Abstract Expressionism holds the distinction of being the first original American art movement to gain worldwide acclaim. Its critical and popular reception following World War II shifted the ...

Pollock's early painting was derived but he overcame symptoms of bipolar disorder and alcoholism to invent abstract expressionism by means of the creative janusian process.

The abstract expressionism pioneered by Jackson Pollock may look random, but they actually reveal a surprisingly deep knowledge of fluid dynamics and the relationship between gravity and viscosity.

Abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock's drip paintings may not be entirely abstract. According to new research from UC San Diego psychiatrist Stephen Stahl and colleagues, Pollock likely suffered ...

Abstract expressionism was the first distinctly American movement in painting to achieve worldwide acceptance, putting New York City at the center of the modern art world in the post-World War II ...

Police investigating an international art smuggling scheme discovered a previously unknown work by famed abstract painter Jackson Pollock in Bulgaria, officials said. Experts estimated the ...

There hasn’t been a major group show of Abstract Expressionism in Europe since 1959 Works by Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline and other artists are being exhibited ...

The audacious paintings of Still's postwar contemporaries—Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Mark Rothko are the consensus champions of the period, though major contributions were also made ...

A new study argues that Jackson Pollock embedded secret images in his paintings, which can be decoded to understand his mental state.

Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) was the founder of the Abstract Expressionist Movement in art. This was the first truly American artform and its development had worldwide repercussions.