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Originally Posted by Looking_for_911
This is the whole deal...
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Actually, that's only part of the deal.
You discuss Pollack's aesthetics and his control of the craft involved in producing his paintings (which I have no quibble with), but what makes Pollack a historically important painter is not "how" he crafted his visual statements, but rather "why" he made those statements, i.e., what his influences were, how he responded to those influences and, what really makes an artist historically important/significant, to what extent his work influenced other artists of his time.
Pollack was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement; therein lies his claim to fame.
As I'm sure you know, there are many important painters that can be easily copied (many of Picasso's paintings come to mind). But those paintings are important in their historical context, not because they are
necessarily beautiful or difficult to copy.