Christian Abrahamsen, the young and independent portrait painter, has done some very remarkable work. His portraits are the result of penetrating study of his subject and adaptation on the part of the painter to the moods of the sitter. He varies his style with his subject. His portrait of Michael Murphy sparkles with life and vigor and holds your attention as few of the portraits of older painters can. Beside portraits Mr. Abrahamsen paints sunny landscapes in the open air and under clear skies. The large canvas filled with the freshness, strength, and beauty of a clearing in northern Wisconsin, reproduced in this issue of The Little Review, represents some of the work done last summer.
JEROME S. BLUM, The Trickster.
STANISLAW SZUKALSKI, The Orator.
C. RAYMOND JOHNSON.
CHRISTIAN ABRAHAMSEN, A Clearing in Northern Wisconsin.
To name is to destroy. To suggest is to create.—Stéphane Mallarmé.