Jackson Pollock was born in 1912 in Cody, Wyoming and died in 1956 in Springs, New York at age 44. He studied at the Art Students League of New York and is known for pioneering the technique of dripping paint onto canvases to create abstract works. Pollock was not an impressionist painter, and through his abstract style he aimed to express himself to viewers of his works, of which he created approximately 192 paintings during his career.