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respondtolifeinalmostanyform;therearcnoboundariesoftimeandspace.A
greatworkofartembodiesalltheseelements;itisnotonlyexecutedwithmastery
andconviction,itisuniversal."
\VilliamCropperwasborninNewYorkCityin 1897.There,despitegreat
financialdifficulties,hestudiedattheNationalAcademyofDesign,FerrerSchool,
andtheNewYorkSchoolofFineandAppliedArts.RobertHenri,CeorgeBellows,
andHowardGileshesinglesoutashisteachers.From 1919 heworkedasanews-
paperartistforseveralNewYorkdailypapers.Hehasdonecartoonsfornumerous
periodicals,fromI'anityFairtoNewMasses.Amonghisawardsandprizes,several
ofthemforlithographsanddrawings,aretheCollierprizein1920;Harmonprize,
1930;YoungIsraelprize,1931;a(iuggcnheiinFellowshipin1937;aprizeatthe
.•\rtistsforX'ictoryshowattheMetropolitanMuseumof.Artin1942;anotheratthe
LosAngelesCountyMuseum,1945;andinthesameyear,anawardfromtheLibrary
ofCongress.MuralswerecreatedforthepostofficeatFreeport,LongLsland,New
York;Northwestern PostalStationinDetroit,Michigan;newDepartmentofthe
InteriorBuildinginAVashington,D.C.;andSchenlcyCorporation.Cropperisthe
authorofTheGoldenLand(1927)andotherpublications,anddidillustrationsfor
overadozenbooks,amongthemLidiee(I942l.TheCrimeofImprisonment(1945),
andeditionsofCircusParade,CrimeandPunishment,andThereOughttoBeaLaw.
Beginningin 1936 hehasbeenontheeditorialboardofNewMasses."Economic
determination,"asCropperputsit,foundhimteachingattheAmericanArtSchool
forafewyears.Hispaintingsarerepresentedinoverthirty-fivemuseumsinthe
UnitedStatesofAmericaandinmuseumsinPoland,Czechoslovakia,andBulgaria,
aswellasinuniversities,libraries,andthelike.SomeoftheAmericancollections
whichhaveexamplesofhisworkaretheMetropolitanMuseumof.\rt.Museumof
ModernArt,andWhitneyMuseumofAmericanArtinNewYork; Wadsworth
Atheneum,Hartford,Connecticut;PhillipsMemorialGallerj'inWashington,D.C.;
Newark(NewJersey)MuseumAssociation;CityArtMuseumofSt.Louis,Missouri;
Walker.ArtCenter, Minneapolis,Minnesota; Pennsylvania.Academyof the Fine
Arts;WilliamHayesFogg.ArtMuseumofHarvardUniversity,Cambridge,Massa-
chusetts;ArtInstituteofChicago;EncyclopaediaBritannica;and.AbbottLaboratories.
HeisalsorepresentedintheMuseumofWestern.ArtinMoscow,USSR.Cropper
livesinCroton-on-Hudson,NewYork.
HALEY,JohnC,Myriad, 30 x40. Illustration—Plate 101
"Astateofexcitationofcolorandformistheobjectiveofaprocessbywhich
thepainterrelateselementstoeachotherandtothepaintedsurface."
"Myriaddevelopedfromaninterest inthespatial-rhythmicalpossibilitiesin-
herentintheprocessofpainting."
JohnHaleywasborninMinneapolis,Minnesota,in1905.Therehestudiedat
theMinneapolisSchoolofArtwithCameronBooth.HehasalsostudiedwithHans
IlofmanninMunichandCaprianddidadditionalworkinParisandattheSchool
ofMosaicsinRa\cnna,Italy.HeisaprofessorattheUniversityofCaliforniaat
Berkeley,wherehehasbeenteachingsince1930..Awardswerewonattheannual
exhibitionsoftheSanFrancisco.Art.Associationin1936,1939,1944,and1951;the
CaliforniaWaterColorSocietyshowof1949;HonorableMentionattheCalifornia
StateFairin1950,andin 1951 HonorableMentioninwatercolorandThirdPrize
inoils.Haley'sworkhasbeenexhibitedacrossthecountryandformspartofthe
