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Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"On the night of August 11, 1956, Jackson Pollock crashed his car into a tree, killing himself. Pollock, the world-renowned abstract painter and notorious alcoholic, also killed his 24-year old passenger Edith Metzger in the crash...or did he? Metzger's autopsy reveals that she was already dead before the crash. In this reimagining of that shocking night, this disclosure draws vacationing Detective Juanita Diaz and her husband, Captain Brian Fitzgerald...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Profiles the intense personal and creative relationship between the abstract expressionist and the figurative Americana artist, describing how their initial relationship as student and teacher was compromised by Pollock's love for Benton's wife, in an account that also cites the inspiration for Pollock's famed drip compositions in Benton's mentorship.
Author
Series
Publisher
Laurence King Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"In 1956, Time magazine referred to Pollock as 'Jack the Dripper'. His iconic paintings stretch out with the generosity and scale of America's Western landscape where the artist grew up. Pollock said that he painted 'out of his conscious': the cathartic dribbled paint reflected his troubled mind. This book traces Pollock's career and discusses how his loose, individual style was used as a political weapon in the Cold War, representing America as the...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Picasso & Matisse. Manet & Degas. Pollack & de Kooning. Lucian Freud & Francis Bacon. This is the story of four pairs of artists-- each linked by friendship and a spirit of competitiveness. Taken together, they form an impressive lineage stretching across more than 150 years. But in each case, these relationships had a flashpoint, a damaging psychological event that seemed to mark both an end and a new beginning, a break that led onto new creative...
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