Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-12-12
ART AND MUSIC ON
EAST HIGH PROGRAM

Miss Eleanor Derby, Education
al Director of the Columbus Gal
lery of Fine Arts, and Mrs. Jerry
Beery of London shared honors in
presenting a program of except
ional merit before members of
the East High Street Club on
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Beery's very capable art
istry at the piano was demonstra-
ted in Rachmanioff's prelude in
G Minor" Chopin's "Etude in E
Major" and Friedman-Gartner's
"Viennese Dance No. o. with De-
bussy's "Claire de Lunep played
as an encore.
Miss Derby, presented by Mrs.
Murray Cannon and Mrs. John
Bridgman, discussed What Is
Modern Art?" She stated that in
spite of controversy over the
forms of modern and contempor-
ary art the present period is a
rich one, keynoted by variety-re-
flecting the modern complexity of
living and offering an art form
for every taste and mood. She
suggested that modern forms be
viewed with an open mind, with
the heart and the eyes, without
prejudice, that time be taken for
understanding, and that the view
er be honest with himself in his
own choices.
She described Modern Artists
as experimenters and with colored
slides illustrated some of the
sources influencing their work:
such as design and form found in
primitive art and sculpture, mod
ern science where from microsco-
pic slides are found pattern de-
signs for both Abstractionists and
Surrealists, design in nature
even Einstein's emphasis upon the
4th Observation-Disclosures by OBJ
iects painted in different points
of time such as Seated Woman
by Braque Other sources are
modern architecture, theatre, ma
chinery, stained glass windows
: (i. e.-the French artist Rouault)
sculpture, and all the Art of the
past.
She then discussed the twC
trends in Modern Art-first thu
Formal or Traditional-the I'm
pressionistic School-evolving in
to the Abstractionist School, th'
Realists, Cubists. Illustration.
were from the art of the Co
lumbus artist George Bellows
from Winslow, Inness and Eak
ins, the French Degas, Renoir
Monet and Cezanne and from thu
Cubists Picasso, Friess, and lie
ger.
The second trend is through thu
Expressionistic School where th'
artist is motivated by his owl
feelings, emotions and subcon
scious experience. Here we finc
the Surrealists-such as Ell Greco
Van Gogh, Picasso lin botf
schools), Gauguin, Matisse, Dali
) Tchelitchew and Tanguy. Th'
newest trend of the last tel
years is that of ugliness, q curren
protest against society and civil
zation as the artist now sees 1t
Miss Derbys detailed information
on sources and Interpretation gav'
her listeners a much greater ap
probation of and desire to leari
more of modern artistic forms o
expression.
The president, Mrs. Herber
Mansfield, welcomed Mrs. Harrie
Luke as a guest and two nev
members, Mrs. Dustin L. Miricl
and Mrs. Wallace v. Nichols.
CLIFFORD PATTERSON
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Travi
! and family, Lilly Chapel, enter
tanned at dinner Saturday even
ing as a farewell for Clifford Pat
terson of West Jefferson, who vii
enter the u. S. Army next Mon
day.
Attending were, Mr.. and Mrs
Maxwell Pennel and Mrs. Anna
|. belle Pennell, Columbus; Paulin
! and Clifford Patterson of Wes
Jefferson.