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FULLER,C.Sue,StringConstructionNo.30, 24 x36.Illustration—Plate 73

SueFullerwasborninPittsburgh,Pennsylvania,in1914.Shewasgraduatedfrom

theCarnegieInstituteofTechnologyandreceivedtheMasterofArtsdegreein

EducationatTeachersCollege,ColumbiaUniversity. Shewasateacheratthe

VeteransArtCenterattheMuseumofModernArtinNewYorkfrom (^1944) to1946.
Heractivitiesincludecreatingprintsandstringconstructionsaswellaspainting.
PrizeswerewonattheAssociatedArtistsofPittsburghexhibitionin 1941 and
1942,attheNorthwestPrintmakcrsshowin1946,andthePrintClub,Philadelphia,
in1944,1946,and1948.Othernoteworthyawardsare aLouisComfortTiffany
Fellow.shipin1947,aGuggenheimFellowshipin1948,andagrantfromtheNational
InstituteofArtsandLetters,NewYork,in1950.HerworkhasbeenseeninLondon,
Paris,andSouth.-\merica,aswellasinthiscountry,andformedpartofthe.American
InstituteofGraphicArtstravelingshow.One-manshowsoccurredin 1949 and1950.
SueFullerhasalsowrittenoneducationforArtEductilion TodayandDcsii;n
magazines.
HerworkformspartofthecollectionsoftheMetropolitanMuseumof.\rtand
MuseumofModernArtinNewYork;ArtInstituteofChicago;CarnegieInstitute,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Philadelphia Museum ofArt; Baltimore (Maryland)
MuseumofArt; Seattle(Washington) ArtMuseum; NewYorkPublic Library;
LibraryofCongress;andthelibraryofHarvardUniversity,Cambridge,Massachusetts.

GERZSO,Guntht-r,TowardstheInfinite,28'/4x19!/j. Illustration—Plate 40

GuntherGerzsowasborninMexicoCityin1915.Whenhehadfinishedhis

primaryeducationheleftMexicoandlivedinSwitzerlanduntil1932.Therefol-

lowedfiveyearsinthe UnitedStatesofAmericastudyingtheaterandmotion

picturescenography,towhichhenowdevotesmostofhisactivity.

In 1941 Gerzsobegantopaintforhisamusement. Severalartistsencouraged

him,however,sohetookuppaintingmoreprofessionally,withtheresultthathis

firstone-manshow,whichtookplaceinMexicoCityin1950,wasamarkedsuccess.

GIBBS,Howard,FiguresfromthePast, 30 x18.

"Therearesomanyclosets;someveryfullofthings,othersemptywaitingfor

thethingsIhopetofind.Ilovethings.Thefirstdrawingsofchildren;boxesofletters

burningwithenthusiasms;stairtreadspeoplegoupanddown;thegaslampgoing

out,thebulbcomingon.Tousethesefragments,thatwearcallmadeupof,past

andfuture,ismyfullpurpose.Soyouhavethiscanvas."

HowardGibbswasborninNewBedford,Massachusetts,in1904.Heislargely

self-taught.Until 1927 helivedandworkedinBoston,butinthatyearwenttoParis

andsouthernFrance,returningtotheUnitedStatespermanentlyin1933.InFrance

heexhibitedatNiceandMonteCarlo,andalsoatSt.-Paul-du-VarwithMatisse,

Picabia,andothers.PrizesincludetheBush.AwardattheCriticsShowinNewYork

in1946,ModernJuryAwardintheexhibitionofContemporaryArtistsofNew

England (1948),andFirstPrizeintheNewEngland.'\rtistsEciuityshowatthe

InstituteofContemporaryArtinBostonin1949.TheMuseumofFine.\rtsinBoston

ownsanexampleofhiswork.HelivesinBrewster,Massachusetts.