Chapter 1
The pioneers of the drip and splash
Chapter 2
Outsmarting the boys' club
Chapter 3
Radical breakthroughs in technique
Chapter 4
Broadening the canvas globally and culturally
Ch 1 · The pioneers of the drip and splash
andy Born in Ukraine, Janet Sobel used pipettes and vacuums to blow paint in New York, leading to a 1944 Peggy Guggenheim exhibition.
Quiz
What unusual household tool did artist Janet Sobel use to spread wet paint across her canvases?
Quiz
Which Ukrainian-American artist pioneered the 'drip painting' technique that later became Jackson Pollock's signature style?
BETA
andy Match the paint splatters to discover the overlooked women who pioneered abstract art.
andy The overlooked pioneer shaped the New York Abstract Expressionist movement alongside her peers.
Quiz
Which Abstract Expressionist artist was married to Jackson Pollock and often put her own career on hold to manage his?
Quiz
What is the title of Lee Krasner's monumental 1966 painting that celebrated life, nature, and rebirth?
Quiz
In which year did the landmark 9th Street Art Exhibition take place, solidifying the Abstract Expressionist movement in New York?
Quiz
Who was one of the key female artists to exhibit her work at the famous 1951 9th Street Art Exhibition?
Fun Fact
Drip origins: Long before Jackson Pollock's famous splatters, Ukrainian-American artist Janet Sobel was dripping wet house paint onto canvases using her son's glass eye-droppers.
andy Art of This Century
Before the boys got famous, we dripped the paint at Art of This Century!
Quiz
What was the name of Peggy Guggenheim's influential New York gallery that opened in 1942?
Quiz
In 1943, Peggy Guggenheim organized a groundbreaking exhibition dedicated entirely to which group of artists?
Glossary
drip painting (noun)
A technique of abstract art in which paint is dripped, poured, or splattered onto a canvas. Ukrainian-born artist Janet Sobel pioneered this method in 1943, later inspiring Jackson Pollock's signature style.
A technique of abstract art in which paint is dripped, poured, or splattered onto a canvas. Ukrainian-born artist Janet Sobel pioneered this method in 1943, later inspiring Jackson Pollock's signature style.