Two Women" by Pilar Pobil Smith 1985 Oil Painting On Canvas Utah Artist

Description

Two Woman
by
Pilar Pobil, (Active, 94)

A vibrant oil painting featuring two women in sundresses after a long day of shopping. Each is seated in front of a colorful purple wallpaper with a Chanel shopping back in the lower left. Signed along the right side, 1985

Pilar Pobil was born in Mallorca, Spain in 1929. She is essentially a self-taught painter and sculptor known for her brilliantly colored watercolors and oils. She lives in Salt Lake City.

Pobil and her family escaped from Spain after her father was killed in the Spanish Civil War. After the war she returned to Mallorca where she took art classes at Academia de Bellas Artes Raimundo Lulio. The work of Spanish artists Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro influenced her.

After raising her family she returned to creating art. Shortly thereafter her work was exhibited at the Salt Art Center, Bountiful Art Center, Springville Museum of Fine Arts, Eccles Community Center, the Kimball Art Center, and many Salt Lake galleries. La Procession (1996), Mujeres de Veracruz (1994), and Portrait of a Well Known Utah Artist of French Origin: Francis Zimbeaux (1991) are examples of her vibrant painting.



PILAR WAS RECENTLY NAMED ONE OF

UTAH’S 15 MOST INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS

Condition

Excellent

Dimensions

45" x 35" x 1.5", 40" x 30"