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artatMillsCollegeatOakland,California,duringthesummerof1948,andlater
becameinstructorinartattheUniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley.Hisworkhas
wonnearlyascoreofprizes,otherawards,andhonorsinvariousexhibitions,among
themprizesattheArtInstituteofChicago(1942,1946,1947,1948);SanFrancisco
MuseumofArt;VirginiaMuseumofFineArts(1944);GrandCentralArtGal-
leriesinNewYork(CriticsShowin1947,SecondPrize);Pepsi-Colashowof1948;
andin 1949 prizesattheUniversityofIllinois,SanFranciscoMuseumofArt,and
theHallmarkcompetition.Ruvolo'spaintingshavebeenshownwidelyandcontinu-
ouslysincethelate1930'sinnationalexhibitionsandcompetitions.(Hehadaone-
manshowandwasrepresentedinsixotherexhibitionsin 1950 alone.)Hispictures
arcinthecollectionsoftheArtInstituteofChicago;Denver(Colorado)ArtMuseum;
MillsCollegeinOakland,California;UniversityofIllinois;DesMoines(Iowa)Art
Center;DenisonUniversityatGranville,Ohio;andinthehandsofprivatepersons,
amongthemAllenWeller.HelivesinWalnutCreek,California.Commentby
RuvoloonhisworksmaybeseeninthecatalogueoftheUniversityofIllinoisEx-
hibitionofContemporaryAmericanPaintingfor1951.
SAMPLE,PaulS.,RememberNowtheDaysofThyYouth, 38 x44.
"RememberNowtheDaysofThyYouth(Ecclcsiastes,Chapter12,Verse1)
seemedtofitthepictureafteritwaspaintedratherthanservingasasuggestionfor
thepicture.Insubjectmatterthepaintingdepictstheaged—isolatedwithinthe
confinesoftheirowndwindlingpatternoflife—lookingoutupontheyoungworld
aboutthem.
"Allofmyworkstems,ofcourse,frommyownpersonalexperience—whatI
seeandfeelandwhatcountsthemostinthatcuriousevaluationwhichisapainter's
logic.
"Itismyconvictionthatastoryelementisimportanttomeasasourceandthat
apaintingwhenwellrealizedattainsasignificancequiteapartfromthisbutnever
whollyindependentofit.Itmustproperlyinvokeasenseofachievementthrough
itsowndistinctiveorganizationofplasticelementsratherthanprimarilysuggestan
opticalreality.Indeeditspurificationandheightenedimpactgiveitarealityvastly
moreimportantthantherealityofvisualappearance.
"Theevaluationsofapainteratworkwillbevalidonlyiftheycarryfromhis
subjecttohiscanvasthroughthedisciplinesofhisowninsight,discriminationand
purpose."
PaulSamplewasbornin 1896 inLouisville,Kentucky.In^1921 hereceivedhis
B.S.degreefromDartmouthCollege,hisstudiestherehavingbeeninterruptedby
serviceintheUnitedStatesNavyfrom 1918 to1919.Dartmouthawardedhiman
honoraryM.A.in1936.Hehadbeguntopaintin^1922 withoutanyformalinstruc-
tion,butstudiedwithJonasLieandF.TollesChamberlin.From^1926 to^1936 he
wasAssociateProfessoroftheFineArtsattheUniversityofSouthernCalifornia,
spendingsummersinVermont.In^1937 helivedinFranceandItaly.Since^1938
SamplehasbeenArtistinResidenceatDartmouthCollegeatHanover,NewHamp-
shire.In 1941 hewaselectedtotheNationalAcademy;from^1942 to^1945 served
asWarArtCorrespondentforLifemagazine.
AwardsincludeHonorableMentionattheArtInstituteofChicago'sExhibition
ofAmericanPaintingin1930,andFirstPrizeatboththeLosAngelesCountyMuseum
andCaliforniaArtClubinthesameyear;anotherprizeattheCaliforniaArtClub