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For "Catcher in the Rye" we had to research a rebellious painter of the 1950's and compare him to Holden from the book. Here is my profile.

Artist: Jackson Pollock

Biography: Jackson Pollock was the first American abstract painter to be taken seriously in Europe. He was born in Cody, Wyoming, but was raised in Arizona and California. Used a pour/ drip technique in his art. His work and examples had enormous influence on them and on many subsequent art movements in the United States. He is also one of the first American painters to be recognized during his lifetime and after as a peer of 20th-century European masters of Modern Art. He also went to Manual Arts High School. In 1951, Pollock underwent a change in his work. He gave up the use of color and instead created a series of black paintings on unprimed canvases. For the next five years after, he continued to struggle with his drinking and his art continued to undergo changes and he returned to using colors. In his last year, he did not paint at all. In 1930, Pollock moved east and enrolled in Benton’s class. He studied Old Master paintings and mural paintings. He also posed for his teacher’s 1930 murals at the New School for Social Research.

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