American painter, the commanding figure of the Abstract Expressionist movement.He began to study painting in 1929 at the Art Students' League, New York. During the 1930s he worked in the manner of the Regionalists by certain aspects of Surrealism . By the mid 1940s he was painting in a completely abstract manner, and the `drip and splash' style for which he is best known emerged with some abruptness in 1947 . The design of his painting had no relation to the shape or size of the canvas -- indeed in the finished work the canvas was sometimes docked or trimmed to suit the image.
No comments:
Post a Comment