The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-14
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BY Dorothy Raymer

That young man with a eriish,
Artist Alan Miller, has fascinat-
ing lot CT paintings on exhibit at the
Harms Studio on Duyal street. A
Ian says he has been written up
enough times since his recent re-
turn from France where he studied
for several months, and that this
time he wants to be in the back
ground and have the paintings in
the fore.
But Miller's personality is still
there, silently, when his work is
viewed. It's expressed in the
warmth of colors, the sense OF hui
MGR, the love of beauty and life,
the compassion for humanity which
he puts into his paintings. The
sense of balanced thinking is there
too in his extremely versatile pro-
auctions for instance in the one tit
bed Femme Ayec Haricots, "
which shc'g a woman seated with
bowed head, geometric color Sec
ton in the background
Expressionistic rather than inn
pressionistic might be the class in
which Miller's artistry might be ca
talogued. Bait even that term does
MT quite Git the variable skill
which he possesses.
There's contrast for example be-
tween the oil mon Restaurant"
which is a glimpse of the Montmar-
te of Paris, and the lovely, more
delicate work in wash called
Place de concorde.' The first is
bolder, and with slightly sad mood.
The latter somehow catches the
lights and the gaiety CT Paris as
it is known to travellers and read
ers. The beautiful silver-gold glow
Of street lamps and fan of city
lights blend into the sky and in the
twilight, suggestion of a fountain
aud a janiboree TO traffic, catches
the fancy
Already sold is vanished oil.
THE Dormeuse. picture of
sleeping girl in tumhled. disOr-
dered he'd. The buyer is b Albert
Stern Of New York
Two Key West scenes are not of
the run Of the usual local themes. i
One is Water Front Bar" with a
crowd of sailors and a girl seated
in the dim NAV OF q saloon. It's
eatrhy, packed with wisdom Of hui
mainly. The same facets sparkle
in Make Up portrait OF strip
teager gazing into her mirror hack
stage in a local bistro.
Again, the matter of contrasted
moods Is evident in subdued studies
Of priest, patient nuns, and then
with sudden flare, whirling der.
wish of action and color. 1.-THE
Cockfight.
His latest work, is LES Trois
Matelc'.s, which / suspect he
doesn't really want to sell, If one
can judge by the price tag. It's
done in flat, but clear tones show
ing three French sailors i'm their
white, blue trimmed uniforms and
wearing the round French navy
caps topped with the crimson pom.
pans There's a custom attached
TO those pCmpoms. II a girl pulls
a tiny tuft or shred from any OF
them, it's the sailors signal that
she is willing to be kissed. The
rather vague features of the sail
ors in the setting don't show this
in detail, hut the feeling of devil.
may-care, laissez-faire, is there In
the bold lines and the simple treat
ment,
A more subdued feeling is evinc-
ed in lie Wagon de ard Classe.n
showing three peasants sleeping
huddled in the cheapest train sec.
tls1n Il speaks to you of pity, of
futility, of the struggle for exis.
tence, of humanity en- masse.
More detailed is the character
study of an old dancer in ballet
costume. Line and study az ananto-
my are, good in ''Nuassie.,
Brightest in hue are the three
gauehes, che Of very French and.
TO- Americans, highly amusing and
startling street scene. This is for
the sophisticate and is perfect for
the man.about-town's apartment.
Fascinating, in lrave colors. is the
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