ALBERS, JOSEPHBorn Westphalia, Germany, 1888. Studied Berlin, Essen and Munich. 1923-33, taught at Bauhaus until closing of school by German government. To U.S. 1933. Headed art department, Black Mountain College, 1933-50. Now directs Department of Design, Yale University. Has painted in abstract style since 1920. Lives in New Haven, Conn. 1) Dark. 1947. Oil, 2672 x 38". Lent by the Sidney Janis Gallery, New York.
BAZIOTES, WILLIAM Born Pittsburgh, Pa., 1912. Studied National Academy of Design. Began working in abstract style about 1941. First one-man exhibition Art of This Century, New York, 1944. Lives in New York. 2) Blue Mirror. 1948. Oil, 24 x 30". Lent by Dr. F. W. Cooper, Jr., Emory University, Georgia.
BROOKS, JAMES Born St. Louis, 1906. Studied Southern Methodist University and Art Students League. First one-man show, Peridot Gallery, 1950. Lives in New York. 3) No. 27. 1950. Oil, 37 Ys x 46". Lent by the Peridot Gallery, New York.
BROWNE, BYRON Born Yonkers, N.Y., 1907. Studied National Academy of Design, 1924-28. First one-man show, New School for Social Research, 1936. Exhibited with American Abstract Artists, 1937-46. Lives in New York. 4) Variations on a Still Life. 1938. Oil, 47 x 36". Lent by the Grand Central Moderns Gallery, New York.
BRUCE, PATRICK HENRY Born Virginia, 1880. Studied with Robert Henri. Settled permanently in Paris, 1907. With other American painters, Max Weber, A. B. Frost, Jr., studied under Henri Matisse, 1907. Later, with Frost joined Orphist movement of Robert Delaunay. Exhibited pure abstractions with Delaunay and others in Salon des Independarus, Paris, 1914. Exhibited New York: Armory Show, 1913; Society of Independent Artists, 1917; Montross Gallery, 1917, 1918; Societe Anonyme, 1920. Died Paris, 1937. 5) Composition II. Before 1918. Oil, 38)i x 51". Lent by the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Societe Anonyme Collection.
CALDER, ALEXANDERBorn Philadelphia, 1898. Graduated in engineering Stevens Institute, 1919. Worked several years as engineer. Studied Art Students League, c. 1923-26. Wire sculpture, 1926-27. First trip to Paris in 1926, returned annually until 1934. Interest in abstract art aroused by Mondrian's studio. Exhibited first abstract constructions Paris, 1931; joined van Doesburg's Abstraction-Creation group, Paris. Devised first wind-propelled constructions (mobiles), 1932. Since 1930 has worked consistently in abstract style. Lives in Roxbury, Conn. 6) Feathers. 1931. Wood, steel rod, lead, 3972" high. Lent by the Buchholz Gallery, New York. 7) Spiny. 1942. Sheet aluminum painted, 26" high. Lent by the Buchholz Gallery, New York. 8) Gypsophila II. 1950. Metal and wire, painted, 54" high, 65" wide. Lent by the Buchholz Gallery, New York.
CALLAHAN, KENNETHBorn Spokane, Washington, 1906. Studied University of Washington. Traveled 1926-28: London, Paris, Florence, Mexico. First New York one-man show, American British Art Center, 1946. Lives in Seattle. 9) Abstraction I. 1950. Tempera, 20 x 24 1/4". Lent by Maynard Walker Gallery, New York.
CARLES, ARTHUR B. Born Philadelphia, 1882. Studied Pennsylvania Academy of Arts. Paris, 1905 and 1907-12, 1920 and 1929. Exhibited Armory Show, 1913. Taught at Pennsylvania Academy of Arts, 1917-25. Near-abstract and abstract compositions in '30s. Lives in Chestnut Hill, Pa. 10) Composition III. 1931-32. Oil, 51% x 38%". The Museum of Modern Art, New York, gift of Leopold Stokowski.
CAVALLON, GIORGIO Born Italy, 1904. Studied National Academy of Design, Tiffany Foundation, and with Charles Hawthorne and Hans Hofmann. Has exhibited with American Abstract Artists since 1936. Lives in New York. 11) Abstraction. 1950. Oil, 36 x 42". Lent by the Egan Gallery, New York.
COGGESHALL, CALVERT Born near Utica, N.Y., 1907. Studied fine arts and architecture at University of Pennsylvania, c. 1925-28 and Art Students League. Europe 1937-38. Has worked as architectural and furniture designer. Lives in North Stonington, Conn. 12) Nightscape. 1950. Oil, 27 x 48". Lent by the Betty Parsons Gallery, New York.