Dear Sophie -
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM was all about the power of the gesture. No one personified this more that JACKSON POLLACK and his drip paintings.
Pollack lived and worked in East hampton New York, was a friend of De Kooning and was married to the artist LEE KRASNER. He laid out his raw canvas on the floor and used sticks, house paints and his whole body for his "Action Painting". Alcohol ended his tumultuous life.
With love,
Mom