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RUBEN,Richards,BirdandBall, 40 x36. Illustration—Plate 19
"Whatispainting,whatisart?Tomeareligion,aphilosophy,awayoflife,and
theconstantsearchforthemeansofexpressingit."
RubenwasborninLos.^^ngeles,California,in1925.Therehestudiedatthe
Chouinard.^rtInstitute.HealsoworkedunderRichardHainesat.SantaMonica,
California,andwithSamuelRo.senbergatPittsburgh,Pennsylvania.Hehastaught
attheArtMovementInstituteinPittsburgh;at\'alley College,SanBernadino,
California;andatseveralsmallprivateschools.
Awardsandprizesincludeafirstawardforoilinanexhibitionin1948;First
PurchaseAwardintheNewportBeach.AnnualExhibitionin1951;andinthesame
year.HonorableMentionattheCaliforniaStateFairandHonorableMentionat
theGreekTheatre.MlCityExhibition.
RUSSELL,Alfred,PaintingNo.24, 62 x44. Illustration—Plate 34
"Thereispoetryinthedryinganddeteriorationofoilpaint.
"Thereisanabsoluteknowledgetobefoundintheaccidentsofthestudio.The
runningandsplatteringofpigment,thebrush strokesfallingintoanimplacable
order,thegamutoftouchfromlyricaltoviolent,thescrawlinglinearethefactsin
theterriblevoidofabstractspace.Arbitraryrelationshipsbetweensyntheticstudio
factssaturatethespaceofthetotalpictureinwhicheachfragmentaryaccidenthas
anecessar)'anduniquepointofview.
"Perhapsthevagariesofthebrushandthedesperatemethodofthestudiowith
itsmetaphorofchancestrugglefurtherbeyondthefrontiersoftheknownworld
andhumanignorancethandothepoet,thegeneral,andthemachine.
"Thespacediscoveredinthestudioisapatheticspacefilledwithsoundsand
movements,theHomericclankingofthehoplites,fragmentsofambertcssinginthe
EuxineSea,themuffledcriesofVillonandRonsard,Goya'sprotest,etc.Toindicate
themweusecalligraphy,inventedconstellationsforfuturenavigationoutwardtothe
edgeofthecanvas,outwardtotheedgeofallspace.
"Calligraphyisparallacticmovementlikethebrightflashesinthegloomof
Alcs.sandroMagnasco.Itistheslowradiationoflifefromsixpersimmonspainted
byFach'angintheSungdynasty.
"ThesearesomeoftheconcernsofthepainterandofPaintingNutnbcr24."
AlfredRussellwasborninChicago,Illinois,in1920.HereceivedhisA.B.degree
attheUniversityofMichigan;A.M.atColumbiaUniversity.From^1948 to^1951 he
traveledinEuropeduringpartofeachyear.Hebeganpaintingin1935;in 1950 had
aone-manexhibitionatadealer'sinNewYork,andsimilarshowsinbothNew
YorkandParisin1951.HehastaughtintheDesignDepartmentatBrooklynCol-
legesince1947.
Rus.scirsworkisrepresentedinthecollectionsoftheDetroit(Michigan) In-
stituteofArts;BrooklynMuseum;WhitneyMuseumof.AmericanArtinNewYork;
andinprivatecollectionshereandabroad.
RUVOLO,Felix,AtmosphericMood, 70 x50. Illustration—Plate^9
FelixRuvolowasborninNewYorkCityin 1912 butspenthisearlylifein
Catania,Sicily,wherehefirststudiedart.Latercameworkatthe.ArtInstituteof
Chicago;heinturntaughttherefrom 1945 to1948.Ruvoloalsogaveinstructionin
