drip painting

American  

noun

1. a technique of abstract painting exemplified chiefly in the later works of Jackson Pollack and marked by the intricately executed dripping and pouring of the paint on a canvas placed on the floor.

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Etymology

Origin of drip painting

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

His drip painting technique is one the art world's most recognisable and often imitated.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

At least two carry $100 million asking prices, including Jackson Pollock’s drip painting, “Number 7A, 1948,” and Constantin Brancusi’s 1913 bronze bust, “Danaïde.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

In other examples, a plate of spaghetti upended on a canvas could signify the satisfying consumption of tangled linear skeins of color in a Jackson Pollock drip painting.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2022

The M.F.A. owns a drip painting called “Number 10, 1949,” which hangs in its Art of the Americas wing.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 29, 2019

As much as any drip painting by Jackson Pollock, “Cypresses” is an event in itself, explicitly connected to the vivid, high summer world Van Gogh was actually looking at — not just remembering or channeling.

From Washington Post