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"Paintingisawayofunderstandingforthepainterandforhimthefinished
productgives...theinformationheseeks.Ican'timagineanypainterwishingto
keepthisinformationtohimselfunlesshewasn'tverysureofwhathehadto
passon....
"Theenergyonthepartofthepaintertosustainhimselffromthestartofa
paintingtoitsfinishhasmuchtodowithpermittingapaintingtoevolveintheshape
ofitsorigin.Thetemptationtobringapaintingtoanarbitraryconclusioncomes
fromalackofenergyaswellasunderstanding.Todominateor'master'apainting
won'tsaveitfromabadbeginning."
JoeJoneswasborninSt.Louis,Missouri,in1909.Hehasdoneconsiderable
muralpainting,includingsevenoreightinpostofficesandalargemuralofBoston
HarborforthemaindiningroomofthesteamshipIndefmndenccoftheAmerican
ExportLines.
HereceivedaGuggenheimFellowshipin1937.PrizeswerewonatthePenn-
sylvaniaAcademyoftheFineArts,CarnegieIn.stitute,NationalAcademyofDesign
(1946)andinshowsinSt.Louis.Hisworkformspartofthepermanentcollections
oftheWhitneyMuseumofAmericanArtandtheMetropolitanMuseumofArtin
NewYork;theBrooklynMu.seum;Worcester(Massachusetts)ArtMuseum;William
RockhillNelsonGalleryofArt (KansasCity,Missouri); WalkerArtCenterin
Minneapolis,Minnesota;PennsylvaniaAcademyoftheFineArts;Newark (New
Jersey)MuseumAssociation;MuseumofCranbrookAcademyofArtatBloomfield
Hills,Michigan;Clearwater(Florida)ArtMuseum;LibraryofCongress;Cleveland
(Ohio)MuseumofArt;CityArtMuseumofSt.Louis;UniversityofNebraska;
PennsylvaniaStateCollege;EncyclopaediaBritannica;andothers.

KAHN,Max,VillageintheMountains,38x48. Illustration—Plate 104

MaxKahn,bornin1903,hadhisfirstone-manshowofcoloredlithographsin

NewYorkin1946.Thelargesize—uptotwenty-sixbynineteeninches—andfine

colorimpressedcritics,aswellasthefinecraftsmanship,nodoubtinpart,atleast,
broughtaboutbythefactthathedoesallthepreparation,drawing,andprinting
himself.
Kahnwonaprizeof$300inthefifty-fifthexhibitionoftheworkofartistsin
ChicagoandvicinityattheArtInstituteofChicagoin1951.Heismarriedtoartist
EleanorCoen.

KAMROWSKI,Gerome,TheUrgentHour, 48 x36. Illustration—Plate 35

"Paintingisusuallyconsideredtobeoneoftheplasticarts.Thenovicefinds
himself.soonengagedinanalmostdeathstruggletoconquerthepictorialorplastic
problem.
"Successapparentlyarriveswhentheartistfeelsprideandenthusiasmresulting
fromthefreehandlingwithnolossofmotionoftheplasticelements.Seldomdoes

heseektogobeyondthisstageofmeremanipulation—littlerealizingthatheis

nowmerelyonthethresholdtocreativeactivity.Itisintherealmofthemeta-
plasticthatnovel,unique,andsignificantideaslie.ThisisthegoalIseek."
GeromeKamrowskiwasborninWarren,Minnesota,in1914.Hestudiedatthe
St.Paul(Minnesota)GalleryandSchoolofArt,attheArtStudentsLeagueofNew
York,"NewBauhaus"inChicago,andHansHofmann'sschoolofFineArts.From
1937 to 1939 heheldaGuggenheimFellowship.Hisworkhasappearedinnational