Sophy Regensburg

Sophy Pollak Regensburg (1885 – April 6, 1974) was an American naïve painter.

Born in New York City, Regensburg was a enthusiast of a prominent family; her brother, Walter Pollak, sat upon the New York Stock Exchange. She was married to cigar maker Melville E. Regensburg, with whom she had three children, until his death. Active during her marriage as a volunteer, she took in the works painting in widowhood, when her physician suggested she needed to slow down; she had studied under William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri at the New York School of Art. In 1952, the first year in which she was in action in the hobby, she won a gold medal in the National Amateur Painters Competition; she would go upon to present work in thirteen one-woman shows and fifteen society exhibits since her death. She produced mainly still lifes. Her accomplish is represented in the collections of the American Folk Art Museum, the Miami University Art Museum, and Smith College.