Tribute to Spring (Primary Title)

Theresa Pollak, American, 1899 - 2002 (Artist)

1959
American
Oil on canvas
Unframed: 44 1/4 × 38 in. (112.4 × 96.52 cm)
Framed: 45 × 38 3/4 in. (114.3 × 98.43 cm)
2000.88
Not on view

Statement of Objective: That my painting shall be moving in form, vibrantly alive, expressive of myself and of the age in which I live. —Theresa Pollak

Born in Richmond in 1899, Pollak had a long and illustrious career as an artist, art teacher, and arts administrator. She founded the School of Art at Virginia Commonwealth University in 1928, when it was known as Richmond Professional Institute, and devoted forty years to its development. Pollak painted Tribute to Spring the year after she studied with Hans Hoffman in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The experience was pivotal in the development of her mature style, which synthesized figuration and abstraction. Although Tribute to Spring depicts no specific location, it captures the essence of the season through its lyrical, symphonic composition of pastel colors

Signed, lower right: "Pollak '59"
label on verso; THERESA POLLACK/Tribute to Spring/Oil on canvas
Gift of Bon Secours Richmond Health System
©artist or artist’s estate

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