Theresa Pollak information

Theresa Pollak
Theresa Pollak
Born	August 13, 1899; Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Died	September 18, 2002 (aged 103)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Richmond
Movement	VCU School of the Arts

Theresa Pollak (August 13, 1899 – September 18, 2002) was an American artist and art educator born in Richmond, Virginia. She was a nationally known painter, and she is largely credited with the founding of Virginia Commonwealth University's School of the Arts. She was a teacher at VCU's School of the Arts between 1928 and 1969. Her art has been exhibited in the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Boston Museum of Fine Art, and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. She died at the age of 103 on September 18, 2002 and was given a memorial exhibition at Anderson Gallery of Virginia Commonwealth University.^[1]

Theresa Pollak's mature work features a synthesis of figurative and abstract traditions. The subjects of her work include still lifes, landscapes, portraits, and figure studies that are explorations of form, color, and space. According to the artist, “Art is not an imitation of nature, but an artist's reaction to life.” ^[2] She was most influenced by French post-Impressionists such as Henri Matisse whose work she first encountered at a private gallery exhibition in New York in the 1940s.^[2] "That my painting shall be moving in form, vibrantly alive, expressive of myself and of the age in which I live," was the objective of her works. She was a tireless advocate of modern art and the power of artistic expression, writing an article in defense of the exhibition of contemporary American art at the Virginia Museum in 1958.^[3]

^ "About Theresa Pollak · Remembering Theresa Pollak: An Exhibition on the Founder of VCUarts · VCU Libraries Gallery". Retrieved 13 December 2016.
^ ^a ^b Proctor, Roy. “A Portrait of Theresa Pollak.” Richmond Times Dispatch, October 18, 1998.
^ "Art Teacher Defends Virginia Museum's Abstract Art Exhibition," featured in the Richmond newspaper, News Leader, on 2 April 1958.

[1] "About Theresa Pollak · Remembering Theresa Pollak: An Exhibition on the Founder of VCUarts · VCU Libraries Gallery". Retrieved 13 December 2016.

[:0-2] Proctor, Roy. “A Portrait of Theresa Pollak.” Richmond Times Dispatch, October 18, 1998.

[3] "Art Teacher Defends Virginia Museum's Abstract Art Exhibition," featured in the Richmond newspaper, News Leader, on 2 April 1958.

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Theresa Pollak

Born	(1899-08-13)August 13, 1899 Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Died	September 18, 2002(2002-09-18) (aged 103)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Richmond
Movement	VCU School of the Arts