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actofcreationdemandsmentallyaninitiatingconceptwhichengagesthemindto
astepbystepdevelopmentforitstechnicalexecutionbysensing,penetratingand
usingtheintrinsicqualitiesgivenbythemediumofexpressionwithwhichtocreate
'afeelingandthoughtemittingesthcticalform'throughwhichtheinitiatingconcept
findsitsfinalpictorialrealization.Everyconceptresultsfromexperience.Itengages
theartistasahumanbeinginhisentireoutcr-and-innerLife.Theexecutionofthe
conceptasksfromtheartistthepenetrationoftheinnerLifeofthemediumof
expression. Thisconstitutesan experience initself—and becomesstillanother
experiencethroughthe'pictorial'realizationoftheinitiatingconceptbywhichthe
feelingsaspectofonedomainis'transformedandimbedded'inthefeelingaspectof
anotherdomain.
"EveryworkofartrepresentsanewRealitywhichexistsnowhereelseoutsideof
itsoneexistence.Itisalwaysa'spiritual'reality,andassuchitrepresentsanother—
anew—pearlinthestringofhumanculturaldocumentation.Itcomesintoexistence
bygrowthlikeeverythinginnature.Aworkofartisdocumentedbyacommon
denominator.Thiscommondenominatoristhepersonalityoftheartist—hissouland
hismind,hissensibilityandhistemperament.Throughit"experience'issummarized
intopictoriallanguage—thatistosay,intoapictorialmessage.Thismessageisof
deepestconcerntotheartist.Itwillbeapictorialformulationofhisethicaland
estheticalcreedswithwhichtoparticipate,asanartist,(intlirculturaljustification
ofthistime.'ArtforArtssake'isitsantithesis."
HansHofmannwasborninBavariain1880.HestudiedartinGermanyand
al.so,from 1907 to1914,inParis.AVhileinEuropehebecamewell-knownasateacher
aswellasanartist.In19.10hewascalledtoAmericabytheUniversityofCalifornia.
Sincethenhehascontinuedpaintingandteachingwithceaselessvigorandhasestab-
lishedhisownartschoolinProvincetown,Ma.ssachusetts,andNew^'orkC^ty.His
workhasbeenexhibitedwidelyandisrepresentedinvariouscollections.TheUni-
versityofIllinoisawardedoneofhispicturesapurchaseprizein1950.Helivesin
NewYorkCityforalargepartofeachyear.
JOHNSTON,Yncz,BlueGarden, 22 x30. Illustration—Plate 56
West-coasterYnezJohnston,whorevelsincaseinandetching,aswellasother
media,isbecomingwell-knowninCaliforniaandhashadseveralone-manshowsin
LosAngeles.ShewonanawardforprintsintheCentennialof.ArtExhibitionatthe
LosAngelesCountyMuseumin1949,turnedupintheMuseumofModern.Art'sNew
Talent.showinNewYorkin1950.
JONES,JosephJ.,LandscapeiiithSwans,^30 .\40. Illustration—Plate 49
"LandscapewithSwansisabouteleganceandnottoohardforanyoneto.see.
Ibelievemostgoodpaintingiscloselyrelatedtoeleganceandyetthatishardly
reasonenoughtopaint....
"Theback-bone—therhythmicthreadoflifeandalllivingthings—theorder-
—
theinnermeaning—theuniversaloneness—oruliatcxcrpreferencevoulia\eforthis
meaning—thisismychiefconcernasabeingthatisorganicallyandspirituallypart
ofthisouterpattern.
"Paintingpermitsacelebrationofthisunderstanding,andthejoyinthatunder-
standingisinrealizingyoursubjecttobeever)whercandineverything....
