History of painting of the European abstract schools such as futurism, the Bauhaus and synthetic cubism. Abstract expressionism, action painting, and Color Field painting are synonymous with the New York School. Technically Surrealism was an important predecessor for abstract expressionism with its emphasis on spontaneous, automatic or subconscious creation. Jackson Pollock's dripping paint onto a canvas laid on the floor is a technique that has its roots in the work of André Masson. Another important ear<nowiki>ly m</nowiki>anifestation of what came to be abstract expressionism is the work of American Northwest artist Mark Tobey, especially his "white writing" canvases, which, though generally not large
Jack Glover (artist) Jack Glover (artist) Jack Glover is an American artist living and working in Richmond, Virginia. Jack Glover went to the John Herron Art Institute and began his life-long concentration on woodcuts at Indiana University Bloomington. "The grain of the wood dictates where a line will go, and you just have to follow it,” he said in an interview by Richmond Magazine. His dyslexia, which reverses letters, offered an advantage as wood blocks must be cut in mirror-image for printing. He developed his own woodcut printmaking technique, which is unusual in the large size of the prints. All of the woodblocks