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PHILIPP,Robert,Bouquet, 46 x38. Illustration—Plate 15
RobertPhilippwasborninNewYorkCityin1895.TherehestudiedattheArt
StudentsLeaguewitliDuMondandBridgman;andattheNationalAcademyof
Designwith\'olkandMaynard.HeisnowamemberoftheNationalAcademyof
Design.
AwardsandprizesincludeaprizeattheNationalAcademyofDesignin1922;
medalandprizeattheArtInstituteofChicagoin1936;andaprizeattheCorcoran
GalleryofArtin1939.Fortheacademicyear^1940 to 1941 hewasVisitingProfessor
ofArtattheUniversityofIllinois.Hisworkformsapartofthecollectionsofthe
WhitneyMuseumofAmerican.'\rtinNewYork;theBrooklynMuseum;Museumof
FineArtsofHouston (Texas);andtheUniversityofIllinois.HelivesinNew
YorkCity.PORTER,David,Festival, 27 x42.
"Festivalisthelastofaseriesoffourpictures.Theyallexpressmyinterestand
delightinprimitivepictographs.IwashappywhenIpaintedthesepictures.They
cameoffmoreeasilythanmany,andIthinkFestivalevokesajoyousspirit.After
completingthepaintings,somehowthefiguresinthemrecalledEnglishcountry
peopleofChaucer'stime.Iseeaparadeofthesepeopleinsomekindoffar-off
landscape.OthersmaynotberemindedofChauceratall.Thatislessimportant
thanthesensethatsomethinghappyishappening.
"Idonotliketermsinart.Abstractisthemainone.Evenmypaintingswhich
somelabel'abstract'arenotabstractatall.Theyare,likethoseofeveryother
imaginativepainter,myownpaintinglanguage.TheroadtocomprehensionofFestival
andallmyotherwork,liesdirectlythroughanalysisofthepicturecontentrather
thanthroughstudyofitsform.SometimescontentismerelyMOOD."
DavidPorterwasborninChicagoin 1912 andwasrearedthere.Heisself-taught.
LastyearhisworkachievedHonorableMentionattiiemembers'showoftheGuild
HallofEastHampton,NewYork.Hehasgivenlessonsinartbuthasnevertaught
formally.AmongthosewhopossessexamplesofhisworkareMr.andMrs.Otto
SpaethandOwenDodson.PorterlivesinNewYorkCity.
POUSETTE-DART,Richard,GoldenReverie, 69 x36.Illustration—Plate 46
"Paintingsarelikepeople,theymustbeapproached,wonfriendshipwith,known
andlovedaspeopleareiftheyaretoopenupandrevealthemselves.Paintingshave
being,theyaremysteriouslyaliveandtobeunderstood,wemustseethemina
livingway,wemustapproachthemwithoutpreconceptionsandwithatrueattitude
ofaweandwonder.Trytoexperiencetheirinnermeaning,thesecretgiftwhicheach
workhastogiveus,ifwebuthavethehumilityandlovetoreceiveit."
"Toknowwhatatrueartistknowscannotbelearnedshortofalifetimedevoted
toart.Therearenoeasyways,methods,techniques,orshortcuts.Ibelieveanyone
cancreaterealitywhoperseveresandwhowillnotgiveupatanypoint,whois
willingtopaytheprice.Thepriceofartofanyrealsignificanceisalonghard
strugglewithrenunciationsandsacrifices.Butforonewhoperceivesaglimmerof
itsinnertotalbeauty,foronewhorealizesitswondrousmeaning,thereisno.sacrifice
butcontinuousandunendingjoy.Theartist'srewardisinhisownwork.Intruth,a
rewardoftranscendentalecstasy."