Art: Bishop's Progress

Somewhere between the fancy counterfeits of fashion pictures and the buttocky satires of Reginald Marsh is the truth about the New York Working Girl's life & looks. Of her few sympathetic interpreters in art, the subtlest last week had an exhibition at Manhattan's Midtown Galleries.

In the last few years Isabel Bishop's paintings have mildly haunted many a visitor to big exhibitions. Her style, formed by thorough study at Manhattan's Art Students' League and exceptional resistance to its influence, is noted for: 1) sensitive modeling of form, and 2) a submarine pearliness and...

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