A finding aid to the hans namuth photographs and papers. Hans namuth march 17, 1915 october, 1990 was a germanborn photographer. Photographer and filmmaker hans namuth 19151990 specialized in portraiture. Namuth papers page 10 center for creative photography, university of arizona container list box printed materials continued magazines with photographs by hans namuth continued 15 beaux arts, 5 and 111983, 41991 beaux arch iii, 1985 ballet news, vol. Watch a canvaseye view of jackson pollocks painting in action. Elements of dancing photograph of painter jackson pollack. In the may 1951 issue of artnews a selection of photographs by hans namuth appeared as illustrations for robert goodnoughs article, pollock paints a picture. Music for jackson pollock, a freeimprovisation by max ridgway guitar and gourd bass, randall colbourne drums, recorded on march 26, 20. Born on the plains of wyoming, he was the cowboy who became a star of the sophisticated new york art world, until his death in a drunken car crash in 1956, at the age of fortyfour.
During the summer and early fall of 1950, as jackson pollock moved about the huge canvases on the floor of his long island studio, defining their surfaces with dripped and thrown paint, a young photographer named hans namuth documented the artist at work. During his life, thanks to his professional relationship with peggy guggenheim, pollock gained considerable fame and notoriety. Paul jackson pollock has been one of the most important artists of the 20th century. View jackson pollock by hans namuth sold at photographs on 2 october 2012 new york. Hans namuths jackson pollock 51 is ten illuminating minutes of the abstract expressionist painter at work at his studio on long island. The figure of jackson pollock action painter, dancing dripper, sullen rebel was formed in hans namuth s camera. Photograph of painter jackson pollack by hans namuth, 1950. These photographs were influential in shaping pollock s public identity and providing a greater understanding of his artistic. An undated photographed of jackson pollock s studio, by hans namuth.
Pepe karmel productively uses namuths films and photographs to reconstruct pollocks working process in his analysis, pollock at work. Film footage of jackson pollock painting, 1981, from the leo castelli gallery records, circa 18802000, bulk 19571999 archives of american art, smithsonian institution. The papers of new york photographer and filmmaker hans namuth measure 4. Still from pollock painting 1951 by hans namuth sixtyfive years ago, in the waning days of the summer of 1950, the harpers bazaar photographer hans namuth visited the springs studio of the famously reclusive painter jackson pollock to take a few shots of the artist at work. Hans namuth selected images of jackson pollock painting. Pdf pollock avoided hydrodynamic instabilities to paint. The photography of german photographer hans namuth is largely credited for pollocks rise to fame, and as the painter gained a higher profile, along with abstract expressionism in general, namuth returned to capture pollocks action painting on video for the short documentary below. Not satisfied with black and white stills, namuth wanted to create a color film that managed to focus on pollock and his painting at the same. Pollock promised to start a new painting especially for the photographic session, but when namuth arrived, pollock apologized and told him the painting was finished. Details related object details artist hans namuth, 17 mar 1915 oct 1990 sitter jackson pollock, 28 jan 1912 11 aug 1956.
Blind spots at dallas museum of art, dallas 20152016 bidding closed. From dallas museum of art, hans namuth, jackson pollock. The problem of documenting the creative process when hans namuth and jacson pollock finsihed filming on the saturday before thanksgiving in 1950 they walked inside from the barn, out of the cold. Namuth s camera helped make pollock famous, namuth s camera was blamed for. Also at the archives of american art is an oral history interview with hans namuth, august 12september 8, 1971. Pollock walked over to the sink, reached down, pulled out a bottle of whisky and said to namuth. It was a great drama, namuth later said of his sessions with jackson pollock 19121956. Munizs subsequent appropriation and translation of this image into chocolate is a perfect marriage of subject and material.
Jackson pollock in the act of painting 1950 photographed by hans namuth. At the time, pollock was a leading artist in the abstract expressionist movement, a postworld war ii style in which artists often used nonrepresentational. Questions about the artist, the films, the people in their lives, and the techniques learn with flashcards, games, and more for free. Fellow artists and lovers pollock and lee krasner marcia gay harden, in an oscarwinning performance are at the centre of new yorks 1940s art scene, but as krasner neglects her work to push pollock s career forward, pollock begins to unravel emotionally. When released he went to paris and met robert capa and georg reisner. Hans namuth 19151990 was a germanamerican photographer and filmmaker who lived and worked in new york.
The intricate webs of lines, ubiquitous in his compositions, have fascinated art historians and scientists. Blinding shafts of sunlight hit the wet canvas, making its surface hard to see. Pollock avoided hydrodynamic instabilities to paint with his. Music for jackson pollock film by hans namuth youtube. Mar 06, 2010 an argument between namuth and pollock ensued with each calling the other a phony, culminating in pollock overturning a table of food and dinnerware in front of several guests from. Jackson pollocks art making was regarded as a direct expression of the artists mind. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Jan 29, 2009 it will work better using a small screen format. Thus, an important part of pollock s personal image as a painterand later his legendwere photographs of him creating his drip paintings, notably those taken in 1950 by hans namuth. Just like in a novel, pollock left home in search of fame and fortune in new york city.
Born in essen, hans namuth produced his first major body of photographic work in madrid during the spanish civil war, while he was working on assignment for vu and life. His father, leroy pollock was a farmer and later a land surveyor for the government. Here is the extraordinary companion cd to the blockbuster jackson pollock retrospective at new yorks museum of modern art. More information a finding aid to the jackson pollock and. More information a finding aid to the jackson pollock. Jackson pollock, 1950 by hans namuth on artnet auctions.
This large scale portrait of jackson pollock at work in his studio has been made in chocolate and then captured on photographic film. Purchase, funds from various donors and matching funds from the national endowment for the arts, 1981 accession number. In 1950, swiss photographer hans namuth took some photos of jackson pollock painting some of his drip paintings, which were used to illustrate a 1951 article in artnews. Imdbs advanced search allows you to run extremely powerful queries over all people and titles in the database. Namuth s photographs presented the first visual record of the artists unorthodox. The chocolate has been shaped to resemble an original photograph taken by hans namuth. National portrait gallery, smithsonian institution. View homework help elements of dancing from dance 07.
In his film jackson pollock, namuth utilizes those statements, many of which concern aspects of pollock s technical procedure, as part of his strategy to ground the meaning of pollock s paintings in the processby which his paintings were made. Fred orton and griselda pollock point out that this statement, dated 17 november 1979, is actually a version of two previously published texts from the 1950s. View selected images of jackson pollock painting by hans namuth sold at the odyssey of collecting. Number 3 the art of jackson pollock pictures cbs news. From dallas museum of art, hans namuth, jackson pollock 1950.
This is jackson pollock by dsden 37 on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Jackson pollock 19121956 was a leading figure of the abstract expressionist movement that dominated us art in the late 1940s and 1950s. Resources jackson pollock smithsonian learning lab. Born in 1912, in a small town in wyoming, jackson pollock embodied the american dream as the country found itself confronted with the realities of a modern era which began to replace the fading nineteenth century.
Learn more about the piece and artist, and its final selling price. At 18, he travels to paris, where he eventually teams up with the expatriate german photographer. Hans namuth papers center for creative photography. Download jackson pollock by donald wigal softarchive. More than half a century after pollock s death, the jack the dripper label still sticks. Born in essen, namuth is encouraged by his mother to take an interest in the arts, becoming a regular visitor to the folkwang museum, where he sees exhibitions of german expressionism and french impressionism. The collection was donated 19721985 by hans namuth. In 1950, hans namuth, a young photographer, wanted to take pictures both stills and moving of pollock at work. A fragment going on a loop of the film of jackson pollock painting shot by hans namuth 1950 and released as jackson pollock 51 1951. In the summer of 1950, hans namuth approached jackson pollock and asked the abstract expressionist painter if he could photograph him in his studio, working with his drip technique of painting.
Hans namuth s photographs and films of jackson pollock document the physical environment and painting technique of one of americas most famous and controversial artists at the peak of his career. Friedman mcgrawhill summary jackson pollock, headandshoulders portrait, facing front, in front of one of his paintings, with cigarette in his mouth. Portraits of jackson pollock by hans namuth, 1950 jackson pollock and lee krasner papers, circa 19051984 the papers of jackson pollock and lee krasner in the archives of american art were digitized in 2006 and 2008. I assume the role of pollock, emulating his every move in the film, as i make a glitter version of one of his famous drip paintings. His photos of pollock at work in his studio increased pollocks fame and recognition and led to a greater understanding of his work and techniques. 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. This video, directed by kim evans, surveys the whole of pollock s career, using footage of the artist. Watch a canvaseye view of jackson pollocks painting in. Film not credited but is likely footage shot in 1950 by hans namuth. Jun 01, 2016 thus, an important part of pollocks personal image as a painterand later his legendwere photographs of him creating his drip paintings, notably those taken in 1950 by hans namuth. The flame of explosion when the paint hit the canvas. Hans namuths photographs of jackson pollock as art. In this archival footage, jackson pollock narrates his artistic process as he demonstrates the creation of one of his famous drip paintings. In pollock o1 i have recreated, shotbyshot, hans namuth s famous film about jackson pollock.
Users should note that pollock s and krasners papers contain similar types of material that often overlap in subject matter, especially among the correspondence. Reflections from films on the art of the kandinsky library. Apr 12, 2019 when hans namuth, a documentary photographer, began producing a film of pollock working, pollock found it impossible to perform for the camera. In 1950, he famously portrayed jackson pollock painting, with brush and bucket in hand, stepping into the canvas laid out on the floor. A finding aid to the hans namuth photographs and papers, 1945. Jackson pollock and lee krasner papers, circa 19051984. See jackson pollock, paintings, and the myth of photography, avantgardes and. His abstractions becomes slightly more figurative, with recognizable images peeking through. In this essay, i analyse namuth s film as an instance of an antiintentionalist, causal account of.
He studied photography later with joseph breitenbach in paris, and with alexey brodovitch at the new school for social research after immigrating to new york in 1941. Pollocks sparse words annotates his process in real time. Hans namuth, photographing pollock, pollock painting, ed. The images depict a focused pollock energetically applying paint to a large canvas spread across his studio floor. Numerous photographs are of krasner, including portrait photographs taken by hans namuth.
His photos of pollock at work in his studio increased pollocks fame and. On view at moma in a recent acquisitions exhibition in 1950. Film footage of jackson pollock painting, 1981, from the. In a cinematically brilliant move, namuth asked pollock to create a painting on glass, so that he. Apr 17, 20 in the may 1951 issue of artnews a selection of photographs by hans namuth appeared as illustrations for robert goodnoughs article, pollock paints a picture. Visual arts artist painter abstract expressionist portrait name. Jackson pollock 51, 1951 excerpt hans namuth and paul falkenberg directors morton feldman composer. Jackson pollock in front of one of his works, from jackson pollock. Jan 28, 20 jackson pollock january 28, 1912 august 11, 1956, was an influential american painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. Along with photos published alongside a piece in life in 1949, they made pollock and his unusual technique famous namuth returned with a film camera and captured the artist painting in full. At 18, he travels to paris, where he eventually teams up with the expatriate. Intention and interpretation in hans namuths film, jackson. By pouring liquid paint with the help of a stick or from a can, pollock deposited viscous fluid filaments on a horizontal canvas, rhythmically moving around it. Jackson pollock artist bio and art for sale artspace.
Hans namuth, 17 mar 1915 oct 1990 keywords artwork painting interior studio art equipment smoking implements cigarette artists effects paintbrush artists effects paint jar artists effects canvas jackson pollock. Ver mas ideas sobre expresionismo abstracto, jackson pollock y expresionismo. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Jan 27, 2014 music for jackson pollock film by hans namuth duration. When photographer hans namuth visited jackson pollocks studio to document his painting process, he arrived to find pollock standing over a massive wet canvas lying across the floor.
Jackson pollock in front of one of his works, from jackson. Hans namuth 19171990 hans namuth was arrested early in his career for distributing antihitler leaflets, in 1933. Directed by and starring ed harris, pollock is a beautifully crafted, stunning drama about the legendary american painter jackson pollock. During his early life, pollock experienced native american culture while on surveying trips with his father. Photographs from joy of giving something foundation on new york 3 october 2017.
Jackson pollock grew up in arizona and chico, california. Namuth specialized in portraiture, photographing many artists, including abstract expressionist jackson pollock. Jackson pollocks most celebrated abstract paintings were produced with the socalled dripping technique. Jackson pollock s life and death are the stuff that american myths are made of.
Action photo, after hans namuth 1997 is made after a 1950 photograph taken by hans namuth of jackson pollock frozen in middance as he was making one of his paintings, autumn rhythm. Is there any more famous footage of an artist at work than hans namuth s film of jackson pollock. Jackson pollock s art making was regarded as a direct expression of the artists mind. His photos of pollock at work in his studio increased pollock s fame and recognition and led to a greater understanding of his work and techniques. His greatness lies in the development of a radical, totally abstract style in the. These measurements were obtained from the documentary video from hans namuth 21, in. Oil on canvas with nails, buttons, key, coins, cigarettes, matches, etc. Please see more and pdf download here the below text is.
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