Jackson Pollock: A Revolutionary of American Abstraction Born in Cody, Wyoming, in 1912, Paul Jackson Pollock—as he was initially known—emerged from a transient childhood marked by frequent moves across the American West and Southwest. His family’s itinerant existence, rooted in Scotch-Irish heritage and shaped by his father's service in the Boer War, instilled within him a restless spirit and an acute awareness of movement and change. This early life, characterized by instability and a deep connection to the landscape, would profoundly influence his artistic vision, shaping a career dedicat…