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ABADI,Fritzie,Island, 24 x36.
"Usually,whenIstarttopaint, 1 havenopreconceivedideaofwhattheresuh
willbe.InthepaintingoftheIsland,theimpressionmadeonmebythisislandin
flamingcolorseenfromaplanethousandsoffeetabovewassooverpowering 1
wantedtoportraythefeelingoftheislandsuspendedinspace."
FritzieAbadiwasborninAleppo,Syria,in1915.Attheageoftenshecameto
theUnitedStatesofAmericaandin 1946 studiedwithTschacbasovattheArt
StudentsLeagueofNewYork.HerworkhasbeenexhibitedinNewYork,Wash-
ington,andelsewhere.ShewonaprizeforgraphicworkattheNationalAssociation
ofWomenArtistsexhibitionin1949.Inthesameorganization'sexhibitionin 1950
shewasawardedtheCooperUnionPrizeforoilpainting.
ADLER,SamuelM.,MauveStillLife, 25 x41. Illustration—Plate 67
"IpaintwhatIfeel,notwhatIsee;whatIam,ratherthanwhatIthink,since
Ibelievethatitisthesuccessfularticulationofman'sintellectual,spiritual,emotional
and estheticimpulsesinrelation tolife asexperiencethatmakes possible the
phenomenonwecall'art.'
"Certainlyitisnotforarttoholdthemirrortonature—tofreezeamomentout
oftime,—butrathertocaptureanimpulseandsustainit—inotherwordstorealize
amomentandprotractitintoalleternity.
"Thesuccessfulprotractionandarticulationofthisoriginalimpulseis,asIseeit,
theconditionwecall'truth'or'reality'fortheartistandIbelievethatinartthere
isnootherpossiblereality.
"Thisinnertruthisnotdivorcedfromtheobjectiverealitythatgaveitbirth,but
isonewithit.Difficultofmeasurementasitmaybe,itisthisnewconditionofbeing
thatweseek.Itwouldfollowthen,asIreasonit,thatwhenthecreativeartist
succeedsinthis'realization,'themannerofhisstatementisofnoimportance.Realist,
expressionist,abstractionistornon-objectivisthaveallasone,thislimitlessuniversein
whichtobreathe.
"OfmypictureMauveStillLifethereislittleformetosay.^1 amconcerned
alwayswiththe'gestalt'ofmypainting,neverwiththeparts.
"Pearsandpitchers,likemadonnasandbabies,arebuttheelementsofa'whole'
Iattempttorealize.Itisagain—thecomplexpatternoforiginalimpulse;aoneness
withlife—perhapsacosmicconsciousnessthatmakestheartistwhatheis,andwhat
heis,hispictureis."Hesingsasongofhumanityinhisownterms,oflifeandtheloveoflife—of
mankindandeternity—onemaninrelationtoall—this,^1 think,isapicture.
SamuelAdlerwasborninNewYorkin1898.Inhisnativecityhestudiedatthe
NationalAcademyofDesign,towhichhewasadmittedbyspecialdispensationatthe
ageoffourteen.
Adler'searlyyearsweredevotedtobothartandmusic,andheusedtheviolinas
ameansofsupportduringthefirstyearsofhiscareerasapainter.In^1927 he
abandonedprofessionalmusicentirelyinordertodevotefulltimetoart,butkept
music(thestringquartet)asaculturalpursuit.Thirtyyearsofpaintingculminated
inhisfirstone-manexhibitioninNewYorkin1948;othersfollowedattheUniversity
ofIndianaandinLouisville,Kentucky.Duringthesummerof^1951 hespentsome
timeinItaly,wherehisconvictionsaboutartasstatedaboveandinlastyear's
cataloguewerestrengthened.