49.+Jackson+Pollock+(1912-1956)

==== **Jackson Pollock was born January 28, 1912 in ****Cody, Wyoming. ****He was the youngest of five sons. ****He became an alcoholic, and is know to have a volatile personalityHe married Lee Krasner, a artist. In the year 1956 he died at age 44. **====

**He studied under Thomas Hart Benton. **
====**The technique that Pollock used was made by him. It was called drip painting. He would pour and drip the paint on the canvas. He used this technique to allow his art to be seen from all directions. **====