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intheUnitedStatesofAmerica.HertraininginartwasundertaiccnattheSchoolof
PaintingandSculptureatColumbiaUniversityinNewYorkCity.Formanyyears
shedidsculptureandoilpainting,finallyevolvingherpresentstyleandtechnique.
ShelivesintheNewYorkCityarea.

MINTZ,Raymond,'JheKitchen,45'/2x3.5. Illustration^Platr 21


RaymondMintzexplainsthatTheKilchcti"wasthefirstofaseriesoftwelve
doneoftheinteriorofthehou.seinwhichIlivedduringmystayinFrance."
HewasborninClifton,NewJersey,in192.').Formaltraininginartconsistedof
oneyear(1946-1947)attheNewark(NewJersey).SchoolofFineandIndustrial
Artandafewmonthsin1947-1948attheCaliforniaCollegeof.^rtsandCraftsin
Oakland.ThencameworkinFranceatFontainebleauandatthe.Academicdela
GrandeChaumiereinParisfrom 1948 to1950.Mintzhasexhibitedinshowsinthe
Frenchcapital.HisfirstrepresentationintheUnitedStatesofAmericawasinthe
exhibition"AmericanPaintingToday"attheMetropolitanMuseumofArtinNew
Yorkin19.'in.Participationinothergroupshowsinthiscountryquicklyfollowed,
.sevenpaintingsappearinginthepresentationofnewtalentattheMuseumofMotleni
.•\rtinNewYorkin19.")1.TheKitchenhasbeenexhibitedinParis,attheMetropolitan
MuseumofArt,andtheMuseumofModernArtinNewYork.Amongthosewho
alreadyownworkbyMintzare.StephenClark,NelsonRockefeller,andMrs.Andrew
Mellon.Heli\esinShrewsbury,NewJersey.

MOLLER,Hans,Composition, 28 x36. Illustration—Plate 65


HansMollerwasborninVVuppertal-Barmen,Germany,in 1905 andstudiedart
inhisnativeland.Inhisadoptedcountry,theUnitedStatesofAmerica,hewas
presentedwithanawardofmeritbytheArtDirectorsClubofNewYorkin1944.
Hisworkhasappearedinnationalshows,andinone-manexhibitionsinNewYork,
Chicago,andattheUniversityofMichigan.HeteachesattheCooperUnion.Art
SchoolinNewYork.WorkbyMollerformspartofthepermanentcollectionsofthe
PhillipsMemorialCialleryinWashington,D.C.;Walker.\rtCenterinMinneapolis,
Minnesota;UniversityofGeorgia;andtheFour.XrtsClubofPalmBeach,Florida.

MORGAN,PatrickH.,TheFish,16x24.


SpeakingofTheFish,I'atrickMorganstates,"Thispaintingwasdoneatatime
thatIwasworkingonmorenonreprcsentationalcompositions.Thesubjectnialtcr
emergedgraduallyduringthepainting'sgrowth.
"AsfarasIknowthiswastheresultofsomeresearchIwasdoingonsymbolism,
combinedwiththeideaincorporatedinmyrecentlyfinishedpaintingAnnilelwhose
formsattestedsurvival.
"I donot expectthispictureto particularlyinterestfishermen, norduesit
specificallytieinuillithei^Ov<;symbolism,thoughit.surelyrelatesmore(luselyto
thelatter."
MorganwasborninNewYorkCityin1904.HewasgraduatedfromHarvard
Universityin1926,subsequentlystudiedatthe£coIedesBeaux-.ArtsinParisandat
HansHofmann'sschoolofartinMunich. Hisfirstone-manshowwasheldata
dealer'sinNewYorkin1936.SincethenhisworkhasbeenseenintheEast,inOhio,
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