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Next week the collection of a man who has both goes on view at the Milwaukee Art Center, demonstrates some of the good things that Americans have yet to discover in their own heritage. The 125 canvases, roughly half the collection of Detroit Businessman Larry Fleischman, reflect a warmly romantic taste, and uncompromising standards too. Among them: The Uncanny Badger is a strange picture by John La Farge, a mural painter and stained-glass designer of renown who worked mostly in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. It was inspired by a trip to Japan with his famed friend, Historian-Biographer...
World War II, oddly enough, turned Collector Fleischman to art. A tech sergeant in the 301st Infantry, he fought at Lorient, later found himself detailed to Grave Registration, identifying bodies, notifying next of kin, etc. This, he explains, "brought me into touch with people speculating on the meaning of war and searching for what is true and enduring. Inevitably this led to a discussion of art. Art is the most personal, intimate experience a man can have. It's entirely between the artist and you. There is no conductor, no musician, no actor, nobody to interpret the experience...
...Fleischman divides his working day among half a dozen enterprises, from carpet stores to hotels to Broadway productions, devotes his evenings and weekends to art. One of his proudest acquisitions is a painting by Ryder, the great est romantic of them all - a self-portrait painted about the age of 43. Parts of his collection have been shown in 15 countries, and Fleischman himself generally goes along to lecture. In his native Detroit, he is a sparkplug of Archives of American Art, an institution set up to gather artists' letters, recorded inter views and other research material. "Outside...
Playing at the number one position, Hamm defeated his old nemesis, Gary Tobin, who had whipped him earlier this year in a holiday tournament. Tim Gallwey withstood the smashes of Ephman Ed Fleischman to win in the second slot. Gerry Emmet, Pete Lund, Fred Vinton, Tony Lake, Wally Stimpson, Vic Poletti, and Kent Allen also registered victories...
...technique Bohrod used in a recent self-portrait (see cut), which he painted for Detroit Collector Lawrence A. Fleischman (TIME, Sept. 10, 1956). The miniature of Vermeer's classic painter represents the artist, while the other symbols range through the eye (a glass one borrowed from a doctor), the heart (a piece of an old valentine), the hand (drawn like a 19th century steel engraving) and the mind (depicted by the half walnut, which looks, says Bohrod, like a brain case...