George Biddle

A ranking American artist who has had over fifty one-man exhibitions in Paris, Vienna, Rome, and America GEORGE BIDDLE went to Israel six months ago to watch and to draw the new state in action. Prior to that, he had been at Nuremberg following the trials and filling a portfolio with portraits of the leading figures; and prior to that, he had been a combat artist with our armies in Africa and Italy. But his visit to Israel, was one of the most deeply stirring experiences of his life, and these pages from his diary tell why.

Why this chaos in the world of art? asks GEORGE BIDDLE,a leading American painter. The chaos, he argues, is the result of war neuroses, a rigged market, snobbism, and above all, of sloppy, inaccurate critical standards. A Philadelphian who was graduated from Harvard in 1908 and who has had more than fifty one-man exhibitions in Paris, Vienna, Rome, and America, Mr. Biddle here raises questions which will draw blood.