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YorkCity,in1949,andalargemuraldecorationfortheVirginiaStateLibraryin
Richmond(1951).Binford'spaintingsformpartofthepermanentcollectionsofthe
PhillipsMemorialGallery,Washington,D.C.;MuseumofFineArts,Boston,Massa-
chusetts;\'irginiaMuseumofFineArts;AddisonGalleryofAmericanArt,Phillips
Academy,Ando\er,Massachusetts;theartmuseumoftheNewBritain(Connecticut)
Institute;Springfield(Massachusetts)MuseumofFineArts;ObcrlinCollege,Oberlin,
Ohio;\VilliamRockhillNelsonGalleryofArt,KansasCity,Missouri;andtheuni-
versitiesofNebraskaandGeorgia.lielivesinFredericksburg,N'irginia.
BLANCH,Arnold,AutumnLandscape, 22 x36. Illustration—Plate 52
"Itismyopinionthatmypaintingsshouldbeacceptedorrejectedontheirvisual
significance—notonwordexplanation.Icanofferverylittleintheformofinter-
pretationormeanings.
"Briefly,mymethodofmakingapaintingisasfollows: Ihavemanynotebooks
filledwithstenographicdrawingsorplansforfuturepaintings.Thesedrawingsmay
havecomefromthingsIhave.seen,fromthingsIhavethought,orfromtheendof
mypencilwithoutconsciousthought.Thesenotebooksbecomeformeabankof
visualideas.
"Mypaintingsaremadeonaspeciallypreparedcanvasorgessoboard.Ipaint
directlyonthecanvaswithoutdrawingfirst.IntheprocessofpaintingImakemany
changesinanefforttomaketheformsand.shapesrelateforcefullytoeachotherand
tothespaceIhaveselectedtopainton.Idonotalwaysusebrushes,becauseIhave
foundthatothertoolssuchasaroller,rags,sandpaper,etc.,arcusefulformypur-
pose.IuseShivacaseinpaintandvariousbrandsofoilcolors."
ThesecommentssentbyArnoldBlancharefromabookTheArtojtheArtist,a
groupventurejustpublished,theroyaltiesofwhichgotothe.ArtistsWelfareFund
inWoodstock.
BlanchwasborninMantorville,Minnesota,in1896.HestudiedattheMin-
neapolisSchoolofArtfortwoyears.From 1916 to 1917 and 1919 to 1921 hestudied
attheArtStudentsLeagueofNewYorkwithMora,RobertHenri,John Sloan,
KennethH.Miller,andBoardmanRobinson.Blanchservedinthe.\.F.F.inAVorld
WarIfrom 1918 to1919.WorkinEuropefollowed.
Hehastaughtinvariousinstitutions: theCaliforniaSchoolofFineArtsinSan
Francisco,1930-1931;ArtStudentsLeagueofNewYork, 1935-1939,andtheArt
StudentsLeagueSummerSchoolatWoodstock,NewYork, 1947-1949;Colorado
SpringsFineArtsCenterSummerSchool,1939-1941;visitingarti.statMichiganState
CollegeinEastLansing,1944;visitingartistattheUniversityofMinnesota,1949;
visitinglecturerattheUniversityofWisconsin,1950;andguestartistattheGulf
CoastArtCenteratClearwater,Florida,in1951.
PrizesandawardsincludeascholarshipattheArtStudentsLeagueofNewYork;
severalmedals,beginningwiththeHarrismedalfromthe.ArtInstituteofChicago
in1929;andaGuggenheimFellowshipin1933.In 1938 hewonThirdPrizeinthe
internationalexhibitionofpaintingattheCarnegieInstitute.Theyear 1945 brought
aprizeintheDomesdayPressCompetitioninJuvenileBookIllustration.FirstPrize
andtwoHonorableMentions fordesignswereawardedBlanch in theNational
CeramicExhibitionatthe.Syracuse(NewYork)MuseumofFine.Artsin1919.
HehaspaintedmuralsforpostofficesatFredonia,NewYork;Norwalk,Connecti-
cut;andColumbus,Wisconsin.HedidtheillustrationsforTheHumboldtRiver,
