Jackson Pollock, “Number 1A” (1948), oil and enamel paint on canvas. Currently on view at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. (photo by Jasmine Weber/Hyperallergic) Schematic view of a small portion ...

American painter Jackson Pollock is remembered for his abstract-expressionist art and “drip technique.” But researchers who studied his work wanted to take a deeper look at the science behind his art.

Not everyone appreciates the artistry of Jackson Pollock’s famous drip paintings, with some dismissing them as something any child could create. While Pollock’s work is undeniably more sophisticated ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- The celebrated painter Jackson Pollock created his most iconic works not with a brush, but by pouring paint onto the canvas from above, weaving sinuous filaments ...