James Pollock (artist)

James Pollock
Artist James Pollock watercolor painting on location along the breaks of Lake Oahe in South Dakota.
Born
James Pollock

1943 (age 80–81)
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainter
Notable workLooking Down the Trail, 1967, National Museum of the U.S. Army, Set of 5 Centennial Posters, 1983, South Dakota State Historical Society Dakota Survival, 1979, pen and ink drawing of three bison in a snowstorm
MovementPlein air
AwardsArtist of the Year, South Dakota Hall of Fame, 1980

James Pollock (born 1943, South Dakota) is an American artist living in Pierre, South Dakota. Pollock has been characterized as a painter whose work is a bridge between the abstract and the concrete. His style varies widely, sometimes drawing on the abstract styles reminiscent of artists of the early 20th-century Bauhaus school, characterized by strong lines and bold colors, sometimes resembling ancient cave paintings, and sometimes straightforward renderings of landscapes and objects."[1] Pollock is an active plein air painter and member of the South Dakota Plein Air Artists movement.[2]

  1. ^ Harry F. Thompson, General Editor, Ron Robinson and others, "A New South Dakota History" 2nd. Ed. (Center for Western Studies, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2009) Chapter 20, p. 402 ISBN 978-0-931170-00-3
  2. ^ Arts Alive, South Dakota, "Plein air painting brings artists together outdoors" (Vol. 9, Issue 3 Spring/Summer 2007. South Dakotans for the Arts and South Dakota Arts Council, Lead, South Dakota) pp. 1–2