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enamelsurfacesalmostasabas-relief.ThereforeIpaintonwoodoranyhardsurface.
Ipaintalwaysfromblacktolightsasthatseemstheobviousprocessoflife."
WilliamCongdonwasborninProvidence,RhodeIsland,in1912.Hestudied
sculptureforthreeyearswithGeorgeDemetrios,thentookuppaintingatthe
Pennsylvania.AcademyoftheFineArtsduringonewinterandattheCapeSchool
ofArt{HenryHensche)forthreesummers.CongdonhastraveledinMexicoand
Europe, particularlythe landsborderingthe Mediterranean,andspendshalfof
everyyearinItaly.Itwasnotuntil 1947 thathestartedpaintingseriously.Awards
includeasecondandafirstprizeinexhibitionsinRhodeIslandandtheTemple
GoldMedalattheannualexhibitionofthePennsylvaniaAcademyoftheFineArts
in1951.TheMuseumofFineArtsinBostonandamuseuminRhodeIslandhave
examplesofhiswork,inadditiontomanyprivatecollectors.Congdon'scurrentad-
dressisVenice,Italy.
CONWAY,FrederickE.,Riddle, 28 x36.
"ThepaintingRiddle,likeall mypainting,isanattempttocreate,invisual
terms,impulseswhichhappenasIpaint.
"Itrytocreateabalancebetweensubjectmatter,meaning,andtheabstract
factorsofpainting,insuchawaythatthesethreefactorshappenwithequalforce,
andthattheycreateakaleidoscopiceffectintheirvisualexchange.
"Eachofthesethreefactorsbeingofequalimportance,andhavingtheirown
anddifferentdemands,createsintheirkaleidoscopicexchange,afourthform,which
isthepicture..-XsyetIdonotknowwhatitis."
ConwayisanativeofSt.Louis,Missouri,wherehewasbornin 1900.He
studiedattheSt.LouisSchoolofFineArtsofWashingtonUniversity,St.Louis,and
nowteachesdrawingandpaintingthere.InadditiontosketchingtripsinFranceand
NorthAfrica,studyabroadincludedworkattheJulianAcademyandAcademic
ModerneinParis.MuralsbyConwayadornthepostofficeatPurcell,Oklahoma,and
herecentlywoninacompetitionformuralworkfortheFirstNationalBankof
Tulsa,Oklahoma.HispictureshavebeenexhibitedwidelyintheUnitedStates,
particularlyintheMidwestandNewYork,andhavewonhimmanyawards,among
themprizesinthePepsi-Colashowsof^1945 and^1947 andanotherawardin1948;
purchaseprizesattheJoslynMemorialArtMu.seumatOmaha,Nebraska,in1947,
andtheUniversityofIllinoisin1949;andaprizeof$1500attheCorcoranGallery
ofArtinWashingtonin1949.At theHallmarkshowinthesameyearhewas
awardedFirstPrizeintheAmericansectionandsharedtheGrandInternational
PrizewiththeFrenchwinner.Inadditiontoinstitutionswherehehasbeenawarded
prizes,Conway'sworkisincollectionsofthe Denver(Colorado) ArtMuseum;
NortonGallery(WestPalmBeach,Florida);InternationalBusinessMachinesCor-
poration;CityArtMuseumofSt.Louis;WashingtonUniversity;andseveralother
collectionsinMissouri.ConwaylivesinLadue,Missouri.
COOK,HowardN.,WhiteStructures,^48 x40. Illustration—Plate^7
"Ihaveendeavoredtoseekouttheinnercoreofthecitywiththecoordinated
groupingofdiverseelementsofthepulsinglifewithin;thefinalorderintowhich
theseelementsinevitablymerge, controlledsometimesbyatmosphericandtime-
of-daymoodssoimportanttothecharacterofthewholecity,andinparticular
themagicandpoetryofnight.