March 11-23, 1935
New York
Press Clippings
"Mr. Stillman, who returned to this country
about a year ago, after extensive studies abroad, is fairly well
known to gallery frequenters. Heretofore, however, he has shown
figure subjects chieflycanvases marked by rare color quality.
Now he has turned his attention seriously to landscape and is
showing subjects that have taken him as far afield as Iowa, North
Dakota, and Mexico. In these, as in his figure subjects, while
the form is sufficiently established, it is the unfailing charm
of color and atmospheric envelope that fascinates. Among the
canvases in this new field that seem particularly admirable are
the "Gasoline Station, Sioux City," "Old House," from
the same locality, "Landscape, Philadelphia," and "The
Window."
Other works that appeal are the "Interior" and his
several figure subjects, most of which, it would appear, have
been seen before. They lose nothing by being seen again."
The New York Sun
March 14, 1935
By Melville Upton
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My Mother
1934
oil on canvas
27 x 31 3/4
Private Collection, TX |
Girl with Black Beret
1932
oil on canvas
Private Collection |
"His familiar impressionist technique is more
suited to landscape than portraits, it would seem. It makes a
particularly apt medium for conveying the rich, lush color and
shimmering warmth of the spring countryside. Yet the portraits
are hardly less successful. Curiously he manages to give these
compositions of loosely applied paint surprising strength and
solidity. Each sitter emerges above the paint a complete individual,
given depth literally and figuratively by a technique which cleverly
avoids the distortions of expressionism and the slickness of
straight portraiture."
The New York World Telegram
March 16, 1935
Exhibited
Artwork Titles |
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Girl with the Black Beret |
Gasoline Station, Sioux City |
At the Window |
A Street in Saltillo |
My Mother |
The Old House, Sioux City |
Artist and Model |
Sylvan Lake in the Black Hills |
A Garden in Monterey |
Fishing Day |
Sengalese Girl |
The Green House |
Central Park |
Interior |
Sylvia (Loaned by Dr.M.Pozen) |
Hon.Bernard S.Deutsch |
Landscape, Philadelphia |
Interior of a Forest, Minnesota |