Jackson Pollock By imdoingatimeline Jan 28, 1912 Birth Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming. Period: Jan 28, 1912 to Aug 11, 1956 Life and Death Biography Period: Jan 1, 1940 to Jan 1, 1947 Drip Period Pollock's most famous time period. Aug 8, 1949 Life Magzine Pollock recieved a four page layout in Life Magazine. This article forever changed his life. Aug 11, 1956 Death Pollock dies drinking and driving in New York.