The night he had his fatal car accident, his passengers were his lover
Ruth Kligman and her friend Edith Metzger. Although Ruth survived, her
friend Edith died along with the painter.
Studied under Thomas Hart Benton at the Arts Students League in New
York.
Best known for the paintings he created during the "drip period"
between 1947 and 1950.
Is buried next to his wife Lee Krasner in Green River Cemetery in Springs,
New York.
His "No. 5, 1948" became the world's most expensive painting, when it was auctioned to an undisclosed bidder for $140 million (November
2006).