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1923.ShestudiedattheSladeSchoolofArtinLondon.TheEdwinAustinAbbey
AwardforMuralPaintingisamongherachievements.One-manshowsbeganin
Londonin1949.SheworkedasasetdesignerforOddManOut,producedbyTwo
CitiesFilms.HerpaintingshavebeguntoappearinlargegroupshowsinAmerica
andwillbeseenintheAudubonArtistsexhibitionthisyear,aswellasinthepresent
show.ShelivesinNewYorkCitv.
BRUCKMAN,LodcwykK.,Memories, 22 x18. Illustration—Plate 13
"Everybodyofacertainagehasmemories.Manymaybepleasant,manymaybe
painful.
"WhenIwasbusycreatingthisparticularpainting,Iwasthinkingofmemories
whichcanhurttoooften,thoseof'Love.'TheAceofHeartsisfoldedrightthrough
theheart,whichsymbolizestheidea[that]whenyouarehurtdeepdowninside,the
crackremainsalthoughoutsideitseemseverythingisalrightagainandforgotten.The
groupoflettersboundtogetherwitharedribbon[aresupposed]tobeloveletters.
Thepoembooksasideexpressanescapeofthelover.Hangingdownonastringisa
crystalinatearshapeform,symbolizingsorrow.WiththebrokenchainImeantwo
souls...whocouldnotfindawaytostaytogether,althoughtheyhavelovedeach
otherverydearly."
LodewykKarelBruckmanwasbornin 1903 inTheHague,TheNetherlands.
AfterfiveyearsofstudyattheRoyal."XcademyofFineArtsinhisnativecityhe
tookhisdegree,butcontinuedforthreeyearsmoreinthepaintingclass.Traveland
furtherstudytookplaceinBelgium,France,England,Switzerland,Italy,andGer-
many.LodewykandhistwinbrotherKarelwereformerlystaffartistsattheRoyal
TheateratTheHague.Theircostumedesignswereexhibitedasearlyas^1931 bythe
BrooklynMuseum.
InFebruaryof 1948 hearrivedintheUnitedStatesof.Americaandhadashow
ofhisworkinNewYork,followedbyanexhibitionataprivateresidenceinWest-
port,Connecticut,thenextyear.Severalofhisworksarealreadyinprivatecollections
inthiscountry.HelivesinChappaqua,NewYork.
BULTMAN,Fritz,Orbes, 48 x36.
InAugustof 1950 FritzBultmanwrote,"AtthismomentIwould.sayabout
painting:thatbeyondthe\isualtransparencyapaintingmusthaveatransparency
ofimageandpoetrywithoutlossofthevigorandrobustnessassociatedu,suallywith
naturalform:
"thatformeallartcelebratesmanatthecenterofcreationandthatapainting
isman-madeandnotproducedbydemons,maniacs,somnambulists,scholastics,or
machines.Thesemaybepresentasexperiencesbuttheyarebroughttolifeinthe
blazeofthesun.Painting(asopposedtomusic,poetryandeventoadegreeto
sculpture)isadaylightart:
"thatagreaterpictorialindependenceisforthcoming:ahumanscaleandtouch,
objectiveand/orsubjectivebutnon-nostalgic,evokingonlythesensationsofpainting:"thataboveall,paintingisamoralitywithoutprogram—aneverdeepening
insightandpenetrationpastwherematteristransformedtosymbolandperception
madeconcrete."
TowhichheaddedinDecemberoflastyear,"AtthismomentIwouldsay
aboutpainting:tobridgethegapfrommetoyouthroughtime.