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Autumn Rhythm
Autumn Rhythm (number 30) is a drip painting by a renowned American artist, Jackson
Pollock, in the fall of 1950. The art is 266.7 cm by 525.8 cm, painted on a canvas using Enamel
paint with unique movement, abstract expressionism, and action painting. The work features the
artist's unique poured painting technique, which he began in 1947 to 1952. The style is considered
to be one of his outstanding works. This essay discusses the line character and the compositional
structure in Autumn Rhythm.
If done correctly, lines help determine direction, motion, and energy in art. They can be
static or dynamic, but it all depends on how the artist chooses to use them. During the art's creation,
pollock laid down thin black lines, which were then followed by other colors, mostly whites and
brown and little teal blue. The creative genius used several methods to accomplish the final piece,
such as pouring and dripping, which resulted in creating different types of puddled areas and lines
till it resembled its final state ("Autumn Rhythm (Number 30), 1950 By Jackson Pollock"). The
center and the left part are done using similar methods.
With a width of 207 inches, Autumn Rhythm envelops both the artist and the viewers
interacting with it. Pollock's painting technique was rooted in the 1930s muralism with artists such
as Thomas Hart Benson, who worked alongside him. The art is its documentation of its coming
into being. It features dynamic visual rhythms and graceful, swirling sensations buoyant, arcing,