Janet Sobel

Janet Sobel
Born
Jennie Olechovsky

(1893-05-31)May 31, 1893
Katerynoslav, Russian Empire (now Dnipro, Ukraine)
DiedNovember 11, 1968(1968-11-11) (aged 75)
NationalityUkrainian, American
EducationNone
Known forDrip painting, all-over painting
Notable workPro and Contra (1941), Through the Glass (1944), Milky Way (1945)
MovementAbstract Expressionism
SpouseMax Sobel

Janet Sobel (May 31, 1893 – November 11, 1968), born Jennie Olechovsky (occ. Lechovsky), was a Ukrainian-born American Abstract Expressionist painter who pioneered the drip painting technique; her work directly influenced Jackson Pollock. She was credited as exhibiting the first instance of all-over painting seen by Clement Greenberg, a notable art critic. Her career started mid-life, at age forty-five in 1938.