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Excerpts
From Paris Press, 1928-1933 |
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The Paintings
of Ary Stillman - Chicago Tribune,
By B.J.Kospoth, December 1928 |
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True Art
Brings Original Touch in Our Lives, Asserts H. Ary Stillman
- The Sioux City Tribune, By H.Ary Stillman, October 26,
1929 |
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Ary Stillman's
American Indians - Chicago Sunday
Tribune (Paris Edition), By B.J.Kospoth, Sunday, November
9, 1930 |
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Excerpts
From New York City Press, 1934-1945 |
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Excerpts
From New York City Press About Ary &Music, 1946-1952 |
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A Rich Life
of Painting - Houston Chronicle, March
3, 1968 |
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The
2 Realities of Ary Stillman -
Houston Post, By Eleanor Freed |
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Stillman
Art Portrays 'Inner Reality' - San
Antonio Light, By Marcia Goren Weser, October 21, 1990 |
By H. Ary Stillman
The Sioux City Tribune
Saturday, October 26, 1929
We hear a great deal of talk about art. The dailies,
weeklies and monthlies give considerable space to the new form
of activities in American Life. We hear of wealthy people giving
large sums of money to art institutes and museums. And we wonder
where these tendencies come from. Is it really an inward movement
sprouted from the general American life or is it merely the plaything
of the few?
During the last 25 years American life has been
entirely transformed. We are no longer using our individual taste
in our life. Our houses are built and decorated according to the
fashion provided. We dress according to styles handed to us by
designers from New York City. We are getting things which are
the product of mass production.
Need Individual Expression
The more this mass production is developing the
more we feel a craving for an individual expression. Even our
educational institutions are affected by the standardization of
modern life.
Art is the expression of the individual. True art
does not aim to supply the demand of the masses. It serves its
own purpose. It brings an original touch in our life. Fine arts
is taking out the monotony of life; it gives new sound to our
ears and form and colors to our eyes.
True art teaches us how to see nature and how to
enjoy life to its fullest. We often hear people say they do not
understand art. Art is not to be understood but to be felt. We
must train ourselves to appreciate the beautiful effect of a sunset
but we do not have to use our reasoning power for that. The beauties
of fine arts grow on us as we come in closer contact with it.
The more we see the work of great masters, the more we appreciate
their qualities.
Art Center Required
To develop this appreciation we must have a temple
where the finer things are being housed. An art center will gather
all that which the individuality creates when it is endowed with
the gift of self expression and the people may go and see and
learn how to enjoy the beauties of nature.
Here in Sioux City we know of the existence of a
Society of Fine Arts; of the existence of musical and dramatic
organizations with the aim of bringing before the people of this
community the noblest things which make life worth while. It is
about time that all these scattered forces be united and with
the support of the art loving people of this city, to create a
temple of fine arts which will be a pride to this community.