The Flame

early 1930s

A summer touring the American West with Benton

In the early 1930s Pollock spent a summer touring the Western United States with a fellow art student, Glen Rounds, and their teacher, Benton.

1934

Settles in New York

After travelling widely across the United States in the 1930s, Pollock settled in New York in 1934.

1936

Siqueiros's workshop and liquid paint

In 1936, at an experimental workshop run in New York City by the Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros, Pollock was introduced to liquid paint. Later, asked how the drip technique came about, he disavowed any link with Siqueiros on several occasions.

summer 1936

Summer at Dartmouth: Orozco's mural

In the summer of 1936 Pollock went to Dartmouth College to study José Clemente Orozco's 3,200-square-foot mural “The Epic of American Civilization”.