Flavorwire has quickly become my favorite place to loose hours of my day and while I have never been a huge fan of Jackons Pollock’s work I do find him to be a very interesting part of art history. In “observance” of his birth Flavorwire posted an interesting article 50 things you did not know about Jackson Pollock. I am continue to be fascinated by the man.

In January 1951, Art News published a list of the best exhibitions of 1950. The top three shows belonged to Pollock.

According to his wife, Lee Krasner, Pollock began titling his later works with numbers because “numbers are neutral. They force people to look at the picture for what it is — pure painting.”