Attributed to Jackson Pollock, no coa, private collection, medium: oil, measurements: 55"WX44"H framed, good condition Biography:Paul Jackson Pollock 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. Paul Jackson Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming, in 1912,the youngest of five brothers. His parents, Stella May (née McClure) and LeRoy Pollock, were born and grew up in Tingley, Iowa, and were educated at Tingley High School. Pollock's mother is interred at Tingley Cemetery, Ringgold County, Iowa. His father had been born with the surname McCoy, but took the surname of his adoptive parents, neighbors who adopted him after his own parents had died within a year of each other. Stella and LeRoy Pollock were Presbyterian; they were of Irish and Scots-Irish descent, respectively. LeRoy Pollock was a farmer and later a land surveyor for the government, moving for different jobs.Stella, proud of her family's heritage as weavers, made and sold dresses as a teenager.In November 1912, Stella took her sons to San Diego; Jackson was just 10 months old and would never return to Cody.He subsequently grew up in Arizona and Chico, California.