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almostillegible,hisheadservingonlytosupporttheweightofmeat.Doesthebloody
fleshsuggestdeath,orviolence,orevenwaritself?Dotherhythmiccurvesemphasize
thestatuesque beautyofphysical labor? Doesthe dead weightofhisburden
dominatethelivemaninthedesignofthisparticularcanvas?Aswellasinthereal
lifeofsuchaworker?
"Iwantwhoeverseesthiscanvastobeinvolvedwithsuchinferences,otherwise
thepictureremainssociallyincomplete."
HirschwasborninPhiladelphiain1910.HestudiedatthePhiladelphiaMuseum
SchoolofIndustrialArtandwithGeorgeLuksandHenryHensche.Noteworthy
awardsincludeaprizeatthePennsylvaniaAcademyoftheFineArtsin^1934 and
oneattheNationalAcademyofDesign;afellow.shipfromtheInstituteofInterna-
tionalEducation(1935-1936);firstchoicebypublicballotattheWorld'sFairat
NewYorkin1939;GuggenheimFellowshipsin1942-1943and1943-1944;Librar)'
ofCongressawardsin 1944 and1945;andagrantfromtheAmericanAcademyof
ArtsandLettersandNationalInstituteofArtsandLettersin1947,aswellasaprize
attheCarnegieInstituteexhibitioninthesameyear;aHallmarkawardanda
FulbrightGrantfromtheStateDepartmentin1949.Theyear 1950 broughtfourth
prize($1,000)intheMetropolitanMuseumofArt'scompetitive"AmericanPainting
Today"exhibition,and1951,theBlairprizeof$600atthesixtiethannualexhibition
ofAmericanartattheArtInstituteofChicago.Hisworkhasbeenseeninnational
exhibitionssince1934.
Hir.sch hasdonedocumentarypaintingsforthe federalgovernment.Healso
didillustrationsforaneditionofMotherGoosein1946.Muralsbyhimarelocated
in the Benjamin Franklin High School, Philadelphia; Amalgamated Clothing
WorkersBuilding,Philadelphia;andintheMunicipalCourtBuildinginthesame
city.JosephHirschwasafoundingmemberandafirsttreasurerofArtistsEquity
Association.HewasinstructorinpaintingattheArtInstituteofChicagofrom1947-
1948 andataschoolforartstudentsinNewYorkfrom1948-1949.Amonginstitutions
whichpossesshisworkaretheMuseumofFineArts,Boston;AddisonGalleryof
AmericanArt,PhillipsAcademy,Andover,Massachusetts;MetropolitanMuseumof
Art,MuseumofModernArt,andtheWhitneyMuseumofAmericanArtinNew
York;InternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation;EncyclopaediaBritannica;Phila-
delphiaMuseumofArt;CorcoranCaller)'ofArt,Washington,D.C.;WalkerArt
Center,Minneapolis,Minnesota;WilliamRockhillNeLsonGalleryofArt,KansasCity,
Missouri;LibraryofCongress;BrownUniversity,Providence,RhodeIsland;andthe
universitiesofArizona,Georgia,andOklahoma..Atpresent(earlyin1952)heisin
Paris.
HOFMANN,Hans.BlueEnchantment, 60 x48. Illustration—Plate 92
ForthepresentexhibitionHansHofmannwrites,"Myworkengagesmycapacityofexperiencingfundamentallyinadualdirection—itinvolvesamulti-problem.It
concernsmyreactionswhichIexperienceasahumanbeinginregardtothetime
andtotheworldinwhichIliveandtowhichIbelong,andthisagainengagesmy
professionalconsciousnessasanartist,whichasksforthemasteryofthebasicrequire-
mentsofmyprofession.Itisthelatterrequirementthatmakespictorialrealization
ofalltheotherrequirementspossible.Bothrequirementsaskfromtheartistthe
capacityofEmpathy.Empathy,asunderstoodtobethecapacityoffindingandgiving
theintrinsicvaluesofthethingsinlifeaswellasinartisticrealization.^Vithoutthe
findingandthegivingofsuchintrinsicvalues,artwillnotbe.Inotherwords,the