Artist

Charles Pollock

born Denver, CO 1902-died Paris, France 1988
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Courtesy Charles Pollock Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Also known as
  • Charles Cecil Pollock
Born
Denver, Colorado, United States
Died
Paris, France
Biography

Charles Pollock moved from Los Angeles to New York in 1926 and studied with Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League. A few years later, he changed the life of his younger brother, Jackson, when he persuaded him to come to the East Coast and study art. Charles created social realist images during the 1930s and ’40s and supervised mural painting for the Works Progress Administration in Michigan. He taught typographical design and etching at Michigan State University until retiring in the 1960s, when he moved to France.

Works by this artist (17 items)

Frank Espada, Alberto (South Bronx, New York), 1981, printed ca. 1995, inkjet print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.22.12, © 1981, Frank Espada Photography
Alberto (South Bronx, New York)
Date1981, printed ca. 1995
inkjet print
Not on view
Frank Espada, Untitled (Two boys, East New York), 1964, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.22.8, © 1964, Frank Espada Photography
Untitled (Two boys, East New York)
Date1964
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Frank Espada, No Parking (Williamsburg, Brooklyn), 1974, printed ca. 1995, inkjet print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.22.10, © 1974, Frank Espada Photography
No Parking (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
Date1974, printed ca. 1995
inkjet print
Not on view
Frank Espada, Untitled (Three Kings Day Parade – leaving), 1981, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.22.16, © 1981, Frank Espada Photography
Untitled (Three Kings Day Parade – leaving)
Date1981
gelatin silver print
Not on view