Pleasantly saw an early Jackson Pollock in DC (Not an Abstract)
During my wanderings in the Museum, I found some great pieces, pieces that do not reflect the "image" formed by the media in our minds. For example, I found some Picasso works which are not cubism as we usually know him with. I also found Marc Chagall in MoMA when I thought I need to see some Jewish galleries before I can meet it. I also liked the Klimt piece there when Neue Gallerie was where I thought all Klimt were. I will share them with you in due time and in separate blogs. For this blog, I found a Jackson Pollock at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art in Washington D.C. and I was so pleased to see his creative father figure Thomas Hart Benson and learned about their story. I have seen a biopic of him and this side of his story was not touched. Jackson Pollock has persevered in his quest to being an artist and succeeded in having his "drip" technique accepted in the American art world. He was not a strong figure painter as I would surmise. Bu...