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ideasintooneideabyorganizingtheirdynamicsystemsintoonesystem.Thisisa
majorproblemofourtimeforeveryone,includingthe artist.It isthescientific
methodforunderstandingthemechanismsofthecreativeprocess.Itismyfearthat
mostartistsperpetuateapetideaattheexpenseofotherideas,andthiscanonly
compoundthefracturesalreadyintheAmericanpsycheandfrustrateaccesstothe
creativeprocess."
WalterQuirtwasborninIronRiver,Michigan,in1902.Hestudiedatthe
LaytonSchoolofArtinMilwaukee,Wisconsin,from 1922 to1923,andhashad
variedexperienceteaching: attheLaytonSchoolofArt,^1924 to 1928;thenow
defunctAmericanArtistsSchoolinNewYorkCity,^1934 to1935;againtheLayton
SchoolofArt, 1944 to1945;MichiganStateCollegeatEastLansing,^1945 to1947;
andatpresent,theUniversityofMinnesotainMinneapolis.Hisworkhasbeen
exhibitedinone-manshowsinNewYorkandelsewherefrom^1936 tothepresent
andingroupexhibitionsfromcoasttocoast.TheCranbrookPrizewasawarded
Quirt'sworkattheMichiganArtistsExhibitionattheDetroitInstituteofArtsin
1946 andhewonThirdPrizeinanexhibitionofWisconsinartistsin1948.Hehas
alsowrittenarticlesonart.
PicturesbyQuirthavebeenacquiredbyprivatepatronsandformpartofthe
collectionsoftheWhitneyMuseumofAmericanArtandtheMuseumofModern
ArtinNewYork;theWadsworthAtheneum inHartford,Connecticut;Addison
GalleryofAmericanArtatPhillipsAcademyinAndover,Massachusetts;Newark
(NewJersey) MuseumAssociation;andtheuniversitiesofIowaandMinnesota.
HelivesinMinneapolis,Minnesota.
RATKAI,GeorgeS.,TheCrystalGazer, 40 x26.
GeorgeRatkai'sattitudetowardlifeiswellreflectedinsomecommentshemade
forthe 1951 catalogueoftheUniversityofIllinoisExhibitionof Contemporary
AmericanPainting.
HewasborninMiskolc,Hungary,December24,1907.Attheageofseventeen
hewenttoParisandremainedtherefortwoyears,thentraveledinItalyandcame
totheUnitedStatesofAmericain1929.Hehasremainedhere. thattime
exceptfortwovisitstoEurope.RatkaihascreatedillustrationsforColliersandGood
Housekeepingmagazinesinadditiontodoingeaselpaintings.Hisworkhasbeenseen
inone-manshowsinNewYorkandinnationalexhibitions,includingtheMetro-
politanMuseum ofArt'sshowofcontemporary .Americanpaintingin 1950.His
worksarerepresentedinthecollectionofAbbottLaboratories.RatkailivesinNew
YorkCityandProvincetown,Massachusetts.
RATTNER,Abraham,FigureinBlue,39V2x32.
ForfivesuccessiveyearsAbrahamRattnerhasbeenrepresentedintheUniversity
ofIllinoisExhibitionofContemporaryAmericanPainting.Hiscommentsonartmay
beconsultedinthecataloguesfor^1951 and1950.HewasborninPoughkeepsie,New
York,in1895,andreceivedavariedandextensiveeducationinthearts..AtGeorge
WashingtonUniversityheworkedinartandarchitecture,alsostudiedattheCorcoran
SchoolofArt,PennsylvaniaAcademyoftheFineArts,andinParis,attheJulian
Academy,ficoledesBeaux-Arts,AcademicdelaGrandeChaumiere,andAcademic
Ranson.RattnerresidedintheFrenchcapitalfrom^1920 to1940.
