The Art of Pauline Stiriss

Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, P.C. is proud to provide a showcase for the work of Pauline Stiriss (1907-2001), mother of firm partner Ellen Jean Messing and of her sister, Professor Karen Stiriss Messing.  Pauline Stiriss’s art and political beliefs informed her whole life, and inspired both her daughters.

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Spathocropia-Full

Spathocropia

Tar-Beach

Tar Beach

The-Burden

The Burden

Flowers-2

Flowers 2

Man-in-Suit

Man In Suit

Sunbath

Sunbath

The-Walls

The Walls

Flowers-in-Tempera-2

Flowers in Tempera

Flowers-in-Tempera

Flowers in Tempera

Waiting

Waiting

Ski-Class

Ski Class

The-Mermaid

The Mermaid

Tuning-Up

Tuning Up

Nassau-Wharf

Nassau Wharf

The-Box

Box

Guitar

Guitar

Mother-and-Child

Mother and Child

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The-Sphinx

The Sphinx