Edward and Deborah Pollack have been in the art world for over thirty-five years as prominent art dealers and collectors of fine nineteenth and early twentieth-century American art. In the early 1970s Edward's gallery was The Pollack Gallery on Madison Avenue in New York City and he was known by his colleagues to have the best eye in the business. Deborah, after graduating with honors from Temple University, was a private art dealer, D. Courtney Fine Art, based in New York and Pennsylvania.
In 1981 they married and merged their businesses to create Edward and Deborah Pollack Fine Art. Their gallery is located at 205 Worth Avenue, Suite 202, in Palm Beach, Florida.
Art dealer, author, and lecturer, Deborah C. Pollack was born in Philadelphia. She began fine-art dealing as a hobby at the age of sixteen and has been researching art history ever since. (During the 1970s she was also a New York television actress known as Deborah Courtney.) Deborah Pollack is the only recognized scholar of the life and work of Orville Bulman. She is the author of Inspired Whimsy: The Genius of Orville Bulman, and the best-selling monograph on the artist, Orville Bulman: An Enchanted Life and Fantastic Legacy. In January 2005, Deborah gave a lecture and slide presentation on the art of Orville Bulman at The Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach. She gave a standing-room-only lecture and slide presentation on January 25, 2006 on "Florida Artists-1860-1980" at the same venue. She presented another lecture on Orville Bulman at the Grand Rapids Art Museum on September 29, 2006 followed by a book signing which was a huge success, as was the lecture and book signing at the Society of the Four Arts on January 24, 2007. She has lectured on Palm Beach artists at the Lost Tree Club and the Rotary Club. Deborah presented "Painters of the Flagler Era" in April 2009 for the St. Augustine Art Association and is the author of the biography of the artist, Laura Woodward: The Artist Behind the Innovator Who Developed Palm Beach, which has been published in association with the Historical Society of Palm Beach County. She is deeply honored that the Education Network (serving the School District of Palm Beach County), has aired an award-winning documentary about the book. In October 2009, she presented her book, Laura Woodward:The Artist Behind the Innovator Who Developed Palm Beach, for the Historical Society of Palm Beach County to a huge crowd. On January 8, 2010, Deborah presented her Laura Woodward book at Books and Books hosted by the South Florida Writers' Association. and on January 25, she presented the same at the Museum of Florida History in Tallahassee. Deborah is grateful that the audiences at all the presentations have been so appreciative and receptive. She will be presenting several lectures about Laura Woodward throughout 2010 and articles written by Deborah about Laura Woodward will be published in forthcoming magazines, including Antiques and Art Around Florida and Tequesta.
Deborah has also curated and hung exhibitions at the Society of the Four Arts King Library, the Cornell Museum, and the Delray Beach Historical Society.
An affiliated member of the International Society of Appraisers, a member of the Historical Society of Palm Beach County, a member of the Palm Beach Cultural Council, a life member of the Actors Fund, an associate of Archives of American Art, a member of the South Florida Writers Association, and a member of the Brain Injury Association of Florida, Deborah also helps survivors and caregivers cope with Traumatic Brain Injury. Further support for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can be found here: Betsy's Support Site for TBI.This site will be published in THE Challenge, the magazine for the Brain Injury Association of America. Deborah's poem, 1999, about TBI recovery has recently been published in the book Healthy Stories. Other poetry (Beautiful at Eighteen, The Irony of Health), and two short stories (Velvet Ribbons and Behave. Right Now!) will be published in the 2011 edition of Healthy Stories but can also be read online at the Miami Health Department's website, Healthy Stories.
Edward and Deborah Pollack continue to deal in and collect important American paintings, and to be devoted to bringing artists, who were well-known in their lifetime, back into the forefront.
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About Edward and Deborah Pollack
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