Chapter 1
The secret origins of the drip
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Chapter 2
Step out of the shadow
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Chapter 3
Staining and soaking the canvas
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Chapter 4
The historic Ninth Street show
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YOUR GOAL
Master of Abstract expressionism's forgotten women
Ch 1 · The secret origins of the drip
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?
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Which self-taught artist pioneered the "drip painting" technique before Jackson Pollock?
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What country was drip-painting pioneer Janet Sobel born in before immigrating to the US?