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Rolling Hills

Artist Jackson Pollock (American, 1912 - 1956)
Date1934
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 13 1/16 × 21 1/8 × 7/8 inches (33.18 × 53.66 × 2.22 cm)
Framed: 18 9/16 × 26 11/16 × 1 15/16 inches (47.15 × 67.79 × 4.92 cm)
Credit LineGift of Rita P. Benton
Object numberF74-10/1
Signedl.l.: "Jackson Pollock"
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DescriptionRolling hills in browns and yellow, with scattered green brush strokes. Red building at bottom edge, right of center; three buildings nestled in hills in center, middleground; body of water in the background. Grayish purple sky covers upper half of canvas. Bush of green and white brush strokes in foreground at bottom left corner.Gallery Label
These dynamic, undulating landscapes seem quite different from the poured and dripped paintings that made Jackson Pollock famous. Instead, they resemble the work of Thomas Hart Benton. Benton was Pollock’s teacher at the Art Students League in New York City in the early 1930s. He gave Pollock his first formal training in painting and was influential in Pollock’s personal and professional life for the next decade. Pollock later developed his own unique approach to painting. The expression of rhythmic motion in these landscapes, however, suggests a connection between his early training and the energetic style of his later work.
Copyright© Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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