Convergence (Pollock) Convergence (Pollock) Convergence is a 1952 oil painting by Jackson Pollock. The composition was painted on canvas. Convergence is one of the paintings by American artist Jackson Pollock, who is known as a representative of abstract expressionism. The composition was created on a canvas, measuring 93.5 inches by 155 inches. It is an oil painting, which constitutes wide range of colors, lines and shapes, made by method of dripping and pouring paint onto canvas. These lines, spots, circles splattered on a canvas unintentionally convey the artist's emotions. The painting was made during the Cold War with Russia, and it is
Brushstrokes well as spatterings of paint are presented. Lichtenstein selected this source because he "...liked the summary rendering of the hand holding the brush and the way in which the cartoonist indicated paint". The three strokes in the upper right are the dominant imagery, while the partial view of the hand in the lower left limited by the edges of the canvas shows paint dripping from the brush. This is an example of Lichtenstein humorously presenting a subject that might be crowded out in a newspaper via a parody that relies on the difference between art and the rest of the