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haveworkedthemintorecognizableobjects.Thispaintinglookstomemorelike
Mainethananywhereelse,hencethetitle.Ilivethere,andamwhetherornoin-
fluencedbywhatIsee.Thentoo,mylovefornaturalformismostapparent.Almost
allmypaintingsareoftheoutdoors—andaregenerallycalledlandscapes—butI
amrarelyinterestedinlongdistancesorgrandpanoramas.RatherIprefertopaint
somesmallsegmentofwoods,buttodothisintensely....
"Iftheresultsarefoundbysometobe'romantic,"Isubmitthatatleastpart
ofthismoodissuppliedbytheviewer."
WilliamThonwasborninNewYorkin1906.Exceptforamonthatthe.Art
.StudentsLeagueofNewYorkheisself-taught.HehaswonprizesattheSalma-
gundiClub(NewYork)in1942,theBrooklynMuseumin^1942 andagainin1945,
theNationalAcademyofDesignin1944,andin 1947 hadafellowshiptothe
AmericanAcademyinRome.Hisworkhasappearedinseveralofthebetterknown
nationalexhibitionsandformspartofthepermanentcollectionsofthe^VilliamA.
FarnsworthArtMuseumatRockland,Maine;SheldonSwopeArtGalleryatTerre
Haute,Indiana;Bloomington-Normal (Illinois)ArtAssociation;andEncyclopaedia
Britannica.HelivesinPortClyde,Maine.
'I'ONEY,Anthony,Monument, 40 x55.
"Monument,"writesAnthonyToney,'"expressesaconceptofstruggle.Itisa
monumenttostruggle,toferment.
"Inspecificterms,thedominanttriangulargroupistheMonument,standingin
animaginarysquarethatstemsfromthememoryofmanysquares,indifferenttimes
andplaceswherestrugglesoccurred.
"Thepainting memorializesthefuryofsocialcontradictions, theactionand
counteractionofhumanbeingsinsearchofresolutionoftheirproblems,oftheir
lives,ofprogress,peace.Ittriestoexpresstheinteractionandwarofreflectedforces
withinus.
"Monumentissymbolicofthestruggletocreate. Itispartisanforitsheroesare
theinfinite'ordinary"peopleanditsenemyanypresumptuouselite.
"Ihavetriedtomakethecontentandforminseparable."
ForadditionalcommentsbyToneyandafullerbiographical.sketchthereader
isreferredtothecatalogueoftheUniversityofIllinoisExhibitionofContemporaiy
AmericanPaintingfor1951.HewasbornatGlovcrsville,NewYork,in1913,and
studiedartatSyracuseUniversity,wherehereceivedthe BachelorofFineArts
degree.FurthereducationwasundertakenattheficoledesBeaux-ArtsandAcademic
delaGrandeChaumiereinParisintheyears 1937 and 1938,andatColumbia
UniversityinNew^'ork,whereworkfortheMasterof.Artsdegreewascompleted
earlythisyear.HehadpainteddecorationsfortheGloversvillcHighSchooland
newJuniorHighSchoolby1937.ToneywaswoundedlightinginSpainin^1938 and
servedintheUnitedStatesAirCorpsduringthesecondWorldWar.Since^1948 he
hasbeenteachingcommercialartandlifedrawingattheRobertLouisStevenson
School.
Therehavebeenfourone-manshowsinNew^'orkCity,thelirstin1911,and
hisworkhasbeenfrequentlyseeningroupexhibitionsoflate. In^1930 hewas
awardedapurchaseprizeforhisEntrancebytheL'nivcrsityofIllinois,andthe
NortonCialleryandSchoolofArtatWestPalmBeach,Florida,purchasedhisBiidf;,-.
whichwasinlastyear'sexhibitionatIllinois.Hisworkisal.sointhehandsofan
increasingnumberofprivatecollectors.HelivesinNewYorkCity.
