A singular technique
If something characterized the work of Pollock, made up of more than 400 paintings, it was how he made it. His method consisted of dripping or dripping, in which he was a precursor and that became one of the particularities of Action Painting-one of the modalities of abstract expressionism. To execute it, the canvas was put on the floor, and there, without a brush, the paint was allowed to drip. Even Pollock rose in height, stepped on the work and threw himself on top of her. To this was added the All Over, or total surface coverage. However, his way of working entails criticism in various sectors because he considers that what he did could not be called art by resorting to this form of action far from the traditional easel.
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The supports
As several of the most talented painters in history, for Pollock the support he had to develop and boost his career was transcendental. From having been under the tutelage of the painter Thomas Hart Benton in Art Students League of New York to the good comments of critics such as Clement Greenberg or Harold Rosenberg, they made their work soon recognized. However, one of the most important figures for this work was that of Peggy Guggenheim, an art collector considered its promoter to include it in an exhibition in 1943 in its art gallery. After the success that that supposed, Guggenheim even lent Money to Pollock to buy his home in Springs, where he perfected his Action Painting technique.
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