2023
Don Pollack is a painter and adjunct associate professor of visual communication at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work investigates, among other things, the relationship between personal mythologies and representation in painting and how it may simultaneously give reference to a narrative. Working in cross disciplines has influenced his perspectives as projects begin with an epic adventure.
Conceptually proceeding from the premise that all vision is historic and constructed, Pollack’s research starts with the planning of a long distance trek — such as a 3,000-mile journey via bicycle following Lewis and Clark. His work has utilized maps, documents, photography, painting and installation. This work was rooted in a previous investigation into the role of museums in the process of forming collective memory. Pollack studied design at the University of Illinois and painting at the Ohio State University, where he received his MFA. The state of Illinois has recognized his history-based work with a special bicentennial edition of the ‘Order of Abraham Lincoln’ award. He has exhibited nationally and internationally and has shown in many solo shows in Chicago, New York, Atlanta and Canada.
Base Graded and Level - Buffalo in Graphite on Antique Architectural Drawings
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather registered as a homesteader with the Department of the Interior Land Office in Buffalo, Wyoming. Building a cabin on a remote 640 acre plat,...
Vellum, Graphite
Jobsite - Moose in Graphite on Antique Vellum Architectural Drawing
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather registered as a homesteader with the Department of the Interior Land Office in Buffalo, Wyoming. Building a cabin on a remote 640 acre plat,...
Vellum, Graphite
Solid Footings - Graphite Drawing on Antique Architectural Drawings of Bears
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather registered as a homesteader with the Department of the Interior Land Office in Buffalo, Wyoming. Building a cabin on a remote 640 acre plat,...
Vellum, Graphite
Sentinel - Mountain Lions in Graphite on Antique Vellum Architectural Drawing
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather registered as a homesteader with the Department of the Interior Land Office in Buffalo, Wyoming. Building a cabin on a remote 640 acre plat,...
Vellum, Graphite
High Plaines Homestead - Pronghorn Deer in Graphite on Antique Map Drawings
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather registered as a homesteader with the Department of the Interior Land Office in Buffalo, Wyoming. Building a cabin on a remote 640 acre plat,...
Vellum, Graphite
Transformed - Swan in Graphite on Antique Vellum Architectural Drawing
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather registered as a homesteader with the Department of the Interior Land Office in Buffalo, Wyoming. Building a cabin on a remote 640 acre plat,...
Vellum, Graphite
Vintage Framed Sketch Grazing Ram Book Peinture et Dessins de Paul Jouve, 1930
By Paul Jouve
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage black wood framed sketch of a grazing Ram in the bushes, from the Book Peinture et Dessins de Paul Jouve. Dated circa 1930. Not an original Paul...
Paper
"Goats" original lithograph
By August Gaul
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1920 on smooth wove paper for the Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart portfolio, and published in Leipzig by Klinkhardt & Biermann in an edition ...
Lithograph
British drawing by St. Ives artist Sven Berlin 'Jacob's sheep', pencil on paper
By Sven Berlin
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sven Berlin, (British, 1911 - 1999) Jacobs Sheep Pencil on paper Inscribed with title, signed and dated 'SVEN 99' (lower right) 5.1/4 x 8.5/8 in. (13 x 22 cm.) Sven Berlin, born in ...
Paper, Pencil
Highlands Sheep; A finished study from the Highlands Series
By Rosa Bonheur
Located in Middletown, NY
A finished primary study for Bonheur's major oil paintings of the late 1850s, capturing the quiet, unadorned dignity of animals in their native environment. Circa 1855. Graphite and...
Handmade Paper, Graphite, Crayon
Bighorn Sheep
By Arianna Fioratti Loreto
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated
Paper, India Ink
Antelope in the Roman Countryside - Etching After Charles Coleman-1992
By Charles Coleman 1
Located in Roma, IT
Antelope in the Roman Countryside is an original etching artwork realized after Charles Coleman (1807, Yorkshire - 1874, Roma) in 1992. Signed on the plate, the rare edition of only...
Etching
