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Their reasons for admiring the fine arts varied. Taylor noted the inter-relation of art and history, and maintained that the purpose of the artist was to bring about a "cross-fertilization between the two." Ben Shahn, Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry, said that in art "it is the intent that counts...
John P. Coolidge '35, professor of Fine Arts, will moderate the discussion. Speakers will be Ben Shahn, painter and this year's Charles Eliot Norton Lecturer; Francis H. Taylor, director of the Worcester Art Museum; Randall Thompson '20, Walter Bigelow Rosen Professor of Music; and Gregory Tucker, pianist and composer...
...revolution in painting that we know generally as modern art means anything, it is the liberation of color and form not merely for their own sake, but for more complete human expression. This is the accomplishment of Shahn...
Whether or not the viewer understands all that there is to see when he first comes upon a Shahn canvas, at least he is not put off by it. He knows for example that there is a man lying on the beach in "pacific Landscape." He may wonder why the man is such a small part of the picture, he may not at first appreciate the significance of the aesthetic unbalance. But there are many levels upon which Shahn is working to portray this figure of man washed upon the shore denuded of humanity and life as if he were...
While still emphasizing content, there are indications that Shahn has become more interested if not merely more adept, in form and color in his recent work. He has become more abstract. James Thrall Soby feels that the artist's reaction of the War as expressed in such pictures as Liberation and Italian Landscape, have led the artist towards a rediscovery of European art. It is apparent that a number of new influences have been felt by the artist since the days of the stumpy and more photographic realism of Sunday Painter. The influence of European masters like Giotto, he acknowledged...