Which artist is best known for drip paintings?

• A. Pablo Picasso
• B. Jackson Pollock
• C. Claude Monet
• D. Vincent van Gogh

Answer: (B)

Drip painting is about letting paint flow and scatter onto a surface to create a network of lines and textures that come from the painter’s gesture. Jackson Pollock popularized this approach in Abstract Expressionism, often placing canvases on the floor and using sticks or brushes to drip and pour paint from above. The result is an all-over, dynamic surface that emphasizes the physical act of painting as part of the art itself, rather than a preplanned image. This signature technique is what makes Pollock most closely associated with drip paintings. By contrast, Picasso is famous for Cubism, Monet for Impressionism, and Van Gogh for expressive brushwork within Post-Impressionism, so none of them are linked with the drip method in the same way.