in Jürgen Claus: Theorien zeitgenössischer Malerei in Selbstzeugnissen. Rowohlt 1963. S. 63, auch in Kammerlohr, "Epochen der Kunst", Band 5; Oldenbourg Verlag 1995
Original englisch: "When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a sort of 'get acquainted' period that I see what I have been about." - My Painting, in: Possibilities I, 1947-48, "Problems of Contemporary Art" v. 4, Georg Wittenborn Inc. New York. Zitiert in Ellen H. Johnson: American artists on art from 1940 to 1980, 1982. p. 4,
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Jackson Pollock
Geburtstag: 28. Januar 1912
Todesdatum: 11. August 1956
Paul Jackson Pollock war ein US-amerikanischer Maler des abstrakten Expressionismus der New York School.
Pollock wurde bekannt mit der von ihm begründeten Stilrichtung des Action Painting. Seine im Drip-Painting-Verfahren angefertigten großformatigen Werke brachten ihm bereits zu Lebzeiten den Spitznamen „Jack the Dripper“ ein.
Pollock war mit der Malerin Lee Krasner verheiratet, mit der er eine Ateliergemeinschaft hatte.
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in Bernhard Kerber: Amerikanische Kunst seit 1945 - ihre theoretischen Grundlagen. Reclam Stuttgart 1971. S. 88
Original englisch: "A while ago a critic wrote that my paintings have no beginning and no end. He didn't mean it as a compliment, but it was. It was a fine compliment." - Berton Roueché: Unframed Space. NEW YORKER 5. August 1950; zitiert nach Pepe Karmel, Kirk Vamedoe: Jackson Pollock - Interviews, Articles and Reviews. Museum of Modern Art New York 1999. p. 278
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In an interview (1956); published in Conversations with Artists, by Seldon Rodman, New York, Capricorn Books, 1961, pp. 84-85
1950's
In his application for a grant given by the Guggenheim Foundation 1944; as quoted in Abstract expressionism, Barbara Hess, Taschen Köln, 2006, p. 9
1940's
Quote in Pollock's letter, Los Angeles 22 October, 1929 to Charles and Frank in New York; published in: Jackson Pollock (2011) American Letters: 1927-1947. p. 16
1925 - 1940
In 'Possibilities', Vol. 1, no 1, winter 1947-48, p. 79; as quoted in Jackson Pollock (1983) by Elizabeth Frank, p. 68
1940's
Quelle: 1950's, Interview by William Wright, Summer 1950, pp. 142-143
Quelle: 1950's, Interview by William Wright, Summer 1950, p. 144
Quote around 1948-'49; as cited in Abstract Expressionism (1990), David Anfam, p. 121
Pollock wrote this text on the back of a photo of himself taken in his own studio.
1940's
As quoted in Francis V. O'Connor (1967) Jackson Pollock, p. 79
in posthumous publications
Quote of Pollock, from Twentieth-century American painting, Gail Levin, The Thyssen-Bornemisza collection. London, 1987, p. 267
1940's, Art and Architecture (1944)
Quelle: 1950's, Interview by William Wright, Summer 1950, pp. 139-140
In an interview (1956); published in Conversations with Artists, by Seldon Rodman, New York, Capricorn Books, 1961, pp. 84-85
1950's
1947, on his painting 'She wolf'
As quoted in Abstract Expressionism, David Anfam, Thames and Hudson Ltd London, 1990, p. 87
1940's
Quote from Pollock's letter to Alfonso A. Ossorio and Edward Dragon (1951); as quoted in Abstract Expressionism (1990) by David Anfam, p. 175
1950's
As quoted in Abstract Expressionism: Creators and Critics, ed. Clifford Ross, Abrahams Publishers, New York, 1990, p. 138
1940's, Art and Architecture (1944)