CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PAINTING from the James A. Michener …

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the outstanding James A. Michcner Foundation Collection. Not all of the trends of contemporary American painting could be included in this …

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CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN
PAINTING
from the James A. Michener
Collection Allentown Art Museum
Pennsylvania
an exhibition organised by the Auckland City Art
Gallery for the Queen Elizabeth II Arts CouncilThe New Zealand tour of this Collection has been made possible by the kindness and co-operation
of the Allentown Art Museum. Allentown, Pennsylvania, and its Director, Richard Hirsch.
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN
PAINTING
At the conclusion of a successful circuit of the nine State Museums of Australia, the
Allentown Art Museum now welcomes the opportunity to present to the public of
New Zealand a significant selection of contemporary American paintings from
the outstanding James A. Michcner Foundation Collection.
Not all of the trends of contemporary American painting could be included in this
important exhibition because of the limits in dimensions imposed by the air transportation
of the works to be loaned. Nevertheless, great effort has been made to survey, in
these forty pieces, the many directions being taken by American artists and, also, to
provide what we feel is a valid indication of future developments which may well
arise from these current outlooks.
For the purpose of the present catalogue, it was suggested to the writer that it would be
of interest to point out the regional basis within the U.S.A. from which the artists
represented here derive their styles and approaches to the pictorial problem. It is, I…