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...Henry Schwarz's "Gothic Man in an Atomic Age," a review of paintings by Robert Rutman and Jack Wickline at the Dumbarton Gallery, The Weekly Review, October...
...sure that even the most knowledgeable and perceptive reviewer is qualified to go beyond a critical discussion of paintings themselves--to pass judgment on an artist's attire, or attitude, or on the validity of his personal artistic philosophy. I am very sure Mr. Schwarz is here eminently unqualified. The almost total absence of technical discussion and its naive crudeness when it does appear; as well as an acceptance of mythical canons ("If he is painting pure abstracts, he can't validly title them with anything more than numbers. . . . Knocking art academies is folly.") leads me to further believe...
Like many critics, Mr. Schwarz is guilty of trying to fit all painting into an established academic matrix. His attempt to do so is even more difficult to accept because he uses a grossly oversimplified construct of regulations not even generally accepted...
...Schwarz wants to create controversy by affecting a veil of pretentious ignorance, he is to be saluted on his success. If however, his review is earnestly written, I am led only to think, "It seems he can't be serious, but he is." Louis Natenshen...
There's also, on the "Menu of Foreign Intrigue," Polish Kilbasi, (50 cents). Caviar and Devilled Egg (50 cents), and what is billed as an "Authentic Chop Suey Roll" (55 cents) -- a dish which Milty ought to know it itself about as "Authentic" as Dr. Fred Schwarz's Christian Crusade. And this is not to mention, of course, the Kishke (15 cents) or the "Break-the-House Breakfast Special," which offers orange juice, three eggs, three strips of bacon or ham, home fries, toast and two cups of coffee for 99 cents. Or the free bowls of pickles and potato...