

Jackson Pollock, 'Mural', 1943, oil and casein on canvas, 242.9 x 603.9. Gift of Peggy Guggenheim, 1959. University of Iowa Museum of Art. Reproduced with permission from The University of Iowa


Barbara Morgan, 'Pure Energy and Neurotic Man', 1940. Gelatin silver on paper mounted on board. Mark Ranney Memorial Fund. The Morgan Archives.


Barbara Morgan, 'Untitled (Humphrey Weidman Group, Lynchtown)', 1938. Gelatin silver on paper. Mark Ranney Memorial Fund. The Morgan Archives.


Photograph. Mark Ranney Memorial Fund. Aaron Siskind Foundation, courtesy Bruce Silverstein Gallery.


Jackson Pollock, 'The Moon Woman', 1942 Oil on canvas, 175.2 x 109.3 cm. Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice. Copyright Jackson Pollock, by SIAE 2015


Charles Pollock Self-Portrait, 1930s. Pencil and gouache on tan paper. Private collection © Charles Pollock Archives


Charles Pollock Railway Cars, ca. 1934. Ink and wash on paper. Private collection. © Charles Pollock Archives


Charles Pollock Collage, 1959. Color-Aid paper on lightweight board. Private collection. © Charles Pollock Archives


Charles Pollock Untitled (Post-Rome) Blue, Green, Black, 1964. Oil on canvas. Private collection. © Charles Pollock Archives


Pollock Family, Chico, California, 1918. Sanford LeRoy, Charles Cecil, LeRoy, Stella, Frank Leslie, Marvin Jay, Paul Jackson © Charles Pollock Archives


Jackson e Charles Pollock, New York, 1930. © Charles Pollock Archives


Charles Pollock at Taos, New Mexico, 1956, photo Sylvia Winter © Charles Pollock Archives
Arts patron Peggy Guggenheim bequeathed her art-filled home in Venice to the city when she died, leaving it in the hands of a trust to manage. It's now the city's second biggest tourist attractions, and its Picassos, Manets and Pollocks offer an alternative to the classical art and architecture that Venice is famous for. The Peggy Guggenheim Collection's Director, Philip Rylands, talks about the art and the extraordinary woman behind it.