A clever and charming portrait of the painter Jackson Pollock and the first book in a series of biographies of contemporary artists told to children. Jackson Pollock was a very different artist; instead of sitting down and painting with a brush, he poured paint over canvases which were rolled out on the floor. Here he sprayed the paint and moved so that the paint flowed over the canvas.
Jackson Pollock's story is told with wit and eccentricity and is accompanied by illustrations of black lines and splashes of paint.
The book is written by the Italian painter and illustrator Fausto Gilberti, who has participated in more than a hundred solo and group exhibitions around the world.
His goal in writing this biographical book was to make modern art accessible and enjoyable to his own children and can now be enjoyed by many more.
The book contains 40 illustrations and is a fresh and whimsical biography aimed at children and families with children and schools interested in art.
Pages: 48
Publisher: Phaidon
Format: Hardback
Language: English