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  • PLACE OF DEATH: Springs, New York
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Jackson Pollock was an American painter and a leading artist in the Abstract Expressionism movement. He is infamous for his "drip" technique.

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Jackson Pollock was an American painter and a leading artists of Abstract Expressionism. He is famous for his technique of dripping and pouring paint on his canvases. He was married to artists Lee Krasner and known for his extreme alcoholism. After his death in a car accident, several large retrospective exhibits were made of his work, including at MoMA in New York City and The Tate in London.

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