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"WhileStructuresconveysthefeelingoftheheartofLowerManhattanopened
uptotheclean,briskfacadesofthenewercitybelowwhichcirclethewarmrows
ofoldbrickwarehouses,acrossallofwhicharescoredthecablesofBrooklynBridge.
"Becauseoftherelatedresultsofarchitecturalgeniusanddaring,whichintheir
multitudinoussymbolsofgrowth[are]uniquetothisoneisland-worldofNew^'ork,
mu(h ofanalso uniquelanguageof interpretation andunderstanding mustbe
adopted,anaimwhichIhopetoachieve.Thereisamixtureofloveandlogicinthe
progressoftheideaandanever-changingexcitementofnewcreativechallenges."
HowardCookwasborninSpringfield,Massachusetts,in1901.Hestudiedatthe
'\rtStudentsLeagueofNewYorkand(independently)abroadandhastraveledin
Europe,NorthAfrica,Turkey,theOrient,CentralAmerica,andMexico.
Prizesandothermarksofrecognitionaccordedhisworkconsistofmajorgraphic
artsawards;theLoganMedalatthe.ArtInstituteofChicago;aGuggenheimFellow-
shipin19.32whichresultedintravelandworkinMexico;renewaloftheCuiggen-
heimIVllowshipin 1934 forworkintheUnitedStatesofAmerica;agoldmedal
fromtheArchitectural LeagueofNewYork in 1937 formuralpainting; sixth
paintingpurcha.seawardintheArtistsforVictoryShowattheMetropolitanMuseum
inNewYork;andfirstpaintingpurchaseaward,Denver(Colorado) ArtMuseum,
in1950.
Asaresultofanationalcninpctitinii,(lookhasdonemuralsintruefrescoina
lawlibraryin.Springfield,Massachusetts;thenewFederalBuildinginPittsburgh,
Pennsylvania(1936);andafriezeofsixteenpanelsinthelobbyofafederalbuild-
inginSan.Antonio,Texas.HisworkinthepostofficeatCorpusChristi,Texas,is
doneintempera.HewasanartistwarcorrespondentintheSolomonIslandsin
1943 fortheWarDepartment.CookacceptedinvitationstoteachattheUniversity
ofCalifornia,UniversityofNewMexico(1938and 1946),UniversityofTexas
(1942-1943),MinneapolisSchoolofArt,FineArtsCenteratColoradoSprings,and
ScrippsCollegeatClaremont,California.
PaintingsbyHowardCookformpartofthepermanentcollectionsoftheMetro-
politanMuseumofArtandMuseumofModern,\rtinNew^'ork.Denver(Colorado)
.ArtMuseum,andtheMinneapolis(Minnesota! .ArtInstitute.Manyotherinstitu-
tionsliav<-liisprintsanddi.iwiugs.HelivesinRanchosdcTaos,NewMexico.
CROWLEY,Harry,Illuminations,2.5x30. Illustration—PLite 71
HarryCrowleywritesthathecannotthinkofainthingtosayaboutIlluminations
exceptthatcreatingit"wasahappy,joyousexperience.Sometimestheyhappenthat
way.Notalways—frequentlyitisaslow,torturousprocess.Hardworkandsevere
self-disciplinetonotlosetheoriginalincentive(inspiration,ifyouwill]yetcontrol
ittechnicallyandbringbothelementstoasatisfactoryresolution."
CrowleywasbornonafarminnorthernWrmont.Self-taughtasapainter,he
hasbeenpracticingthepictorialartsfortenyearsorsoandpas,scdthroughphases
ofrealismandromanticismbeforearrivingathispresentstyle.Hisfirstone-man
showwasheldinNewYorkin1948.Hehasbeenamusiciansincechildhood,was
graduatedfromtheBostonConservatoryofMusic,andteachespianoattheWest-
chester(NewYork)andBrooklynconservatoriesofmusic.liealsoteachespainting.
HelivesinOssining,New^'ork.
