BETA
Chapter 1
The secret origins of the drip
Chapter 2
Step out of the shadow
Chapter 3
Staining and soaking the canvas
Chapter 4
The historic Ninth Street show
YOUR GOAL
Master of Abstract expressionism's forgotten women
Ch 1 · The secret origins of the drip
andy Origins of drip painting
Paint on the floor, a spontaneous flow, Janet Sobel's drip showed the way to go.
andy Despite her revolutionary technique, art critics dismissed Janet Sobel as a mere "housewife" and "primitive" painter, halting her career.
andy Renowned critic Clement Greenberg admitted that Jackson Pollock saw Janet Sobel's drip paintings in 1944 and was deeply influenced by them.
Fun Fact
Janet Sobel's tools: Janet Sobel often used a vacuum cleaner's exhaust blow-pipe to scatter wet enamel paint across her canvases.
Glossary
drip painting (noun)
A style of abstract painting in which paint is dripped or poured onto the canvas. Ukrainian-born artist Janet Sobel pioneered this technique in her Brooklyn apartment during the early 1940s.
A style of abstract painting in which paint is dripped or poured onto the canvas. Ukrainian-born artist Janet Sobel pioneered this technique in her Brooklyn apartment during the early 1940s.
Gossip
If you invented a revolutionary technique, would you let a famous friend take credit?
Quiz
Which influential art critic admitted that Jackson Pollock was influenced by Janet Sobel?
Quiz
Which self-taught artist pioneered the "drip painting" technique before Jackson Pollock?
Quiz
What country was drip-painting pioneer Janet Sobel born in before immigrating to the US?