Green_River_Cemetery

Green River Cemetery

Green River Cemetery

In Springs, NY, US

41.011463°N 72.14968°W / 41.011463; -72.14968

Jackson Pollock has a large headstone, while his wife Lee Krasner has the smaller stone at Green River Cemetery

Green River Cemetery is a cemetery in the hamlet of Springs, New York within the Town of East Hampton.

The cemetery was originally intended for the blue collar local families (called Bonackers) of the Springs neighborhood who supported the ocean mansions in East Hampton (village), New York. Families with long histories in the region are interred there, including the Millers, Kings, Bennetts, and Talmages.

However, after Jackson Pollock was buried on a hill there in 1956, it became famous as the artists' and writers' cemetery. Headstones have become works of art.

Despite its name, there are no rivers near the cemetery.

Notable burials

References

  1. [1]
    "A Who's Who in Art At Island Cemetery". New York Times. 15 September 1996. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  2. [2]
    "John Ferren". hollistaggart.com. 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  3. [3]
    Segal, Mark (15 September 2015). "Rae Ferren, Artist Was 87". The East Hampton Star. Archived from the original on July 29, 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  4. [4]
    "William S. Lieberman Papers". MoMA.org. January 1992. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Green_River_Cemetery, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.