Woodstock Colony

Woodstock, quaint village in Ulster County, N. Y., (heart of the Catskills) is the home of an arresting colony of painters, sculptors, craftsmen. They club together each summer for an exhibition by their own members, the fourth of which is now in progress.

The uniqueness of Woodstock lies in the amiable tolerance with which the "conservative" lamb and the "radical" lion of the art world lie down together. The constitution of the Woodstock Association provides that the board of directors shall always be equally divided between the radical and conservative groups. Such well-known academicians as Birge Harrison, John F. Carlson, Eugene Speicher preserve a balance against the incursions of modernism. The Woodstock people are seldom extremists, but the majority are clearly under the influence of the newer currents. Of the names which stand out, Henry Lee McFee, with his solid and colorful Portrait of a Painter; Andrew Dasburg, with a landscape of New Mexico pueblos; George Bellows, with a group of striking drawings and lithographs; Charles Rosen, with a geometric landscape; Lucile Blanch, with a still life ; Henry Mattson, with a self-portrait; Ernest Fiene, with a portrait; and with Alfeo Faggi, with impressive sculptures, are perhaps most deserving of mention. The exhibition is notable for the high average of its achievement, representing as it does the almost unselected work of an entire community.