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dramaticfeeling,thedarkbroodingofmelancholy,aswellasanallembracing,yet
hesitatingglowofoptimism.
"Imadeanattempttosochoosemycolorastoparaphrasestatesofroused
feeling—tokeymyvaluestotheirmostacutepitch.
"MyParishasanatmosphereofcomedy,tragedyandmusic.Itispartreal,part
fantasticandcanonlybeexpressedifthebrushoperateswithvehemence,sometimes
roughly,oftenexclamatorybutnevertalkative.Andmyvisionsshouldbecontrived
inatissueofsuchbrushstrokesratherthanofwords,butjustaseloquentandreadily
understood."
OliverFosswasbornin192(1.HereceivedhissecondaryeducationattheLycee
PasteurinParisandstudiedfurtherbothinParisandatElizabethtownOollegein
Elizabcthtown,Pennsylvania,whereheobtainedtheBachelorofSciencedegreein
1942.Traininginarttookplaceatthe£coIePaulColin,ArtStudentsLeagueof
NewYork(withBridgman),NationalAcademyofDesign,Jacobi-.'\nnotSchoolof
Art,UniversityofBasel(194G-I948),andtheficoleNationaleSupericuredesBeaux-
Arts(1948-1950).HeheldscholarshipsatElizabcthtownCollege,theJacobi-.-\nnot
Schoolof.Art,andtheEcoleSuperieurcdesBcaux-.Arts.
Foss'scareerasateacherhasbeenalmostasextensiveandvariedasthatasa
student.HerelatesthatfollowingworkasadesignerforSeagramDistillers,Esquire
Magazine,andothers,hebecamealaboratorytechnologistandinstructorinbacteri-
ologyattheWoman'sHospitalin Philadelphia,thenProfessorofFineArtsat
ElizabethtownCollege,Pennsylvania(1940-1942),InstructorinFrenchatLafayette
College,Easton,Pennsylvania(1942-1943)aspartofthearmytrainingprogram.His
workhasbeenexhibitedfrequentlyinParisoflateandisbeginningtoappearagain
in.America.HonorshavebeenconferredonhimbytheFrench,includingthepurchase
ofoneofhiscanvasesbytheFrenchgovernment.HelivesinHaverford,Pennsylvania.
FRANC£S,Estcban,ElCuadrodelosAbaiiicos,^36 x52.
Illustration—Plate 100
EstebanFranceswasborninSpainin1915.Hestudiedinhisnativecountryand
inFrance,andhastraveledthroughEuropeandSouth.America.Hehasbeeninthis
countryoversevenyearsandisnowanAmericancitizen.HelivesinNewYorkCity.
FRANCK,FrederickS.,TheSoothsayer,^40 .x30. Illustration—Plate^8
ConcerningTheSoolhsaycr,Dr. Franckwrites,"Thisarchetypal figuredoes
notrevealanobjectivefuture,butonepregnantwithallpotentialities,tobeshapen
byourchoice:whetherweconceiveitwithanevilorabenigneye.Thatisasfar
asIcangetwithherriddle,forshecomesfromdeepwithin."
Inamoregeneralveinhewrites,"Spontaneityisnotsloppiness,automatismisnot
autonomy,nihilismisnotfreedom,brutalityisnotstrength,noristendernessweak-
ness,orsizegreatness,ornoisevitality,orstuntingoriginality....
'
HewasborninMaastricht,TheNetherlands,in1909,andhasreceiveddegrees
inmedicine,dentistry,andpaintinginseveralcountries.In^1939 hecametothe
UnitedStatesofAmerica,ofwhichheisnowacitizen.Dr.Franckpracticesmedi-
cineinadditiontopaintingactively.HeisalsotheauthorofModernDulehArt
(1943)andhascontributedwritingsonarttovariousmagazines.Hisworkhasbeen
shownwidelyinthiscountryandhasalsobeenexhibitedinParis.
