Sophy Regensburg
Sophy Pollak Regensburg (1885 – April 6, 1974) was an American naïve painter.
Born in New York City,[1] Regensburg was a member of a prominent family; her brother, Walter Pollak, sat on the New York Stock Exchange.[2] She was married to cigar maker Melville E. Regensburg, with whom she had three children, until his death.[3] Active during her marriage as a volunteer, she took up painting in widowhood, when her physician suggested she needed to slow down.[1] She had studied under William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri at the New York School of Art.[2] In 1952, the first year in which she was involved in the hobby, she won a gold medal in the National Amateur Painters Competition. She continued to paint and was able to present her work in thirteen one-woman shows and fifteen group exhibits before her death. Her artwork is characterized mainly by still lifes.[3] The collections of her art was at the American Folk Art Museum,[4] the Miami University Art Museum,[1] and Smith College.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Sellen, Betty-Carol (2016). Self-Taught, Outsider and Folk Art: A Guide to American Artists, Locations and Resources (Third ed.). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-7864-7585-8.
- ^ a b "Sophy Regensburg - Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Sophy Regensburg". www.askart.com. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
- ^ a b "Mrs. Sophy Regensburg, 88, Primitive Painter, Is Dead". The New York Times. April 7, 1974. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
- ^ "News – American Folk Art Museum". folkartmuseum.org. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
- ^ Marian Wardle; Sarah Burns; Brigham Young University. Museum of Art (2005). American Women Modernists: The Legacy of Robert Henri, 1910-1945. Rutgers University Press. pp. 222–. ISBN 978-0-8135-3684-2.
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