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color,formandspacewhichaimstocreateanewnatureoutoftheessentialsub-
stancesofnatureitself."
MartylSchweig(Mrs.AlexanderLangsdorf,Jr.)wasborninSt.Louisin1918.
AttheageoftwelveshestudiedatProvincetownduringthesummerwithCharles
Hawthorne.ShemajoredinthehistoryofartinWashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis
andwasgraduatedwithaBachelorofArtsdegreein1938.Martylalsostudiedwith
hermother,AimeeSchweig,andattheColoradoSpringsFineArtsCenterwith
ArnoldBlanchandBoardnianRobinson.
ShehasdonemuralsfortheRecorderofDeedsBuildinginWashington,D.C.,
andforpostofficesinRussell,Kansas,andSainteGenevieve,Missouri.Shehashad
elevenone-manshowsinvariouscitiesintheUnitedStatesofAmerica,thelastone
havingtakenplaceinChicagoin1951.PrizesandawardsincludeHonorableMention
attheKansasCity.\rtInstituteandSchoolofDesignin^1939 andFirstPrizeat
thesameinstitutionin1940;FirstPrizeattheCityArtMuseumofSt.Louisin(^1941) andagainin1943;FirstArmstrongAwardattheArtInstituteofChicagoin
1945,andtheLoganPrizeatthesameinstitutionin1950;WaltDisneyPurchase
AwardattheLosAngelesCountyMuseumin1945;andaPepsi-Colapurchasetwo
yearslater.PaintingsbyMartyl(thenamesheusesinart)areapartoftheper-
manentcollectionsofthePennsylvaniaAcademyoftheFineArts;LosAngelesCounty
Museum;CityArtMuseumofSt.Louis;Pepsi-Cola;UniversityofArizona;Illinois
StateMuseumofNaturalHi-storyandArt;St.LouisPublicLibrary;andtheMarine
HospitalatCarville,Louisiana.ShelivesinChicago.
MATTAECHAURREN,Roberto,Let'sPhosphorescebyIntellection,
35 X46'/2. Illustration—Plate^66
MattawasborninSantiago,Chile,in1912.WhilestillachildhevisitedSpain
andFrancebutwasgraduatedfromaschoolofarchitectureinSantiagoin1931.Then
followedthestudyofarchitecturewithLeCorbusierinParisandtravelontheconti-
nentandinEngland.In 1937 hehadbeguntopaintandjoinedthesurrealistmove-
ment.TwoyearslaterhecametotheUnitedStatesofAmerica.One-manshows
inthiscountrybeganin1940.AvisittoMexicofollowedandareturntoFrancein
1948..AtpresenthelivesinRome.(Muchofthisinformationistakenfrom 40 Ameri-
canPainters,1940-1950,UniversityofMinnesota,1951.)
MEERT,JosephJ.P.,PaintingNo.14, 23 x47.
"InmyPaintingNo.14,myprimarypurposewastoachieveaharmonyofcolor
areas,superimposedonabackgroundofmovingflatcolor,creatinginthecomplete
compositionanappearanceofvariegatedspacemovementsindifferingtempo,par-
ticularlycomingforwardandgoingback....
"OverthecolorareasIhaveusedawhiteblockyrhythmandablacklinear
patternwhichtendstopulltogetherthewholecomposition.
"Thevaststretches,therhythmandcolorofthewheatfieldsofKansaswhereI
wasraised,madeadeepimpressiononme,andIfeelthisemergessubconsciously
inmanyofmypaintings."
JosephMeertwasborninBrussels,Belgium,in1905.HavingcometoAmerica
hestudiedforthreeyearsattheKansasCityArtInstituteandSchoolofDesignand
fortwoandahalfyearsmoreattheArtStudentsLeagueofNewYork.Studyon
hisownfollowedinmuseumsincentralEuropein1930.