Jackson Pollock of Lee Krasner. The movie was the project of Ed Harris, who portrayed Pollock. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Harris himself painted the works seen in the film. The Pollock-Krasner Foundation did not authorize or collaborate with any production. In September 2009, the art historian Henry Adams claimed in "Smithsonian" magazine that Pollock had written his name in his famous painting "Mural" (1943). The painting is now insured for $140 million. In 2011, the Republican Iowa State Representative Scott Raecker introduced a bill to force the sale of the artwork, held by the University of
Jackson Pollock (supercentenarian) living at Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, Georgia. He had formerly resided in Dublin, Georgia and was brought to Central State when neighbors feared that he could not live on his own. At one point, records had him listed as Jackson Pollard. Pollock died in 1995 in Baldwin County, Georgia. He was buried next to his parents. His tombstone was provided by John Middleton Co. as he was known to be a fan of their Prince Albert tobacco. Jackson Pollock (supercentenarian) Jackson John Pollock (1869? – 1995) was an American longevity claimant. He was born on a farm near Hawkinsville,