Pollock-Krasner House

The Pollock-Kramer House is a must see if you are visiting the Hamptons. Walking through the home and studio of two great artists is a powerful and intimate experience. The floors still bear the drips and splatters from Pollock’s iconic “action painting” years. Inside the house, many of their personal belongings — their record player, library, furniture — are preserved much as Lee Krasner left them. After the tour, watch the 2000 documentary/drama, Pollock!

Read bio on Krasner and had to make a pilgrimage. Interesting tour and beautiful location. Gave me chills to see remnants of Pollock drips and being in studio where Krasner painted. Even had their own outhouse .

Much like the home studio of N.C. and Andrew Wyeth in Chadds Ford, PA, Jackson Pollock's is only open to visitors on rare occasions. So glad I was able to get permission to take a few exterior shots to see where he created his abstract expressionist paintings in a wood-framed barn and white shed. In 1945, Jackson Pollock and his wife Lee Krasner moved to what is now known as the Pollock-Krasner House and Studio in Springs on Long Island, NY. It's not hard to see why he was drawn to the area and this bohemian community. Bohemian culture always fascinated my Danish grandfather and father, and now me. A major figure in the abstract expressionist movement, Pollock was widely noticed for his "drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface, enabling him to view and paint his canvases from all angles. It was called all-over painting and action painting, since he covered the entire canvas and used the force of his whole body to paint, often in a frenetic dancing style. This extreme form of abstraction divided the critics: some praised the immediacy of the creation, while others derided the random effects. A reclusive and volatile personality, Pollock struggled with alcoholism for most of his life. In 1945, he married fellow artist Lee Krasner, who became an important influence on his career and his legacy much like Jamie Wyeth was on Andrew Wyeth. Pollock died in a single-car crash in his Oldsmobile convertible while driving under the influence of alcohol. At the time, Krasner was visiting friends in Europe; she abruptly returned on hearing the news from a friend. One of the passengers, Edith Metzger, was also killed in the accident, which occurred less than a mile from Pollock's home. The other passenger, Ruth Kligman, survived. In December 1956, four months after his death, Pollock was given a memorial retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City. A larger, more comprehensive exhibition of his work was held there in 1967. In 1998 and 1999, his work was honored with large-scale retrospective exhibitions at MoMA and at the Tate in London. In 2016, Pollock's painting titled Number 17A was reported to have fetched $200 million in a private purchase. (excerpts from Wikipedia)

We made the trip from Philadelphia to Long Island to see this place, and it was magical. The home and studio have essentially remained unchanged since Pollock and Krasner resided there. Just being able to stand inside their studio on a floor covered in Pollock's drips surrounded by walls covered in Krasner's bright splatters was worth the price and the trip. The site is beautifully kept with loads of information available in a museum style format. The tour guides are fun and informative and the shop had a great selection of books and catalogs. I would highly recommend this place for any level art enthusiast. Thank you for making this available to the public!

This place is such a gem! Highly recommend a visit to any art enthusiast, history buff, or to someone who seeks unique “museums”. The whole place has a peaceful energy, and the staff were so welcoming and knowledgeable.

An amazing and fun learning experience. Listening to Karyn Mannix talk about Jackson Pollock is like stepping back in time and speaking with the artist himself. The studio is awe inspiring and we even got to try our hand at drip painting. Well worth it!!!

If you are an art lover of the abstract impressionist era this is a great place to see and learn all about Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner. Wonderful

Walk in the footsteps of the artists who lived here. Literally. Captivating experience to step and place your hands in the shadows of these great American painters.

After years of waiting to check this place out my best friend finally dragged me and it was worth every minute! This property is small but mighty. Our tour guide was incredible! He was so knowledgeable about Pollock and Krasner's life and the art scene in which they lived during their time. The tour includes a look inside Pollock's studio, which is breathtaking as well as a tour of their home. The property is so tranquil and peaceful as well might I add. If you are an art lover/fan this tour is a must do!

We visited the Pollock-Krasner House a few weeks ago, and participated in the family art workshop. It was such a wonderful experience to visit the home and studio of such an influential artist. My daughter was thrilled with the drip art workshop, and now wants to paint with turkey basters! Thank you Joyce for a lovely visit.

As a fanatical, self-taught art historian, the visit is a magical dream come true. Inexpensive opportunity to view a site where abstract expressionism and action painting made history. Before the tour, had time to appreciate the property and waterfront views of marshy grasslands. The tour starts outside with a brief (20 min) discussion of the lives that intersected on the property. Then the viewing of the studio with splattered paint outlining the margins where Jax created masterworks. The walls lined with imagery from the days when Jax and Lee painted in a passionate fugue. Sadly, the time in the studio is extremely limited. Only about 15 minutes. I would have enjoyed an additional 15. Then in to the shared home where Lee lived out her last 25-ish years after Jax died. Walls adorned with epic examples of art by their friends and acquaintances. Tour guides are passionate, courteous, and knowledgeable. If I still lived in NY, I would probably make a pilgrimage 3-4 times a year. Highly recommended for any art enthusiast or historian.

I have waited years to visit Jackson Pollock's home and studio. He is without a doubt one of my favorite artist of all time. I'm by no means an art connoisseur but, I appreciate art. I remember going over his work in my art history class in college and being captured by his work.I will forever love his drip paintings. I came here with my best friend and we equally loved the tour. It was very organized and run well. Absolutely come here. You have to make reservations, tours book up fast. Great way to spend a day when going out East.

I had been meaning to visit here for the past few Summers and finally made it happen Memorial Day Weekend Saturday. Took the Hampton Jitney ($60 round trip) there (more expensive than LIRR, but 1/2 hour shorter ride), pick-up on Lex/59th, towards East Hampton. Note: tickets sold out for the Friday, so we booked for Saturday AM. You *need* to reserve online, even if you decide to to pay on the bus- so confusing, but I guess it guarantees a seat. Bus ride was pleasant: free bottle water and granola bars, the cleanest widest bus that I've been on. The ride wasn't bad at all, nice napping time. East Hampton itself is very walkable, basically 5th Ave. Midtown transplanted to a Long Island Neighborhood. However you need to take a taxi to the House, it's about a 15 minute ride from Main East Hampton. ($20 to there- we couldn't find a cab on the main streets, and ended walking to the LIRR station anyway) ($25 back- ripped us off since he knew we were from the City). Carlos Cab Service. Spent a few hours at the House, there's an audio tour for the different buildings that is very informative and actually interesting (usually I have no attention span for those). Talked about both their lives, the creek in the back, history of the House, changes in planning & architecture, things in the area that inspired both of their work. The Studio is great- of course the floor is the best part. The house was nice, they had an interesting book collection & two bedrooms/studio space upstairs. I didn't really get the "exhibit" that they had on the walls in the house, I think it rotates, but it looked a little dated. Wish I had more time to check out the gift shop/admissions house- pretty awesome that the Director is also the person that sells your tickets to you. We stayed til closing and there was zero rush for us to leave. Nice and informative staff, a former SUNY Stonybrook student. Was surprised that there was a decent amount of people visiting the House as well. I'd say maybe 40-50 people within that afternoon. FYI- Beware of pin-sized Ticks! Wish we saw the signage posted around before we wandered further out to look into the wooded areas to the sides & towards the creek. FYI2- There aren't public restrooms, there's 2 porter potties near the front entrance. BUT these are the cleanest porter potties that I have EVER been in. (ie. concerts, street fairs, petting zoos) You can hear the birds, feel the breeze from the trees airing them out.

Pollock and Krasner house is the real deal. You get an audio guided tour through their living spaces. The house, studio and general area are a breath of fresh air from the long islands contrived commercial landscapes that are hard to avoid. My favorite part of coming here was meeting the guy that works in the studio area. He was a joyful artist, kind and represented the location amazingly. He also told me that he was on set when the movie had used the location to be filmed on for "Pollock" in 2000. Looking at the studio you can tell that they were extremely hard workers that were also very supportive of each others careers in the art field. It made me jealous to see that their was an entire space dedicated to making art where they could let loose and let be. (lol) But it was definitely beautiful to see. The house was filled with a lot of interesting and notable artworks made by some newer artists and also some of their friends whom were artists during the modern period. It was cool to listen to the audio guide because it gives you an in depth explanation of where certain things came from or even how some pieces were made. I really enjoyed my experience here the people who work here are friendly and glad to see people come in to enjoy something they also seem to care about. The woman in the gift shop was friendly enough to suggest a multitude of places to go see in the area as well. She also suggested some books that they were selling that I wish I could of afforded but instead I still bought some post cards and a cd that were pretty nice. I loved coming here and would definitely come back to show friends.

I love this place. Yes, it's a drive. Springs is way out there on the island. But if you're into the arts and history this is definitely worth the trek. I've been here twice, and both times I had a great experience. If you know anything about Pollock, you know he wasn't exactly the nicest guy around. But man, I dig his art. It's not just random haphazard splatter paint, there is more to it than that. And he didn't always do his "action paintings", he used to paint Americana type stuff. I could go on a whole tirade and give you an art history lesson, like why he named his paintings numbers instead of actually titling them. Anyways. When you come up to the house, you purchase a little ticket in the small house on the left. I believe it's $5 to get in. They have audio mp3 players that you can take with you that will guide you on your tour throughout the grounds of the house as well as the interior of the house and the current exhibit. The grounds are gorgeous and inspiring, I would love to have an art studio out here. The exhibit inside rotates, but much of the house is how it was left by Krasner (who stayed after Pollock's death in 1956). You will see one or two of her paintings here, but I didn't see any by Pollock (that I recall). We were able to explore both the downstairs and upstairs. Afterwards (and this is my favorite part) we got to walk across the backyard and walk into his studio. There is a smaller room where you must take off your shoes, and put on slippers (which are provided for you). Then up two little steps and you are standing in the studio space of Jackson Pollock. Paint splatters, paint cans, brushes...just take it all in. Sorry, but I am an art nerd. I just love thinking back to what it must have been like in the 50's, to be in that space, in such a cool era. Ah. Afterwards we mosied around the backyard, plopped ourselves on a big rock and ate sandwiches. If you bring food just be sure to clean up after yourself. Lots to do in the area after here, farm stands, wineries, it's a perfect way to spend the day in nicer weather.

Even though I am not the biggest fan of Jackson Pollock's work, visiting his house in the Hamptons was an incredibly moving experience. It was well worth the day trip from New York City for any art buffs. My friend and I opted to take the audio guided tour. It brought me to understand a little bit of the personal struggle Pollock and wife Lee Krasner had both as a married couple and as artists. It might be just me, but I definitely understood and felt a little bit of the negative energy left in the studio and the house. The grounds were beautiful, and everything is preserved well inside. The biggest treat comes early in the self guided tour: the studio. Here you can take off your shoes to walk on the studio floor filled with paint splatters left from Pollack's drip paintings. The house provides slippers to change into to keep the floor undamaged. It was awesome being in the exact space where Pollock made most of his most famous paintings. A glass case inside houses some of his paint cans and materials that were left behind. I was surprised that there wasn't any art pieces left in the house from either Krasner or Pollock. I know they're really expensive and only in museum collections these days, but there wasn't anything in terms of process or sketches. If you're thinking of making a pilgrimage, keep that in mind.

It's a gorgeous studio where you can see how the studio itself became a work of art and you now have to put on booties over your shoes in order to confront it!

This is located way out in Suffolk County, near the tip of Long Island. The house is not much to look at but if you are interested in the lives of Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner (his wife), then definitely go on a tour of their home and barn studio. Our tour guide told us stories about things in the barn, as well as in their home. We weren't allowed upstairs. The view from the house is amazing, relaxing. We were able to stand in the room where he made some of his most famous drip/splatter paintings...pretty awesome , IMHO. Our group even got to make our own paintings in the style of Jackson Pollock in his yard. This was a special group tour arrangement, not sure if they do it for others. I saw the movie "Pollock" after visiting the house so I knew the story behind the old anchor he carried while walking on the beach. It's in the house! If you're not a fan of Pollock or Krasner and not interested in historical homes, then skip this place.

Very Nice piece of history. Loved being able to put booties on and stand on the actual painted floors of his studio.

My wife planed this visit while we were on vacation in Montauk in June. It was a very heart wrenching experience. Jackson created his own type of art. He had a loving and supportive wife who lived with him in this very humble farm house. Unfortunately he died in a drunken auto accident with his mistress after his wife left on a trip to Paris. Sadness. The museum has a very interesting building where you can see the paint splashed on the floor where the art was being created. People who are much more familiar than I with Jackson's work say they can see where certain pieces of work were done by the way the paint is splashed on the floor, and by the colors of the paint.

Glad we stopped by this place for a bit of history... A bit of a country drive but gives you such a sense of perspective for living out in the woods creating art. Keep in mind when they first moved here they did not own a car, simply a bike! The studio is very cool! the best part of the tour! You must take off your shoes, and put on slippers (which are provided for you). Then up two steps and you are standing in the studio space of Jackson Pollock. Paint splatters, paint cans, brushes... I do wish there was more original pieces but I guess we will have to talk to Peggy Guggenheim about that??

Very interesting and worth the trip (full disclosure - I was in East Hampton for the week already - so worth the couple of hours on one of my vacation days.) It was pretty remarkable to get to walk around in Jackson Pollock's studio and see all the residual paint (including his footprints) on the floor and walls. If you're a fan at all go see the house. It's fascinating.

Nice home, beautiful scenery. But I went expecting some Pollack art. There was none at all. If you plan to go, go for the historic significance and the story, not for the art.

I attempted to visit the Pollock-Krasner while on a family vacation with my wife, children and their grandparents. We called a week prior to our arrival and were assured that bringing our two toddlers to the tour would not be a problem as long as we carried them inside the house. We were required to prepay for the four tour tickets. Once we arrived, and before the kids were even out of their car seats, the person working at the house made it clear that children were not really welcome. We asked if we could get a refund for one of the tickets so one member of the party could stay home with the kids and they refused. We asked if we could come back and go to the next tour and they said "yes but don't bring the children back". We left and didn't come back. Very frustrating to waste $40 and deal with the attitude...why not just say that children are not allowed?