1949: (FILE PHOTO) Saturday, January 28, 2012 will mark the centenary of American abstract painter Jackson Pollock.

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Painter Jackson Pollock, cigarette in mouth, dropping paint onto canvas. (Photo by Martha Holmes//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)