Courtenay Edward Maxwell Pollock [commonly known as Courtenay Pollock] was born in Birmingham, England on 23 June 1877. He studied at attended Birmingham University, Birmingham School of Art and at the Royal College of Art in London. He subsequently worked as a sculptor and exhibited at the Bruton Gallery, London Salon, Royal Academy and Royal Society of British Artists in London; Royal West of England Academy in Birmingham; the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh; Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool; and at the Royal Glasgow institute of the Fine Arts. He was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) in 1905 and the Royal West of England Academy (RWA) in 1921. Pollock was a member of the London Sketch Club. He represented the UK at the 1912 Venice Biennale.