ABSTRACT
Edgar Levy's paintings have been exhibited in the galleries and museums of this country for the past thirty years. He taught painting at Pratt Institute. It is recognized that the line connecting Cubism with Cezanne is direct and unbroken. The roots of Cubism may be found in Cezanne's work and, reciprocally, the Cubists have demonstrated Cezanne's overwhelming importance by the vitality of their own accomplishment. Whether the Expressionist believed that the material outcome of his soul-searching - the finished picture - was of value to the outside world, or whether he painted for himself alone, it is not important to determine. Something of the same may be said of the Expressionists themselves. The thirty-odd years that have elapsed since their first appearance have enabled Americans to see more clearly the few compositional and technical aspects they share with Western art as a whole.
