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DONALD FORBES is a descendent of an historically famous family. His ancestors are a part of American folk-lore. This is relatively unimportant but it is of interest in that his painting also descends, or rather is a branch from the roots of the best produced in this country during the nineteenth century. The courage of his pioneering ancestors, and the poetic expression of such of his romantic predecessors as Albert Ryder and Robert Newman are found in his paintings. Through his temperament and ability - - his work is not to be confused with the mass of romantic expression of today that is both literal and stylized - - - he brings to his portraits and other compositions an authentic statement of rich association. If he appears to attempt and escape from life about him, it is only because he does escape a literal translation of it. M.E.L. CATALOG 1 Deluge 2 Millstone 3 Factory Site 4 Forest Edge 5 Flower Piece 6 Souvenir 7 Portal 8 Blocked Passage 9 By the River Loaned by Wm. H. Littlefield 10 Head Loaned by Whitney Morgan 11 Head of Jose Limon 12 California Landscape 13 Box and Flowers 14 Valley 15 Landscape 16 In the Forest THE PRESS OF ROBERT JOFFE. NEW YORK PAINTINGS BY DONALD FORBES FEBRUARY 22 THRU MARCH 14, 1936 GUILD ART GALLERY 37 WEST 57th STREET NEW YORK CITY