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1912-1956. US painter, a pioneer of Abstract
Expressionism and the foremost exponent of
the technique action painting, a style he
developed around 1946. In the early 1940s
Pollock moved from a vivid Expressionist
style, influenced by Mexican muralists such
as Siqueiros and by Surrealism, towards a
semi-abstract style. The paintings of this
period are colourful and vigorous, using
jumbled signs or symbols like enigmatic
graffiti. He moved on to the more violently
expressive abstract style, placing large
canvases on the studio floor and dripping or
hurling his paint on them. He was soon
recognized as the leading Abstract
Expressionist and continued to develop his
style, producing even larger canvases in the
1950s.