The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-04-05
AmericdnArtists
in Moscow Hold
Art Exhibition
By WALT CARMON


MOSCOW.-Americsn artists of
the New York John Reed Club are
included in the International Ex-
hibition Of Art which recently
opened in Moscow at the Museum Of
Western Art, under the auspices Of
the museum and the I. U. R. A. On
ternstional Union of Revolutionary
Artists on the occasion of the
"Lenin Days Of the 18th Party Con-
gress."
The exhibit was opened with
speeches by Bella Uitz, noted Hun
gsrian artist and secretary of the
1. U. R. A.; Paul Lukac, German
critic; Leon Moussinac. ench |
writer, playwright and director;
and S. Diament, secretary of the
International Union of Revolution
airy Theatres.
The exhibition. smaller than
usual, is limited to two rooms and is
composed Of about 80 paintings and
drawings by IS artists from II
different countries.
Unlike in former Moscow Inter
national exhibits, American artists
do not appear to best advantage.
A new poster by Fred Ellis, former
staff artist of the Daily Worker"
NOV on Moscow "Trud" al !
though a good job, is not among
his best. Neither are two other of /
his cartoons. Besides this work, |
there are also two woodcuts by
Abrsmovitz, and a painting each by |
Chopper and Ishigaki, shown here
at the international Art Exhibit held |
few months ago.
First English Appearance
A feature of this art show, how
ever, is the first Moscow appear
ance of the London Artists Inter
national" "a section of the I. U. r.
Al organized a few months aga.
The work of Rowe. Marc, Weaver |
and Carol Binder in posters, car
toons, Autographs and book jackets
is shown, together with the cartoons
of the internationally known Brit
ish cartoonist Low, This group,
despite it's youth, has already many
achievements to its credit, including
the much discussed Anti-War ex-
hibit held at Cambridge, ut is time
for steps to be taken for exchange Of
exhibits between the John Reed
Clubs of the U. s. and the British
Artists internationally
In addition to the British the
Germans, Hungarians, Austrians
and Japanese appeared TO good adj
vantage.
Prize Winning Poster
A feature of the German group
we're the posters of Alex Keil, Sec
rotary of the German Revolution
airy Artists Cseven of which were
reproduced in international Litera-
ture" No. 81 including his prize
winning poster which shared award
in a recent Moscow Lenin Poster
Competition.
The work OF Fogler, 8 German
painter recently returned from Ka-
relia, also attracted q good deal of
attention.
Bella Uitz, Hungarian artist, was
also out of Moscow in search Of
material rejecting other phases Of
Soviet life. He brought back With |
him q series of unusual ink draw
ings done in color, from the Volga
German Region. These are the work |
of master craftsman and depar-
ture from the work of this noted |
artist. They have attracted a great |
deal of attention and debate.
Among the better things shown
are also the Autographs of the Aus
TRAN artist Kupka-Illes, and the |
paintings Of the Japanese artists
Yamakami and Reiko-Oba. The
work of whole group of japanese
artists is soon to be shown in a large
special exhibit in Moscow.
This exhibit of the I. o. R. A. is
to be followed at the Western Mu-
scum of Art by "one man shows" Of |
Grigfel, Hungarian artist, In March;
and of Kupks- lilies, Austrian, In
April.