In the early 1950s, Jackson Pollock became the “darling” of the art scene in New York with his Abstract Expressionism paintings.  Some called him ‘Jack the Dripper’ because of his laying canvases on the floor and  dripping paint onto them straight from the can or with a stick or trowel.  He created labyrinthine images that he described as ‘energy and motion made visible’.  However, his paintings were far from being paint being spattered, splashed, and dripped onto canvases haphazardly, they were disciplined, showing a sense of harmony and rhythm.

The term Abstract Expressionism had been used during the 1920s, but it mostly refers to the art movement in 1940s and 1950s in America.  There were many artist that made there mark in the movement.  Artists, such as; Willem de Kooning; Arshile Gorky; William Baziotes; Adolph Gotlieb; Phillip Guston; Mark Rothco and more, and, of course, Jackson Pollock.

The picture posted below is that of Pollock’s painting, Blue Poles.  Originally, the painting had been given the name, Number 11, 1952.  Pollock seldom gave his paintings titles and simply numbered them.  The painting was given the title Blue Polesin the exhibition at the Sidney Janis Gallery in 1954.  The title came from Pollock himself.