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Linda F. McGreevy

Linda F. McGreevy, a member of the International Association of Art Critics, is a professor of art history and criticism at Old Dominion University. She is the author of Bitter Witness: Otto Dix and the Great War (2001) and numerous articles on contemporary art. She is currently compiling a biography of the German artist Kaethe

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Virginia Morris Pollak

During World War II, sculptor Virginia Morris Pollak used her deep understanding of clay, plaster, and metal to revolutionize reconstructive surgery for wounded servicemen. This earned her a presidential citation, and she was later appointed to JFK’s Commission for the Employment of the Handicapped. Pollak also co-founded her own sculpture studio and chaired the Norfolk Fine Arts Commission, beautifying her hometown with an outdoor sculpture museum at the Botanic Garden.