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A 3 page research paper that discusses the lives and art of Jackson Pollock and Robert Bateman. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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expressionism, which rejects the traditional paradigms that have governed composition. Bateman, a Canadian, while he moved through both cubism and impressionism, is best known for his realistic depictions of nature.
Pollock studied at the Art Students League in New York under Thomas Hart Benton, a Regionalist painter, in 1929 (Pioch). Throughout the 1930s, his art followed genre, but was
also influenced by Mexican muralists Orozco and Rivera, as well as by certain features of Surrealism (Pioch). By the mid-1940s, Pollock had embraced abstract art and his own unique style
had emerged by 1947 (Pioch). This style involved placing his canvases on the floor, which allowed Pollock to either drip or pour paint from a can and then manipulate it
using various implements, rather than create his compositions using brushes (Pioch). Sometimes, Pollock would add artifacts to his compositions, such as broken glass or sand, which was a technique common
to Surrealism and understood as a strategy that allowed the artist to express unconscious moods (Pioch). Pollock is responsible for introducing the "All-over style" of painting, which is a
technique that eschews having "any points of emphasis or identifiable parts within the whole canvas" (Pioch). In other words, this style of composition completely rejects traditional concepts of composition and
framing, as the painting bears no relationship to the size or shape of the canvas (Pioch). While he was initially ridiculed by the general public-Time magazine referred to him as
"Jack the Dripper" in 1956-by the 1960s, Pollock was universally acknowledged as an important figure in the art world (Pioch). While Bateman toyed with other forms of artistic expression,
he moved back to realism while in his early thirties as the most suitable way to express his deep love of nature and the "particularity of the planet" ("Biography"). Throughout
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