Jackson Pollock

In 1949, Life magazine asked: “Is Jackson Pollock, the greatest American Painter. He is a figure that is polarising among art aficionados. Some see him as a fraud, others as a genius.

In Part One is how, post World War Two, the art scene shifted from Paris to New York. How America was searching for "The Great American painter", and why he is so loved and hated at the same time. We look at just what Abstract Expressionism means, how we can "read it", and we look at the myths surrounding Pollock and modern art itself. We also look at his influences ranging from Mexican sand Painting, to the Regionalist art movement, to Picasso and the modernists.

Source: Great Art Explained