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Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) not only put American art on the map with his famous "drip paintings," he also served as an inspiration for the character of Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire -the role that made Marlon Brando famous. Like Brando, Pollock became an icon of rebellion in 1950s America, and the brooding, defiant persona captured in photographs of the artist contributed to his celebrity almost as much as his notorious paintings did. In the years since his death in a drunken car crash, Pollock's hold on the public imagination has only increased. He has become an enduring symbol of the tormented artist-our American van Gogh. In this highly engaging book, Evelyn Toynton examines Pollock's itinerant and poverty-stricken childhood in the West, his encounters with contemporary art in Depression-era New York, and his years in the run-down Long Island fishing village that, ironically, was transformed into a fashionable resort by his presence. Placing the artist in the context of his time, Toynton also illuminates the fierce controversies that swirled around his work and that continue to do so. Pollock's paintings captured the sense of freedom and infinite possibility unique to the American experience, and his life was both an American rags-to-riches story and a darker tale of the price paid for celebrity, American style.

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  • ""Am Anfang die weiße Leinwand, leer, dann ein vorsichtigerBeginn, die Farbe ergießt sich aus dem Topf auf die weiße Fläche ..."--Hans NamuthJackson Pollock wird 1912 in einem kleinen Dorf in Wyominggeboren. Er verkörpert alle sich um das entstehende Amerikarankenden Mythen, das sich mit der Realität des ausgehenden 19.und des beginnenden 20. Jahrhunderts, dessen Modernität alleBezugspunkte zerstört, konfrontiert. Wie in einem Roman erobert Pollock New York und hat, dank desFederal Art Projekt, schnell Erfolg und einen guten Ruf. Nach demZweiten Weltkrieg wird er zum ersten großen Star deramerikani."
  • "Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) not only put American art on the map with his famous "drip paintings," he also served as an inspiration for the character of Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire--the role that made Marlon Brando famous. Like Brando, Pollock became an icon of rebellion in 1950s America, and the brooding, defiant persona captured in photographs of the artist contributed to his celebrity almost as much as his notorious paintings did. In the years since his death in a drunken car crash, Pollock's hold on the public imagination has only increased. He has become an enduring symbol of the tormented artist--our American van Gogh. In this highly engaging book, Evelyn Toynton examines Pollock's itinerant and poverty-stricken childhood in the West, his encounters with contemporary art in Depression-era New York, and his years in the run-down Long Island fishing village that, ironically, was transformed into a fashionable resort by his presence. Placing the artist in the context of his time, Toynton also illuminates the fierce controversies that swirled around his work and that continue to do so. Pollock's paintings captured the sense of freedom and infinite possibility unique to the American experience, and his life was both an American rags-to-riches story and a darker tale of the price paid for celebrity, American style. -- Publisher description."
  • "Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) not only put American art on the map with his famous "drip paintings," he also served as an inspiration for the character of Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire -the role that made Marlon Brando famous. Like Brando, Pollock became an icon of rebellion in 1950s America, and the brooding, defiant persona captured in photographs of the artist contributed to his celebrity almost as much as his notorious paintings did. In the years since his death in a drunken car crash, Pollock's hold on the public imagination has only increased. He has become an enduring symbol of the tormented artist-our American van Gogh. In this highly engaging book, Evelyn Toynton examines Pollock's itinerant and poverty-stricken childhood in the West, his encounters with contemporary art in Depression-era New York, and his years in the run-down Long Island fishing village that, ironically, was transformed into a fashionable resort by his presence. Placing the artist in the context of his time, Toynton also illuminates the fierce controversies that swirled around his work and that continue to do so. Pollock's paintings captured the sense of freedom and infinite possibility unique to the American experience, and his life was both an American rags-to-riches story and a darker tale of the price paid for celebrity, American style."@en
  • "Au commencement, la toile blanche, vide ; puis ledépart hésitant, puis la coulée de la peinture, du pot à lablancheur de la surface ... -- Hans Namuth. Né en 1912, dans une petite ville du Wyoming, JacksonPollock incarne tous les mythes d'une Amérique en devenir, confrontée aux réalités d'un XIXe siècle qui s'éteint et d'unnouveau siècle qui s'installe dans un modernismedéstructurant les repères humains.Comme dans les romans, Pollock part à la conquête deNew York et rapidement, grâce au Federal Act Project, ilacquiert le succès, la renommée, et deviendra après la SecondeGuerre mondiale, la premi."
  • "Beschrijving van leven en werk van de Amerikaanse schilder (1912-1956)."

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  • "Biography"
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  • "Electronic books"
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"
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  • "Livre électronique (Descripteur de forme)"
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme)"

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  • "Jackson Pollock"
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  • "Pollock"
  • "Jackson Pollock : a biography"

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