Seltenes Fragment mit Kupferstichen "Historisch Genealogischer Calender oder Jahrbuch der merkwürdigsten neuen Welt-Begebenheiten für 1789. Leipzig zur Messe bey Haude und Spener von Berlin". Enthalten sind Portraits verschiedener Generale, wie Laudohn, v. Daun, v. Zieten, v. Seydlitz, v. Schwerin. Der Text ist nur teilweise erhalten, die Seiten 289 bis 375 sind wohl vorhanden. Es schließen sich verschiedene Kupferstichszenen an, wie die Sächsische Armee ergibt sich im Lager bei Pirna 1756, Schwerins Heldentod 1757, Flucht bei Rosbach 1757, der König besucht in Leipzig den verwundeten General Cüstine, die Russen brandschatzen in Berlin 1760 und Weitere. Zuletzt koloriertes Kupfer: ein Kosak, ein preußischer schwarzer Husar oder so genannter Totenkopf, ein Bergschotte, ein Croat. Kupfer wohl nach Chodowieki. Blätter einzeln und nicht gebunden, Deckel und Rücken erhalten, stark beschädigt, Alters- und Gebrauchsspuren.| Rare fragment with copper engravings "Historisch Genealogischer Calendar or yearbook of the strangest new world events for 1789. Leipzig for the fair by Haude and Spener von Berlin". It contains portraits of various generals, such as Laudohn, v. Daun, v. Zieten, v. Seydlitz, v. Schwerin. The text is only partially preserved, pages 289 to 375 are probably there. Various copper engraving scenes follow, such as the Saxon army surrendering in the camp near Pirna in 1756, Schwerin's heroic death in 1757, escape near Rosbach in 1757, the king visiting the wounded General Cüstine in Leipzig, the Russians pillaging Berlin in 1760 and others. Finally colored copper: a Cossack, a Prussian black hussar or so-called skull, a mountain Scot, a Croat. Copper probably after Chodowieki. Single sheets and unbound, cover and spine preserved, badly damaged, signs of age and usage.
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Kaiser Wilhelm II - Typoskript mit Unterschrift Kaiser Wilhelm II. Begnadigung eines Inhaftierten. 29. Oktober 1917, an das Oberkommando der Heeresgruppe Scholtz. Hinter Glas gerahmt, Alters- und Gebrauchsspuren.| Emperor William II - typescript signed by Emperor William II. Pardon for an inmate. October 29, 1917, to the high command of Army Group Scholtz. Framed behind glass, signs of age and usage.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Head of Constantus on pedestal, signed and dated 67, oil on canvas, 83cm x 107cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Arches, signed and dated 76, oil on canvas, 101cm x 80cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Bust on plinth, signed and dated 67, oil on canvas, 85cm x 94cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Gravestone of Roman Matron, signed and dated 69, oil on canvas, 73cm x 121cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Statue of Bernini-Ponte Rome, signed and dated 71, pen and wash, 53cm x 66cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Classic Torso on pink ground, signed and dated 67 , oil on canvas, 80cm x 104cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Doorway, signed and dated 66, pen and wash, 60cm x 48cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Roman bust, signed and dated 70, oil on canvas, 111cm x 111cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Head of Constantius, signed and dated 65, oil on canvas, 125cm x 79cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Shadow of Campanik, signed and dated 72, oil on canvas, 112cm x 85cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Corbels, signed and dated 67, pen and wash, 46cm x 59cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Horse and Rider, signed and dated 67, pen and wash, 46cm x 59cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Head of a Young Man, signed and dated 68, pen and wash, 41cm x 56cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Architectural, signed and dated 63, pen and wash, 60cm x 48cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Head of a Young Man, signed and dated 62, chalk, 43cm x 57cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Head of Scipone, signed and dated 66, oil on canvas, 62cm x 122cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Male Nude, signed and dated 70, pen and wash, 50cm x 65cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Horses head, signed and dated 71, pen and wash, 46cm x 58cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Arches, signed and dated 71, oil on canvas, 111cm x 75cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Antinous, signed and dated 68, oil on canvas, 84cm x 84cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Antinous, signed and dated 68, oil on canvas, 108cm x 74cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Female Nude, signed and dated 72, pen and wash, 48cm x 64cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Shadow, signed and dated 72, oil on canvas, 75cm x 84cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Dead Hen, signed and dated 44, ink and wash, 49cm x 64cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Female Nude, signed and dated 72, pen and wash, 48cm x 64cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Roman Statue, signed and dated 69, oil on canvas, 60cm x 91cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Roman, signed and dated 72, oil on canvas, 101cm x 80cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Constantine on Pedestal, signed and dated 66, oil on canvas, 50cm x 102cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Statue, signed and dated 71, pen and wash, 51cm x 66cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Roman Statue, signed and dated 70, pen and wash, 63cm x 49cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Lion, signed and dated 67, pen and wash, 58cm x 46cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Architecture, signed and dated 64, pen and wash, 59cm x 46cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Head of a Young Man, signed and dated 61, chalk, 48cm x 62cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Statue and buildings, signed and dated 70, oil on canvas, 103cm x 103cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Column Base, signed and dated 65, pen and wash, 46cm x 58cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Nude, signed and dated 70, pen and wash, 48cm x 64cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Landscape, signed and dated 52, pen and wash, 64cm x 48cm Born in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and Pollitzer He went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel. From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary. After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy. During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few. As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982 The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Tree Base, signed and dated 71, pen and wash, 51cm x 66cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Male Nude, signed and dated 71, pen and wash, 50cm x 65cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Male Nude, signed and dated 57, pen and ink, 47cm x 60cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Wagon, signed and dated 56, pen and ink, 66cm x 50cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Detail of the Statue of Marcus Aurelius, Rome, signed and dated 71, pen and wash, 68cm x 53cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Landscape, signed and dated 1935, watercolour, 35cm x 35cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Head of Augustus, signed and dated 69, oil on canvas, 80cm x 108cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Male Nude, signed and dated 70, pen and wash, 47cm x 60cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Base of a tree, signed and dated 71, pen and wash, 65cm x 51cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Young Man, signed and dated 69, pen and wash, 48cm x 64cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Male Nude, signed and dated 57, pen and ink, 47cm x 60cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Head of a Young Man, signed and dated 54, chalk, 48cm x 60cm Born in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and Pollitzer He went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel. From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary. After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy. During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few. As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982 The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Architecture, signed and dated 69, pen and wash, 61cm x 49cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) The River Nile: Detail of Bernini's Fountain, signed and dated 71, pen and wash, 51cm x 63cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Female Nude, signed and dated 72, pen and wash, 46cm x 64cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Male Nude, signed and dated 57, pen and ink, 46cm x 60cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
Sigmund Pollitzer (British, 1913-1982) Lane, signed and dated 47, pen and ink, 56cm x 43cmBorn in London in 1913, Arthur Sigmund Pollitzer was a member of the Pollitzer family who owned the major warehouse and transportation company Beck and PollitzerHe went to Germany aged 17 to study language, art and architecture and was much influenced by contemporary continental art, especially the Bauhaus. He returned to England and became an architectural draughtsman, working on many large London projects including the Cumberland Hotel.From 1933-1938 he became Chief designer at Pilkington Glass at St. Helens and was responsible for engraved and etched architectural glass for numerous public buildings and ocean liners including the Queen Mary.After war service in the Army, he moved to Cyprus where he lived and worked before moving in the late fifties to Positano in Italy.During the late forties and fifties, he exhibited work not only in Cyprus and Italy, but had many shows in London at the Redfern Gallery, Hanover Gallery, Roland Browse and Delbanco amongst others, as well as museums and art galleries around the country. He shared his shows with most of the great names of contemporary art of the immediate post war years. His sales were considerable over three decades, and he was also an avid collector of contemporary work. A particular Summer Exhibition at the Redfern Gallery for the July to September Exhibition 1948 his name is seen alongside Matisse, Moore, Nash, Picasso, Piper, Sutherland, Lautrec and Renoir to name but a few.As a self-taught artist, his own original eye, with a true mastery of line and form. He died in 1982The Victoria and Albert Museum hold examples of his glass designs.
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