Jackson Pollock

Intriguing artists: 8 interesting facts

Art History is a tricky subject, Artsper reveals a few interesting facts on major artists. Jackson Pollock worked as a janitor in a primary school with his brother. Pablo Picasso was one of the suspects in the stealing of the Mona Lisa in 1911. He was arrested by the police and interrogated to be finally released. Madrid’s school of art…

13/02/2015

A Short Guide to Abstract Expressionism

The start of World War II in 1939 pushed many European artists into exile in the US. The surrealists came to New York bringing with them their expressive freedom, their pictorial identity and their theory of automatism. Future abstract expressionists such as Pollock and Rothko discovered their works at the MoMA. The New York School arose from the meeting of…

12/04/2014

1960: Minimalism or the Renewal of Modern Art

Minimalism. You might have heard about it several times without really knowing what it meant. We're here to explain the movement that radically changed 20th century art.

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