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Highroadofthe West(1943) andforsomeprivatelyprintedpoems,andisthe
authorofabookentitledGouache.
CollectionswhichpossessworkbyBlanchincludethoseoftheWhitneyMuseum
ofAmericanArtandMetropolitanMuseumofArtinNewYork;theCleveland
(Ohio)MuseumofArt;ColoradoSpringsFineArtsCenter;CaliforniaPalaceofthe
LegionofHonor;CranbrookAcademyofArt(BloomfieldHills,Michigan);Detroit
InstituteofArts;CityArtMuseumofSt.Louis;Denver(Colorado)ArtMuseum;
theuniversitiesofNebraskaandArizona;ButlerArtInstitute(Youngstown,Ohio);
LibraryofCongress;andEncyclopaediaBritannica.
HeismarriedtopainterDorisLee.Woodstock,NewYork,ishispermanent
address,thoughheisatpresentinClearwater,Florida.

BLANCHARD,Carol,LateAgain!, 30 x24. Illustration—Plate 30

ConcerningLateAgain!,CarolBlanchardwrites"it'safamilyportrait—it's

verypersonal.It'stoshowwhatahappyfamilyweare,waitingforthe"head'to
comehome.Hehasexampapersunderhisarm(he'saprofatColumbiainthe
FineArtsDepartment...asculptor,DustinRice).We'rewaitingwithloveand
somethingforhimtoeat.Theladylookingoutofthewindowrepresentsallthe
beautifulmistresseshewouldliketohave(justbecausehefeelsallartistshavethem,
butunfortunatelyhecan'taffordevenone).Itrytopainthappypicturesandwelcome
anyoneintomydreamworld...."
CarolBlanchard(Mrs.DustinRice)wasborninSpringfield,Massachusetts,in
1920.Shehadherfirstone-manshowin 1943 andhasbeenrepresentedingroup
exhibitionsinthiscountry.HerillustrationshaveappearedinMademoisellemaga-
zine.Priv'atecollectors,theCity.^rtMuseumofSt.Louis,andtheAlbrightArt
GalleryinBuffalohaveexamplesofherwork.ForfurtherdetailsseetheFebruary,
1952,issueofTownandCountry.

BLOOM,Hyman,BuriedTreasure, 43 x43. Illustration—Plate 1

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ExpressionistpainterHymanBloomwasborninLatviain1913.Asachildof
sevenhewasbroughttotheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Hisattitudetowardartwas
formedtoalargeextentbythecollectionsoftheMuseumofFineArtsinBoston,
particularlytheworksofGeorgesRouault.Hisworkwasincludedinthe"Americans
1942"showattheMetropolitanMuseumofArtinNewYork,afterwhichhestopped
paintingforatimeuntilhisfirstone-manshowinthemid-1940's.TheSmithCollege
MuseumofArtatNorthampton,Mas.sachusetts;AddisonGalleryofAmericanArt
atPhillipsAcademy,Andover,Massachusetts;andtheMuseumofModernArtin
NewYorkareamongpublicandprivatecollectionswherehisworkisrepresented.
HelivesinBoston,Massachusetts.

BOHROD,Aaron,FarmNearFondduLac, 22 x30.

"Ineveryperiodofthedevelopmentofpainting,noartistisunconsciousofhow
hisowntendenciesrelatetothatofthecurrentmodeofapprovedendeavor.Ifhis
convictionsarenotsecurelyfoundedhefindsitaneasymattertoadjusthisworkto
theacceptednormsothathemayearncontemporaryapprovalandthenbereadyto
moveonwiththenextchangeoffashion.
"Thebulkofthepresentday"mostexhibited'practitionersofpaintinghaveby
mutualconsentandthroughactiveencouragementofcertainartmagazinesand