Jackson Pollock: “Action Jackson” - MCE PTA

Pollock’s art teacher in New York, Thomas Hart Benton, inspired some of Pollock’s early paintings. Benton liked painting western themes. On the left is a painting by Pollock’s teacher. On the right is a painting by Jackson Pollock. How are these two paintings similar? How are they different? Arts of the West, Benton, 1932 ................
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