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studied at^'alcUnivcrsitysSchoolofthe FineArts,followedby workat the
AcadcmieColarossiinParis.Uponherreturntothe UnitedStatesofAmerica,
studyofpaintingandlithographyattheArtStudentsLeagueofNew^'orkensued.
Atvarioustimesshedidworkintextiledesign,advertisingart,andthelike,and
wasawayfrompaintingforalongwhilebefore,attheageoftwenty-seven,she
begantofindherself.One-manshowsandrepresentationingroupexhibitionsof
nationalscopefollowed.In 1944 shemarriedandisnowthemotheroftwochildren.
AtriptothePhilippineIslandswasafruitfulsourceofmanysketches,someof
whichlaterevoKedintopaintings.Herachievementsalsoincludeillustrationsfor
aneditionofPrideandPrejudicein194.T.Herpaintingsformapartofthecollections
ofprivatepersonsandofEncyclopaediaBritannica;Newark(NewJersey)Museum
Association;ButlerArtInstitute,Youngstown,Ohio;.AbbottLaboratories;theL'pjohn
Company;andthemuseumso{AmHarodandTel.\vi\-,Israel.ShelivesinPort
Chester,NewYork.
HILTON,Roy,IvoryTower, 33 .\41. Illustration—Plate 31
"Inresponsetoyourqueryaboutmypainting,I.shouldsayoneofmymain
interestshasbeenthepatternonthe.surfaceofthecanvas.However,sincemymoti-
vationforapaintingisderivedfromnature, myprincipalinterestmayvar>'in
differentpaintings.Itmaybecolor,form,ormovement.Thesubjectmatterdictates
theapproach..-Mteranalysingmyreasonforwantingtopaintthatparticularsubject
Itrytosubordinateothercharacteristicstothatoneend.
"InmypaintingIvoryTowermyinterestwasmainlyinthedesignonthesurface.
Thehouse,whichismyhome,isveryoldandIwasstruckbythesymmetryand
simplicityofthevariousparts.BecauseofthatIplacedthehouseinthecenterof
thecanvasandtookadirectviewofthebackofthehouse.
"AnyotherobservationsinregardtoartmaybesuperfluousbutImightsaythat,
forme,natureandman-madeobjectsofferthegreatestvarietyofmotivationsfor
painting.Thecreativeangle,whichshouldalwaysexistinaworkofart,isthe
mannerinwhichtheartistusesthismaterial."
HiltonwasborninBoston,Massachusetts,in1891.Hiseducationinarttook
placeinBostonandNewYork,and,duringthesummers,atOgunquit,Maine.He
paintedmurals forthepostofficesin\Vestfield,NewJersey,andRockymount,
N'irginia,andhaswonseveralprizesinPittsburghandYoungstown.Privatecollectors,
PenirsylvaniaStateCollege,theBoard ofEducation,andthe DuquesncC^.lub of
Pittsburghownexamplesofhiswork.HehastaughtattheC'arncgicInstituteof
Technologysince 1928 andlivesinPittsburgh.
HIRSCH,Joseph,Carcass, 29 x24. Illustration—Plate 6
"Thepictureinquestionisconcernedwithboththeorganizationofareasand
withliteraryovertoneswhichmakeitsomethingmore,Ibelieve,thanavisualarrange-
ment.Ihavetriedtogivesymboliccontenttothiscverv-daysubject. Thedramatic
contrastsofvalue,thetoga-likefoldsoftheapron,theman'ssymmetricalarms,the
head-dressqualityofthecarca.ssandthecanopyoftheawningmakeforana.spect
ofpageantry.Thecontradictionofthisstatelinesstothebloodyhumdrumofa
butcher'sworkyields,Ihope,anumberofimplications.
"Docstheceremonialposesuggestasacrificialoffering? I'hcbutcher'sfaceis
