Show Primitive tl Ve Vet Art r Originator r ins t or Lies ies Near ear Death ea PITTSBURGH Aug 2 1 P Four JP-Four Four years ears ago at the age of 70 John Kane removed his ladder r from the side of ofa a ho house he was painting made of it itan t tan startled the theart an n improvised d easel asel and conservative art world by Introducing ing a new primitive style in oils Today the onetime time house painter lies es near death in a humble two two room room Pittsburgh flat victim of a strange mal malady which has left leU him little more than han skin sIdn and bones bone Physicians say he ic weighed pounds a year ago but ut he has wasted away to less than 00 For years Kane specialized in box boxcar car ar and house painting One day he climbed limbed down from his ladder and told his wife tuffs of his plans It means we will be even poorer he e said but there is something in me I just must get out I IA A short while later his crudely pic pic- scenes in oils drew much comment comment com com- ment mentin in the international art exhibit of f Carnegie institute Critics termed the work a new primitive style style style-a a modernistic version |