Alchemy by Jackson Pollock | Most-Famous-Paintings.com

English Deutsch Español

Français Português Italiano

+1 (707) 877 4321

+33 970-444-077

5% off on all cart items, sitewide! Valid today:28/03/2024

FREE Shipping. FREE Returns All the time. See details.


"Alchemy"

Jackson Pollock - Enamel - 114 x 195 cm


famous painting Alchemy of Jackson Pollock
Today, “Alchemy” rests in the Guggenheim Museum of New York City. This is one of Pollock’s earliest poured paintings where he used sand, pebbles, broken wood sticks and fibers. He used his famous technique, also referred to as ‘drip painting’, for the first time. He would lay the painting on the floor and walk around the paintings dripping wet paint on the canvas with a brush. It was kept in Penny Guggenheim’s house in Venice where it gathered dust and pollutants. In Florence, the Opificio delle Pietre Dure carried out a restored of this painting. Many critics reported that a nineteen-colour palette was discovered, meaning many new details could be gathered post-restoration. Critics would further add that Pollock’s paintings levy credibility to the art of improvisation where no line would simply denote a recognizable shape or form. Pollock’s ‘Alchemy’, from afar, creates an engulfing atmosphere. His lines would somehow chart the artist’s physical motion. The painting was titled “Alchemy” not by Pollock but by his neighbours, Ralph Manheim and his wife.
This artwork may be protected by copyright. It is posted on the site in accordance with fair use principles
Reproductions or prints are not available for this artwork We use here Copyright term based on authors' deaths according to Copyright Law, (70 years).  Artworks protected by copyright are supposed to be used only for contemplation. Images of that type of artworks are prohibited for copying, printing, or any kind of reproducing and communicating to public since these activities may be considered copyright infringement. More…