Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock was an American painter known for his works as a Abstract Expressionist artist. He was very much known for his unique style of drip painting. At the age of 44, Pollock died in an alcohol-related single-car accident when he was driving while his lover, Ruth Kilgman survived. The painting above, Red, Black & Silver (1956), was his last known work before his death but it created much controversy. The painting did not show the tighter drips and all-over chaos that usually represented his work, it is composed of loose drips of red and a black blotch. The authenticity has been declined by the Pollock-Krasner Authentication Board, but forensic evidence has been found that can support its authentication as they found Pollock’s hair and bits of sand from his local beach, as well as polar bear hair believed to be from Pollock’s polar bear rug.