what town was jackson pollock born
By GRACE GLUECK. THE late painter Jackson Pollock (1912â -1956), born in Buffalo Bill's town of Cody, Wyo., has, like that celebrated Western superscout, achieved the stature of mythic American folk hero.
Pollock, Jackson (1912-56). American painter, the commanding figure of the Abstract Expressionist movement. He began to study painting in 1929 at the Art Students' League, New York, under the Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton.ollock, Jackson (1912-56). American painter, the commanding figure of the Abstract Expressionist movement. He began to study painting in 1929 at the Art Students' League, New York, under the Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton.