
Jackson PollockVerenigde Staten, 1912–1956Mag men het zien?
New York, Verenigde Staten
Het hoort bij de collectie, maar is momenteel niet tentoongesteld.
1952
Harold Rosenberg coins “action painting”
In a 1952 ARTnews article the critic Harold Rosenberg coined the term “action painting”; many assumed he had modelled his “action painter” on Pollock.
from 7 March 1952
First Paris exhibition at Paul Facchetti's
From 7 March 1952 the first exhibition of Pollock's works of 1948–1951 in Paris and in Europe was held at Paul Facchetti's studio, arranged through the mediation of Pollock's close friend Alfonso Ossorio and the art historian Michel Tapié.
9 april 1952 – 27 juli 1952
Exhibition: 15 Americans
1956
Marriage in crisis and an affair with Ruth Kligman
By 1956 the marriage to Lee Krasner had begun to crumble because of Pollock's continuing alcoholism and his infidelity with another artist, Ruth Kligman, who was his lover in the last six months of his life.
11 August 1956
Dies in a car crash
On 11 August 1956 at 10:15 p.m. Pollock, driving his Oldsmobile convertible under the influence of alcohol, died in a single-car crash less than a mile from his home. Passenger Edith Metzger was also killed and Ruth Kligman survived; Lee Krasner was visiting friends in Europe and returned abruptly.
11 augustus 1956
Died