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The dominant figure that steered the course of the Abstract Expressionist movement was the infamous painter Jackson Pollock. He was born Paul Jackson Pollock in Cody, Wyoming on January 28, 1912. He was the fifth and youngest son and grew up in Arizona and California after his family left him when he was a little over one year old. Pollock's artistic journey began at the Manual Arts School in Los Angeles, California where he joined two of his brothers. From there, he went on to New York to attend the Art Students' League after being convinced by one of his brothers whom also attended the school.
Before moving into his own innovative style, Pollock would have to learn the formal rules of art, as every accomplished artist does. Without knowing the formal rules of art, one could claim that the artist is unaware of what art really is. Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton, from the Art Students' League in New York, was Jackson Pollock's first major influence in his early......

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