(1907-1981) First generation New York abstract expressionist artist
sculptor, painter, draughtsman
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
26 x 20 1/2 inches (66 x 52.1 cm)
Collection: Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University, Kansas (1981).
Pencil on paper
12.5 x 9.5 inches (31.7 x 24.2 cm)
Collection: National Museum Art Warsaw
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
20 1/2 x 25 1/2 in
Collection: Unknown
Oil on board
47 1/4 x 30 in
Collection: Unknown
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).
Oil on canvas
17 7/8 x 14 7/8 in
Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate
Oil on canvas
21 7/8 x 32 in
Collection: Unknown
Oil on canvas
14 1/2 x 18 1/4 in
Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate
Oil on canvas
16 3/8 x 20 3/8 in
Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate
Oil on canvas
14 1/8 x 18 3/8 in
Collection: Unknown
Oil on canvas
16 1/4 x 20 1/4 in
Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate
Oil on canvas
14 3/4 x 18 1/8 in
Collection: Unknown
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.
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oil on panel with painted and carved wood relief
9 3/4 x 16 inches
Collection: Unknown
Oil on canvas
Collection: Unknown
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).
Oil on canvas
13 x 16 in
Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate
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).
Oil on canvas
29 1/2 x 36 3/8 inches
Collection: Private Collection, Pittsburgh, PA.
Oil on canvas
47 x 59 1/4 in
Collection: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
Oil on masonite
8 x 4 3/4 in
Collection: unknown
Oil on Masonite
12 x 10 1/4 in
Collection: Mr. & Mrs. Peter, Private Collection, New York, New York.
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).
Oil on canvas
35 1/4 x 29 1/4 in
Collection: unknown
Oil on canvas
10 x 12 in
Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate
Oil on masonite
12 1/8 x 10 in
Collection: Unknown
Oil on canvas
6 1/2 x 9 3/4 in
Collection: Private Collection, Cape Ann, Massachussetts
Oil on canvasboard
7 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches
Collection: Unknown
Oil on canvas
44 x 33 inches
Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate
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).
Oil on canvas
37 1/2 x 31 in
Collection: Unknown
Oil on canvas
32 x 26 in
Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate
Oil on canvas
15 7/8 x 20 1/4 in
Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate
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
40 1/8 x 30 1/4 in
Private Collection: Michael T Ricker
Oil on canvas
24 1/4 x 40 1/4 in
Collection: Myron Kunin Collection of American Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Oil on canvas
8 3/4 x 14 in
Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate
Oil on canvas
Collection: unknown
Oil on canvas
34 1/8 x 28 3/8 in
Collection: Unknown
Cubist Torso, 1934
oil on canvas
Private Collection: Michael T Ricker
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
26 1/8 x 20 7/8 in
Collection: Unknown
Oil on canvas
21 7/8 x 18 3/8 in
Collection: Unknown
Oil on masonite
24 x 24 inches
Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate
Oil on Masonite
24 x 24 in
Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate
Oil on masonite
48 x 62 1/2 in
Collection: Unknown
Oil on masonite
40 x 30 in
Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate
Oil on board
Collection: Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University, Kansas (1981).
Oil on
Collection: Myron Kunin
Oil on
Collection: Theodore Roszak Estate
"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