Breadcrumb Home A clear look at Jackson Pollock's breakthrough painting, 'Mural' Friday, August 2, 2019 https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/a-clear-look-at-jackson-poll… Jackson Pollock’s “Mural,” an 8-by-20-foot painting that the artist completed in 1943, has been on a continuous world tour since 2014. It’s traveled a lot of miles since leaving the UI campus just before the flood of 2008.