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Theodore Roszak

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(1907-1981) First generation New York abstract expressionist artist

sculptor, painter, draughtsman

Theodore Roszak

  • Biography
  • Exhibitions
  • Drawing
  • Painting (1929-47)
  • Construction (1932-45)
  • Sculpture (1945-69)
  • Public Commission (1955-78)
  • Photogram (1932-41)
  • Lithography
  • Bibliography
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Adolescence, 1929

 Oil on canvas  40 1/8 x 30 inches (101.9 x 76.2 cm)      Collection:  Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University , Kansas (1995).

Oil on canvas

40 1/8 x 30 inches (101.9 x 76.2 cm)    

Collection: Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University, Kansas (1995).

Peasant Woman, 1929

 Oil on canvas  26 x 20 1/2 inches (66 x 52.1 cm)  Collection:  Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University , Kansas (1981).

Oil on canvas

26 x 20 1/2 inches (66 x 52.1 cm)

Collection: Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University, Kansas (1981).

Peasant Girl, 1930
Peasant Girl, 1930

Pencil on paper

12.5 x 9.5 inches (31.7 x 24.2 cm) 

Collection: National Museum Art Warsaw

En Masque, 1932

 Oil on canvas   39 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches    Collection:  Minneapolis Institute of Art . Myron Kunin Collection of American Art (loan).

Oil on canvas

39 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches

Collection: Minneapolis Institute of Art. Myron Kunin Collection of American Art (loan).

Cubist Still Life with Guitar and Cards, 1930

Oil on canvas

20 1/2 x 25 1/2 in

Collection: Unknown

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Still Life Arrangement with Violin and Bow, 1931

Oil on board

47 1/4 x 30 in

Collection: Unknown

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Early Leave, 1931

 Oil on canvas  16 x 20 inches (40.64 x 50.8 cm)  Collection:  Joslyn Art Museum . Omaha, Nebraska. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Batt, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Blumkin, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schneider, and Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Cohn in memory of Bertha Ba

Oil on canvas

16 x 20 inches (40.64 x 50.8 cm)

Collection: Joslyn Art Museum. Omaha, Nebraska. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Batt, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Blumkin, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schneider, and Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Cohn in memory of Bertha Batt, Nettie Cohn, Rebecca Shapiro, and Jennie Veitzer (1988).

Opus #5 (Etude), 1931

Oil on canvas

17 7/8 x 14 7/8 in

Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate

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Fishing Village, 1932

Oil on canvas

21 7/8 x 32 in

Collection: Unknown

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Bathers on the Beach, 1933

Oil on canvas

14 1/2 x 18 1/4 in

Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate

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Boaters (Boat Stranded at Sea), 1932
Boaters (Boat Stranded at Sea), 1932

Oil on canvas

16 3/8 x 20 3/8 in

Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate

Bathers (I), 1933
Bathers (I), 1933

Oil on canvas

14 1/8 x 18 3/8 in

Collection: Unknown

Bathers (II), 1932-33
Bathers (II), 1932-33

Oil on canvas

16 1/4 x 20 1/4 in

Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate

Bathers, 1933
Bathers, 1933

Staten Island, 1933

Oil on canvas

14 3/4 x 18 1/8 in

Collection: Unknown

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Recording Sound, 1932

 Plaster and oil on wood  32 x 48 x 6 3/4 in. (81.3 x 121.9 x 17.1 cm)  Collection:  Smithsonian American Art Museum , Washington D.C. Purchased 1989.

Plaster and oil on wood

32 x 48 x 6 3/4 in. (81.3 x 121.9 x 17.1 cm)

Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. Purchased 1989.

Director's Choice - Recording Sound by Theodore Roszak

From the Smithsonian American Art Museum Video Channel

Recording Sound, 1932
Recording Sound, 1932

oil on panel with painted and carved wood relief

9 3/4 x 16 inches

Collection: Unknown

Airport, 1933-39

Airport I, 1933
Airport I, 1933

Oil on canvas

Collection: Unknown

Study for Airport, 1934
Study for Airport, 1934

Watercolor, gouache, ink, and graphite on paper

Irregular: 22 7/8 x 29 in (58.1 x 73.7 cm)

Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Gift of the Theodore Roszak Estate (1983).

Airport Strato Hop, 1939
Airport Strato Hop, 1939

Oil on canvas

13 x 16 in

Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate

Study for Airport, 1933
Study for Airport, 1933

Watercolor and ink

4 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches

Collection: Chazen Museum of Art. Madison, Wisconsin. Terese and Alvin S. Lane Collection (2012 on loan).

42nd Street Times Square, 1936

42nd Street Times Square (I), 1936
42nd Street Times Square (I), 1936

Oil on canvas

29 1/2 x 36 3/8 inches

Collection: Private Collection, Pittsburgh, PA.

42nd Street Times Square (II), 1936
42nd Street Times Square (II), 1936

Oil on canvas

47 x 59 1/4 in

Collection: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

42nd Street Times Square (Study), 1936
42nd Street Times Square (Study), 1936

Oil on masonite

8 x 4 3/4 in

Collection: unknown

Abstraction with Faces and Skyscrapers, 1934
Abstraction with Faces and Skyscrapers, 1934

Oil on Masonite

12 x 10 1/4 in

Collection: Mr. & Mrs. Peter, Private Collection, New York, New York.

Study for 42nd Street, 1934
Study for 42nd Street, 1934

Pochoir with gouache and black ink

13 1/4 x 15 3/8 in (33.7 x 39.1 cm)

Collection: Yale University Art Gallery, CT. Gift of James N. Heald II, B.S. 1949 (2011).

Strato Hop, 1934-36

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Strato Hop, 1936
Strato Hop, 1936

Oil on canvas

35 1/4 x 29 1/4 in

Collection: unknown

Strato Hop, 1935
Strato Hop, 1935

Oil on canvas

10 x 12 in

Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate

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Annasquam, 1934

Oil on masonite

12 1/8 x 10 in

Collection: Unknown

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Church at Annasquam, 1936
Church at Annasquam, 1936

Oil on canvas

6 1/2 x 9 3/4 in

Collection: Private Collection, Cape Ann, Massachussetts

Annasquam, 1936
Annasquam, 1936

Oil on canvasboard

7 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches

Collection: Unknown

Self-Portrait at 27, 1934

 Oil on canvas  44 x 33 inches  Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate

Oil on canvas

44 x 33 inches

Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate

Self-Portrait III, 1933
Self-Portrait III, 1933

Gouache on Paper

16 5/16 x 14 7/16 in (41.5 x 36.7 cm) 

Collection: McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas. Gift of the Gallery of the McNay (1992).

Self-Portrait I, 1930

Oil on canvas

37 1/2 x 31 in

Collection: Unknown

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Seated Figure, 1930

Oil on canvas

32 x 26 in

Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate

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Meeting Place, 1931

Oil on canvas

15 7/8 x 20 1/4 in

Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate

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Fisherman's Bride, 1934

  Oil on canvas    29 1/16 × 27 1/8 inches (73.8 × 68.9 cm)    Collection:  Whitney Museum of American Art, New York ; Purchase 1934.

Oil on canvas

29 1/16 × 27 1/8 inches (73.8 × 68.9 cm)

Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Purchase 1934.

Fisherman's Bride, 1935
Fisherman's Bride, 1935

Oil on canvas

40 1/8 x 30 1/4 in

Private Collection: Michael T Ricker

Man at Machine, 1933-37

Man at Machine (Man Sewing), 1937
Man at Machine (Man Sewing), 1937

Oil on canvas

24 1/4 x 40 1/4 in

Collection: Myron Kunin Collection of American Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Man at Machine (Man Sewing), 1933
Man at Machine (Man Sewing), 1933

Oil on canvas

8 3/4 x 14 in

Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate

The Jeweler, 1932
The Jeweler, 1932

Oil on canvas

Collection: unknown

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1933_Man_at_the_Machine_Study_(3)_Painting.jpg

Cubist Torso, 1934

Oil on canvas

34 1/8 x 28 3/8 in

Collection: Unknown

 Cubist Torso, 1934  oil on canvas  Private Collection: Michael T Ricker

Cubist Torso, 1934

oil on canvas

Private Collection: Michael T Ricker

Girl at the Piano: Recording Sound, 1935

 Oil on canvas  37 x 48 inches  Collection:  Indiana Museum of Art . James E. Roberts Fund and Martha Delzell Memorial Fund (1989).

Oil on canvas

37 x 48 inches

Collection: Indiana Museum of Art. James E. Roberts Fund and Martha Delzell Memorial Fund (1989).

Portrait of Florence, 1937

Oil on canvas

26 1/8 x 20 7/8 in

Collection: Unknown

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Young Girl, 1937

Oil on canvas

21 7/8 x 18 3/8 in

Collection: Unknown

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Untitled, 1937

Oil on masonite

24 x 24 inches

Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate

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Untitled, 1937

Oil on Masonite

24 x 24 in

Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate

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Untitled, 1936

Oil on masonite

48 x 62 1/2 in

Collection: Unknown

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Composition Within an Oval, 1940

Oil on masonite

40 x 30 in

Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate

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Opposition Within a Circle, 1946-47

 Oil on board  Collection:  Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University , Kansas (1981).

Oil on board

Collection: Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University, Kansas (1981).

Study for Opposition Within a Circle, 1947
Study for Opposition Within a Circle, 1947

Oil on

 

Collection: Myron Kunin

Study for Opposition Within a Circle, 1947
Study for Opposition Within a Circle, 1947

Oil on

 

Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate

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Adolescence, 1929
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Peasant Woman, 1929
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En Masque, 1932
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Cubist Still Life with Guitar and Cards, 1930
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Still Life Arrangement with Violin and Bow, 1931
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Early Leave, 1931
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Opus #5 (Etude), 1931
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Fishing Village, 1932
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Bathers on the Beach, 1933
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Staten Island, 1933
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Recording Sound, 1932
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Airport, 1933-39
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42nd Street Times Square, 1936
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Strato Hop, 1934-36
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Annasquam, 1934
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Self-Portrait at 27, 1934
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Self-Portrait I, 1930
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Seated Figure, 1930
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Meeting Place, 1931
  Oil on canvas    29 1/16 × 27 1/8 inches (73.8 × 68.9 cm)    Collection:  Whitney Museum of American Art, New York ; Purchase 1934.
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Fisherman's Bride, 1934
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Man at Machine, 1933-37
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Cubist Torso, 1934
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Girl at the Piano: Recording Sound, 1935
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Portrait of Florence, 1937
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Young Girl, 1937
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Untitled, 1937
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Untitled, 1937
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Untitled, 1936
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Composition Within an Oval, 1940
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Opposition Within a Circle, 1946-47

"Artists, however, in their search for new ideas, forms, and images, have always pushed beyond the inherent limitations of any one medium. Theodore Roszak, though known primarily as a sculptor, never gave up the idea of painting. To his mind, each medium enriched and informed the other, and both, together with drawing, were essential aspects of his creative process...Painting has always been the standard fare of art schools and academics in Europe as well as America. Consider the varied careers of Julio Gonzalez, Alberto Giacometti, David Smith, Louise Bourgeois, and Eva Hesse: each eventually altered the course of modern sculpture, but each began as, or aspired to be, a painter."

[1989, Douglas Dreishpoon, "Theodore Roszak: Painting into Sculpture" Hirschl & Adler Galleries, NY.]

 

Public Collections:

Joslyn Art Museum, Nebraska

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana

McNay Art Museum, Texas

New Jersey State Museum , NJ

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University, Kansas

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

 

Unless specified all images

© Estate of Theodore Roszak / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.