Editing Jackson Pollock (section)

==Early life (1912–1936)==
[[File:Jackson Pollock (cropped).jpg|thumb|Pollock in 1928]]
Paul Jackson Pollock was born in [[Cody, Wyoming]], on January 28, 1912,<ref name=iha>{{cite book|last=Piper|first=David|title=The Illustrated History of Art|year=2000|publisher=Chancellor Press|location=London|isbn=978-0-7537-0179-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/illustratedhisto0000pipe_t1d3/page/460 460–461]|url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedhisto0000pipe_t1d3/page/460}}</ref> the youngest of five brothers. His parents, Stella May (née McClure) and LeRoy Pollock, were born and grew up in [[Tingley, Iowa]], and were educated at Tingley High School. Pollock's mother is interred at Tingley Cemetery, [[Ringgold County, Iowa]]. His father had been born with the surname McCoy, but took the surname of his adoptive parents. Stella and LeRoy Pollock were [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]]; they were of [[Irish people|Irish]] and [[Scots-Irish American|Scots-Irish]] descent, respectively.<ref>{{cite book|last=Friedman|first=B.H.|title=Jackson Pollock : energy made visible|year=1995|publisher=Da Capo Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0-306-80664-3|edition=1|page=4}}</ref> LeRoy Pollock was a farmer and later a land surveyor for the government, moving for different jobs.<ref name=iha /> Stella, proud of her family's heritage as weavers, made and sold dresses as a teenager.<ref name=":0" /> In November 1912, Stella took her sons to San Diego; Jackson was just 10 months old and would never return to Cody.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vbLYDjP6BZkC&q=Stella%20May%20Pollock&pg=PA15|title=Jackson Pollock: A Biography|last=Solomon|first=Deborah|date=June 26, 2001|publisher=Cooper Square Press|isbn=9781461624271|pages=15–16, 21|language=en}}</ref> He subsequently grew up in [[Arizona]] and [[Chico, California]].

While living in the [[Vermont Square, Los Angeles|Vermont Square]] neighborhood of Los Angeles, he enrolled at [[Manual Arts High School]],<ref name=OLLlocalhistory>{{cite web|title=Our Lady of Loretto Elementary School: Local History Timeline|url=http://www.ollalumni.com/local-history.php|access-date=June 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715000634/http://www.ollalumni.com/local-history.php|archive-date=July 15, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> from which he was expelled. He had already been expelled in 1928 from another high school. During his early life, Pollock explored [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] culture while on surveying trips with his father.<ref name=iha /><ref>{{cite book|first=Robert|last=Sickels|title=The 1940s|url=https://archive.org/details/s00sick|url-access=limited|page=[https://archive.org/details/s00sick/page/n240 223]|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2004|isbn=978-0-313-31299-1}}</ref> He was also heavily influenced by [[Mexican muralists]], particularly [[José Clemente Orozco]],<ref name="NYT Fire">{{cite news |last1=Cotter |first1=Holland |title=How Mexico's Muralists Lit a Fire Under U.S. Artists |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/arts/design/vida-americana-mexican-muralists-whitney.html |access-date=May 18, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=February 20, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Orozco and Pollack">{{cite journal |last1=Polcari |first1=Stephen |title=Orozco and Pollock: Epic Transfigurations |journal=American Art |date=1992 |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=37–57 |doi=10.1086/424159 |jstor=3109102 |s2cid=194040790 |issn=1073-9300}}</ref> whose fresco ''[[Prometheus (Orozco)|Prometheus]]'' he would later call "the greatest painting in North America".<ref name="PCMA">{{cite web |title=José Clemente Orozco's Prometheus |url=https://www.pomona.edu/museum/collections/jos%C3%A9-clemente-orozcos-prometheus |website=Pomona College |access-date=May 18, 2020}}</ref>

In 1930, following his older brother [[Charles Pollock]], he moved to New York City, where they both studied under [[Thomas Hart Benton (painter)|Thomas Hart Benton]] at the [[Art Students League of New York|Art Students League]]. Benton's rural American subject matter had little influence on Pollock's work, but his rhythmic use of paint and his fierce independence were more lasting.<ref name=iha /> In the early 1930s, Pollock spent a summer touring the Western United States together with [[Glen Rounds]], a fellow art student, and Benton, their teacher.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nclhof.org/inductees/2002-2/glen-rounds/|title=Glen Rounds|publisher=North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame|access-date=September 15, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepilot.com/news/features/article_00cdf3e2-e357-11e2-bf41-001a4bcf6878.html?mode=jqm|title=Malcolm Blue Society Celebrates 40 Years|date=July 8, 2013|access-date=September 15, 2014|publisher=ThePilot.com}}</ref>