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In the early 1950s, Jackson Pollock became the “darling” of the art scene in New York with his Abstract Expressionism paintings. Some called him Jack the Dribbler because of laying canvases on the floor and dripping paint onto them straight … Continue reading

Wassily Kandinsky was a brilliant, well educated student of life. In 1896, at the age of 30, he was pursuing a promising career as a law and economics instructor. Fortunately for the world of art and all future artist he … Continue reading

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In the 1930s Thomas Hart Benton allied himself with the Regionalist movement and was very vocal in attacking the French abstract styles.  Because of this, the opinion of most people think of him as a foe of the modernist painting.  … Continue reading

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