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...Clear Cut Landscape, by Milton Avery, 63, was acquired by the women's board of the San Francisco Museum of Art for "about $1,500." Grace Morley, the museum director, recommended its purchase because "Avery is a very distinguished colorist, and in the American school color isn't our strong point. The painting is a semi-abstraction of a very subtle kind. In the context of American painting Avery is considered a very important master, and we were anxious to have his point of view, his subtlety, represented...
...Water colorist Sgouros, certainly O'Hara's peer as a craftsman, is not bound by so highly conventionalized a style. He is a realist whose mastery of the medium and occasional experimentation put him above the "pretty picture" painters of houses, landscapes, and boat yards. Sgouros' most impressive quality is his technical ability. He knows enough to put a color down and leave it, making it mean something the first time. The tendency toward abstraction in "Highland Light," where an interesting tension is created by bold angular composition, is an important development in Sgouros' work...
...occasion for all the special effects was the world premiere of Ferde (Grand Canyon Suite} Grofé's latest effort as a musical local-colorist, Hudson River Suite, in Washington, D.C.'s leafy Carter Barren Amphitheater. Its five movements describe 1) The River, with quickened tempo as it surges past Bear Mountain, and broad majesty as it reaches the Palisades; 2) Hendrick Hudson, the intrepid explorer, portrayed in horns and woodwinds and thundering percussion, often wistful because of his tragic end; 3) Rip Van Winkle, a clever description of the Washington Irving tale, in which Rip whistles...
Died. Henri Matisse, 84, modern art's greatest colorist; of a heart attack; in Nice...
Three 3-Ds. Two new 35-mm., 3-D cameras will be put on sale shortly by Chicago's Three Dimension Co., a division of Bell & Howell. One is the American-made Stereo Vivid (about $150); the other is the German-produced Stereo Colorist (about $100). Eastman Kodak Co. plans to introduce a new stereo camera this summer. Price: "under...