. International studio. A Wi Jf /. A MATTER OF BUSINESS l:N « [LLIAM STRANG T HE PRINTS OF WILLIAM STRANGBY FRANK WEITENKAMPF To the observant viewer the exhibi-tion of etchings and other prints byWilliam Strang, arranged by the Prints Divisionof the New York Public Library, may easilyprove something of a revelation. It is quiteconceivable that Strang may be known to manyas an artist of weird, uncanny fancies, as a de-picter of poverty with concomitant ugliness,perhaps also, to some, as a portraitist of insightand a certain manly dignity—with an expressionalways in a style of some infle
. International studio. A Wi Jf /. A MATTER OF BUSINESS l:N « [LLIAM STRANG T HE PRINTS OF WILLIAM STRANGBY FRANK WEITENKAMPF To the observant viewer the exhibi-tion of etchings and other prints byWilliam Strang, arranged by the Prints Divisionof the New York Public Library, may easilyprove something of a revelation. It is quiteconceivable that Strang may be known to manyas an artist of weird, uncanny fancies, as a de-picter of poverty with concomitant ugliness,perhaps also, to some, as a portraitist of insightand a certain manly dignity—with an expressionalways in a style of some inflexibility, a certainharsh directness. Then, the classification easilymade and the subject mentally pigeonholed,there comes the present representative showingof his work, with its opportunity for more thought-ful contemplation. A welcome opportunity, forStrangs art does not reveal itself quickly to the casual passer. Moreover, a review of his workin its entirety is necessary to get at the man him-self. And so there appears here, primari
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