private collection, no documentation. Pollock's work after 1951 was darker in color, including a collection painted in black on unprimed canvases. These paintings have been referred to as his "Black pourings" and when he exhibited them at the Betty Parsons Gallery in New York, none of them sold. Parsons later sold one to a friend at half the price. These works show Pollock attempting to find a balance between abstraction and depictions of the figure.He later returned to using color and continued with figurative elements.During this period, Pollock had moved to the Sidney Janis Gallery, a more commercial gallery; the demand for his work from collectors was great. In response to this pressure, along with personal frustration, his alcoholism deepened./Private collection, no documentation.