The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-07-17
Caldwell Girl Is Prominent Artist And
Instructor In Phi|ode|phiu> Pu.> Schools

49, dliSlSIlllS lie lIOIll nature
to canvas has become the work
of Miss Eva Odlivak, former
countian, who has taken the role
kof artist as her persuit in life.
This daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Odlivak, of Caldwell route
il, became interested in art and
painting at an early age, but
didn't take it up seriously until
several years ago. She graduated
from Caldwell high school with
a combined commercial and clas-
Sical major, has worked in secre-
tarial positions and in advertis-
ing during her perusal of the
fine arts, and presently makes
her home in Philadelphia, Pa.
Miss Odlivak began study
art at the Art Movement Institute
in Pittsburgh, taking commercial
art background along with paint
ing. From there she went to
Trenton Junior College in Tren-
ton, N. j. to study art there.
Wishing more advanced work in
painting, she moved on to the
Academy of Fine Arts in Phila-
delphia where she continued her
studies for four years.
The Academy is coordinated
with the University of Penn
sylvania, and she now holds a
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree
After her third year at the
school, two summers ago, Miss
Odlivak was offered travelling
scholarship provided by the
school, and spent the summer
studying in museums in Great
Britain and on the continent. She
completed her fourth year after
returning from this summer of
study, then receiving her degree.
In studying and painting, Miss
Cdlivak has worked in all media,
but oils are her first love. In the
past couple of years, she men
toned gaining a fondness for
pastels (chalks) in her portrait
work, especially in doing chill
dren, who, with their short at
tention span, are more easily
captured by this quicker method
of art. Most of her early por-
traits were in oil, though, and
she still continues work in this
vein to a great extent.
She has sold many still lifes
and landscapes, has done COM
missioned portraits for people,
and has exhibited in group ex-
hibitions. Her completed pictures
now number in the hundreds,
though the artist has no idea how
many she has done.
Miss Odlivak has, she feels,
been influenced by different
periods of art, but works towards
the representational and does not
lend her talents to the modern
istic trend. Though, she explain
ed, she does like the modern
works and appreciates them fully
for their color, light, shade,
rhythm, and meaning.
Early in her career, she ex-
erted more effort in craftsman
ship; in portraits especially,
which 81 like very much" she
said. She also does extensive
work in still lifes> and landscapes,
the sizes varying from small
eight by tens to large oils a
yard or more in height.
Her work is, as Miss Odlivak
puts it, mostly representations
and recognizable" AS she con-
tinued to work and study, she
began to experiment with and
heighten the color in her paint
ings, exploring it more. She be-
came more aware, she explained
of what it does and how it re-
acts in painting. She says that
this tendency toward richer
color, might be traced to the late
impressioniSt artists. She at
tended lectures at the Barnes
Foundation in Merton, Pa, which
has one of the best collections
of inpressionist work in the
country.
while influenced by painters
in different periods, being ex-
posed to painting of notable
artists of each period, l have
sought to retain individuality
in my painting" she said.
Much could be said of Miss
Odlivak's interesting visit te
Europe, and of the famous cities
and museums she visited, but
limited space does not permit
that She did say, however, OF
some of the art she studied while
on the trip, ut is surprising how
we'll the frescos were restored sc
that we now in our day can see
how excellent the workmanship