Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
Paul Jackson Pollock was an American painter and a major attribute to in the abstract expressionist
movement. His field involved only painting with the movement of abstract expressionism. Jackson got his training from the Art Students League of New York. His patron was Peggy Guggenheim; with Pollock's influences were Thomas Hart Benton, and Pablo Picasso. Two of his most famous pieces were No.5, and Number 1 (both resemble his movement strongly). Pollock struggled with alcoholism his entire life, and ended up dieing at the age of 44 in an alcohol-related single car crash in December of 1956. 
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