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FJ11DAY, MARCH 10, 1939
NEBRASKA ART ASSOCIATION BRINCS
NOTABLE COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS,
PASTELS, WATERCOLORS TO MORRILL
Paintings, water colors, and pastels by artists
whose canvases are sought by leading American
end European galleries feature the Nebraska Art
Association's annual art exhibit now on display
In Morrill.
The most outstanding picture of this year's
exhibit was done by the foremost French painter
cf today, Henri Matisse. It is an oil painting en
titled "Lady With the Flowered Hat,'' and is valued
at $6,000. It has been said that there is an almost
deliberate awkwardness about the paintings of
Matisse, and that his subjects are frankly distorted.
However, the distortion is used to heighten the
heer expressiveness of the varied forms.
Matisse approaches the side of very fine color
ing and exquisite decorating, not physical resem
blances. His arrangement of color spots in "Lady
With the Flowered Hat" is one of its most attrac
tive features. The line, balance, rhythm, and color
traits that he has worked into his pictures have
had great influence on women's clothing and indus
trial design.
"Self Portrait" in oils.
Marie Laurencin is another noted French
artist. Her "Self Portrait" done in oils shows her
to be a wholly and absolutely original artist. She
belongs to no accredited school of painting. She
Is often entitled the "boudoir" artist, because of
color harmony of grey, rose, pale blue, murky black,
lavender, cerise and rose. She seems to have the
trade mark of overlooking noses on all her por
traits. By strokes of her brush and not color, she
gives only a slight suggestion of a nose to her
figures. She is a true master of fantasy.
One of the foremost American artists exhibit
ing a picture is Morris Kantor who did remarkable
work in the painting of "Sand Dunes." The mysti
cism in Kantor's art is nearly always tied down
to an earthly subject. He is one of the most nat
ural painters we have. His approach to painting
is complete fusion of sensuousness and intelligence.
Aside from paintings, great work has been done
in recent years in the field of sculpture. It is in
teresting to note that the background of the artist's
life tends to show in the finished product. Bernard
Frazier, who was graduated in 1929 from the Kansas
art department was a champion track man while
in school. His perception of the rhythm of muscu
lar movements of beings in action appears in many
of his sculptures. His worJt of which the "Mare
Colt" is a very pleasing example, is individual in
character, revealing a high degree of artistic per
ception and exquisite craftsmanship. Besides "Mare
Colt," he has six other sculptures displayed.
Nebraska sculptor shows.
Justin Sturm, a Nebraska artist in sculpturing,
was born in Nehawka and attended Lincoln high
school. He studied art at Yale several years ago.
His "Self Portrait" done in plaster achieves pro
found likeness to himself.
There are thirteen pictures done by Lincoln
artists exhibited in the hallway . between the two
galleries showing the Art Association piotures. One
of the most attractive pictures is an illustration of
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