Jackson Pollock

Splashed Paint
and Wasn't Sorry

Phaidon Press
(pub. 6.15.2019) 
48 pages

A True Tale with

A Cherry On Top   

A uthor and illustrator:  Fausto Gilberti

 
C haracter: Jackson Pollock

O verview: 
     "Jackson Pollock was unlike any other painter. When he painted, he moved. He dripped, splashed, and poured paint over canvases that were rolled out across the floor. And he wasn't sorry!
      An inspiring story about one of the most important contemporary artists who ever lived."

T antalizing taste: 
     "Jackson actually painted by walking around a huge canvas that was spread out on the floor.
     Sometimes he painted in drips.
     Sometimes he painted by whirling his arms around.
     He splashed paint using brushes, sticks, and spoons, or poured it straight out of a can!
     Jackson was careful with his drips and splashes, making sure the paint landed exactly where he wanted.
     He painted with the energy and grace of a dancer.
     He painted with rhythm and order, concentrating on every movement, until the very last drop of paint fell on the canvas."

And something more: The back flap includes an interesting early story about Jackson Pollock: "New York City... he met his future wife, Lee Krasner, who was also an artist. He also met Peggy Guggenheim, ... art collector, who asked him to paint her a mural. Pollock was so excited that he took down a wall in his house to bring a 20-foot mural inside to paint. Peggy loved his mural and invited him to have an exhibition at her gallery."
     Fausto Gilberti, the author and illustrator, wrote that he "splashed lots of ink and paint while illustrating this book, and he certainly wasn't sorry."