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| Jackson Pollock
(1912 - 1956)
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| 1912 |
Born 28 January, in Cody, Wyoming |
| 1928 |
Studies painting at the Manual Arts High School, Los Angeles |
| 1929 |
Studies at the Art Students' League under Hart Benton |
| 1934 |
Settles in New York |
| 1935 |
Works for the Federal Art Project (which becomes the WPA)until 1942 |
| 1936 |
Works in David Alfaro Siqueiros’s experimental workshop in New York |
| 1941 |
Is classified 4-F--unfit for service on psychological grounds |
| 1943 |
First solo show is held at Peggy Guggenheim’s Art of This Century gallery. She offers him a one-year contract (at $150 a month as an advance against sales), which allows him to paint full-time.
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| 1944 |
Marries Lee Krasner |
| 1947 |
Begins using 'drip' technique |
| 1956 |
Dies 11 August in an auto accident |
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