Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) was the founder of the Abstract Expressionist Movement in art. This was the first truly American artform and its development had worldwide repercussions. Whereas up to the ...

The Abstract Expressionist is best known for his action paintings, which emphasized the movements of the artist's body during ...

Abstract expressionist’s Number 7A, 1948, becomes the fourth most expensive work ever sold at auction ...

Jackson Pollock's "Untitled" (c.1944-45) is a drypoint and engraving in black on white wove paper. Inscribed "2nd proof 1967" among other things. (all images via Swann) Tomorrow, Swann auction house ...

Some say there were just two rules governing the Club, a group of leading Abstract Expressionists in mid-century New York City. One was technical: Any two founding members could block a new applicant ...

The Abstract Expressionist's Number 7A, 1948 painting is now his most expensive artwork ever sold at auction.

One of the most influential painters of the 20th century and his lesser-known brother are the subjects of a one-of-a-kind exhibition at The Society of the Four Arts. The artwork of Jackson Pollock, ...

Most people have heard of Jackson Pollock. But few are familiar with Janet Sobel, the Ukrainian-born American painter who first pioneered Pollock’s iconic drip-painting technique. The Abstract ...

As a young woman at The Art Students League in Manhattan, Helen Harrison often headed to the nearby Museum of Modern Art at lunchtime, where she'd sit and ponder “One, No. 31, 1950,” the wall-sized ...

Her work influenced Jackson Pollock. So, why isn’t Janet Sobel a household name like him? A new exhibit in Houston aims to remedy that. Houston Matters meets her grandson, who lives here, and learns ...

"[Jackson] Pollock would often begin with some sort of figurative device to which he would then respond—and eventually bury under layers of paint," says Sue Taylor, an art historian at Portland State ...