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Charles Pollock in his studio A discreet yet essential painter, Charles Pollock distinguished himself through a singular artistic trajectory. Born in Denver in 1902, he studied at the Art Students League in New York under Thomas Hart Benton, a major figure of American Regionalism, before establishing himself within the New York art scene of the 1930s. He was the one who introduced his younger brother Jackson to art and encouraged him to pursue it, even taking him into his home in 1934. Starting from a form of social realism shaped by the progressive ideals of the 1930s, he moved toward an abstraction marked by great formal rigor and deeply restrained emotion. His paintings from the 1950s and 1960s, with their subtle harmonies and suspended organic forms, rank among the most refined expressions of postwar American painting. Closely associated with the American critic Clement Greenberg, he exhibited alongside the leading figures of Color Field painting, such as Mark Rothko, Kenneth Noland, and Morris Louis. He moved to Paris in 1971 and pursued, through the late 1980s, a pictorial quest of rare rigor and sensitivity, in which color and rhythm became the true subjects of the canvas. He died in 1988, leaving behind a major body of work shaped by the search for a balance between inwardness and structure, with an almost musical restraint. Forgotten by the art world after his death, Charles Pollock owes his rediscovery to the meticulous work of his wife Sylvia and his daughter Francesca, who in 1995 located a Harlem warehouse where the artist had stored his entire American production. Francesca, who founded the Charles Pollock Archives, continues today to safeguard and promote her father’s legacy.
Charles Pollock, Black and Gray 5, 1960, Oil on canvas, 147 x 101 cm
Collaboration with Galerie Dina Vierny Galerie Dina Vierny, which represents the estates of several major 20th-century artists, strengthens its presence on the international scene through this collaboration. The partnership with the Charles Pollock Archives aims to preserve, promote, and disseminate the artist’s work by developing exhibition, publication, and research projects in France and abroad. 'This collaboration reflects a shared intention to restore Charles Pollock to the core of the narrative of modern art—and more specifically of American art—not merely as Jackson Pollock’s older brother who introduced him to painting, but as a painter of great intellectual depth and singular sensitivity,' explain Pierre and Alexandre Lorquin, directors of Galerie Dina Vierny. The first exhibition, to be held in January 2026, will focus on works from the 1950s and 1960s, particularly the Black and Gray and Rome series, with a catalogue featuring an unpublished text by art historian and critic Pierre Wat. This event will mark a new stage in the rediscovery in France of one of the major painters of postwar American abstraction, whose work—both sensitive and rigorously structured—resonates with the major currents of American modernism.
Collaboration with Galerie Dina Vierny Galerie Dina Vierny, which represents the estates of several major 20th-century artists, strengthens its presence on the international scene through this collaboration. The partnership with the Charles Pollock Archives aims to preserve, promote, and disseminate the artist’s work by developing exhibition, publication, and research projects in France and abroad. 'This collaboration reflects a shared intention to restore Charles Pollock to the core of the narrative of modern art—and more specifically of American art—not merely as Jackson Pollock’s older brother who introduced him to painting, but as a painter of great intellectual depth and singular sensitivity,' explain Pierre and Alexandre Lorquin, directors of Galerie Dina Vierny. The first exhibition, to be held in January 2026, will focus on works from the 1950s and 1960s, particularly the Black and Gray and Rome series, with a catalogue featuring an unpublished text by art historian and critic Pierre Wat. This event will mark a new stage in the rediscovery in France of one of the major painters of postwar American abstraction, whose work—both sensitive and rigorously structured—resonates with the major currents of American modernism.
Charles Pollock in his studio A discreet yet essential painter, Charles Pollock distinguished himself through a singular artistic trajectory. Born in Denver in 1902, he studied at the Art Students League in New York under Thomas Hart Benton, a major figure of American Regionalism, before establishing himself within the New York art scene of the 1930s. He was the one who introduced his younger brother Jackson to art and encouraged him to pursue it, even taking him into his home in 1934. Starting from a form of social realism shaped by the progressive ideals of the 1930s, he moved toward an abstraction marked by great formal rigor and deeply restrained emotion. His paintings from the 1950s and 1960s, with their subtle harmonies and suspended organic forms, rank among the most refined expressions of postwar American painting. Closely associated with the American critic Clement Greenberg, he exhibited alongside the leading figures of Color Field painting, such as Mark Rothko, Kenneth Noland, and Morris Louis. He moved to Paris in 1971 and pursued, through the late 1980s, a pictorial quest of rare rigor and sensitivity, in which color and rhythm became the true subjects of the canvas. He died in 1988, leaving behind a major body of work shaped by the search for a balance between inwardness and structure, with an almost musical restraint. Forgotten by the art world after his death, Charles Pollock owes his rediscovery to the meticulous work of his wife Sylvia and his daughter Francesca, who in 1995 located a Harlem warehouse where the artist had stored his entire American production. Francesca, who founded the Charles Pollock Archives, continues today to safeguard and promote her father’s legacy.
Collaboration with Galerie Dina Vierny Galerie Dina Vierny, which represents the estates of several major 20th-century artists, strengthens its presence on the international scene through this collaboration. The partnership with the Charles Pollock Archives aims to preserve, promote, and disseminate the artist’s work by developing exhibition, publication, and research projects in France and abroad. 'This collaboration reflects a shared intention to restore Charles Pollock to the core of the narrative of modern art—and more specifically of American art—not merely as Jackson Pollock’s older brother who introduced him to painting, but as a painter of great intellectual depth and singular sensitivity,' explain Pierre and Alexandre Lorquin, directors of Galerie Dina Vierny. The first exhibition, to be held in January 2026, will focus on works from the 1950s and 1960s, particularly the Black and Gray and Rome series, with a catalogue featuring an unpublished text by art historian and critic Pierre Wat. This event will mark a new stage in the rediscovery in France of one of the major painters of postwar American abstraction, whose work—both sensitive and rigorously structured—resonates with the major currents of American modernism.
