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...Shahn, one of America's foremost painters, will deliver the first of the 1956-57 Charles Eliot Norton Lectures tonight at 8:30 in New Lecture Hall. Three of the series of talks, entitled "Idea and Image," will be given this fall, with three more scheduled for the spring...
...first talk, Shahn will speak on "Artists in Colleges." He will try to defined the place of creation and artists in an academic community from the viewpoint of a creative artist rather than a teacher or scholar...
...second lecture, Nov. 20, will be concerned with the "Biography of a Painting." Shahn hopes that by explaining the process of creation of one of his paintings, he may be able to clear up some problems of artistic criticism...
...Shahn Born in Russia...
When first approached, Shahn had misgivings about fulfilling the lectureship requirement that he live in Cambridge for the academic year. The Fogg Museum, however, has arranged for a studio. Shahn said yesterday that he is painting with less distraction than at home in New Jersey...