A painting style and method calling for vigorous physical activity, specifically associated with the New York School of Abstract Expressionism. Jackson Pollock often used the technique, which describes an application of paint with fast, forceful, and impulsive (unplanned) motions. Process dictated the subject matter. The term was coined by the art critic Harold Rosenberg in [...]
A painting style and method calling for vigorous physical activity, specifically associated with the New York School of Abstract Expressionism. Jackson Pollock often used the technique, which describes an application of paint with fast, forceful, and impulsive (unplanned) motions. Process dictated the subject matter. The term was coined by the art critic Harold Rosenberg in the early 1950s.
