J. P. - NUMBER 4 - 1950 - Action painting - Canvas Print

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------J. P. (American, 1912-1956) - NUMBER 4 - 1950 - Action painting - Drip period - Abstract Expressionism - Oil, Enamel and Aluminium paint on canvas - 𝑯𝒊-𝑹𝒆𝒔 𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 ---------------------------------𝑰𝒏 "𝑵𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝟒" (𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟎), 𝑱. 𝑷. 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝑫𝒓𝒊𝒑 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒎. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒔, 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒚𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒖𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒊𝒍, 𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒎 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆, 𝒓𝒆𝒅, 𝒚𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘, 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒉𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕'𝒔 𝒑𝒉𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌'𝒔 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚. 𝑱. 𝑷.'𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒑 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒚𝒎𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒚, 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒔. "𝑵𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝟒" 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒎, 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒚𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒄𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆, 𝑱. 𝑷. 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒕.