jackson pollack -- janet sobel's painting in 1945, jackson pollack's first official painting is 1947.r gives her any credit. she becomes ill and actually moves away to become -- to retirement. she does these beautiful -- if you look her up, she does beautiful splatter paint youings. he never really mentions her, gives her any credit as an influence. i don't want to take, again, anything away from jackson pollack. i don't think he invented the splatter painting. i think janet sobel invented splatter painting. he certainly borrowed it and applied it beautifully. he also was the supreme model of young, masculine strength in the '60s that was helping make the country that transitioned between world war ii and the '60s. he was exciting. and people loved him. and he was a real character. and that's when he became almost even as important as his paintings, but it is interesting. and this san diego museum of art has a little janet sobel painting on display now and they claim that is the first splatter painting, very adamant about it, and very excited they have it. little thing, it's about thi

i don't want to take anything away from jackson pollack.nvented the splatter painting. i think janet sobel invented the splatter painting. but he certainly borrowed it and applied it beautifully. he also was the supreme model of young, masculine strength in the 1960's helping make the country that transitioned between world war ii and the 1960's. he was exciting. people loved him. he was a real character. that is when he became almost as important as his paintings. but it is interesting. the san diego museum of art has this little janet sobel painting on display now. they claim that it is the first splatter painting. they are very adamant about it and i am excited they have a painting. it is a little painting, about this big. it is getting of abstract expressionism. they are very excited about that. and then, of course, another influence, getting back to sarah fisher ames and one of the most iconic photos ever taken. the artist must soul search, and i do all the time. one of my most favorite authors is dr. richard selzer. he was a surgeon i

when a billionaire pays $100 billion for a jackson pollack swatch, he is only embarrassing himself.n dollars on most important garbage architecture? it hurts all of us. it doesn't have to be this way. soon, hopefully, it won't be this way. a draft executive order making its way to the white house right now would prohibit the construction of any more government buildings that are garbage. the order would mandate thater all federal buildings adhere to a classical architectural style. the style, by the way, reflected in the u.s. capitol and the supreme court and all the otherr monuments that our citizens travel to washington, d.c. to see. executive order has received, of course, basically no attention in the media. it's not related to russia so they don't care. but you should care. it's one of the single most important things we can do to improve our physical environment and hence our lives. this is great country.s. it deserves to be a beautiful country. chris bedford has thought seriously about this. he is an editor at "therd federalist." he wrote about it today. he joins us tonight.