Sophy Regensburg

Sophy Pollack (sometimes 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 would go on to present work in thirteen one-woman shows and fifteen group exhibits before her death. She produced mainly still lifes.[3] Her work is represented in the collections of the American Folk Art Museum,[4] the Miami University Art Museum,[1] and Smith College.[5]

References
  1. Betty-Carol Sellen (10 February 2016). Self-Taught, Outsider and Folk Art: A Guide to American Artists, Locations and Resources, 3d ed. McFarland. pp. 241–. ISBN 978-1-4766-2304-7.
  2. "Sophy Regensburg - Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Sophy Regensburg". www.askart.com. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  3. SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMESAPRIL 7, 1974 (1974-04-07). "Mrs. Sophy Regensburg, 88, Primitive Painter, Is Dead – The New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
  4. "News – American Folk Art Museum". folkartmuseum.org. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  5. 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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