LEFT-HAND DIPTYCH PANEL BY WILLIS FRANKLIN WOODS (1950s) ART013 he opened a studio on

he opened a studio on the famous Bӧttcherstraße

In 1951 Gerharz went to work at RUSCHA KERAMIK as operations manager and lead ceramist

and continuing through the mid 70s

In a laudatory speech for the artist's 85th birthday

LEFT-HAND DIPTYCH PANEL BY WILLIS FRANKLIN WOODS (1950s) ART013 he opened a studio onThe tall left hand panel of a diptych that was originally titled, in its entirety, Movement, the sophomore work of WILLIS FRANKLIN WOODS (1920 1988), a Washington, D. C., artist and an accomplished museum administrator. A colorful yet sober montage of cubist abstractions, with overtones of Midwest Futurism, the acrylic is a casual jumble of forms. However, its seeming artlessness belies an acuity of execution, with sgraffito and sponging adding