Who Influenced Pollock?

“Until you don’t see what’s outside, you don’t see what lies beneath you.” Pollock was very much influenced by the work of Thomas Hart Benton, Pablo Picasso, and Joan Miro. Pollock was always experimenting with new ways to create something special. In his initial days, he used synthetic-resin-based paints called alkyd enamels, which was very common back then. But how did he come up with the action painting?