Watch Jackson Pollock 51 (1951) Online

The photography of German photographer Hans Namuth is largely credited for Pollock’s rise to fame, and as the painter gained a higher profile, along with Abstract Expressionism in general, Namuth returned to capture Pollock’s “action painting” on video for the short documentary below. In a cinematically brilliant move, Namuth asked Pollock to create a painting on glass, so that he could film underneath, giving the viewer the experience of actually being the canvas. Lacking a lighting crew, they shot in the cold Long Island expanse of grassland outside of Pollock’s home. Read More

Watch Jackson Pollock 51 online. Featuring Jackson Pollock, Jackson Pollock 51 is classified as Documentary genre movie with an average rating across the web of 7. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in United States of America and was released on 1951. Jackson Pollock 51 was directed by . Read Less