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FOREWORD Most colorists can be no more than colorists for the simple reason that in order to achieve exceptional color expression they must sacrifice to it many other elements of their art. Line drawing must be sacrificed, also articulation of the form and design as end in itself. Lloyd Ney, in his paintings, has laid all these sacrifices on the altar of his coloring. His landscape art is the art of color expression. Yet in his pictures he manages also to give us more than coloring; he gives us moods of mind states of being. It is this quality that will make them appealing to the general public who may perceive but dimly in them the imaginative depth which recommends them to art critics. Among American painters, we have no one with whom to compare Lloyd Ney unless it be Albert Ryder, though Ryder was anything but a colorist. The link between them is their mystical strength and a kind of sincerity that makes the artist dedicated to his task. As is the case with Ryder, Ney's works are rare phenomena in the annals of American painting. To some spectators they may appear, at first glance, casual. That is because they possess no flash and no bravura to catch the eye. It is only after contemplation of them that they begin to yield up their fine significance. Malcolm Vaughan. TITLES OF PAINTINGS 1. Buildings 2. Parry Barn 3. Along the Canal 4. Sylvester 5. Fiscal Agent 6. Clown 7. Gardening 8. House in Shadow 9. Mechanic Street 10. Composition 11. Still Life 12. Canal Bank 13. Fall Foliage 14. Landscape Near Felix 15. Character 16. Hillside 17. Flowers 18. Doylestown Fair 19. Still Life 20. Canal