Who Was Janet Sobel, the Ukrainian-Born Abstract Artist Who Created Drip Paintings Years Before Jackson Pollock?

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Decades in advance of Jackson Pollock was immortalized in the webpages of Existence magazine—cigarette dangling from his mouth, flinging paint throughout a canvas on his studio floor—Janet Sobel created her very own exclusive drip paintings. A Ukrainian immigrant and mom of five, Sobel lay down in her Brighton Beach apartment, even […]