The Archive · 1940

No Title Needed

Many of M, Kruge's all, paintings needed no title for one could easily cognize second hand bookstalls along side the Seine, Notre Dame, painted from various angles, and those of the Seine. 'Three of the paintings of this famous river were particularly eyes aching, inthe one there wok bri ant sunshine, in the second a sky splashed with' xed from. the setting sun while the other showed the eres mist of a wintry afternoon in Paris.

By leaving portions of the canvas unvarnished, Mf, Kluge has achieved mat finish' that, contrasts favourably with the varnished portion and aceentuates the highlight Kluge has also, ax exhibits, studies "in. the nude and full-length and portrait studies in oils, There were a number of water colors of St. Tropez, and different seetions of the river Marne. These were different to most water colours. in that, where one usually paints the darker tones over. the lighter ones, these had light colours painted over the dark, following the. same prin ciple as" with oils, The paint, M. Kluge said, is similar to that used i Shanghai for signs, only of a superior awality

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