28 January 20

American artist Jackson Pollock was born on this date in 1912. The splashy colors on my Jerry Garcia "California Mission" tie remind me of Pollock's painting style, as shown in the "Mural on Indian Red Ground," although his details are generally much finer. Also born today were William Seward Burroughs (1857-1898), inventor of one of the first practical adding machines for business operations, and John Baskerville (1707-1775), printer and typeface designer for whom the Baskerville Old font is named.


Jackson Pollock, Mural on Indian Red Ground, 1950.