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  • No.5 and Jackson Pollock’s Groundbreaking Style and Technique
    Art History • Artworks under the lens
    No.5 and Jackson Pollock’s Groundbreaking Style and Technique

    Jackson Pollock’s No.5 exemplifies his iconic action paintings and “drip technique” that he developed at the end of the 1940’s and for which he is famous. In this article, Singulart analyses this key Abstract Expressionist work and takes a closer look at one of America’s most renowned painters. Who was Jackson Pollock ? Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) was an American painter…