GEORGE DOMBEK
American (b. 1944)
George Dombek was born in Paris, Arkansas and became fascinated by art when he read about the work of Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline in Time magazine. He enrolled in the architectural design program at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and later took watercolor classes in the art department, where his talent was immediately recognized. After graduating with a BA in architecture in 1974, he went on to receive his MFA from the University of Arkansas. He has received numerous accolades and honors throughout his career including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Arkansas Arts Council and a Pollock – Krasner Grant.
Dombek’s work creates the illusion of reality by following a step-by-step process of construction, similar to the work of an architect or a builder. Dombek has used this method, which he calls constructed realism, to explore a variety of subjects in a way that bridges the usual distinctions between the real world and an abstracted one.
Notable collectors of Dombek’s work include: the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Butler Institute for American Art.
