In what year did Jackson Pollock die?

Jackson Pollock died in 1956.

Pollock died on August 11, 1956, in a single-car crash near his home in Springs, New York. He was 44 years old. The accident killed passenger Edith Metzger; another passenger, artist Ruth Kligman, survived.

Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming, in 1912 and became one of the leading figures of Abstract Expressionism. His “drip” paintings, made by pouring and splashing paint onto canvases laid on the floor, transformed ideas about artistic process and authorship.

A common mix-up is confusing Pollock’s death year with the dates of his most famous works. His best-known drip-painting period largely falls between 1947 and 1951, while Blue Poles was completed in 1952. His widow, artist Lee Krasner, helped preserve and promote his artistic legacy after his death.