- American painter, who was an icon of the abstract expressionist movement.
- Is portrayed by Ed Harris in Pollock (2000).
- Of Clan Pollock.
- The night he had his fatal car accident, his passengers were his lover Ruth Kligman and her friend Edith Metzger. Although Ruth survived, her friend Edith died along with the painter.
- Studied under Thomas Hart Benton at the Arts Students League in New York.
- Best known for the paintings he created during the "drip period" between 1947 and 1950.
- Is buried next to his wife Lee Krasner in Green River Cemetery in Springs, New York.
- His "No. 5, 1948" became the world's most expensive painting, when it was auctioned to an undisclosed bidder for $140 million (November 2006).
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