University Daily Kansan
Page 9
Monday, March 2, 1964
KU Museum Displays Kansan's Paintings
Author Irving Stone, whose novel about Vincent Van Gogh was once made into a movie, also wrote a biographical novel about John Noble, titled "The Passionate Journe-."
About 400 people attended the opening of the exhibit titled "Organizers of the Armory Show." One side of the exhibition room is filled with works by artists Walt Kuhn and A. B. Davies, who were the organizers of the Armory Show, held in New York in 1913. The other wall displays paintings by many of the famous participants in the armory show.
By Rogers Worthington
John Noble, a Kansas artist whose paintings went on display in the Museum of Art yesterday, was once the subject of a novel by author Irving Stone.
By Rogers Worthington
Gerald Bernstein, curator of the museum, said that Noble's paintings are being exhibited to represent certain schools of artists that were excluded from the Armory Show.
Store considered Noble a mystic,
"because he believed that the only true task of the artist was to gaze upon the face of God, and to transcribe it."
Stone said that although Noble sensed all along, "he learned late in his life that no man can gaze on the face of God, let alone set it down on canvas or paper." "Yet," Stone said, "he could not live without this quest. Ultimately, it destroyed him."
Much of Noble's painting was about the sea, Stone said. "for in his mind the sea and vast flat prairies of Kansas, where he was born and grew up, were one and the same."
"John Noble," Stone said, "killed himself by drink. Unfortunately, it was not enough for him to die; in the process he had to destroy his work, his reputation, his friendships, his solid and hard-earned position in the history of American art."
"No man," he continued, "ever went to greater lengths, or more successfully, to antagonize the critics, dealers, collectors, the art
historians, in an effort to expunge himself and his work from the memory of man."
"He very nearly succeeded," Stone said. "And that would have been a tragic loss. But now, by exhibitions such as these, the record is being set straight. The heritage that John Noble left us is being part of our creative past."
Phyllis Rueb, St. Francis senior,
will perform in recital at 8 p.m.
tonight in Swarthout Recital Hall.
Recital Scheduled At Swarthout Hall
Miss Rueb's program will be "Tocata in C Minor" by J. S. Bach, "Sonata in E. Major," Op. 109 by Beethoven, three compositions by Brahms and "Images" by Debussy.
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Watson Library Adds Mezzanine
When the new reference room on the second floor of Watson Library opens in early April, it will have a mezzanine extending across two-thirds of the room's width.
A representative of the state architect's office estimated that all major construction work on the library-with the exception of the sub-level stacks—should be completed by April 1.
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15 AUTO RADIOS and Air Conditioning Service 16 6-Week Grades Due Fine Arts Honor Recital 17 University Women's Club Style Show St. Patrick's Day 18 University Theatre, "The Tempest" 19 Art Film "The Tempest" 20 Film Series—"Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation" Speech and Drama Festival "The Tempest" First Day of Spring 21 "The Tempest" Speech and Drama Festival High School Dance Symposium
22 "The Tempest"
23 WE REPAIR ALL MAKES 24 DRIVE IN PARKING 25 Little Symphony Concert 26 Experimental Theatre 27 Experimental Theatre Film Series—"Hatari" Good Friday 28 Experimental Theatre
29 Easter University Symphony Concert 30 Faculty Recital University String Quartet 31 Experimental Theatre
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