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A Catalogue o f the Collection
of A m e r i c a n Paintings
in The Corcoran Gallery of A r t

Volume 2
P a i n t e r s b o r n f r o m 1850 t o 1910
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A Catalogue of the Collection
of American Paintings
in The Corcoran Gallery of A r t

Volume 2

Painters b o r n from 1850 to 1910

by Dorothy W . Phillips
Curator of Collections

The Corcoran Gallery of A r t , Washington D . G . 1973

Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number N 850. A 617

Designed by Graham Johnson/Lund Humphries

Printed i n Great Britain by Lund Humphries
Contents

F o r e w o r d b y R o y Slade, Director vi

I n t r o d u c t i o n b y H e r m a n n W a r n e r W i l l i a m s , J r . , Director Emeritus vii

Acknowledgments ix

Notes on the Catalogue x

Catalogue i

I n d e x o f titles a n d artists 199

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Foreword

A s D i r e c t o r o f t h e C o r c o r a n G a l l e r y o f A r t , I a m pleased t h a t V o l u m e
I I o f t h e Catalogue of the American Paintings in the Corcoran Gallery of Art,
w h i c h has b e e n i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r some five years, has c o m e t o f r u i t i o n
i n m y t e n u r e . T h e second v o l u m e deals w i t h t h e p a i n t i n g s o f artists b o r n
b e t w e e n 1850 a n d 1910. T h e d o c u m e n t e d c a t a l o g u e o f t h e Corcoran's
A m e r i c a n p a i n t i n g s carries f o r w a r d t h e p r o j e c t , i n i t i a t e d b y f o r m e r
D i r e c t o r H e r m a n n W a r n e r W i l l i a m s , J r . , o f p r o v i d i n g a series o f d e f i n i -
tive publications o f the Gallery's considerable collection o f A m e r i c a n
art. T h e G a l l e r y intends to continue w i t h other volumes devoted to
contemporary A m e r i c a n painting, sculpture, drawings, watercolors
and prints.

I n r e c e n t years t h e g r o w i n g i n t e r e s t i n a n d c o n c e r n f o r A m e r i c a n p a i n t -
ing has become apparent. As t h e D i r e c t o r E m e r i t u s w r i t e s i n his
i n t r o d u c t i o n , " A m e r i c a n a r t has b e c o m e r e s p e c t a b l e . " T h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l
recognition of modern American a r t since W o r l d W a r I I a n d its
c o n t r i b u t i o n t o w o r l d c u l t u r e has l e a d t o a r e a l i z a t i o n o f t h e i m p o r t a n c e
o f 1 8 t h a n d 1 9 t h c e n t u r y w o r k . N a t u r a l l y , t h e C o r c o r a n c o l l e c t i o n , one
o f t h e m o s t c o m p r e h e n s i v e o f t h i s p e r i o d , becomes i n c r e a s i n g l y r e l e v a n t
nationally. This year the Gallery, w i t h the a i d o f a m a t c h i n g grant
f r o m t h e N a t i o n a l E n d o w m e n t f o r t h e A r t s , is r e i n s t a l l i n g its c o l l e c t i o n .
P a i n t i n g s w i l l be a r r a n g e d c h r o n o l o g i c a l l y , b e g i n n i n g w i t h t h e e a r l y
w o r k o f t h e C o l o n i a l p e r i o d t h r o u g h t o t h e p a i n t i n g s o f t h e present. T h e
second v o l u m e o f t h e c a t a l o g u e w i l l be a n i m p o r t a n t asset i n t h e s t u d y
of the collection.

W i t h t h e B i c e n t e n n i a l o f 1976 t h e r e w i l l be e v e n m o r e emphasis placed

o n t h e past 200 years o f A m e r i c a n h i s t o r y . T h r o u g h its p e r m a n e n t
c o l l e c t i o n o f A m e r i c a n p a i n t i n g , t h e C o r c o r a n hopes t o p l a y a n e v e n
greater role i n the presentation a n d r e c o g n i t i o n o f A m e r i c a n art.

T h e Corcoran Gallery w i l l continue to concern itself w i t h the art o f

t o d a y . T h e G a l l e r y has a p r o u d t r a d i t i o n o f s h o w i n g i n n o v a t i v e a n d
a v a n t - g a r d e a r t . I t w i l l c o n t i n u e t o d o so, p a r t i c u l a r l y s u p p o r t i n g t h e
ever e m e r g i n g a r t o f t h e W a s h i n g t o n area. T h r o u g h f u l f i l l m e n t o f its
r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s t o t h e c o m m u n i t y a n d t h e c o u n t r y , t h e C o r c o r a n w i l l be
a b l e t o f u r t h e r t h e wishes o f W i l l i a m W i l s o n C o r c o r a n w h o f o u n d e d t h e
Gallery " i n order to promote a n d encourage the A m e r i c a n genius."

T h e present c a t a l o g u e was researched, compiled and edited by the

C u r a t o r o f the Collections, D o r o t h y W . P h i l l i p s , w i t h a b i l i t y , experience
a n d conscientious zeal. M r . C o r c o r a n w o u l d t a k e p r i d e i n t h i s f a c t u a l
e v i d e n c e o f t h e g r o w t h o f t h e c o l l e c t i o n w h i c h he established o v e r a
c e n t u r y ago.

R o y Slade
Director

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Introduction

Since its i n c e p t i o n a l m o s t t e n years ago, I h a v e b e e n d e e p l y c o m m i t t e d

t o t h e p r o j e c t o f p u b l i s h i n g a series o f catalogues o f t h e permanent
c o l l e c t i o n o f t h e G a l l e r y a n d so I was especially d e l i g h t e d t o be asked t o
w r i t e t h i s i n t r o d u t i o n t o t h e second i n t h e series. O n e o f t h e satisfactions
i t affords m e is t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o t o u c h o n t h e f o r m a t i o n o f t h e
c o l l e c t i o n , a s e g m e n t o f w h i c h is c a t a l o g u e d i n these pages. T h e collec-
t i o n , as a w h o l e , represents t h e efforts o f a s m a l l g r o u p o f m e n w h o
g u i d e d its g r o w t h o v e r many years. O n e can determine from the
accession n u m b e r s , w h i c h are a p a r t o f e a c h c a t a l o g u e e n t r y , t h e y e a r i n
w h i c h a p a i n t i n g was a c q u i r e d , f o r t h i s is t h e first n u m b e r c i t e d . T h u s
one c a n i d e n t i f y canvases w h i c h e n t e r e d t h e c o l l e c t i o n as p a r t o f t h e
o r i g i n a l gift of William Wilson Corcoran (1869), and d u r i n g the
D i r e c t o r s h i p s o f W i l l i a m M a c L e o d (1873 t o 1 8 8 9 ) , F . S i n c l a i r B a r b a r i n
(1889 t o 1 9 0 0 ) , F r e d e r i c k B. McGuire (1900 t o 1915), C. Powell
M i n n i g e r o d e (1915 t o 1947), m y s e l f (1947 t o 1968), J a m e s H a r i t h a s
(1968 t o 1969), a n d W a l t e r H o p p s (1969 t o 1972). W h i l e a d m i t t e d l y t h e
c o l l e c t i o n , l i k e a l l l i v i n g c o l l e c t i o n s , is s t i l l i n a f o r m a t i v e stage a n d
n u m e r o u s p a i n t e r s ' w o r k s r e m a i n t o be a d d e d as o p p o r t u n i t y a n d f u n d s
p e r m i t , i t nevertheless stands as a n i m p r e s s i v e assemblage w h i c h i n this
v o l u m e documents the d o m i n a n t trends o f A m e r i c a n p a i n t i n g i n the
l a t e 1 9 t h a n d e a r l y 2 0 t h c e n t u r i e s as i l l u s t r a t e d b y f i n e e x a m p l e s o f t h e
m a j o r i t y o f t h e g r e a t c r e a t i v e leaders a c t i v e d u r i n g t h e p e r i o d .

T h i s second v o l u m e o f The Catalogue of American Paintings follows the

f o r m a t o f t h e first p u b l i s h e d i n 1966, e x c e p t t h a t t h e references c i t e d
h a v e b e e n m a d e m o r e c o m p l e t e a n d e i g h t c o l o r plates h a v e b e e n a d d e d .
T h e present c a t a l o g u e , o r i g i n a l l y intended to include all A m e r i c a n
artists b o r n after 1849 r e p r e s e n t e d i n t h e c o l l e c t i o n , has b e e n c a r r i e d o n l y
t h r o u g h artists b o r n i n t h e y e a r 1909. T h i s d e c i s i o n , based p r i m a r i l y o n
space l i m i t a t i o n s , m e a n s t h a t a t h i r d v o l u m e w i l l be necessary t o
complete the catalogue o f paintings. I n a d d i t i o n to c o m p l e t i n g the
c a t a l o g u e o f w o r k s b y artists b o r n after 1909, t h e n e x t v o l u m e will
include an appendix devoted to the eighteenth a n d nineteenth century
w o r k s w h i c h e n t e r e d t h e c o l l e c t i o n after 1966 a n d w h i c h t h e r e f o r e w e r e
n o t l i s t e d i n V o l u m e s I a n d I I . T h e y i n c l u d e i m p o r t a n t canvases b y
p a i n t e r s some o f w h o m w e r e h e r e t o f o r e absent o r i n a d e q u a t e l y rep-
resented, m e n such as J o s e p h B l a c k b u r n , R o b e r t S. D u n c a n s o n , W i l l i a m
Dunlap, C h r i s t i a n G u l l a g e r , J o h n Hesselius, William Morris Hunt,
Homer Dodge Martin, C h a r l e s W i l l s o n Peale, J a m e s Peale, A m m i
Phillips, T h e o d o r e R o b i n s o n , a n d J o h n T r u m b u l l to m e n t i o n b u t a few
o f the better k n o w n painters.

T h i s v o l u m e , as its predecessor, is d u e t o t h e d e d i c a t i o n a n d p a i n s t a k i n g
s c h o l a r s h i p o f D o r o t h y P h i l l i p s , w h o has d e v o t e d s u c h t i m e as c o u l d be
s p a r e d f r o m o t h e r d u t i e s t o its p r e p a r a t i o n d u r i n g t h e past several years.
W i t h o u t h e r i n t i m a t e k n o w l e d g e o f t h e c o l l e c t i o n , a n d h e r a b i l i t y as a
careful and t h o r o u g h researcher, t h e c a t a l o g u e w o u l d n e v e r have

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b e c o m e a r e a l i t y . F r o m t i m e t o t i m e a n d i n v a r y i n g degrees o t h e r
m e m b e r s o f t h e s t a f f h a v e m a d e t h e i r c o n t r i b u t i o n s , b u t t h e respons-
i b i l i t y a n d t h e a c c o m p l i s h m e n t rest w i t h M r s . P h i l l i p s . C r e d i t f o r o t h e r
assistance is g i v e n i n t h e Acknowledgments w h i c h f o l l o w o n page x i .

T h e c a t a l o g u e is p u b l i s h e d p r i m a r i l y as a w o r k i n g t o o l - a r e s e r v o i r o f
t h e r a w m a t e r i a l f o r research. I t is o n e c o n t r i b u t i o n t h e G a l l e r y makes
t o w a r d s t h e f u r t h e r a n c e o f t h e s t u d y o f A m e r i c a n p a i n t i n g as a serious
a n d v i t a l aspect o f a r t h i s t o r y . F i n a l l y , d u r i n g t h e last f e w decades, after
years o f n e g l e c t a n d condescension w i t h i n a c a d e m i c circles, A m e r i c a n
a r t has b e c o m e respectable. T o i l l u s t r a t e t h e c h a n g e i n a t t i t u d e w h i c h
has o c c u r r e d i n t h e h a l l o w e d h a l l s o f a c a d e m i a , f o r t y years ago w h e n I
was a n u n d e r g r a d u a t e a t H a r v a r d , n o courses i n A m e r i c a n a r t w e r e
o f f e r e d a n d t h e o n l y n a m e s o f A m e r i c a n artists w h i c h a s t u d e n t h e a r d
m e n t i o n e d w e r e C o p l e y , S t u a r t a n d A l l s t o n . T h a t has c h a n g e d . Now
colleges t h r o u g h o u t t h e c o u n t r y h a v e a t last c o m e t o a d m i t that
A m e r i c a n p a i n t e r s h a v e p r o d u c e d a b o d y o f w o r k w h i c h is w o r t h y o f
s c h o l a r l y research a n d o f p u b l i c a t i o n as m a s t e r a n d d o c t o r a l theses. T h e
n e e d f o r such c o m p i l a t i o n s as t h e present c a t a l o g u e is a p p a r e n t t o a l l
scholars a c t i v e i n t h e f i e l d o f A m e r i c a n studies t o w h o m t h e d e a r t h o f
r e l i a b l e sources o f reference t o a v a i l a b l e m a t e r i a l has b e e n a cause f o r
c o n s t a n t f r u s t r a t i o n . F o r i t is a r e g r e t t a b l e f a c t t h a t s c h o l a r l y catalogues
o f the holdings o f A m e r i c a n a r t i n the collections o f p u b l i c institutions
are a l l t o o s e l d o m a v a i l a b l e i n p r i n t . I f t h i s c a t a l o g u e serves t o a i d i n t h e
systematic s t u d y a n d a p p r e c i a t i o n o f t h e l a s t i n g c o n t r i b u t i o n s o f o u r
p a i n t e r s , a n d t o e n c o u r a g e a n e w g e n e r a t i o n o f artists a n d scholars t o
b u i l d o n t h e past, i t w i l l h a v e a c c o m p l i s h e d its p r i m a r y p u r p o s e .

Hermann Warner Williams, Jr.

Director Emeritus

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Acknowledgments

A g r e a t m a n y i n d i v i d u a l s a n d i n s t i t u t i o n s h a v e assisted i n t h e research
p r o b l e m s t h a t h a v e arisen i n t h e p r e p a r a t i o n o f a c a t a l o g u e o f t h i s scope.
I t is i m p o s s i b l e t o m e n t i o n e a c h i n d i v i d u a l l y , b u t w e t a k e p a r t i c u l a r
pleasure i n r e c o r d i n g o u r i n d e b t e d n e s s t o t h e staffs o f t h e F r i c k A r t
Reference L i b r a r y , the D i s t r i c t o f C o l u m b i a P u b l i c L i b r a r y , the L i b r a r y
o f the N a t i o n a l G a l l e r y o f A r t , a n d the L i b r a r y o f the N a t i o n a l Collec-
t i o n o f F i n e A r t s . W e w i s h also t o express o u r g r a t i t u d e t o t h e staffs o f
m u s e u m s a n d t o dealers i n A m e r i c a n a r t across t h e c o u n t r y w h o h a v e
responded t o o u r requests f o r m a t e r i a l i n t h e i r files. T o t h e many
volunteers enlisted f r o m the W o m e n ' s C o m m i t t e e o f the C o r c o r a n a n d
o t h e r f r i e n d s o f t h e G a l l e r y , a n d t o t h e college i n t e r n s s e r v i n g a p p r e n t i c e -
ships, w e o w e special t h a n k s f o r assistance i n c o m p i l i n g b i o g r a p h i c a l
information. M r s . Paul U n d e r w o o d and M r . M a r c h a l L a n d g r e n should
be c i t e d f o r t h e i r u n t i r i n g h e l p w i t h p a r t i c u l a r research p r o b l e m s , as
w e l l as t h e m e m b e r s o f t h e G a l l e r y S t a f f w h o h a v e assisted w i t h n u m e r o u s
d e t a i l s , especially M i s s E l l e n D . C a t l e d g e a n d M r s . Elise H a m i l t o n . T h e
photographs were taken by V i c t o r A m a t o , Staff Photographer. The
design a n d p r o d u c t i o n s u p e r v i s i o n o f t h e c a t a l o g u e has b e e n a b l y c a r r i e d
out by M r . G r a h a m Johnson of L u n d H u m p h r i e s , L o n d o n . W e wish to
t h a n k also M r . M i c h a e l B e a u f o r t - J o n e s , t h e p r i n t e r ' s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e i n
t h e U n i t e d States, a n d M r . G e o f f r e y H o o k , A d m i n i s t r a t o r i n B r a d f o r d ,
w h o h a v e g i v e n us t h e i r p a t i e n t a n d p a i n s t a k i n g assistance.

D o r o t h y W . Phillips
Curator of Collections

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Notes on the Catalogue

T h e catalogue is arranged chronologically b y the b i r t h d a t e o f the artist, the

works o f each artist listed i n chronological sequence f o l l o w i n g a short
biography. Each p a i n t i n g is catalogued b y title, exact or a p p r o x i m a t e date
i f k n o w n , a n d measurement i n inches, height preceding w i d t h . Unless speci-
fied, a l l works are i n o i l o n canvas. Previous collections have been listed
followed b y references to publications p e r t a i n i n g to the w o r k u p to the t i m e
the m a n u s c r i p t o f the catalogue was set i n page proof. T h e source a n d date o f
acquisition are followed b y the accession n u m b e r . I n a d d i t i o n , some aspects
o f a factual nature are discussed i n a note w h e n such i n f o r m a t i o n m a y a d d to
the interest o f the p a i n t i n g . A j after the title indicates t h a t the w o r k has been
given to the G a l l e r y subject to a life estate i n the donor.

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J u l i a n Walbridge R i x (1850-1903)
J u l i a n W a l b r i d g e R i x , landscape p a i n t e r a n d etcher, was b o r n i n Peacham,
V e r m o n t , i n 1850. A t the age o f seventeen he m o v e d to San Francisco, a n d ,
i n 1872, began his career as a sign a n d decorative p a i n t e r . H i s interest t u r n e d
to landscape p a i n t i n g , a n d b y 1888 his w o r k , w h i c h i n c l u d e d sketches a n d
paintings o f the C a l i f o r n i a coast, b r o u g h t h i m considerable recognition i n
the West. A t this t i m e he m o v e d to the East Coast, settling first i n Paterson,
N e w Jersey, a n d finally i n N e w Y o r k , w i t h frequent trips to C a l i f o r n i a . R i x
also w o r k e d as a n i l l u s t r a t o r for Harper's Magazine a n d Harper's Weekly. I n
1903, shortly before his death i n N e w Y o r k , he w r o t e to Frederick B.
M c G u i r e , D i r e c t o r o f the C o r c o r a n Gallery, i n answer to a request for b i o -
g r a p h i c a l i n f o r m a t i o n : " I never studied u n d e r anybody, never took a d r a w -
ing or p a i n t i n g lesson i n m y life. A l l I k n o w was f o u n d o u t w o r k i n g o u t o f
doors f r o m n a t u r e . . . "

Pompton Plains, New Jersey 1898

30J X 5 0 J
S I G N E D , 1.1.: g8 Julian Rix
C O L L . : W i l l i a m Schaus, N e w Y o r k
R E F . : Catalogue of The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1904, p . 69, n o . 193; C . G . A . Handbook of
the American Paintings, 1947, p . 56
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1903 03.2

P o m p t o n Plains is near N o r t h C a l d w e l l , N e w Jersey, w h e r e R i x k e p t a s u m m e r studio

for m a n y years.

George Hitchcock (1850-1913)

George H i t c h c o c k was b o r n i n Providence, R h o d e I s l a n d , i n 1850, a lineal
descendant o f Roger W i l l i a m s i n the seventh generation. H e was graduated
f r o m B r o w n U n i v e r s i t y i n 1872, a n d t w o years later f r o m the L a w School o f
H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y . H e practiced l a w briefly i n Chicago. As t i m e w e n t o n ,
however, he devoted f u l l a t t e n t i o n to p a i n t i n g . H e w e n t to L o n d o n i n 1879,
t h e n to Paris, where he studied u n d e r Gustave Boulanger a n d Jules Lefebvre
at the J u l i a n A c a d e m y , w o r k e d a few months i n Dusseldorf, a n d apprenticed
u n d e r H . W . Mesdag i n T h e H a g u e . I n the early 1880's he set u p his o w n
studio at E g m o n d , near A m s t e r d a m , a l o c a t i o n w h i c h was to become a
favorite o f G a r i Melchers a n d the center o f a large colony o f artists. E n j o y i n g
frequent b u t b r i e f trips to L o n d o n , Paris a n d the States, H i t c h c o c k made
H o l l a n d his p e r m a n e n t residence. H e e x h i b i t e d r e g u l a r l y i n the foremost
E u r o p e a n exhibitions as w e l l as i n A m e r i c a , w i n n i n g numerous medals a n d
awards. H e was the first A m e r i c a n to be granted the officer's cross o f the
Franz Josef O r d e r o f A u s t r i a a n d m e m b e r s h i p i n the V i e n n a A c a d e m y ;
France made h i m a Chevalier o f the L e g i o n o f H o n o r ; a n d he was elected
Associate M e m b e r o f N e w Y o r k ' s N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1909. H e died i n
H o l l a n d i n 1913.

Dutch Landscape
l7JX2l£
S I G N E D , 1.1.: -G- Hitchcock
C O L L . : E d w a r d C. a n d M a r y W a l k e r , W a l k e r v i l l e , O n t a r i o , C a n a d a , a n d W a s h i n g -
ton, D . C .
R E F . : C . G . A . Handbook of the American Paintings, 1947, p . 56
B E Q U E S T : M a r y E m m a G r i f f i n W a l k e r , 1937, T h e E d w a r d C. a n d M a r y W a l k e r
Collection 37-24

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Thomas Pollock Anshutz (1851—1912)
T h o m a s Pollock A n s h u t z was b o r n i n N e w p o r t , K e n t u c k y , i n 1851. H e h a d
his first f o r m a l t r a i n i n g i n a r t a t t h e N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design i n N e w
Y o r k , e n t e r i n g the school i n 1873. T w o years later he w o r k e d under T h o m a s
Eakins at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f t h e F i n e A r t s where he became a
m e m b e r o f the faculty i n 1881. F r o m 1888 he served as c h i e f o f the faculty for
twenty-four years. H e enjoyed unprecedented success as a teacher, a n d f r o m
a m o n g his hundreds o f students, such m e n as H e n r i , Sloan, Prendergast,
M a r i n , a n d D e m u t h emerged as l e a d i n g t w e n t i e t h c e n t u r y A m e r i c a n artists.
His o n l y p e r i o d o f study a b r o a d f o l l o w e d his m a r r i a g e i n 1892 w h e n he
p a i n t e d for a year u n d e r L u c i e n D o u c e t a n d W i l l i a m Bouguereau at the
J u l i a n A c a d e m y i n Paris. A n s h u t z was elected a n Associate M e m b e r o f the
N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 191 o, a n d d u r i n g t h e years preceding this r e c o g n i t i o n ,
had w o n such awards as t h e Silver M e d a l at t h e St. L o u i s E x p o s i t i o n (1904)
and the G o l d M e d a l o f H o n o r a t t h e Pennsylvania A c a d e m y e x h i b i t i o n i n
1909. H e d i e d i n 1912 at F o r t W a s h i n g t o n , Pennsylvania, where he h a d kept
a house a n d studio for m a n y years.

O n the Ohio c.1880

10\ X 11 i; a c a d e m y b o a r d
S I G N E D O N T H E B A C K , U . r . I T AnshtZ (sic)
C O L L . : estate o f the artist
R E F . : Thomas Anshutz, T h e G r a h a m G a l l e r y , N e w Y o r k , 1963, n . p . , n o . 8
P U R C H A S E : t h r o u g h the gift o f Joseph Sanders, 1963 63.4

T h o m a s P o l l o c k A n s h u t z On the Ohio

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Thomas W i l m e r D e w i n g ( i 851—1938)
A native o f Boston, T h o m a s W i l m e r D e w i n g , after w o r k i n g briefly w i t h a
local l i t h o g r a p h e r , m o v e d to A l b a n y , N e w Y o r k . T h e r e he accumulated
funds for study a b r o a d b y d r a w i n g chalk p o r t r a i t s . H e studied at the J u l i a n
A c a d e m y i n Paris under Gustave Boulanger a n d Jules Lefebvre f r o m 1876 to
1879, a n d , o n his r e t u r n f r o m Europe, settled p e r m a n e n t l y i n N e w Y o r k . H e
t a u g h t i n the A r t Students League f r o m 1881 to 1888, a n d d u r i n g this period
his summers were often spent i n Cornish, N e w H a m p s h i r e . H e was elected
Associate o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1887 a n d a n A c a d e m i c i a n the follow-
i n g year. F r o m 1880 u n t i l 1897 he was a m e m b e r o f the Society o f A m e r i c a n
Artists a n d e x h i b i t e d r e g u l a r l y w i t h t h a t g r o u p , resigning, however, w h e n ,
i n 1898, he allied himself w i t h the N e w Y o r k a n d Boston painters, such as
J o h n T w a c h t m a n , J . A l d e n W e i r , C h i l d e Hassam a n d E d m u n d T a r b e l l w h o
e x h i b i t e d together under the n a m e o f the " T e n A m e r i c a n Painters," or
" T h e T e n , " as they were soon called. H e was elected to the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e
o f A r t s a n d Letters i n 1908. T h e distinguished collectors, J o h n Gellatly o f
N e w Y o r k a n d Charles L . Freer o f D e t r o i t , were b o t h a m o n g Dewing's
patrons a n d bequeathed m a n y o f his works to the N a t i o n a l Collection o f
Fine A r t s a n d the Freer Gallery, W a s h i n g t o n . After 1920 D e w i n g painted
very l i t t l e ; he died i n N e w Y o r k i n 1938 at the age o f eighty-seven.

L a d y with a M a s k c. 1907
22§X24i
S I G N E D , 1.1.: T. W. Dewing
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist

T h o m a s W i l m e r D e w i n g Lady with a Mask

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 R E F . : Exhibition of Paintings by Thomas Dewing, D e p a r t m e n t o f F i n e A r t s , Carnegie
I n s t i t u t e , P i t t s b u r g h , 1924, n . p . , n o . 13; The 75th Anniversary Exhibition of Painting &
Sculpture by 75 Artists associated with the Art Students League of New Tork, M e t r o p o l i t a n
M u s e u m o f A r t , N e w Y o r k , 1951, p . X I V , n o . 8, i l l . ; French and American Impressionism,
P h i l b r o o k A r t Center, T u l s a , O k l a h o m a , 1967, p . 13, n o . 25, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1911 11.18

Theodore Robinson (1852—1896)

Theodore Robinson, one o f the first i n the A m e r i c a n Impressionist move-
m e n t , was b o r n i n I r a s b u r g , V e r m o n t , i n 1852. W h i l e he was still a y o u n g
c h i l d his f a m i l y m o v e d to the M i d d l e West, finally settling i n Evansville,
Wisconsin. A t the age o f eighteen, he w e n t to Chicago to study a r t , b u t
severe asthma forced h i m to give u p his t r a i n i n g a n d go to Denver for relief.
O n his r e t u r n to Evansville, he d r e w crayon p o r t r a i t s enlarged f r o m photo-
graphs u n t i l , i n 1874, he enrolled i n the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design i n N e w
Y o r k , w o r k i n g also at the n e w l y f o r m e d A r t Students League. After three
years i n Europe, where he studied under Carolus D u r a n a n d w i t h Jean-Leon
Gerome at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts i n Paris a n d traveled i n n o r t h e r n I t a l y ,
he r e t u r n e d to the U n i t e d States late i n 1879. H e took a studio i n N e w Y o r k ,
supplementing his income b y teaching a n d w o r k i n g as a decorator, first w i t h
J o h n L a F a r g e a n d later for the Boston firm o f Prentice T r e a d w e l l . I n 1884 he
again j o u r n e y e d to France, a n d u n t i l his final r e t u r n to A m e r i c a i n 1892, his
t i m e was d i v i d e d between the t w o countries. I t was i n 1887 t h a t he first
visited G i v e r n y , the small village o n the Seine w h i c h Claude M o n e t h a d
made his home. M o n e t became a close friend a n d greatly influenced R o b i n -
son's w o r k . D u r i n g the last three years o f his life R o b i n s o n p a i n t e d a n d
t a u g h t i n N e w E n g l a n d a n d N e w Jersey d u r i n g the summer months, r e t u r n -
ing to N e w Y o r k for the w i n t e r season. H e h a d been elected a m e m b e r o f the
Society o f A m e r i c a n Artists i n 1881 a n d showed r e g u l a r l y i n the Society's
exhibitions. H i s first one-man show was h e l d at the M a c b e t h Gallery i n 1895.
His h e a l t h , always precarious, was seriously affected b y r e c u r r i n g attacks o f
asthma, a n d he died i n N e w Y o r k o n A p r i l 2, 1896.

W o m a n with a V e i l 1878
16JX I 2 f
S I G N E D , u . r . : T - Robinson) 18- Paris - j8
COLL. : Mrs. E d w i n H . Low, Washington and New York
R E F . : C . G . A . Handbook of the American Paintings, 1947, p . 4 8 ; Theodore Robinson,
American Impressionist (1852-18g6), K e n n e d y Galleries, N e w Y o r k , 1966, p . 10, i l l .
G I F T : the estate o f F a n n i e T u c k e r L o w , 1947 47.1

T h i s p a i n t i n g was executed w h i l e R o b i n s o n was s t u d y i n g u n d e r J e a n - L e o n Gerome

T h e o d o r e R o b i n s o n Woman with a Veil i n Paris.

The Layette 1892

58ix36i
S I G N E D , l . r . : Th. Robinson
C O L L . : estate o f the artist ( R o b i n s o n sale, A A A , 1898, n o . 5 6 ) ; George A . H e a r n ,
N e w Y o r k ( H e a r n sale, A A A , 1918, n o . 127)
R E F . : World's Columbian Exposition, C h i c a g o , 1893, n . p . , n o . 8 6 1 ; Catalogue of the Collec-
tion of Foreign and American Paintings Owned by Mr. George A. Hearn, N e w Y o r k , 1908,
no. 224, i l l . ; The American Magazine of Art, v o l . I X , n o . 6 ( A p r i l 1918), p . 251, i l l . ;
American Art Annual, A m e r i c a n F e d e r a t i o n o f A r t s , 1918, v o l . 15, p p . 2 9 1 , 3 2 1 , i l l . ;
E . C l a r k , " T h e o d o r e R o b i n s o n , a Pioneer A m e r i c a n I m p r e s s i o n i s t , " Scribner's
Magazine, Dec. 1921, p p . 763 ff., i l l . ; R . E . J a c k m a n , American Arts, 1928, p . 163, i l l . ;
American Painting and Sculpture 1862-1932, M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k , 1932,
n.p., n o . 8 3 ; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of Paintings, Sculpture and Other Art Objects,

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T h e o d o r e R o b i n s o n The Layette

1933, p . 89, n o . 280, i l l . ; J . I . H . B a u r , Theodore Robinson i8^2-i8g6 i The Brooklyn

M u s e u m , 1946, p . 68, n o . 131
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d a n d t h r o u g h the gift o f W i l l i a m A . C l a r k , 1918 18.4

I n his d i a r y , d a t e d O c t . 30, 1892, at G i v e r n y , R o b i n s o n w r o t e : " W o r k e d a . m . i n the

G i l l ' s g a r d e n w i t h Y v o n n e o n large Layette"; a n d a g a i n , i n the d i a r y , d a t e d J a n . 19,
1894, P h i l a d e l p h i a : " . . . w e spent the a f t e r n o o n at the F i n e A r t s Galleries [Pennsyl-
v a n i a A c a d e m y ] . . . M y L a y e t t e n o t entirely b a d . . . " T h i s p a i n t i n g was k n o w n also as
Girl Sewing a n d Sewing. T h e artist p a i n t e d t w o smaller versions o f the subject i n 1891.

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 Valley of the Seine from Giverny Heights 1892
25|X32i
C O L L . : estate o f the artist ( R o b i n s o n sale, A A A , 1898, n o . 3 9 ) ; W i l l i a m T . Evans,
N e w Y o r k (Evans sale, A A A , 1900, n o . 250)
R E F . : R . E. J a c k m a n , American Arts, 1928, p . 163, i l l . ; J . I . H . B a u r , Theodore Robinson
1852-1896, T h e B r o o k l y n M u s e u m , 1946, p p . 34 a n d 79, no. 2 4 2 ; American Landscape
Painters, 1800-1960, Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1961, n . p . , no. 28
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1900 00.5

R o b i n s o n p a i n t e d at least t w o other versions o f this scene, one o f w h i c h is i n the

A d d i s o n G a l l e r y o f A m e r i c a n A r t a n d the other i n R a n d o l p h - M a c o n W o m a n ' s
College, b o t h e n t i t l e d Valley of the Seine. B a u r , i n the reference c i t e d above, points o u t
t h a t " h i s w o r k was done chiefly o u t o f doors, often w i t h t w o or three canvases o f the
same subject at h a n d (as i n the Valley of the Seine), one for sunshine, one for a g r a y d a y
a n d the t h i r d for p a r t l y overcast." R o b i n s o n refers to each o f the three i n his d i a r y as
Vue de Vernon, a n d i n the e n t r y d a t e d J u n e 9, 1892, G i v e r n y , w r i t e s : " C o m m e n c e d a
' V u e de V e r n o n ' grey d a y b e a u t i f u l a n d s t i l l . . . C h a r m i n g b u t the s u n l i g h t w i t h
floating shadows I find m o r e so" [ t h e C o r c o r a n v e r s i o n ] ; a n d a g a i n , i n e n t r y d a t e d
A u g . 14, 1892: " [ M o n e t ] l i k e d best the ' V u e de V e r n o n ' - the one I t h o ' t nearest m y
idea . . . he l i k e d the grey & the o t h e r s u n l i g h t one less."

T h e o d o r e R o b i n s o n Valley of the Seine from Giverny Heights

Boats i n H a r b o r
I2fX15J
S I G N E D , O N P R O W O F B O A T , c.: TR? ?; r e d i n k s t a m p , l . r . : T.Robinson/Sale
C O L L . : the estate o f the artist ( R o b i n s o n sale, A A A , 1898); Gustav K l i m a n , Boston
R E F . : Selections from the Collection of Hirschl & Adler Galleries, N e w Y o r k , v o l . V (1963/
64), n . p . , n o . 45, i l l .
G I F T : N o r m a n a n d B a r b a r a H i r s c h l , 1966 66.35

T h i s p a i n t i n g m a y represent a E u r o p e a n h a r b o r . I t bears the r e d i n k s t a m p o f the

R o b i n s o n Estate Sale {Paintings and Studies by the Late Theodore Robinson, A d m i n i s t r a t o r ' s
P u b l i c Sale, A m e r i c a n A r t Association Galleries, N e w Y o r k , M a r c h 24, 1898), b u t i t
is impossible to i d e n t i f y i t w i t h a n y one o f the p a i n t i n g s listed i n the catalogue o f
this sale.

E d w i n A u s t i n Abbey (1852—1911)
E d w i n A u s t i n A b b e y , b o r n i n P h i l a d e l p h i a i n 1852, w o n his r e p u t a t i o n first
as a n i l l u s t r a t o r a n d o n l y i n later years t u r n e d to p a i n t i n g historical subjects
and m u r a l decorations. H e studied engraving at the age o f sixteen, a n d the
f o l l o w i n g year enrolled i n the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s . H i s
w o r k was first published i n Harper's Weekly i n 1870, a n d i n 1871 he j o i n e d the
staff o f H a r p e r & Brothers i n N e w Y o r k . Except for a short p e r i o d o f free-
l a n c i n g , he remained w i t h H a r p e r ' s for some years a n d was sent to E n g l a n d
i n 1878 to absorb " l o c a l c o l o r " for a series o f illustrations for Shakespeare's
plays a n d other l i t e r a r y works. F r o m this t i m e o n he l i v e d mostly i n E n g l a n d ,
settling i n 1885 i n the Worcestershire village o f B r o a d w a y near J o h n Singer
Sargent a n d H e n r y James. H e became increasingly interested i n w o r k i n g i n
watercolor a n d o i l . H i s first o i l p a i n t i n g to be accepted b y the R o y a l A c a d -
emy was e x h i b i t e d i n 1890. T h a t same year he received a commission to
p a i n t The Quest of the Holy Grail, a m u r a l decoration for the Boston Public
L i b r a r y . H e was elected Associate M e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1901
and an A c a d e m i c i a n the f o l l o w i n g year. I n 1902 he was requested b y K i n g
E d w a r d V I I to p a i n t his coronation p i c t u r e . Abbey's last large commission,
to decorate the Pennsylvania State C a p i t o l at H a r r i s b u r g , was never com-
pleted. T h e R o t u n d a was finished i n 1906, b u t i l l h e a l t h delayed further
w o r k . H e died i n Chelsea, E n g l a n d , i n 1911 at the age o f fifty-nine.

The T r i a l of Queen K a t h a r i n e 1898-1900

84ixi45§
S I G N E D , l . r . : E. A. Abbey
C O L L . : W i l l i a m A . Clark, New York
R E F . : 1 ooth Anniversary Exhibition, Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s , P h i l a -
d e l p h i a , 1905, p . 4 0 , n o . 4 6 0 ; C. H . C a f f i n , The Story of American Painting; the Evolution
of Painting in America from Colonial Times to the Present, 1907, p . 194, i l l . ; H . Saint-
Gaudens, " E d w i n A u s t i n A b b e y , the Career o f a G r e a t A m e r i c a n A r t i s t , " Worlds
Work, 1908, p p . 10191-10204, i l l . ; E . V . Lucas, Edwin Austin Abbey, 1921, v o l . I I ,
p p . 314 passim, i l l .
B E Q U E S T : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k , 1926 26.2
T h e scene d e p i c t e d is f r o m Shakespeare's Henry VIII, A c t I I , Scene 4, i n w h i c h Q u e e n
K a t h a r i n e appeals t o C a r d i n a l W o l s e y ; the K i n g is seated o n the t h r o n e ; the A r c h -
bishop o f C a n t e r b u r y stands b e h i n d Wolsey. T h e setting is the H a l l at Black-
Friars.

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Sylvia 1899/1900
48iX48i
S I G N E D , l . r . : E. A. Abbey i8gg/igoo
C O L L . : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k , N e w Y o r k , 1901
R E F . : 72nd Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s , P h i l a d e l p h i a ,
1903, p . 10, n o . 18; C . G . A . First Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Contemporary
American Artists, 1907, n . p . , n o . 3 0 ; nth Annual Exhibition, D e p a r t m e n t o f F i n e A r t s ,
Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , P i t t s b u r g h , 1907, n . p . , n o . 2, i l l . ; H . Saint-Gaudens, " E d w i n
A u s t i n A b b e y , the Career o f a G r e a t A m e r i c a n A r t i s t , " Worlds Work, 1908, p p . 1 0 1 9 1 -
10204, i l l . ; W . H . Downes, " A b b e y ' s A r t , " Art and Progress, v o l . I I , n o . 12 ( O c t . 1911),
pp. 3 4 7 - 3 5 4 , i l l . ; E. V . Lucas, Edwin Austin Abbey, 1921, v o l . I I , p p . 281 passim',
C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of The W. A. Clark Collection, 1932, p . 35, n o . 2 0 0 1 , i l l .
B E Q U E S T : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k , 1926 26.1

O n e o f a series o f female characters f r o m Shakespeare's comedies, this represents

Sylvia i n The Two Gentlemen of Verona, t a k e n f r o m the serenade verse i n A c t I V ,
Scene 2: " W h o is S y l v i a ? w h a t is she?/That a l l o u r swains c o m m e n d h e r ? . . . "

Edwin Austin Abbey Sylvia

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 J u l i a n A l d e n Weir (1852—1919)
J u l i a n A l d e n W e i r was b o r n i n West Point, N e w Y o r k , i n 1852, the four-
teenth o f the sixteen c h i l d r e n o f R o b e r t W . W e i r , Professor o f D r a w i n g at the
U n i t e d States M i l i t a r y A c a d e m y f r o m 1834 to 1876. J u l i a n a n d his b r o t h e r ,
J o h n Ferguson W e i r , b o t h studied u n d e r t h e i r father at West Point. After
several terms at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design i n N e w Y o r k f r o m 1867 to
1873, J u l i a n entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts i n Paris i n the fall o f 1873 to
w o r k i n the atelier of J e a n - L e o n Gerome. T h e generosity o f his godmother,
Mrs. B r a d f o r d R . A l d e n , made the next four years o f study a n d travel
possible, a n d i t was at this t i m e the artist began signing his paintings J . Alden
Weir to h o n o r his benefactress. A f t e r concentrated w o r k i n Paris, w i t h
summer sojourns i n the F r e n c h countryside, H o l l a n d a n d Spain, W e i r
r e t u r n e d to N e w Y o r k i n 1877. H e took a studio, sought p o r t r a i t commissions,
and supplemented his income w i t h teaching, first at the Cooper U n i o n
W o m e n ' s A r t School a n d later at the new A r t Students League as w e l l as i n
his o w n p r i v a t e classes. H e e x h i b i t e d r e g u l a r l y at the N a t i o n a l Academy,
becoming an Associate i n 1885, an A c a d e m i c i a n i n 1886, a n d President f r o m
J u l i a n A l d e n W e i r Autumn 1915 to 1917. H e was a charter m e m b e r o f the Society of A m e r i c a n Artists as
w e l l as a m e m b e r o f " T h e T e n , " e x h i b i t i n g a n n u a l l y w i t h this g r o u p f r o m
its i n c e p t i o n i n 1898. H e was represented b y t w o or m o r e paintings i n each
of the Corcoran Biennials f r o m the first e x h i b i t i o n i n 1907 u n t i l his death,
w i n n i n g the First Prize a n d G o l d M e d a l i n 1914/15. H e was always generous
of his t i m e for organizational activities i n the a r t w o r l d , serving o n President
Wilson's N a t i o n a l Commission o n the F i n e A r t s i n 1916 a n d as President a n d
Trustee o f the M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m of A r t . H e spent his summers either at
his wife's f a m i l y f a r m i n W i n d h a m , Connecticut, or o n his o w n place at
Branchville, interspersed w i t h an occasional t r i p to Europe. Together w i t h
his friends Theodore R o b i n s o n , J o h n T w a c h t m a n a n d C h i l d e Hassam, W e i r
played a major p a r t i n pioneering the impressionistic m o v e m e n t i n A m e r i c a .
H e died i n N e w Y o r k o n December 8, 1919.

Autumn 1906
36iX29|
S I G N E D , 1.1.: J . Alden Weir
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Fourth Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec.
1912-Jan. 1913, n . p . , n o . 76, i l l . ; D . W e i r , " L i s t o f P a i n t i n g s , " Julian Alden Weir, an
Appreciation of His Life and Works, P h i l l i p s P u b l i c a t i o n s , n o . 1, 1922, p . 135; D . W .
Y o u n g , The Life and Letters of J . Alden Weir, i 9 6 0 , p p . 244, 261
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1912 12.4

T h i s scene was p a i n t e d o n W e i r ' s f a r m i n B r a n c h v i l l e , C o n n e c t i c u t .

Obweebetuck c. 1908
24^X33!
S I G N E D , l . r . : J . Alden Weir
C O L L . : George M . Oyster, J r . , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . (purchased f r o m the artist, 1918)
R E F . : C . G . A . Seventh Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec.
1919-Jan. 1920, n . p . , n o . 1 6 1 ; D . W e i r , " L i s t o f P a i n t i n g s , " Julian Alden Weir, an
Appreciation of His Life and Works, P h i l l i p s P u b l i c a t i o n s , n o . 1, 1922, p . 137; C . G . A .
Illustrated Handbook of Paintings, Sculpture and Other Art Objects, 1939, p . 97, n o . 377, i l l . ;
D . W . Y o u n g , The Life and Letters of J , Alden Weir, i 9 6 0 , p p . 200, 261
B E Q U E S T : George M . Oyster, J r . , 1924 24.3

T h i s v i e w o f the slopes o f O b weebetuck was p a i n t e d f r o m the g a r d e n o f M r s . W e i r ' s

family's f a r m at W i n d h a m , Connecticut.

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The Pet B i r d 1910
30 X 22^
S I G N E D , u . r . : J . Alden Weir
C O L L . : M r . a n d M r s . Francis Sydney Smithers, G r e e n w i c h , C o n n e c t i c u t
R E F . : D . W e i r , " L i s t o f P a i n t i n g s , " Julian Alden Weir, an Appreciation of His Life and
Works, P h i l l i p s Publications, n o . 1, 1922, p . 136; D . W . Y o u n g , The Life and Letters
of J . Alden Weir, i 9 6 0 , p . 201
G I F T : M a b e l Stevens Smithers, 1940, T h e Francis Sydney Smithers M e m o r i a l 40.12

Portrait of M i s s de L . 1914
30^X25
S I G N E D , 1.1.: J . Alden Weir
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Fifth Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec. 1914-
J a n . 1915, n . p . , n o . 168; American Art Annual, A m e r i c a n F e d e r a t i o n o f A r t s , 1915,
vol. X I I , p . 69, i l l . ; D . P h i l l i p s , " J u l i a n A l d e n W e i r , " Julian Alden Weir, an Apprecia-
tion of His Life and Works, P h i l l i p s P u b l i c a t i o n s , n o . 1, 1922, p p . 41 f., i l l . ; D . W e i r ,
" L i s t o f P a i n t i n g s , " ibid., p . 136; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of Paintings, Sculpture and
Other Art Objects, 1933, p . 109, n o . 344, i l l . ; C . G . A . Twenty Fifth Biennial Exhibition of
Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1957, " H i s t o r i c a l S e c t i o n , " p p . 15, 23, n o . 5, i l l . ;
D . W . Y o u n g , The Life and Letters of J . Alden Weir, i 9 6 0 , p . 249
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1914 14.7

J u l i a n A l d e n W e i r Portrait of Miss de L .

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T h e sitter for this p o r t r a i t was a y o u n g d r a m a student, L u c i e L e v e q u e , w h o earned
e x t r a m o n e y b y posing for a n u m b e r o f artists i n N e w Y o r k . W e i r a d d e d the de i n his
t i t l e , perhaps i n t e n t i o n a l l y , perhaps m i s t a k e n l y . F o r this w o r k t h e artist was a w a r d e d
the F i r s t W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d the C o r c o r a n G o l d M e d a l . I n a letter w r i t t e n
i n D e c e m b e r 1914 t o his f r i e n d , Charles Erskine Scott W o o d , W e i r speaks o f the
p r i z e : " I got a $2000 p r i z e the o t h e r d a y a n d sent some t o the families o f the F r e n c h
painters i n Paris w h o m u s t be n o t o n l y h a r d u p b u t d e m o r a l i z e d . I h o p e d i t m i g h t
a r r i v e a b o u t J a n u a r y 1st, the t i m e t h e y always celebrate a n d m a k e h a p p y . . . "

Ben Foster (1852—1926)

Ben Foster (christened Benjamin) was b o r n i n N o r t h A n s o n , M a i n e , o n
J u l y 3 1 , 1852. I n i 8 6 0 his father, a lawyer a n d p o l i t i c i a n , m o v e d his f a m i l y
to R i c h m o n d , M a i n e , a n d the f o l l o w i n g year died, leaving his m a n y depend-
ents i n difficult circumstances. A t the age o f eighteen Ben left for N e w Y o r k
to seek w o r k , a n d i t was n o t u n t i l he was about t h i r t y years o l d t h a t he was
able to devote his t i m e to p a i n t i n g . H e studied w i t h A b b o t t T h a y e r a n d at
the A r t Students League i n N e w Y o r k a n d , i n 1886, w e n t to Paris where he
w o r k e d w i t h L u c - O l i v i e r M e r s o n a n d A i m e M o r o t for a year. O n his r e t u r n
to the U n i t e d States he settled i n N e w Y o r k , usually spending six o u t o f
twelve months at his f a r m i n C o r n w a l l H o l l o w , Connecticut. H e w o n his first
a w a r d at the Chicago W o r l d ' s F a i r i n 1893, w h i c h was followed b y such
prizes as a Bronze M e d a l i n the Paris E x p o s i t i o n o f 1900, the Carnegie Prize
f r o m the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y of Design i n 1906, a n d m a n y others i n i m p o r t a n t
exhibitions h e l d i n the early years o f this century. H e was elected a m e m b e r
of the Society of A m e r i c a n Artists i n 1897, Associate M e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l
A c a d e m y i n 1901, a n d A c a d e m i c i a n i n 1904, as w e l l as a m e m b e r i n the
N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters. H e served for m a n y years as a r t c r i t i c
on the N e w Y o r k Evening Post a n d c o n t r i b u t e d r e g u l a r l y to the Nation. H e
died i n N e w Y o r k o n J a n u a r y 28, 1926.

Sunset i n the Litchfield H i l l s c. 191 o

30x36
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Ben Foster
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : Catalogue of the 23rd Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture by American
Artists, A r t I n s t i t u t e , C h i c a g o , 1910, n . p . , n o . 8 3 , i l l . ; C . G . A . Third Exhibition, Oil
Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, 1910/1911, n . p . , n o . 7 0 ; C . G . A . Catalogue of
the Paintings, 1911, p . 39, n o . 75; C . G . A . Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Ben Foster, 1915,
n.p., n o . 1
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1911 11.4

Foster p a i n t e d the C o n n e c t i c u t c o u n t r y s i d e w h i l e at his s u m m e r s t u d i o i n C o r n w a l l

H o l l o w near L i t c h f i e l d .

H a r r y Chase (1853-1889)
H a r r y Chase was b o r n i n Woodstock, V e r m o n t , i n 1853. H e studied i n
M u n i c h , at T h e H a g u e , a n d i n Paris under Paul Constant Soyer. H i s w o r k
was i n c l u d e d i n the Paris Salon o f 1878. O n his r e t u r n to A m e r i c a he opened
a studio i n N e w Y o r k C i t y . H e was elected an Associate M e m b e r o f the
N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1883, a n d w o n the A c a d e m y ' s First H a l l g a r t e n Prize
i n 1885 for the Corcoran's p a i n t i n g listed below. H i s p r o m i s i n g career as a
m a r i n e a n d landscape p a i n t e r was cut short b y prolonged illness, a n d he died
at the age o f thirty-six i n 1889.

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The H a r b o r of New Y o r k 1885
40 x 72
S I G N E D , l . r . : H. Chase 1885
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : 60th Exhibition, N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design, N e w Y o r k , 1885, p . 23, n o . 379,
i l l . ; The City by the River and the Sea, D a y t o n A r t I n s t i t u t e , 1951, p . 35, n o . 73
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1889 89.1

J o h n H e n r y T w a c h t m a n (1853—1902)
J o h n H e n r y T w a c h t m a n was b o r n i n C i n c i n n a t i , O h i o , i n 1853, o f parents
w h o h a d emigrated f r o m H a n o v e r , G e r m a n y , to escape p o l i t i c a l oppression.
T w a c h t m a n was t a u g h t the r u d i m e n t s o f p a i n t i n g b y his father w h o decor-
ated w i n d o w shades i n a C i n c i n n a t i factory. T h e b o y eventually w o r k e d i n
the factory also, s t u d y i n g a r t at n i g h t , first at the Mechanics I n s t i t u t e a n d
t h e n w i t h F r a n k Duveneck at the M c M i c k e n School o f Design. H e accom-
panied Duveneck to M u n i c h where he studied for t w o years under L u d w i g
Loefftz before m o v i n g o n to Venice where he p a i n t e d for a t i m e w i t h
Duveneck a n d W i l l i a m M e r r i t t Chase. H e r e t u r n e d to A m e r i c a i n 1878. H e
exhibited i n N e w Y o r k i n the first show o f the Society o f A m e r i c a n Artists a n d
was elected a m e m b e r o f the Society i n 1879. D u r i n g the f o l l o w i n g years he
traveled back a n d f o r t h to Europe, p a i n t i n g a n d teaching i n Florence w i t h
Duveneck i n 1880, t r a v e l i n g d u r i n g the summer o f 1881 w i t h J . A l d e n a n d
J o h n Ferguson W e i r o n a sketching t r i p i n H o l l a n d , s t u d y i n g d u r i n g the
w i n t e r o f 1883 u n d e r Gustave Boulanger a n d Jules Lefebvre at the J u l i a n
A c a d e m y i n Paris, a n d w o r k i n g t h r o u g h o u t the w i n t e r o f 1884 i n Venice.
I n 1885 he settled p e r m a n e n t l y i n the U n i t e d States. A f t e r a b r i e f stay i n
C i n c i n n a t i , he m o v e d to B r a n c h v i l l e , Connecticut, close to J . A l d e n W e i r ,
and finally, i n 1889, purchased a f a r m near G r e e n w i c h . T h e landscape o f
this area inspired m a n y o f his later paintings. T w a c h t m a n was a m e m b e r o f
the famous T i l e C l u b , a n d was one o f the founders o f the g r o u p w h i c h
exhibited r e g u l a r l y as " T h e T e n . " H e t a u g h t at the A r t Students League
f r o m 1889 to 1902, a n d at Cooper U n i o n f r o m 1894 o n ; d u r i n g the summers
he conducted classes at N e w p o r t , Cos Cob a n d , t o w a r d the end o f his life, at
Gloucester, where he died i n 1902.

Spring Landscape c. 1890-1900

1 5 ! X 18J; w o o d p a n e l
SIGNED, l.r.: J H Twachtman
C O L L . : James Parmelee, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .
R E F . : R . J . Boyle, A Retrospective Exhibition: John Henry Twachtman, T h e C i n c i n n a t i
A r t M u s e u m , 1966, p . 14, n o . 44
B E Q U E S T : James Parmelee, 1941 41.26

The Waterfall c. 1890-1900

30jX22i
SIGNED, l.r.: J H Twachtman
C O L L . : estate o f the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Handbook of the American Paintings, 1947, p . 5 9 ; R . J . Boyle, A Retrospective
Exhibition: John Henry Twachtman, T h e C i n c i n n a t i A r t M u s e u m , 1966, p . 16, no. 57
(provenance i n c o r r e c t l y recorded)
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1918 18.7

T h i s scene is one o f a series b e a r i n g this t i t l e p a i n t e d o n the T w a c h t m a n f a r m i n

G r e e n w i c h , C o n n e c t i c u t , o f Horseneck Falls, j u s t above t h e H e m l o c k Pool o n Blue
Brook.
J o h n H e n r y T w a c h t m a n The Waterfall

J o h n Francis M u r p h y (1853—1921)
J o h n Francis M u r p h y was b o r n i n Oswego, N e w Y o r k , o n December 1 1 ,
1853. H e attended school i n Oswego a n d at the age o f seventeen w e n t to
Chicago to take a j o b p a i n t i n g advertising signboards. H e h a d no i n s t r u c t i o n
i n a r t , b u t f r o m an early age was interested o n l y i n p a i n t i n g . H e m o v e d to
N e w Jersey near O r a n g e a n d for several years sketched a n d p a i n t e d , support-
i n g himself b y teaching. I n 1875 settled i n N e w Y o r k a n d was soon
n e

established i n the T e n t h Street studio b u i l d i n g w h i c h at t h a t t i m e housed

Alexander W y a n t , Theodore R o b i n s o n a n d other artists o f note. H e first
exhibited i n the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1876, a n d was elected a n Associate
M e m b e r i n 1885, the year he w o n the A c a d e m y ' s second H a l l g a r t e n Prize.

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T w o years later he was made A c a d e m i c i a n . D u r i n g this p e r i o d he m o v e d his
studio to the Chelsea H o t e l where he resided u n t i l his death i n 1921, spending
m a n y months o f each year i n the Catskill M o u n t a i n s at A r k v i l l e where he
h a d b u i l t a home a n d studio. A p a i n t e r o f landscapes, he was l i n k e d b y his
contemporaries w i t h such " t o n a l i s t s " as Ben Foster, Bruce Crane a n d
H e n r y W . Ranger. H e was a m e m b e r o f the S a l m a g u n d i C l u b a n d the
Society o f A m e r i c a n Artists i n whose 1887 e x h i b i t i o n he w o n the W e b b
Prize, b u t one o f m a n y medals a n d honors conferred o n his w o r k i n the
exhibitions o f the p e r i o d .

Landscape 1898
24iX36i
S I G N E D , 1.1.: J . FRANCIS MURPHY. 9
8
9

C O L L . : George A . H e a r n , N e w Y o r k ( f r o m the artist, 1898); W i l l i a m A . C l a r k , N e w

Y o r k (1918)
R E F . : M . K n o x , " J . Francis M u r p h y , " Vanity Fair, M a y 1918, p p . 65 a n d 96, i l l . ;
C . G . A . Seventh Exhibition, Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec. 1919-
J a n . 1920, n . p . , n o . 6 4 ; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of The W. A. Clark Collection, 1932,
p. 52, n o . 2147
B E Q U E S T : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k , 1926 26.147
T h i s p a i n t i n g has also been k n o w n as Autumn Landscape. T h e u n p r e c e d e n t e d p r i c e i t
b r o u g h t at the H e a r n a u c t i o n i n 1918 caused m u c h c o m m e n t at t h a t t i m e .

Landscape
7 i X 9l canvas m o u n t e d o n w o o d p a n e l
:

S I G N E D , 1.1.: J . Francis Murphy

C O L L . : M r s . W i l l i a m S h e r m a n H a y , W i n n e t k a , I l l i n o i s ; R i c h a r d M a d l e n e r , Falls
Church, Virginia
G I F T : R i c h a r d M a d l e n e r , 1969 1969.2

E m i l Carlsen (1853—1932)
E m i l Carlsen was b o r n i n Copenhagen o n O c t o b e r 19, 1853. H e studied
architecture at the D a n i s h R o y a l A c a d e m y a n d h a d some t r a i n i n g i n p a i n t i n g
before c o m i n g to A m e r i c a i n 1872. Fie w e n t to Chicago, w o r k i n g briefly i n
an architect's office, t h e n w i t h the D a n i s h painter, L a u r i t s B e r n h a r d H o i s t ,
and finally as instructor at the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e . I n 1875, after a visit i n
D e n m a r k , he studied for six months i n Paris. O n his r e t u r n to A m e r i c a i n
1876 he w o r k e d i n Boston, designing, engraving a n d p a i n t i n g as w e l l as
teaching. T h e next t w o years were passed i n Paris where he p r o d u c e d p a i n t -
ings for Blakeslee, a N e w Y o r k a r t dealer. H e served as D i r e c t o r o f the San
Francisco A r t School f r o m 1887 to 1891, after w h i c h he settled i n N e w Y o r k ,
his home u n t i l his death i n 1932. D u r i n g the summers he p a i n t e d i n O g u n -
q u i t , M a i n e , or i n Falls V i l l a g e , Connecticut, a n d he made at least t w o f u r t h e r
trips to Europe i n 1908 a n d 1912. H e t a u g h t i n b o t h the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y
of Design a n d the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s , a n d e x h i b i t e d
w i d e l y , w i n n i n g m a n y honors, i n c l u d i n g the N a t i o n a l Academy's Saltus
M e d a l for M e r i t i n 1916 for Moonlight on a Calm Sea, listed below. H e was
represented i n a l l C o r c o r a n Biennials f r o m the first h e l d i n 1907 u n t i l his
death, a n d the G a l l e r y held a large retrospective e x h i b i t i o n o f his w o r k i n
1923. Carlsen was a m e m b e r o f the Society of A m e r i c a n Artists (1902), o f the
N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (Associate M e m b e r , 1904; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1906) a n d o f
the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters.

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E m i l Carlsen Moonlight on a Calm Sea

Moonlight on a C a l m Sea 1915/1916

58iX47i
SIGNED, 1.1.: Emil - Carlsen -
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : Ninety-First Annual Exhibition, N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design, N e w Y o r k , 1916,
p . 44, no. 366 (Saltus M e d a l for M e r i t ) ; Inaugural Exhibition, C l e v e l a n d M u s e u m o f
A r t , 1916, n . p . , no. 2 1 ; C . G . A . Sixth Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American
Artists, Dec. 1916-Jan. 1917, n . p . , no. 192; D . P h i l l i p s , " E m i l C a r l s e n , " The Inter-
national Studio, v o l . L X I , no. 244 ( J u n e 1917), p . c v i i i , i l l .
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1916 16.7

The White J u g c. 1919

255X30
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Emil Carlsen
C O L L . : estate o f the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Eighth Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec. 1 9 2 1 -
J a n . 1922, p . 34, no. 171, i l l . ; R. E. J a c k m a n , American Arts, 1928, p p . 152 ff., i l l . ;
W . B o r n , Still-Life Painting in America, 1947, p . 4 2 , no. 113, i l l .
G I F T : M r s . E m i l Carlsen a n d Dines Carlsen, 1935 35.12

J5
The Picture from Thibet c. 1920
38§X27i
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Emil Carlsen
C O L L . : James Parmelee, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . (1926)
R E F . : The International Studio, v o l . L X X I V , n o . 293 ( A u g . 1921), p . i v , i l l . ; Catalogue of
the nyth Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s , 1922, n . p . ,
no. 367, i l l . ; iyth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, C i t y A r t
M u s e u m o f St. L o u i s , M i s s o u r i , 1922, n . p . , n o . 20, i l l . ; C . G . A . Special Exhibition of
Paintings by Emil Carlsen, 1923, n . p . , n o . 6; C . G . A . The Tenth Exhibition of Contemporary
American Oil Paintings, 1926, n . p . , n o . 84

B E Q U E S T : James Parmelee, 1941 41.3

Carlsen p a i n t e d a second smaller version o f the same subject e n t i t l e d The Sung Jar.

J o h n Elwood Bundy (1853—1933)

J o h n E l w o o d B u n d y was b o r n i n G u i l f o r d C o u n t y , N o r t h C a r o l i n a , i n 1853.
A t the age o f five he traveled w i t h his f a m i l y b y p r a i r i e schooner to M o n -
r o v i a i n western I n d i a n a where he grew u p o n a f a r m . H e began to sketch at
an early age, at first i n pokeberry j u i c e u n t i l he acquired his first box of water-
colors. H e h a d no a r t t r a i n i n g except for a two-week p e r i o d o f i n s t r u c t i o n i n
the use o f oils f r o m B a r t o n S. Hays, a p o r t r a i t p a i n t e r w h o happened to be i n
I n d i a n a p o l i s i n 1873. F o r the next twelve years B u n d y w o r k e d i n a n d a r o u n d
M o n r o v i a , s u p p o r t i n g himself b y p a i n t i n g p o r t r a i t s f r o m photographs, b u t
p u r s u i n g his m a i n interest as t i m e allowed - the p a i n t i n g o f landscapes. H e
t a u g h t d r a w i n g a n d p a i n t i n g i n E a r l h a m College at R i c h m o n d , I n d i a n a , for
a n u m b e r o f years, b u t b y the m i d d l e 1890's he devoted himself entirely to
p a i n t i n g . H e l i v e d the rest o f his life i n the environs o f R i c h m o n d except for
summer trips to n o r t h e r n M i c h i g a n a n d one w i n t e r i n southern California. H e
e x h i b i t e d regularly i n Chicago a n d i n g r o u p exhibitions i n the M i d d l e West
a n d i n N e w Y o r k a n d Philadelphia. B u n d y died i n C i n c i n n a t i i n 1933.

Path by the R i v e r 191 o

nix 14!
S I G N E D , l . r . : Bundy 1910
C O L L . : a n o n y m o u s collector, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .
G I F T : a n o n y m o u s i n m e m o r y o f H e l e n M i n s h a l l , 1955 55.81

W i l l i a m L a m b Picknell (i854-1897)
W i l l i a m L a m b Picknell was b o r n October 23, 1854 i n H i n e s b u r g , V e r m o u t .
H e lost his parents at an early age a n d was sent to an uncle i n Boston w h o ,
recognizing his artistic talents, arranged t h a t the b o y go to I t a l y to study
under George Inness w h o was t h e n w o r k i n g i n R o m e . A f t e r t w o years he
enrolled i n the Ecole des Beaux-Arts i n Paris under Jean-Leon Gerome, a n d
subsequently m o v e d to Pont-Aven, a sea coast village i n the D e p a r t e m e n t de
Finistere i n B r i t t a n y where an i n t e r n a t i o n a l g r o u p o f artists h a d established
an a r t colony. H e r e he attracted the a t t e n t i o n o f R o b e r t W y l i e w h o exerted a
strong influence o n his w o r k . Picknell first e x h i b i t e d i n the Paris Salon o f
1876, b u t his r e p u t a t i o n was established w h e n The Road to Concarneau (see
below) was awarded a n H o n o r a b l e M e n t i o n i n the Salon o f 1880. After
several years i n B r i t t a n y a n d a sojourn i n E n g l a n d , he r e t u r n e d to A m e r i c a i n
the early 1880's, settling i n A n n i s q u a m o n the Massachusetts coast. Frequent
trips to Pennsylvania, F l o r i d a a n d C a l i f o r n i a occupied the w i n t e r months,

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W i l l i a m L a m b P i c k n e l l The Road to Concarneau

u n t i l , shortly after his marriage i n 1889, he r e t u r n e d to France. H i s last years

were spent p a i n t i n g o n the F r e n c h M e d i t e r r a n e a n coast i n the w i n t e r , often
at A n t i b e s , a n d i n N o r m a n d y d u r i n g the summer. I l l h e a l t h b r o u g h t h i m
back to the U n i t e d States i n J u l y 1897, a n d he died a m o n t h later i n M a r b l e -
head, Massachusetts. Picknell was elected to the Society o f A m e r i c a n Artists
i n 1880; to the Society o f B r i t i s h Artists, L o n d o n , i n 1884; a n d to the
N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y as Associate M e m b e r i n 1891.

T h e R o a d to Concarneau 1880
42§X79t
SIGNED, l.r.: W. L. Picknell.) 1880
C O L L . : F a i r m a n Rogers, P h i l a d e l p h i a ; T h o m a s B. C l a r k e , N e w Y o r k
R E F . : Supplement au Catalogue Illustre du Salon, Paris, 1880, p p . 489 a n d 5 3 1 , i l l . ( H o n o r -
able M e n t i o n ) ; E . W . E m e r s o n , " A n A m e r i c a n L a n d s c a p e - P a i n t e r , ' ' The Century
Magazine, v o l . L X I I (Sept. 1901), p p . 710-713, i l l . ; L . R . B r y a n t , What Pictures to See
in America, 1915, p p . 182-184, n o . 108, i l l . ; P. A r b i t e r , " O n P a i n t i n g o f Sunshine a n d
L i g h t , " Art World, O c t . 1928, p p . 318 f., i l l . ; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of Paintings,
Sculpture and Other Art Objects, 1939, p . 77, n o . 280, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1899 99.8

C o n c a r n e a u is a F r e n c h fishing village o n the B a y o f Biscay, a few miles f r o m P o n t -

A v e n i n B r i t t a n y . T h i s p a i n t i n g depicts the m a i n a p p r o a c h to the village.

James H e n r y Moser (1854—1913)

James H e n r y Moser, son o f the architect J o h n Moser, was b o r n i n W h i t b y ,
O n t a r i o , Canada, o n J a n u a r y 1, 1854. H e spent his b o y h o o d i n Columbus,
O h i o , a n d at an early age h a d his first a r t i n s t r u c t i o n under the painter
J o h n H . W i t t . H e c o n t i n u e d his studies i n N e w Y o r k at the A r t Students
League a n d , after g r a d u a t i o n , traveled t h r o u g h the southern states. H e began

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 his professional career as an i l l u s t r a t o r , c o n t r i b u t i n g to the Century, Harper's
Magazine a n d similar publications. H e i l l u s t r a t e d the first e d i t i o n o f J o e l
Chandler H a r r i s ' Uncle Remus w h i l e w o r k i n g i n Georgia. A f t e r three or four
years i n the South he settled i n W a s h i n g t o n (1886/7) where he made his
h o m e u n t i l his death i n 1913, spending the summer holidays i n West C o r n -
w a l l , Connecticut. H e w r o t e a r t c r i t i c i s m for the W a s h i n g t o n newspapers
f r o m 1899 to 1905 a n d for m a n y years was i n s t r u c t o r i n watercolor at the
C o r c o r a n School of A r t . H e e x h i b i t e d his paintings a n d watercolors regularly
i n the g r o u p exhibitions a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l expositions h e l d i n the 1890's a n d
the first decade o f this century.

U m b r e l l a Mender 1888
12 X 9 J ; a c a d e m y b o a r d
S I G N E D , u . r . : J - H- MOSER/ 1888-
C O L L . : private collection i n N e w E n g l a n d
R E F . : The Old Print Shop Portfolio, N e w Y o r k , v o l . X X V I I , n o . 3 ( N o v . 1967), p . 6 9 ,
James H e n r y M o s e r Umbrella Mender no. 4 0 , i l l .
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1968 68.7

Charles A r t h u r Fries (1854—1940)

Charles A r t h u r Fries was b o r n i n H i l l s b o r o , O h i o , i n 1854. H e spent his
y o u t h i n C i n c i n n a t i where he attended the C i n c i n n a t i A r t A c a d e m y , a n d , at
seventeen, w e n t to N e w Y o r k to w o r k i n a l i t h o g r a p h y shop. I n 1877 he
traveled to E u r o p e for f u r t h e r study, a n d , o n his r e t u r n , w o r k e d i n b o t h N e w
Y o r k a n d V e r m o n t u n t i l , i n 1896, he m o v e d w i t h his wife a n d daughter to
southern California. H e settled i n San Diego where he t a u g h t a n d p a i n t e d
the scenes o f the C a l i f o r n i a desert, m o u n t a i n s a n d coast for w h i c h he was
best k n o w n . H i s illustrations were p u b l i s h e d i n Leslie's Monthly Magazine a n d
the McGuffey Readers as w e l l as i n other school textbooks o f the p e r i o d . H e
died i n San Diego i n 1940.

Too Late 1896

25^X35!
S I G N E D , 1.1.: C. A. Fries i8g6; o n back, TOO LATE/ Painted in the] dining room of the]
Capistrano] Mission I 1896
C O L L . : estate o f the a r t i s t ; A l i c e Fries K i n g , San D i e g o , C a l i f o r n i a (the artist's
daughter)
R E F . : Fine Arts Gallery and Exhibit of Arts and Crafts, C a l i f o r n i a B u i l d i n g , Alaska Y u k o n
Pacific E x p o s i t i o n , Seattle, W a s h i n g t o n , 1909, p . 6, n o . 102 (Silver M e d a l )
G I F T : A l i c e Fries K i n g , i n m e m o r y o f her father, 1967 67.9

T h e subject o f this p a i n t i n g was suggested b y the serious, b u t n o t f a t a l , illness o f

Fries's d a u g h t e r w h i l e he was l i v i n g i n the o l d C a p i s t r a n o M i s s i o n , near San D i e g o ,
C a l i f o r n i a , i n 1896.

E d w a r d Herbert Barnard (1855—1909)

E d w a r d H e r b e r t B a r n a r d was b o r n i n B e l m o n t , Massachusetts, o n J u l y 10,
1855. H e first p l a n n e d to be an architect, s t u d y i n g at the Massachusetts
I n s t i t u t e o f Technology f r o m 1872 to 1874, b u t after w o r k i n an architect's
office for a b r i e f p e r i o d he f o u n d his m a i n interest lay in' p a i n t i n g . H e attended
the School o f the Boston M u s e u m o f F i n e A r t s a n d later w e n t to Paris to
study w i t h Gustave Boulanger a n d Jules Lefebvre at the J u l i a n A c a d e m y a n d
under R a p h a e l C o l l i n . H e e x h i b i t e d i n the Paris Salons o f 1888 a n d 1889

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before r e t u r n i n g to A m e r i c a i n 1889. H e devoted himself p r i n c i p a l l y to l a n d -
scape p a i n t i n g , w o r k i n g at P l y m o u t h a n d C h a t h a m , Massachusetts, a n d at
M y s t i c , Connecticut, often i n the c o m p a n y o f the artists Charles H . H a y d e n
a n d Charles H a r o l d Davis w h o h a d been fellow students i n Paris. H e exhib-
i t e d i n n a t i o n a l g r o u p exhibitions, w i n n i n g numerous prizes a n d medals.
B a r n a r d died at B e l m o n t o n A p r i l 16, 1909.

Fields and Pastures c. 1895

30IX40J
S I G N E D , 1.1.: E H Barnard
C O L L . : H a r r y N . R e d m o n d , Boston; M r s . M a r y B a r n a r d H o m e , B e l m o n t , Massa-
chusetts
R E F . : 65th Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s , P h i l a d e l p h i a ,
1895/1896, p . 13, n o . 3 0 ; Memorial Exhibition: Work of Edward H. Barnard, St. B o t o l p h
C l u b , Boston, 1910, n . p . , n o . 24
G I F T : M a r y B a r n a r d H o m e , 1928 28.5

T h i s scene was p a i n t e d i n M y s t i c V a l l e y , Connecticut.

W i l l i a m Gilbert Gaul (1855-1919)

W i l l i a m G i l b e r t G a u l was b o r n o n M a r c h 3 1 , 1855 i n Jersey C i t y , N e w
Jersey. A f t e r a t t e n d i n g the p u b l i c schools o f N e w a r k , N e w Jersey, a n d the
Claverack M i l i t a r y A c a d e m y , he studied d r a w i n g a n d p a i n t i n g i n N e w
Y o r k under J . G. B r o w n a n d L . E. W i l m a r t h at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f
Design a n d at the A r t Students League. H e w o r k e d at first i n the sentimental
genre manner, later specializing i n A m e r i c a n m i l i t a r y subjects w h i c h
b r o u g h t h i m w i d e recognition. H e traveled i n the Far West, v i s i t i n g a r m y
posts a n d I n d i a n reservations to gather authentic m a t e r i a l for his paintings,
a n d also w e n t to the West Indies, P a n a m a a n d N i c a r a g u a . H i s w o r k as an
illustrator was i n great d e m a n d i n the periodicals o f the late nineteenth

W i l l i a m G i l b e r t G a u l Picking Cotton

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 century. H e e x h i b i t e d extensively a n d w o n m a n y honors, i n c l u d i n g medals
i n the Paris Exposition o f 1889, the Chicago E x p o s i t i o n o f 1893 a n d the
Buffalo Exposition o f 1902. H e was elected Associate M e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l
A c a d e m y i n 1879 a n d A c a d e m i c i a n i n 1882. G a u l died at his home i n N e w
Y o r k i n 1919.

Picking Cotton c. 1890

i 3 ^ X 18J; academy board
S I G N E D , l . r . : G. Gaul
P U R C H A S E : t h r o u g h t h e gift o f Josephine B. C r a n e , 1957 57.6

T h i s p a i n t i n g , so a t y p i c a l o f the academic w a r scenes f o r w h i c h he is best k n o w n , was

p r o b a b l y done f r o m n a t u r e o n one o f G a u l ' s s o u t h e r n t r i p s .

Louis Charles Moeller (1855—1930)

Louis Charles M o e l l e r was b o r n i n N e w Y o r k o n A u g u s t 5, 1855, the son o f
a p o r t r a i t a n d decorative painter, Charles M o e l l e r , w h o became his first
teacher. After a three-year apprenticeship u n d e r his father, M o e l l e r studied
at Cooper U n i o n a n d at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design u n d e r L . E . W i l -

L u Charles M o e l l e r Disagreement

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 m a r t h . H e w o r k e d i n M u n i c h u n d e r F r a n k Duveneck a n d W i l h e l m v o n Diez
and after six years a b r o a d r e t u r n e d to N e w Y o r k i n 1882. H e first exhibited
at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1883, a n d the f o l l o w i n g year w o n the First
H a l l g a r t e n Prize, a w a r d e d b y the A c a d e m y for the best o i l p a i n t i n g b y a n
artist under t h i r t y - f i v e . H e was elected Associate M e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l
A c a d e m y i n 1884 a n d A c a d e m i c i a n i n 1895. H e specialized i n genre subjects,
usually d e p i c t i n g a g r o u p o f elderly gentlemen i n conversation or i n a
c o m m o n a c t i v i t y . M o e l l e r m a i n t a i n e d his studio i n N e w Y o r k a n d l i v e d i n
Weehawken, N e w Jersey, where he died o n N o v e m b e r 8, 1930.

Disagreement
24§X34i
S I G N E D , l . r . : Louis Moeller
C O L L . : T h o m a s B. C l a r k e , N e w Y o r k
R E F . : The Thomas B. Clarke Collection Sale, A m e r i c a n A r t Association, N e w Y o r k ,
Feb. 14-18, 1899, - 3 6 2 ; C . G . A . Handbook of the American Paintings, 1947, p . 61
n o

P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1899 99-10

George de Forest Brush (1855—1941)

George de Forest Brush was b o r n i n Shelby v i l l e , Tennessee, o n September 28,
1855. H e spent his b o y h o o d i n Connecticut a n d was encouraged i n his
interest i n a r t b y his m o t h e r , a n amateur p o r t r a i t p a i n t e r . A t the age o f
sixteen he entered the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design i n N e w Y o r k a n d i n 1874
traveled to Paris where he w o r k e d for six years u n d e r J e a n - L e o n Gerome.
O n his r e t u r n to A m e r i c a (c.1880) he w e n t o u t to the western frontier, study-
ing a n d p a i n t i n g the h a b i t a t a n d customs o f the I n d i a n s o f W y o m i n g ,
M o n t a n a a n d Canada. S h o r t l y after his m a r r i a g e i n 1887, Brush r e t u r n e d to
E u r o p e , a n d , u n t i l the outbreak o f W o r l d W a r I , d i v i d e d his t i m e between
I t a l y a n d his studios i n N e w Y o r k a n d D u b l i n , N e w H a m p s h i r e . H e t a u g h t
i n t e r m i t t e n t l y at the A r t Students League between 1885 a n d 1898 a n d
e x h i b i t e d w i d e l y . H e was a w a r d e d the First H a l l g a r t e n Prize at the N a t i o n a l
A c a d e m y i n 1888, the T e m p l e G o l d M e d a l at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f
the F i n e A r t s i n 1897, the G o l d M e d a l at the Paris E x p o s i t i o n o f 1900 a n d
m a n y other honors. H e was elected a m e m b e r o f the Society o f A m e r i c a n
Artists i n 1880, Associate M e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1888,
A c a d e m i c i a n i n 1901, a n d was a charter m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f
A r t s a n d Letters. H e d i e d at the age o f eighty-five at H a n o v e r , N e w H a m p -
shire.

Mother and C h i l d 1902

38ix 8| 2

S I G N E D , l . r . : Geo de Forest Brush/ 1902

C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : S. I s h a m , The History of American Painting, 1905, p p . 491 f., i l l . ; M . C. S m i t h ,
" G e o r g e de Forest B r u s h , " The International Studio, v o l . X X X I V , n o . 134 ( A p r i l 1908),
pp. X L V I I ff., i l l . ; H . W . H e n d e r s o n , Art Treasures of Washington, 1912, p p . 142, 144,
i l l . ; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of Paintings, Sculpture and Other Art Objects, 1939, p . 3 1 ,
no. 42, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1902 02.1
George de Forest B r u s h Mother and Child
Mrs. B r u s h a n d her c h i l d r e n , as here, were f a v o r i t e subjects o f the artist.

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Mother Reading 1905
41JX42
S I G N E D , l . r . : Geo de. Forest Brush/ Florence 1905
C O L L . : M r . a n d M r s . Francis Sydney Smithers, G r e e n w i c h , C o n n e c t i c u t
R E F . : Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by George de Forest Brush, N.A., G r a n d C e n t r a l
A r t Galleries, N e w Y o r k , 1930, p . 5, n o . 27, i l l .
G I F T : M a b e l Stevens Smithers, 1949, T h e Francis Sydney Smithers M e m o r i a l 49.52

K e n y o n Cox (1856-1919)
K e n y o n Cox was b o r n i n W a r r e n , O h i o , o n October 27, 1856, son o f General
J a c o b Dolson Cox o f C i v i l W a r fame, t w e n t y - t h i r d G o v e r n o r o f O h i o a n d
President o f the U n i v e r s i t y o f C i n c i n n a t i . A sickly boy, Cox was t u t o r e d at
home u n t i l he was w e l l enough to enter M c M i c k e n ' s A r t A c a d e m y i n C i n -
c i n n a t i . H e attended the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s for a year
before going to Paris i n 1877 to study i n the atelier o f Carolus D u r a n a n d i n
the Ecole des Beaux-Arts u n d e r J e a n - L e o n Gerome. R e t u r n i n g to A m e r i c a i n
1882, he settled i n N e w Y o r k a n d g r a d u a l l y t u r n e d m o r e a n d more f r o m easel
p a i n t i n g to i l l u s t r a t i o n , m u r a l p a i n t i n g , a n d the designing o f mosaics a n d
stained glass w i n d o w s . H e t a u g h t at the A r t Students League f r o m 1885 to
1909, lectured w i d e l y a n d w r o t e o n a r t subjects for the Nation, Scribner's a n d
other periodicals for m o r e t h a n twenty-five years. H e was elected Associate
of the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1900, A c a d e m i c i a n i n 1903, a n d was a m e m b e r
o f the Society o f A m e r i c a n Artists, the A m e r i c a n A c a d e m y o f A r t s a n d
Letters, a n d the N e w Y o r k A r c h i t e c t u r a l League. H e was a w a r d e d numerous
prizes a n d medals i n the exhibitions o f the p e r i o d , i n c l u d i n g the M e d a l o f
H o n o r for M u r a l P a i n t i n g b y the N e w Y o r k A r c h i t e c t u r a l League i n 1909.
H e died i n N e w Y o r k o n M a r c h 17, 1919.

Flying Shadows 1883

30 x 364-
S I G N E D , 1.1.: KENTON COX- 1883 -
C O L L . : S t a n f o r d W h i t e , N e w Y o r k ; Charles A . P i a t t , N e w Y o r k
R E F . : F. G . D u m a s , ed., Catalogue Illustre des Beaux-Arts, 1789-1889, United States
Section, E x p o s i t i o n U n i v e r s e l l e I n t e r n a t i o n a l e de 1889 a Paris, n . p . , n o . 67, i l l . ;
Society of American Artists Exhibition, N e w Y o r k , 1892, n . p . , n o . 6 7 n ; Official Catalogue:
Fine Arts, W o r l d ' s C o l u m b i a n E x p o s i t i o n , C h i c a g o , 1893, P a r t X , D e p a r t m e n t K ,
no. 3 0 6 ; M . C. S m i t h , " T h e W o r k o f K e n y o n C o x , " The International Studio, v o l .
X X X I I , n o . 125 ( J u l y 1907), p p . V I I I a n d X I , i l l . ; Exhibition of Paintings, Decorations
and Drawings by Kenyon Cox, T h e A r t I n s t i t u t e , C h i c a g o , 1911, n . p . , n o . 9
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1922 22.2

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J o h n Singer Sargent (1856—1925)
J o h n Singer Sargent was b o r n o n J a n u a r y 10 or 12, 1856, i n Florence, I t a l y ,
the son of Dr. F i t z W i l l i a m Sargent a n d M a r y N e w b o l d (Singer) Sargent. T h e
Sargents h a d left the doctor's successful career as a surgeon i n Philadelphia to
follow a n expatriate life, a n d the son attended a succession o f schools i n
Europe, encouraged f r o m c h i l d h o o d b y his m o t h e r , a n amateur artist, i n his
a p t i t u d e for d r a w i n g . I n 1874, w h e n his f a m i l y took u p residence i n Paris, he
enrolled i n the Ecole des Beaux-Arts; he soon, however, transferred to the
atelier o f Carolus D u r a n , one o f the most successful p o r t r a i t painters i n Paris
at the t i m e . Sargent's w o r k was first shown i n the Salon o f 1877, a n d the
f o l l o w i n g year he w o n an H o n o r a b l e M e n t i o n c i t a t i o n i n the Salon for The
Oyster Gatherers of Cancale, listed below. P o r t r a i t commissions, such as those
f r o m the Pailleron f a m i l y i n 1879 a n d for the p o r t r a i t o f M r s . H e n r y W h i t e i n
1883 (see below) added to his prestige, a n d w h e n he settled i n L o n d o n i n
1885, after the scandal i n Paris arising f r o m his d a r i n g Portrait of Madame X
( M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t ) , his r e p u t a t i o n was established. Sargent was
an indefatigable traveler - to Spain where he studied the works o f Velazquez,
to H o l l a n d where he concentrated o n the paintings o f Frans Hals, to I t a l y ,
Switzerland, a n d to the U n i t e d States. H e was surrounded always b y a
s t i m u l a t i n g intellectual circle - such friends as Claude M o n e t , Auguste
R o d i n , H e n r y James a n d M r s . J o h n L . G a r d n e r o f Boston. A c c l a i m e d inter-
n a t i o n a l l y for his portraits, i t was actually his landscapes, i n f o r m a l scenes
a n d watercolors he most enjoyed p a i n t i n g . I n 1890 he accepted the commis-
sion to decorate the Boston Public L i b r a r y , w o r k t h a t took u p m u c h o f his
t i m e i n t e r m i t t e n t l y for the next twenty-five years a n d w h i c h necessitated
trips to E g y p t a n d the Near East to gather b a c k g r o u n d m a t e r i a l . D u r i n g
W o r l d W a r I he served i n 1918 as official w a r artist for the B r i t i s h Govern-
m e n t w h i c h resulted i n the p a i n t i n g Gassed, based o n his experiences o n the
f r o n t , n o w i n the I m p e r i a l W a r M u s e u m , a n d the large p o r t r a i t g r o u p o f
t w e n t y - t w o members o f the B r i t i s h General Staff commissioned for the
N a t i o n a l P o r t r a i t Gallery. Commissions to p r o v i d e murals for the Boston
M u s e u m o f Fine A r t s a n d the L i b r a r y o f H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y occupied his
later years, c u r t a i l i n g his w o r k i n p o r t r a i t u r e , a field i n w h i c h he became less
interested as t i m e w e n t o n . T h e honors t h a t came to Sargent d u r i n g his life-
t i m e are too numerous to be detailed here. H e declined an English K n i g h t -
h o o d i n 1907 o n the grounds t h a t was he an A m e r i c a n c i t i z e n ; he refused the
Presidency o f the R o y a l A c a d e m y i n L o n d o n ; h o n o r a r y degrees were con-
ferred o n h i m b y O x f o r d , C a m b r i d g e , H a r v a r d , Y a l e a n d the U n i v e r s i t y o f
Pennsylvania. After his death i n L o n d o n o n A p r i l 15, 1925, m e m o r i a l
services were held i n Westminster A b b e y a n d large m e m o r i a l exhibitions
were m o u n t e d i n L o n d o n , N e w Y o r k a n d Boston.

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C O L L . : S a m u e l C o l m a n , N e w Y o r k ; D a n i e l R . Case, P r o v i d e n c e , R h o d e I s l a n d
R E F . : Explication des Ouvrages de peinture, sculpture . . . des artistes vivant, exposes au Palais
des Champs-Ely sees, le 25 m a i 1878, p . 174, n o . 2008 (En Route pour la peche); G . W .
Sheldon, American Painters, 1879, p . 72; M . B e l l , Representative Painters of the Nineteenth
Century, 1899, p . 57, i l l . ; American Art Annual, A m e r i c a n F e d e r a t i o n o f A r t s , 1917,
vol. X I V , p . 75, i l l . ; The American Magazine of Art, v o l . V I I I , n o . 6 ( A p r i l 1917),
p. 233, i l l . ; A Catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the Late John Singer
Sargent, M u s e u m o f F i n e A r t s , Boston, 1925, p . 4, n o . 14; W . H . D o w n e s , John Sargent,
His Life and Work, 1925, p . 8, i l l . ; E . C h a r t e r i s , John Sargent, 1927, p p . 47 a n d 2 8 1 ;

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The Main Currents in the Development of American Painting, V i r g i n i a M u s e u m o f F i n e

A r t s , R i c h m o n d , 1936, p . 35, n o . 88, i l l . ; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of Paintings,
Sculpture and Other Art Objects, 1939, p . 85, n o . 313, i l l . ; A . H a m m e r , " T h e C o r c o r a n
G a l l e r y o f A r t : A m e r i c a n A r t at its Best," The Compleat Collector, M a r c h 1943, p p . 8 fT.,
i l l . ; J . P. Leeper, " J o h n Singer Sargent, a R e v a l u a t i o n , " Magazine of Art, v o l . 44,
no. 1 ( J a n . 1951), p p . 11 ff., i l l . ; F. A . Sweet, Sargent, Whistler and Mary Cassatt, T h e
A r t I n s t i t u t e , C h i c a g o , 1954, p . 4 4 , n o . 4 0 , i l l . ; C. M . M o u n t , John Singer Sargent, a
Biography, 1955, p p . 47 ff. a n d 442, n o . K 7 8 3 ; C . G . A . Masterpieces of The Corcoran
Gallery of Art, 1959, p . 59, i l l . ; Reproductions of American Paintings, N e w Y o r k G r a p h i c
Society, 1962, p . 26, no. 8279, i l l . ( i n c o l o r ) ; D . F. H o o p e s , The Private World of John
Singer Sargent, C . G . A . , 1964, n . p . , no. 4, i l l . ( i n c o l o r ) ; Fine Art Reproductions of Old and
Modern Masters, N e w Y o r k G r a p h i c Society, 1965, p . 279, n o . 8279, i l l . ( i n c o l o r ) ;
From El Greco to Pollock: Early and Late Works by European and American Artists, The
B a l t i m o r e M u s e u m o f A r t , 1968, p . 104, no. 83, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1917 17.2

T h i s scene o f oyster gatherers o n the B r i t t a n y coast near St. M a l o was p a i n t e d w h e n

the artist was o n l y t w e n t y - t w o . I t was his second p a i n t i n g to be e x h i b i t e d i n the Paris
Salon w h e r e i t w o n a n H o n o r a b l e M e n t i o n i n 1878. H e sent i t to N e w Y o r k t h a t same
year to the e x h i b i t i o n o f the Society o f A m e r i c a n Artists w h e r e i t was purchased b y
the artist, S a m u e l C o l m a n . W h e n C o l m a n ' s friends w o n d e r e d at his b u y i n g the w o r k
o f a y o u n g , u n t r i e d artist he r e p l i e d : "Because I w a n t e d to have i t near me to key
myself u p w i t h . I a m a f r a i d t h a t I m a y f a l l b e l o w j u s t such a s t a n d a r d , a n d I w i s h to
have i t h a n g i n g i n m y s t u d i o to r e p r o a c h m e w h e n e v e r I d o . " (Downes, John Sargent,
p . 72). Sargent p a i n t e d several s i m i l a r scenes at Cancale, i n c l u d i n g Low Tide, Cancale,
Mussel Gatherers ( i n p r i v a t e collections), a n d a n almost i d e n t i c a l Oyster Gatherers, a.
s t u d y for the C o r c o r a n version, n o w i n the M u s e u m o f F i n e A r t s , Boston.

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M a d a m e E d o u a r d Pailleron 1879
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C O L L . : E d o u a r d P a i l l e r o n , C h a m b e r y , Savoie; M a r i e - L o u i s e Bourget-Pailleron;
H e n r i B o u r g e t - P a i l l e r o n ; M m e . H e n r i B o u r g e t - P a i l l e r o n , Paris
R E F . : Explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture . . . des artistes vivant, exposes au Palais des
Champs-Ely sees, le i e r
m a i 1880, p . 339, n o . 3428; E . Charteris, John Sargent, 1927,
p . 5 2 ; C. M . M o u n t , John Singer Sargent, a Biography, 1955, p p . 60 ff. a n d 428, no. 794;
D . M c K i b b i n , Sargent's Boston, 1956, p . 115; D . F . H o o p e s , The Private World of John
Singer Sargent, C . G . A . , 1964, n . p . , n o . 7, i l l . ( i n c o l o r ) ; D . S u t t o n , " B o u q u e t for
S a r g e n t , " Apollo, v o l . L X X I X , n o . 27 ( M a y 1964), p p . 395 ff., i l l . ; C . G . A . Bulletin,
vol. 15, n o . 1 ( J u l y 1965), p . 6, i l l . ; F. B o u c h e r , Histoire du Costume en Occident de
Vantiquite anosjours, 1965, p . 399, no. 1077, i l l . ( i n c o l o r ) ; Art of the United States: i6jo-
1966, W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , N e w Y o r k , 1966, p . 58, no. 247, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d a n d gifts o f K a t h a r i n e M c C o o k K n o x , J o h n A . N e v i u s a n d
M r . a n d M r s . L a n s d e l l K . Christie, 1964 64.2

M a r i e B u l o z P a i l l e r o n (1840-1913) was the d a u g h t e r o f Francois B u l o z , D i r e c t o r o f

La Revue des Deux Mondes. She was m a r r i e d i n 1862 to E d o u a r d P a i l l e r o n ( 1 8 2 9 - 1 8 9 9 ) ,
w e l l - k n o w n F r e n c h poet a n d p l a y w r i g h t . M m e . P a i l l e r o n stands i n the s u n l i g h t o f the
p a r k o n the P a i l l e r o n estate at C h a m b e r y , Savoie. Sargent also p a i n t e d her m o t h e r i n
the same year, a n d her c h i l d r e n , E d o u a r d a n d M a r i e - L o u i s e , i n 1880. A second small
p o r t r a i t o f M m e . P a i l l e r o n b y Sargent, d a t e d 1880, was i n a p r i v a t e collection i n
Kansas C i t y , M i s s o u r i , i n 1935.

Mrs. Henry White 1883

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COLL. : M r . and Mrs. Henry White; John Campbell White, New York
R E F . : The One Hundred and Sixteenth Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, L o n d o n ,
1884, p . 3 1 , n o . 788; C . G . A . Sixth Exhibition, Oil Paintings by Contemporary American
Artists, Dec. 1916-Jan. 1917, no. 216, i l l . ; The American Magazine of Art, vol. V I I I ,
n o . 4 (Feb. 1917), p . 128, i l l . ; L . M e c h l i n , " T h e Sargent E x h i b i t i o n , G r a n d C e n t r a l
Galleries, N e w Y o r k , " The American Magazine of Art, v o l . X V , no. 4 ( A p r i l 1924),
p . 183, i l l . ; W . S t a r k w e a t h e r , " T h e A r t o f J o h n S. S a r g e n t , " The Mentor, v o l . 12,
n o . 9 ( O c t . 1924), p . 13, i l l . ; E. Charteris, John Sargent, 1927, p p . 66 a n d 7 3 n . ; C . G . A .
De Gustibus . . . an Exhibition of American Paintings Illustrating a Century of Taste and
Criticism, 1949, n . p . , n o . 26, i l l . ; Art Digest, v o l . 23, no. 9 (Feb. 1, 1949), p . 14, i l l . ;
E . B. Swenson, " W h e n the M o d e r n Battle was N e w , " Art News, v o l . X L V I I I , no. 1
( M a r c h 1949), p . 26, i l l . ; Life, v o l . 27, n o . 9 ( A u g . 29, 1949), p . 59, i l l . ( i n c o l o r ) ;
C . G . A . Bulletin, v o l . 3, no. 4 ( M a y 1950), p . 1, i l l . ; J . P. Leeper, " M r s . H e n r y W h i t e
b y S a r g e n t , " C . G . A . Bulletin, v o l . 3, no. 3 ( J a n . 1951), p p . 176°., i l l . ; C. M . M o u n t ,
John Singer Sargent, a Biography, 1955, p p . 76, 93 a n d 429, no. 8 3 6 ; C. M . M o u n t ,
" S a r g e n t : A n A m e r i c a n O l d M a s t e r , " New York Times Magazine, J a n . 8, 1956, p . 28,
i l l . ; D . M c K i b b i n , Sargent's Boston, 1956, p . 131; D . F. Hoopes, The Private World of
John Singer Sargent, C . G . A . , 1964, n . p . , n o . 24, i l l . ; F. B o u c h e r , Histoire du Costume en
Occident de Vantiquite a nos jours, 1965, p . 397, no. 1061, i l l .
G I F T : J o h n C a m p b e l l W h i t e , 1949 49.4

M a r g a r e t Stuyvesant R u t h e r f o r d o f N e w Y o r k ( 1 8 5 7 - 1 9 1 6 ) , d a u g h t e r o f the astrono-

m e r L e w i s M o r r i s R u t h e r f o r d , was m a r r i e d i n 1879 to the career d i p l o m a t , H e n r y
W h i t e ( 1 8 5 0 - 1 9 2 7 ) . T h i s p o r t r a i t was p a i n t e d b y Sargent i n Paris i n 1883, j u s t p r i o r
to M r . W h i t e ' s a p p o i n t m e n t as Second Secretary o f the L e g a t i o n o f the U n i t e d States
i n E n g l a n d . T h e y l i v e d for m a n y years i n L o n d o n w h e r e the p o r t r a i t h u n g i n the
d i n i n g r o o m o f t h e i r m a n s i o n i n Grosvenor Crescent. M r s . W h i t e d i e d i n W a s h i n g t o n
i n 1916.

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S I G N E D , l . r . : John S. Sargent
C O L L . : James Parmelee, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .
R E F . : C . G . A . Fifth Exhibition, Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec. 1914-
J a n . 1915, n . p . , n o . 4 3 ; E . C h a r t e r i s , John Sargent, 1927, p . 2 9 0 ; C. M . M o u n t , John
Singer Sargent, a Biography, 1955, p . 450, n o . K 1010; D . F. Hoopes, The Private World
of John Singer Sargent, C . G . A . , 1964, n . p . , n o . 8 1 ; 75 Masterworks, an Exhibition of
Paintings in Honor of the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Portland Art Association 1892-1967,
O r e g o n , 1967/68, n . p . , n o . 8, i l l .
B E Q U E S T : James Parmelee, 1941 41.22

Before W o r l d W a r I Sargent spent m a n y vacations w i t h his sisters a n d friends i n the

area o f the S i m p l o n Pass i n s o u t h e r n S w i t z e r l a n d .

Apollo and Daphne c. 1916-1919

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G I F T : V i o l e t Sargent O r m o n d , 1949 49- 33
I

I n p l a n n i n g the d e c o r a t i o n o f the f o u r sections o f the r o t u n d a o f the M u s e u m o f F i n e

A r t s , Boston, Sargent o r i g i n a l l y p l a n n e d to i n c l u d e a scene d e p i c t i n g D a p h n e p u r s u e d
b y A p o l l o . T h i s o i l study a n d a c h a r c o a l d r a w i n g (present l o c a t i o n u n k n o w n ) were
p r e p a r e d , b u t Sargent later substituted a p a n e l d e p i c t i n g C u p i d a n d Psyche.

Charles H a r o l d Davis (1856—1933)

Charles H a r o l d Davis was b o r n i n A m e s b u r y , Massachusetts, o n J a n u a r y 7,
1856. A t the age o f fifteen he left school to serve a n apprenticeship i n a
carriage shop, p a i n t i n g i n his spare t i m e , u n t i l i n 1877 he entered the School
of the Boston M u s e u m o f Fine A r t s where he studied u n d e r the G e r m a n
artist, E m i l O t t o G r u n d m a n n . T h e generosity o f the r e t i r e d carriage m a n u -
facturer, J . R. H u n t i n g t o n o f A m e s b u r y , made possible a p e r i o d o f study at
the J u l i a n A c a d e m y i n Paris. H e w o r k e d u n d e r Gustave Boulanger a n d
Jules Lefebvre for a year a n d t h e n p a i n t e d i n the B a r b i z o n area for the next
ten years, e x h i b i t i n g r e g u l a r l y i n the Paris Salons a n d sending his paintings
back to N e w Y o r k a n d Boston where they r e a d i l y sold. O n his r e t u r n to the
U n i t e d States i n 1890, he settled i n M y s t i c , Connecticut, a n d spent the rest
of his life p a i n t i n g the r o l l i n g countryside o f t h a t area. H e was elected
Associate M e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1901 a n d A c a d e m i c i a n i n
1906. H i s w o r k was represented i n the p r i n c i p a l g r o u p exhibitions d u r i n g his
active years, a n d he w o n numerous awards such as the L i p p i n c o t t Prize at
the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y i n 1901, the second W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d
Silver M e d a l at the Corcoran B i e n n i a l o f 1920, a n d the Saltus M e d a l at the
N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design i n 1921. H e d i e d at M y s t i c , Connecticut, o n
August 5, 1933.

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C O L L . : George M . Oyster, J r . , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .
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Walter Gay (1856—1937)
W a l t e r Gay was b o r n i n H i n g h a m , Massachusetts, i n 1856. H e w e n t to Paris
i n 1876 to study u n d e r L e o n Bonnat, a n d , f r o m t h a t t i m e u n t i l his death i n
1937, he l i v e d i n France, r e t u r n i n g to the U n i t e d States for o n l y occasional
visits. H e first e x h i b i t e d i n the Paris Salon o f 1879, b e c o m i n g a regular
c o n t r i b u t o r to the Salon a n d to exhibitions t h r o u g h o u t E u r o p e , w i n n i n g ,
over the years, prizes a n d medals i n Paris, A n t w e r p , M u n i c h , V i e n n a a n d
B e r l i n . A l t h o u g h his early works were t y p i c a l genre paintings o f the type
p o p u l a r i n the salons o f the p e r i o d , after 1894 he concentrated o n the
" p o r t r a i t s o f i n t e r i o r s " for w h i c h he is best remembered today. These views o f
rooms w i t h t h e i r furnishings a n d objets d'art, p a i n t e d i n the elegant o l d houses
o f France a n d Venice, a n d such homes as t h a t o f H e n r y C l a y F r i c k i n N e w
Y o r k , are f o u n d i n most o f the p r i n c i p a l museums o f the U n i t e d States a n d
Europe. Gay died i n Paris, J u l y 14, 1937.

Salon i n the Musee Jacquemart-Andre

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COLL. : Marshall Langhorne
R E F . : C . G . A . Bulletin, v o l . 11, n o . 3 ( M a y 1961), p . 24
P U R C H A S E : t h r o u g h the gift o f O r m e W i l s o n , i 9 6 0 60.10

G a y p a i n t e d t w o views o f the G r a n d Salon i n the Musee J a c q u e m a r t - A n d r e - t h a t

d e p i c t i n g the opposite e n d o f the Salon is n o w i n t h e M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t .
T h e m a n s i o n , designed b y H e n r i Parent i n 1869-1875 for E d o u a r d A n d r e ( 1 8 3 3 -
1894), w a s
b e q u e a t h e d i n t a c t w i t h a l l its furnishings a n d a r t objects t o the I n s t i t u t de
F r a n c e b y his w i f e , the artist N e l i e J a c q u e m a r t ( 1 8 4 1 - 1 9 1 2 ) . Since the t w o p a i n t i n g s ,
a l t h o u g h signed b y G a y , are n o t d a t e d , i t is impossible to ascertain w h e t h e r or n o t
t h e y were c o m p l e t e d before the d e a t h o f M m e . J a c q u e m a r t - A n d r e i n 1912. T h e
c o m p a n i o n piece i n the M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m was first e x h i b i t e d i n the C o r c o r a n

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 B i e n n i a l o f 1914/15. T h e furnishings i n the Salon have r e m a i n e d i n place to the
present day, a n d Gay's d e p i c t i o n o f p a r t o f the set o f f o u r G o b e l i n tapestries repre-
senting the f o u r seasons, the bust o f the M a r q u i s de M a r i g n y b y Jean-Baptiste L e -
m o y n e , the t a b l e case w i t h its c o l l e c t i o n o f s n u f f boxes, the dessus de porte s h o w i n g one
o f the f o u r fetes gallantes b y W a t t e a u can be easily recognized. G a y d i d , however, take
liberties i n representing the p r o p o r t i o n o f the r o o m . T h e p o r t r a i t i n the corner cannot
be i d e n t i f i e d w i t h a n y p a i n t i n g n o w i n the m u s e u m .

Charles Frederic U l r i c h (1858—1908)

Charles F r e d e r i c U l r i c h was born i n New Y o r k o n O c t o b e r 18, 1858. He
studied at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design i n N e w Y o r k a n d c o n t i n u e d his
t r a i n i n g i n M u n i c h , w o r k i n g u n d e r L u d w i g v o n Loefftz a n d W i l h e l m von
L i n d e n s c h m i d t . I n 1884 he was the first r e c i p i e n t o f the T h o m a s B. C l a r k e
Prize g i v e n b y the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design, w i n n i n g this a w a r d for In the
Land of Promise - Castle Garden (listed b e l o w ) . H e received m a n y other honors,

Charles F r e d e r i c U l r i c h In the Land of Promise - Castle Garden

such as a $2,500 p r i z e f r o m the A m e r i c a n A r t Association, N e w York, in
1886, H o n o r a b l e M e n t i o n at the Paris E x p o s i t i o n o f 1889, a n d a m e d a l at the
C o l u m b i a n E x p o s i t i o n , C h i c a g o , i n 1893. He w a s
elected Associate o f the
N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1883. U l r i c h spent m u c h o f his life i n E u r o p e , l i v i n g
for extended periods i n V e n i c e a n d i n M u n i c h . H e d i e d i n B e r l i n o n M a y 15,
1908.

I n the L a n d of P r o m i s e - Castle G a r d e n 1884

28f X 3 5 I ; w o o d panel
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Copyright by Charles F. Ulrich. ANA/1884
C O L L . : W i l l i a m T . Evans, N e w Y o r k
R E F . : Annual Exhibition, N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f D e s i g n , N e w Y o r k , 1884, p . 22, n o . 382,
i l l . ( T h o m a s B. C l a r k e P r i z e ) ; Catalogue general officiel, E x p o s i t i o n U n i v e r s e l l e I n t e r -
n a t i o n a l e de 1889, Paris, v o l . I , p . 185, n o . 299 ( e n t i t l e d Dans la terrepromise-, H o n o r -
able M e n t i o n ) ; Harper's Weekly, Feb. 2, 1889, p . 86, i l l . ; T . C h i l d , " A m e r i c a n A r t i s t s
at the Paris E x h i b i t i o n , " Harper's New Monthly Magazine, v o l . L X X X I X , no.
C C C C L X X I I (Sept. 1889), p . 519, i l l . ; Official Catalogue, P a r t X , D e p a r t m e n t K
( F i n e A r t s ) , W o r l d ' s C o l u m b i a n E x p o s i t i o n , C h i c a g o , 1893, -
n o 1 0 J
8 (Medal);
William T. Evans Collection Sale, A m e r i c a n A r t Association, N e w Y o r k , 1900, n o . 115;
American Genre, W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , N e w Y o r k , 1935, p . 22, n o . 9 8 ;
C . G . A . American Processional, 1492-1900, 1950, p p . 216, 218, 250, n o . 288, i l l . ; M . B.
D a v i d s o n , Life in America, 1951, v o l . 2, p . 406, i l l . ; H . S. C o m m a g e r , " T h e A r t i s t i n
A m e r i c a n H i s t o r y , " C . G . A . Bulletin, v o l . 4, n o . 2 ( J u n e 1951), n . p . , i l l . (on c o v e r ) ;
H . D o r r a , The American Muse, 1961, p . 116, i l l . ; " M o m e n t s o f A m e r i c a n H i s t o r y o n
C a n v a s , " Span, n o . 21 ( J u l y 1962), p p . 28 f., i l l . ( i n c o l o r ) ; T . H . W i l l i a m s , The Union
Restored (The LIFE History of The United States, v o l . V I ) , T i m e I n c o r p o r a t e d , N e w
Y o r k , 1963, p . 160, i l l . ( i n c o l o r ) ; The Lower East Side: Portal to American Life (1870-
1924), T h e J e w i s h M u s e u m , N e w Y o r k , 1966, p . 65, n o . 4 3 ; This New Man: a Dis-
course in Portraits, T h e N a t i o n a l P o r t r a i t G a l l e r y , S m i t h s o n i a n I n s t i t u t i o n , W a s h i n g t o n ,
1968, p . 212; 5 0 American Masterpieces, S h o r e w o o d Publishers, I n c . , 1968, n . p . , n o . 33,
i l l . ( i n color)
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1900 00.2

T h i s scene o f i m m i g r a n t s to A m e r i c a , a w a i t i n g processing a n d clearance at Castle

G a r d e n , situated i n N e w Y o r k ' s B a t t e r y P a r k , depicts a t y p i c a l g r o u p o f the n e a r l y
eight m i l l i o n aliens w h o passed t h r o u g h the G a r d e n ' s gates b e t w e e n the years 1855
and 1890. O r i g i n a l l y b u i l t i n 1807 b y the Federal G o v e r n m e n t as p r o t e c t i o n against
B r i t i s h a t t a c k o n N e w Y o r k a n d k n o w n as F o r t W e s t B a t t e r y , the fortifications were
r e n a m e d Castle C l i n t o n after the W a r o f 1812. I n 1822 the f o r t was ceded t o the c i t y ,
roofed over a n d leased to p r i v a t e interests, a n d became the famous Castle G a r d e n
playhouse a n d opera house. I t was here t h a t J e n n y L i n d first sang i n 1850 u n d e r the
m a n a g e m e n t o f P. T . B a r n u m . A f t e r serving as i m m i g r a t i o n center, Castle G a r d e n
was c o n v e r t e d i n t o a n a q u a r i u m , i n use f r o m 1896 u n t i l changes i n the B a t t e r y area
forced its close i n 1941. W o r k was t h e n u n d e r t a k e n to restore the f o r t to its o r i g i n a l
state.

Charles Walter Stetson (1858—1911)

Charles W a l t e r Stetson was b o r n i n T i v e r t o n F o u r Corners, R h o d e I s l a n d ,
in 1858, son o f a Baptist m i n i s t e r , the R e v e r e n d J o s h u a Stetson. I n 1869 the
f a m i l y settled i n Providence w h e r e the b o y c o m p l e t e d his h i g h school educa-
t i o n a n d , i m m e d i a t e l y after, set a b o u t to teach h i m s e l f to be an artist. T h e r e
was no a r t school i n Providence at t h a t t i m e , b u t l o c a l artists were encourag-
ing, and by 1878 he h i r e d a studio a n d was successful i n selling some o f his
w o r k s . B y 1882, he was e x h i b i t i n g at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y , the Boston
A r t C l u b , a n d i n e x h i b i t i o n s i n the area. E x c e p t for a sketching t r i p i n the
M a r i t i m e Provinces i n 1882, a few visits to P h i l a d e l p h i a , a n d a year i n
S o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a (1888-1889) he r e m a i n e d i n Providence u n t i l 1894 w h e n
he r e t u r n e d to C a l i f o r n i a to stay for seven years. I t was d u r i n g this p e r i o d he

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 m a d e his first t r i p to E u r o p e , b e i n g p a r t i c u l a r l y d r a w n to I t a l y . W h e n i l l
h e a l t h forced a change o f c l i m a t e i n 1902, he r e t u r n e d to R o m e where he
r e m a i n e d u n t i l his death i n 1911. I n the I n t e r n a t i o n a l E x h i b i t i o n at R o m e
in 1904, a n entire r o o m was devoted to his canvases. A f t e r his death large
m e m o r i a l exhibitions were h e l d i n the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine
A r t s , i n the D e t r o i t I n s t i t u t e o f A r t , the C i n c i n n a t i A r t M u s e u m , a n d i n the
Corcoran Gallery of A r t .

A Galley i s Leaving 1901

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SIGNED, 1.1.: ch wait. Stetson/ igoi
C O L L . : t h e artist's w i d o w , Grace E l l e r y C h a n n i n g - S t e t s o n
R E F . : Catalogue of the Exhibition of Paintings by Charles Walter Stetson, Pennsylvania
A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s , P h i l a d e l p h i a , 1912, p . 28, n o . 3 4 ; C . G . A . Catalogue of the
Memorial Exhibition of Works by the Late Charles Walter Stetson, 1913, p . 28, n o . 20
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1913 13.3

Joseph Rodefer De Camp (1858-1923)

Joseph Rodefer D e C a m p was b o r n i n C i n c i n n a t i , O h i o , o n N o v e m b e r 5,
1858. H e was a p u p i l o f F r a n k Duveneck at the C i n c i n n a t i School o f Design
and i n 1878 accompanied his teacher a n d a g r o u p o f a r t students to M u n i c h
where he studied i n the R o y a l A c a d e m y . T h e f o l l o w i n g year he w e n t w i t h
Duveneck a n d his students, w h o became k n o w n as " T h e Duveneck Boys,"
to Florence a n d Venice. D e C a m p r e t u r n e d to the U n i t e d States i n 1880 a n d
settled i n Boston. H e became well-recognized for his p o r t r a i t a n d figure
paintings a n d t a u g h t for m a n y years i n b o t h the School o f the Boston
M u s e u m o f F i n e A r t s a n d the Massachusetts N o r m a l School. H e m a i n t a i n e d
a studio i n Boston, l i v i n g i n M e d f o r d , Massachusetts, d u r i n g the w i n t e r
m o n t h s a n d spending summers o n a n island i n Penobscot Bay. D e C a m p was
one o f the three artists f r o m Boston w h o j o i n e d w i t h Hassam, T w a c h t m a n
and other N e w Y o r k painters to f o r m the g r o u p k n o w n as " T h e T e n 5 5
and
was a m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters. H e was a w a r d -
ed m a n y prizes d u r i n g his career, i n c l u d i n g the Second W i l l i a m A . C l a r k
Prize a n d Silver M e d a l i n the Corcoran's second e x h i b i t i o n o f c o n t e m p o r a r y
paintings i n 1908/09. H e d i e d o n F e b r u a r y 11, 1923, i n F l o r i d a where he h a d
gone because o f i l l h e a l t h .

The Seamstress 1916

3 6 J x 28
S I G N E D , u . l . : JOSEPH- DE - CAMP - 1916
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Sixth Exhibition, Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec. 1916-
Jan. 1917, n . p . , n o . 9 0 , i l l . ; The American Magazine of Art, v o l . V I I I , n o . 4 (Feb. 1917),
p. 155, i l l . ; 32nd Annual Exhibition of American Art, C i n c i n n a t i A r t M u s e u m , 1925, p . 7,
no. 1, i l l .
J o s e p h R o d e f e r D e C a m p The Seamstress P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1916 16.4

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W i l l a r d L e r o y M e t c a l f May Night

W i l l a r d Leroy M e t c a l f (i858-1925)
W i l l a r d L e r o y M e t c a l f was b o r n i n L o w e l l , Massachusetts, o n J u l y 1, 1858.
After g r a d u a t i o n f r o m p u b l i c school he was apprenticed first to a w o o d
engraver i n Boston, a n d f r o m 1876 to 1877 to George L . B r o w n , a landscape
artist i n South Boston. D u r i n g this p e r i o d he studied as t i m e allowed i n the
L o w e l l I n s t i t u t e , the Boston N o r m a l A r t School a n d the School o f the Boston
M u s e u m o f Fine A r t s . I n 1881 he accompanied H o w a r d Cushing o n an
e x p l o r a t i o n e x p e d i t i o n i n the South West for the Smithsonian I n s t i t u t i o n ,
m a k i n g m a n y sketches o f the I n d i a n s a n d t h e i r life i n the desert. W i t h the
proceeds f r o m the sale o f these sketches he financed a t r i p to Paris where he
studied at the J u l i a n A c a d e m y u n d e r Gustave Boulanger a n d Jules Lefebvre.
H e r e t u r n e d to Boston i n 1889 a n d , soon after, settled i n N e w Y o r k , d o i n g
w o r k i n i l l u s t r a t i o n a n d teaching at Cooper U n i o n , the A r t Students League
a n d subsequently at the R h o d e I s l a n d School o f Design. H e kept his studio i n
N e w Y o r k a l t h o u g h he spent m u c h t i m e p a i n t i n g i n N e w E n g l a n d , especially
i n M a i n e a n d at O l d L y m e , Connecticut. H i s first a w a r d , an H o n o r a b l e
M e n t i o n i n the Paris Salon o f 1888, was followed b y m a n y others conferred
i n the exhibitions a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l expositions h e l d i n the early t w e n t i e t h
century, i n c l u d i n g the First Prize a n d G o l d M e d a l at the Corcoran's first

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 a n n u a l e x h i b i t i o n o f contemporary A m e r i c a n p a i n t i n g i n 1907 for his
p a i n t i n g May Night, listed below. H e was a m e m b e r o f b o t h the N a t i o n a l
I n s t i t u t e a n d A c a d e m y o f A r t s a n d Letters, o f the A r c h i t e c t u r a l League a n d
o f the group k n o w n as " T h e T e n . " H e died i n N e w Y o r k o f a heart attack
o n M a r c h 9, 1925.

R i v e r Landscape 1874
9fxi f 4

S I G N E D , 1.1.: W. Metcalf 11874

C O L L . : M r s . Charles Bechhoefer, St. P a u l , M i n n e s o t a ; M r s . B e r n h a r d G . Bechhoefer,
Washington, D.C.
G I F T : Estelle Cheffield Bechhoefer, 1965 65.29

T h i s landscape was p a i n t e d w h e n the artist was o n l y sixteen, before he h a d enrolled

i n a r t classes i n Boston.

M a y Night 1906
39!X 36f
S I G N E D , 1.1.: W. L. METCALF 06
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . First Annual Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, 1907,
p . 11, n o . 166, i l l . (First Prize a n d C o r c o r a n G o l d M e d a l ) ; C. H . Caffin, Story of
American Painting: the Evolution of Painting in America from Colonial Times to the Present,
1907, p . 340, i l l . ; American Art Annual, A m e r i c a n F e d e r a t i o n o f A r t s , 1907/08, v o l . 6,
p . 254, i l l . ; Third Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, C i t y A r t
M u s e u m , St. L o u i s , M i s s o u r i , 1908, p . 23, n o . 9 1 , i l l . ; H . W . H e n d e r s o n , Art Treasures
of Washington, 1912, p . 146, i l l . ; The American Magazine of Art, v o l . X V , n o . 12 (Dec.
1924), p . 614, i l l . ; E. N e u h a u s , History and Ideals of American Art, 1931, p . 252, i l l . ;
C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of Paintings, Sculpture and Other Art Objects, 1939, p . 6 9 ,
n o . 2 4 1 , i l l . ; Survey of American Painting, D e p a r t m e n t o f F i n e A r t s , Carnegie I n s t i t u t e ,
P i t t s b u r g h , 1940, n o . 243, i l l . ; C . G . A . Twenty Fifth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary
American Oil Paintings, 1957, " H i s t o r i c a l S e c t i o n , ' ' p p . 9 f., 15, n o . 1, i l l . ; The Art
Colony of Old Lyme igoo-igjfj, The L y m a n A l l y n Museum, N e w L o n d o n , Connecticut,
1966, n . p . , n o . 73, i l l . (frontispiece)
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1907 07.7

T h e G r e e k - r e v i v a l house s h o w n is t h a t o f M i s s Florence G r i s w o l d i n L y m e , C o n n e c t i -
c u t , w h i c h became the focus o f a flourishing a r t c o l o n y i n the early 1 goo's. B u i l t i n
1817 b y S a m u e l Belcher, the N e w E n g l a n d architect w h o also designed the O l d L y m e
C o n g r e g a t i o n a l C h u r c h , i t is n o w the headquarters o f the L y m e H i s t o r i c a l Society.

The Budding O a k 1916

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S I G N E D , 1.1.: W. L . METCALF. igi6; i n s c r i b e d o n b a c k : "The Budding Oak"/W. L .
METCALF. igi6; inscribed o n stretcher: May 18-22/ig 16
C O L L . : George M . Oyster, J r . , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .
R E F . : C . G . A . Exhibition of Pictures by Ten American Painters, 1919, n . p . , no. 22 (under
t i t l e The Blossoming Oak); C . G . A . Handbook of the American Paintings, 1947, p . 64
B E Q U E S T : George M . Oyster, J r . , 1924 24.5

M r . O y s t e r purchased this p a i n t i n g f r o m the last g r o u p e x h i b i t i o n o f " T h e Ten,"

h e l d i n the C o r c o r a n d u r i n g F e b r u a r y 1919.

W i l l a r d L e r o y M e t c a l f The Budding Oak

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R o b e r t W i l l i a m V o n n o h Notre Dame de Paris

Robert W i l l i a m V o n n o h (1858—1933)
R o b e r t W i l l i a m V o n n o h was b o r n i n H a r t f o r d , Connecticut, September 17,
1858. H e was educated i n the Boston p u b l i c schools, a n d later entered the
Massachusetts N o r m a l A r t School where he was a p u p i l f r o m 1875 t o J
^79
a n d an i n s t r u c t o r f r o m 1879 to 1881. H e t a u g h t also d u r i n g this p e r i o d i n the
R o x b u r y E v e n i n g D r a w i n g School a n d the T h a y e r A c a d e m y i n South
Braintree, Massachusetts. After t w o years o f study i n Paris at the J u l i a n
A c a d e m y , he r e t u r n e d to Boston to teach i n the Cowles A r t School ( 1 8 8 4 -
1885) a n d as p r i n c i p a l i n s t r u c t o r i n p o r t r a i t a n d figure p a i n t i n g i n the
School o f the Boston M u s e u m o f Fine A r t s (1885-1887). H e again w e n t to
Europe for t r a v e l a n d study, a n d , after four years a b r o a d , was a p p o i n t e d
instructor at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s , a position he held
u n t i l 1896 a n d resumed i n 1918. H e m a r r i e d the sculptress, Bessie O . Potter,
i n 1899, a n d for the most p a r t , d u r i n g the years t h a t followed, winters were
spent i n N e w Y o r k a n d summers at L y m e , Connecticut or at Grez-sur-Loing
i n France, w i t h occasional longer sojourns abroad. V i r t u a l l y d e p r i v e d o f his
sight d u r i n g the last decade o f his life, the artist d i d l i t t l e f u r t h e r p a i n t i n g .
D u r i n g his career he completed over five h u n d r e d commissioned p o r t r a i t s as
w e l l as numerous landscapes a n d figure pieces. H e was elected a m e m b e r of
the Society o f A m e r i c a n Artists i n 1892, a n Associate M e m b e r o f the
N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1900, a n d A c a d e m i c i a n i n 1906. H e died o f a heart
attack i n Nice, France, o n December 28, 1933.

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 Winter Landscape 1890
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S I G N E D , l . r . : Vonnoh 1890-
C O L L . : t h e estate o f the a r t i s t ; the artist's w i d o w , Bessie Potter V o n n o h Keyes
B E Q U E S T : Bessie Potter V o n n o h Keyes, 1955 55-68

Notre D a m e de P a r i s c. 1890
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C O L L . : t h e estate o f the a r t i s t ; the artist's w i d o w , Bessie Potter V o n n o h Keyes
B E Q U E S T : Bessie Potter V o n n o h Keyes, 1955 55-7°

Bessie Potter 1895

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S I G N E D , u . r . : Vonnoh 95; u . l . : To my Friend Bessie Potter
C O L L . : t h e estate o f the a r t i s t ; the artist's w i d o w , Bessie Potter V o n n o h Keyes
B E Q U E S T : Bessie Potter V o n n o h Keyes, 1955 55-66

Bessie O . Potter, sculptress, was b o r n i n St. L o u i s , M i s s o u r i , i n 1872. She studied

u n d e r L o r a d o T a f t a t the A r t I n s t i t u t e o f C h i c a g o for three years, a n d b r i e f l y i n Paris
a n d Florence i n 1895 a n d 1897. She was m a r r i e d t o R o b e r t W i l l i a m V o n n o h i n 1899
a n d o u t l i v e d t h e artist b y t w e n t y - t w o years.

Silver Grey - Misty Autumn V i e w c. 191 o

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C O L L . : t h e estate o f the a r t i s t ; t h e artist's w i d o w , Bessie Potter V o n n o h Keyes
R E F . : Exhibition of Paintings by Robert Vonnoh, N.A., T h e M i l c h Galleries, N e w Y o r k ,
1928, n . p . , n o . 20 (listed as Silver Grey)', The Art Colony of Old Lyme 1900-1935, T h e
L y m a n A l l y n M u s e u m , N e w L o n d o n , C o n n e c t i c u t , 1966, p . 4 8 , n o . 126, i l l .
B E Q U E S T : Bessie Potter V o n n o h Keyes, 1955 55- 39 J

T h i s v i e w o f the o l d b r i d g e a t G r e z - s u r - L o i n g was a f a v o r i t e subject o f the artist, w h o

p a i n t e d i t a t different seasons a n d u n d e r v a r y i n g atmospheric conditions.

Picking Poppies c. 1913

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C O L L . : t h e estate o f the a r t i s t ; the artist's w i d o w , Bessie Potter V o n n o h Keyes
B E Q U E S T : Bessie Potter V o n n o h Keyes, 1955 55-67

T h i s sketch is a s t u d y for the c e n t r a l figure i n Poppies, e x h i b i t e d i n the 1914 e x h i b i t i o n

o f t h e N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design, N e w Y o r k , a n d later a c q u i r e d b y t h e B u t l e r
I n s t i t u t e o f A m e r i c a n A r t i n Y o u n g s t o w n , O h i o , u n d e r t h e t i t l e In Flanders Fields o r
Where Soldiers Sleep and Poppies Grow.

Self Portrait 1920

22 X 18
S I G N E D , l . r . : Vonnoh 1920-
C O L L . : t h e estate o f the a r t i s t ; t h e artist's w i d o w , Bessie Potter V o n n o h Keyes
R E F . : 116th Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s , P h i l a d e l p h i a ,
1921, p . 6 4 , n o . 464, i l l . ; R . V o n n a h (sic), " T h e R e l a t i o n o f A r t t o Existence," Arts
and Decoration, v o l . X V I I , n o . 5 (Sept. 1922), p p . 328 f., i l l . ; An Exhibition of Work by
Robert Vonnoh, N.A. . . ., T h e Kansas C i t y A r t I n s t i t u t e , M i s s o u r i , 1923, p . 3, n o . 17;
C . G . A . The Tenth Exhibition of Contemporary Oil Paintings, 1926, p . 6 1 , n o . 2 1 4 ; Exhi-
bition of Works by Robert Vonnoh, N.A., Retrospect to Date, D u r a n d - R u e l ' s , N e w Y o r k ,
1926, n o . 5, i l l . ; Exhibition of Paintings by Robert Vonnoh, N.A., T h e M i l c h Galleries,
N e w Y o r k , 1928, n o . 7.
B E Q U E S T : Bessie Potter V o n n o h Keyes, 1955 55-6g

T h e artist p a i n t e d a t least t w o self p o r t r a i t s . T h e p o r t r a i t d a t e d 1911 is i n t h e collec-

R o b e r t W i l l i a m V o n n o h Self Portrait t i o n o f the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s .

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M a u r i c e B r a z i l Prendergast Landscape with Figures
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M a u r i c e Brazil Prendergast (1859—1924)
M a u r i c e B r a z i l Prendergast, according to a recently discovered f a m i l y Bible,
was b o r n i n St. John's, N e w f o u n d l a n d , o n O c t o b e r 10, 1859. H i s f a m i l y
m o v e d to Boston w h e n he was t w o years o l d . H e r e he attended g r a m m a r
school a n d o n g r a d u a t i o n , after w o r k i n a drygoods store where he spent
m u c h o f his t i m e sketching, he was apprenticed to a p a i n t e r o f show cards.
I n 1886 he w o r k e d his passage to E u r o p e o n a cattle boat, b u t his stay was
brief, a n d i t was n o t u n t i l 1891 t h a t he was able to r e t u r n for a p e r i o d o f three
years, s t u d y i n g i n Paris first at Colarossi's u n d e r Gustave Courtois, a n d later
at the J u l i a n A c a d e m y u n d e r B e n j a m i n Constant, Joseph Blanc a n d J e a n
P a u l Laurens. Back i n A m e r i c a i n 1894/5, he j o i n e d his b r o t h e r Charles, also
a n artist, i n Winchester, Massachusetts, assisting h i m evenings i n a g r o w i n g
business o f m a k i n g p i c t u r e frames. D a y l i g h t hours were spent t a k i n g p a i n t i n g
excursions a b o u t Boston a n d along the n o r t h shore. I n 1897 he established a
studio i n Boston w h i c h he m a i n t a i n e d u n t i l he a n d his b r o t h e r m o v e d to N e w
Y o r k i n 1914. D u r i n g these years he made several f u r t h e r visits to France and
I t a l y . H e was a m e m b e r o f the controversial g r o u p o f painters i n N e w Y o r k
k n o w n as " T h e E i g h t , " showing r e g u l a r l y i n j o i n t exhibitions w i t h i n d i v i d u a l
members o f t h a t g r o u p . Seven o f his paintings were e x h i b i t e d i n the 1913
A r m o r y Show, a n d he was i n c l u d e d i n the p r i n c i p a l competitive exhibitions
across the c o u n t r y . I n 1923 he was a w a r d e d the T h i r d W i l l i a m A . C l a r k
Prize a n d Bronze M e d a l i n the N i n t h C o r c o r a n B i e n n i a l for the p a i n t i n g
Landscape with Figures, listed below. H e d i e d i n N e w Y o r k o n F e b r u a r y 1, 1924.

Landscape with Figures 1921

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I N S C R I B E D O N B A C K O F C A N V A S : Maurice B. Prendergast 1921
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Ninth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Dec. 1923-
Jan. 1924, p . 45, n o . 144, i l l . ( T h i r d Prize a n d the C o r c o r a n Bronze M e d a l ) ; The
American Magazine of Art, v o l . X V , n o . 1 ( J a n . 1924), p . 66, i l l . ; Maurice Prendergast
Memorial Exhibition, W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , N e w Y o r k , 1934, p . 16,
no. 104, i l l . ; Inaugural Exhibition, F o r t W o r t h A r t Center, Texas, 1954, n . p . , n o . 8 0 ,
i l l . ; C . G . A . Twenty Fifth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1957,
" H i s t o r i c a l S e c t i o n , " p . 18, n o . 3 5 ; C . G . A . Masterpieces of The Corcoran Gallery of Art,
1959, p . 60, i l l . ; C . G . A . The New Tradition, Modern Americans before 1940, 1963, p . 64,
no. 8 0 , i l l . ( i n c o l o r ) ; J . H a r i t h a s , " 2 5 0 Years of A m e r i c a n A r t , " Apollo, v o l . L X X X I V ,
no. 53 ( J u l y 1966), p . 7 1 , i l l . ( i n c o l o r ) ; E . O . Christensen, A Guide to Art Museums in
the United States, 1968, p . 149, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1923 23.17

Prendergast p a i n t e d at least three o t h e r canvases w i t h the same t i t l e , Landscape with

Figures, a l t h o u g h t h e y are q u i t e dissimilar. O f these, one is i n T h e Barnes F o u n d a t i o n ,
a n o t h e r i n T h e D e t r o i t I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s , a n d one i n the M u n s o n - W i l l i a m s - P r o c t o r
Institute, Utica.

Ghilde Hassam (1859—1935)

Frederick C h i l d e Hassam, as he was christened, was b o r n o n October 17,
1859, i n Dorchester, Massachusetts, t h e n a s u b u r b o f Boston. A f t e r h i g h
school he w o r k e d i n the office o f a Boston w o o d engraver a n d , i n the late
1870's, began the study o f p a i n t i n g u n d e r a n obscure Boston artist, I . M .
Gaugengigl. I n 1883 he made his first E u r o p e a n t r i p , t r a v e l i n g t h r o u g h the
B r i t i s h Isles, the L o w Countries, Spain a n d I t a l y , a n d o n his r e t u r n to Boston
i n the same year, h e l d his first e x h i b i t i o n - sixty-seven watercolors p a i n t e d
d u r i n g his travels. A f t e r his m a r r i a g e he again w e n t to E u r o p e a n d f r o m 1886

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F r e d e r i c k C h i l d e H a s s a m Northeast Headlands - New England Coast

to 1889 w o r k e d at the J u l i a n A c a d e m y i n Paris u n d e r Gustave Boulanger a n d

Jules Lefebvre. D u r i n g this p e r i o d , he first became interested i n the w o r k o f
the Impressionists. O n his r e t u r n to the U n i t e d States he made N e w Y o r k his
home, spending the w i n t e r months i n the c i t y a n d his summers i n N e w
E n g l a n d at O l d L y m e a n d Cos Cob, or at Gloucester a n d the Isles o f Shoals,
especially A p p l e d o r e . H e traveled to H a v a n a i n 1895, to O r e g o n i n 1908, and
visited Europe o n at least t w o other occasions. D u r i n g the last fifteen years o f
his life he w o r k e d mostly i n N e w Y o r k a n d at his summer home i n East-
h a m p t o n , L o n g I s l a n d , where he d i e d o n August 27, 1935. Hassam was one
o f the leading exponents o f Impressionism i n A m e r i c a . H e w o r k e d extensively
i n etching a n d l i t h o g r a p h y , p r o d u c i n g a p p r o x i m a t e l y three h u n d r e d plates
before his death. H e was one o f the f o u n d i n g members o f " T h e T e n , " was
elected Associate M e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1902 a n d A c a d e m i -
cian i n 1906, a n d was a m e m b e r o f b o t h the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e a n d the

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F r e d e r i c k C h i l d e H a s s a m The New York Window

A m e r i c a n Academy of Arts and Letters. H e was a w a r d e d over t h i r t y - t h r e e

medals a n d prizes d u r i n g his l i f e t i m e , i n c l u d i n g the F i r s t W i l l i a m A . Clark
Prize a n d G o l d M e d a l at the Corcoran's F o u r t h B i e n n i a l e x h i b i t i o n i n 1912
o n the p a i n t i n g The New York Window, listed b e l o w .

Northeast Headlands - New E n g l a n d Coast 1901

25^X30!
S I G N E D , l . r . : Childe Hassam igoi
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : Catalogue of the Fine Arts Exhibit of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, P o r t l a n d ,
O r e g o n , 1905, p . 3, no. 1; C . G . A . First Annual Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary
American Artists, 1907, n . p . , n o . 240, i l l . ; Brush and Pencil, v o l . 19 ( M a r c h 1907), p . 87,
i l l . ; International Studio, v o l . 3 1 , no. 121 ( M a r c h 1907), p . V I I , i l l . ; Third Annual
Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, F i n e A r t s A c a d e m y , Buffalo, 1908,
p . 20, n o . 6 7 ; Academy Notes, F i n e A r t s A c a d e m y , Buffalo, v o l . 4, n o . 4 (Sept. 1908),
p . 57, i l l . ; C . G . A . Exhibition of Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels, and Drawings by

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Childe Hassam, Dec. 1911-Jan. 1912, n . p . , n o . 8 ; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of Paint-
ings, Sculpture and Other Art Objects, 1939, p . 53, n o . 159, i l l . ; C . G . A . Childe Hassam, a
Retrospective Exhibition, 1965, p . 29, n o . 32, i l l . ( i n color)
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1907 07.8

T h i s is one o f m a n y scenes p a i n t e d b y H a s s a m o f the shore o f A p p l e d o r e , one o f the

Isles o f Shoals, a n h o u r ' s sail f r o m P o r t s m o u t h , N e w H a m p s h i r e .

T h e New Y o r k Window 1912

45iX35
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Childe Hassam/igi2
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : The 8jth Annual Exhibition, N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design, 1912, n . p . , no. 235,
i l l . ; International Studio, v o l . 46, n o . 183 ( M a y 1912), p . L X , i l l . ; C . G . A . Fourth
Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec. 1912-Jan. 1913, n . p . ,
n o . 165 ( a w a r d e d First Prize a n d the C o r c o r a n G o l d M e d a l ) ; Art and Progress, v o l . 4,
no. 4 (Feb. 1913), p . 850, i l l . ; L . M . B r y a n t , What Pictures to See in America, 1915,
p . 185, i l l . ; C . G . A . Catalogue of Paintings, 1920, p . 45, n o . 131, i l l . ; L . M . B r y a n t ,
American Pictures and Their Painters, 1920, p . 172, i l l . ; E. N e u h a u s , History and Ideals of
American Art, 1931, p . 256, i l l . ; Art of the United States, T h e X X I s t B i e n n i a l , V e n i c e ,
1938, n . p . , n o . 2 8 ; American Painting from Colonial Times until Today, T h e Saginaw
M u s e u m , M i c h i g a n , 1948, n . p . , n o . 25, i l l . ; C . G . A . Twenty Fifth Biennial Exhibition of
Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1957, " T h e H i s t o r i c a l S e c t i o n , " p p . 6, 9, 15,
no. 4, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1912 12.10

O l d House at E a s t h a m p t o n 1916
32iX39i
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Childe Hassam igi6
C O L L . : George M . Oyster, J r . , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . (purchased f r o m artist, 1920)
R E F . : Exhibition of Pictures by Childe Hassam, M o n t r o s s G a l l e r y , N e w Y o r k , 1917, n . p . ,
n o . 2; C . G . A . Seventh Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec.
1919-Jan. 1920, n . p . , n o . 102, i l l . ; International Studio, v o l . 69, n o . 275 ( J a n . - F e b .
1920), p . X C V I I , i l l . ; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of Paintings and Sculptures, 1926,
p . 44, n o . 143, i l l . ; Exhibition of American Painting, M . H . D e Y o u n g M e m o r i a l M u -
seum, San Francisco, 1935, n . p . , n o . 121, i l l . ; American Landscape Painters, i8oo-ig6o,
N o r f o l k M u s e u m o f A r t s a n d Sciences, N o r f o l k , V i r g i n i a , 1961, n . p . , no. 13
B E Q U E S T : George M . Oyster, J r . , 1924 24.6

T h i s is p r o b a b l y the E g y p t L a n e C o t t a g e i n E a s t h a m p t o n , L o n g I s l a n d , w h i c h served
as the artist's s u m m e r h o m e f r o m 1919 u n t i l his d e a t h . H e executed several views o f
the house i n o i l , w a t e r c o l o r a n d e t c h i n g .

G a r i Melchers (i860—1932)
G a r i M e l c h e r s , christened J u l i u s G a r i , was b o r n i n D e t r o i t on A u g u s t 11,
i 8 6 0 , son o f J u l i u s T h e o d o r e M e l c h e r s , a sculptor a n d decorator w h o had
come to this c o u n t r y f r o m W e s t p h a l i a . A t the age o f seventeen, he was sent to
G e r m a n y w h e r e he studied for several years at the Royal Academy in
Dusseldorf w i t h K a r l - F r a n z - E d u a r d v o n Gebhardt. I n 1881 he entered the
Ecole des B e a u x - A r t s i n Paris, w o r k i n g u n d e r G u s t a v Boulanger a n d Jules
Lefebvre. H e was accepted for the first t i m e i n the Paris Salon i n 1882, having
entered the p a i n t i n g listed b e l o w , The Letter. He traveled and painted in
Italy, and after a b r i e f visit i n A m e r i c a , r e t u r n e d to E u r o p e , setting up
studios i n Paris a n d i n E g m o n d , H o l l a n d , a s m a l l fishing v i l l a g e on the N o r t h
Sea. D u r i n g the f o l l o w i n g years he d i v i d e d his t i m e b e t w e e n the t w o coun-
tries, r e t u r n i n g to A m e r i c a f r e q u e n t l y for short periods. I n 1909 he was
invited by the G r a n d D u k e o f S a x e - W e i m a r to o c c u p y one o f the park
pavilions i n W e i m a r , a n d he was i n residence there i n t e r m i t t e n t l y for five

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 years. A t the beginning of W o r l d W a r I he and his w i f e r e t u r n e d to the
U n i t e d States a n d settled o n a n estate at F a l m o u t h , near F r e d e r i c k s b u r g ,
V i r g i n i a . K n o w n for his p o r t r a i t s a n d m u r a l d e c o r a t i o n as w e l l as for his
figure pieces, M e l c h e r s was the r e c i p i e n t o f m a n y honors b o t h i n E u r o p e a n d
i n the U n i t e d States, i n c l u d i n g the Second Prize a n d Silver M e d a l i n the
C o r c o r a n a n n u a l e x h i b i t i o n i n 1910 for the p a i n t i n g Penelope, listed below.
He was a member of the Royal Academy of Berlin, the International
Society o f Sculptors, Painters a n d Gravers i n E n g l a n d , the Societe N a t i o n -
ale des B e a u x - A r t s a n d the I n s t i t u t de F r a n c e , the R o y a l Society o f A u s t r i a n
Painters, the National Academy in New Y o r k (Associate M e m b e r , 1904;
A c a d e m i c i a n , 1906), a n d the A m e r i c a n A c a d e m y o f A r t s a n d Letters. He
was elected a T r u s t e e o f the C o r c o r a n G a l l e r y o f A r t a year before his d e a t h
i n V i r g i n i a on N o v e m b e r 30, 1932.

T h e Letter 1882
37iX26f
S I G N E D , l . r . : GARI J . MELCHERS. I PARIS. 1882
C O L L . : E d w a r d C. a n d M a r y W a l k e r , W a l k e r v i l l e , O n t a r i o , C a n a d a , a n d W a s h i n g -
ton, D . C .
R E F . : Catalogue Illustre du Salon, 1882, Paris, p . X L I X , n o . 1830; C . G . A . Paintings by
Gari Melchers, 1918, n . p . , n o . 2; Paintings by Gari Melchers, B a l t i m o r e M u s e u m o f A r t ,
1923, n . p . , no. 7; Catalog of a Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings Representative of the Life
Work of Gari Melchers, N.A., T h e Buffalo F i n e A r t s A c a d e m y , 1930, p . 13, n o . 3 1 , i l l . ;
C . G . A . Memorial Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Etchings by Gari Melchers, n . p . ,
1933, no. 2 7 ; Gari Melchers: A Memorial Exhibition of His Work, T h e V i r g i n i a M u s e u m of
F i n e A r t s , R i c h m o n d , 1938, p . 28, no. 50, i l l .
B E Q U E S T : M a r y E m m a G r i f f i n W a l k e r , 1937, T h e E d w a r d C. a n d M a r y W a l k e r
Collection 37-35

E d w a r d C . W a l k e r c. 1906
541x40!
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Gari Melchers
C O L L . : E d w a r d C. a n d M a r y W a l k e r , W a l k e r v i l l e , O n t a r i o , C a n a d a , a n d W a s h i n g -
ton, D . C .
R E F . : C . G . A . First Annual Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, 1907,
n . p . , n o . 8 0 ; C . G . A . Paintings by Gari Melchers, 1918, n . p . , n o . 2 6 ; Loan Exhibition of
Paintings by Gari Melchers, C o p l e y Society, Boston, 1919, n . p . , n o . 3 9 ; C . G . A . Memo-
rial Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Etchings by Gari Melchers, 1933, n . p . , n o . 4 8 ;
A Selection of Paintings from The Edward C. Walker and Mary Walker Collection, W i l l i s t e a d
A r t G a l l e r y , W i n d s o r , O n t a r i o , C a n a d a , 1958, n . p . , n o . 11, i l l .
B E Q U E S T : M a r y E m m a G r i f f i n W a l k e r , 1937, T h e E d w a r d C. a n d M a r y W a l k e r
Collection 37-34

E d w a r d C h a n d l e r W a l k e r , eldest son o f H i r a m W a l k e r , was b o r n i n D e t r o i t , M i c h i -

g a n , i n 1851. H e j o i n e d his father's business i n 1871, became a C a n a d i a n c i t i z e n , a n d
l i v e d i n W a l k e r v i l l e , near W i n d s o r , O n t a r i o . H e d i e d i n 1915, a n d his w i d o w sub-
sequently m o v e d to W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . O n her d e a t h i n 1937, she b e q u e a t h e d f o r t y -
n i n e p a i n t i n g s to the C o r c o r a n .

Penelope 191 o
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S I G N E D , l . r . : Gari Melchers -
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Third Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec.
1910-Jan. 1911, n . p . , n o . 39 (Second Prize a n d C o r c o r a n Silver M e d a l ) ; H . W .
H e n d e r s o n , Art Treasures of Washington, 1912, p . 152, i l l . ; C . G . A . Paintings by Gari
Melchers, 1918, n . p . , n o . 6 ; C . G . A . Catalogue of Paintings, 1920, p . 6 1 , n o . 194, i l l . ;
Exhibition of Paintings by Gari Melchers, T h e D e t r o i t I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s , 1927, p . 2, n o .
16; H . L e w i s - H i n d , Gari Melchers, Painter, 1928, passim, i l l . ; Catalog of a Retrospective
Exhibition of Paintings Representative of the Life Work of Gari Melchers, N.A., T h e Buffalo
F i n e A r t s A c a d e m y , 1930, p . 11, n o . 8, i l l . ; Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by Gari

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G a r i M e l c h e r s Penelope

Melchers, T e l f a i r A c a d e m y o f A r t s a n d Sciences, S a v a n n a h , G e o r g i a , 1934, n . p . , no.

17; Reproductions of American Paintings, N e w Y o r k G r a p h i c Society, 1962, p . 32, no.
7621, i l l . ( i n color)
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1911 11.1

The Smithy c. 1910

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S I G N E D , l . r . : Gari J Melchers
C O L L . : Duncan Phillips, Washington, D.C.
R E F . : C . G . A . Third Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec.
1910-Jan. 1911, n . p . , no. 131, i l l . ; Fifteenth Annual Exhibition of Paintings, D e p a r t m e n t
o f F i n e A r t s , Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , P i t t s b u r g h , 1911, n . p . , n o . 167, i l l . ; Illustrated
Catalogue of the Fine Art Section, A n g l o - A m e r i c a n E x p o s i t i o n , L o n d o n , 1914, p p . 39, 49,
n o . 2 4 1 , i l l . ; Official Catalogue, D e p a r t m e n t o f F i n e A r t s , P a n a m a - P a c i f i c I n t e r n a t i o n a l
E x p o s i t i o n , San Francisco, 1915, p . 161, n o . 3687; D . P h i l l i p s , A Collection in the Making,
1926, p p . 4 3 - 4 , i l l . ; H . L e w i s - H i n d , Gari Melchers, Painter, 1928, passim, i l l . ; D .
P h i l l i p s , The Artist Sees Differently, 1931, v o l . 2, n . p . , i l l . ; A Catalogue of an Exhibition of
Paintings by Gari Melchers, A m e r i c a n A c a d e m y o f A r t s a n d Letters, N e w Y o r k , 1932,
p . 18, no. 19, i l l . ; C . G . A . Memorial Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Etchings by
Gari Melchers, 1933, n . p . , no. 5; Gari Melchers, a Memorial Exhibition of His Works, T h e
V i r g i n i a M u s e u m o f F i n e A r t s , R i c h m o n d , 1938, p . 27, n o . 17, i l l .
G I F T : D u n c a n P h i l l i p s , 1950 50.1 o

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G a r i Melchers Maternity

Maternity c. 1913
63X43
S I G N E D , l . r . : Gari Melchers
C O L L . : p u r c h a s e d f r o m the artist
R E F . : iogth Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, P h i l a d e l p h i a ,
1914, p . 36, no. 323, i l l . ; C . G . A . Fifth Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American
Artists, Dec. 1914-Jan. 1915, n . p . , n o . 75, i l l . ; Official Catalogue, Department of Fine
Arts, P a n a m a - P a c i f i c I n t e r n a t i o n a l E x p o s i t i o n , San Francisco, 1915, p . 161, n o .
3684, i l l . ; C . G . A . Paintings by Gari Melchers, 1918, n . p . , n o . 5; Loan Exhibition of
Paintings by Gari Melchers, C o p l e y Society, Boston, 1919, n . p . , n o . 3 ; Paintings by Gari
Melchers, B a l t i m o r e M u s e u m o f A r t , 1923, n . p . , n o . 10; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of
Paintings and Sculptures, 1926, p . 58, no. 215, i l l . ; R . E. J a c k m a n , American Arts, 1928,

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pp. 216 ff., i l l . ; Gari Melchers: A Memorial Exhibition of His Work, T h e V i r g i n a M u s e u m
of F i n e A r t s , R i c h m o n d , 1938, p . 27, n o . 30, i l l . ; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of
Paintings, Sculpture and Other Art Objects, 1939, p . 67, n o . 235, i l l . ; A . H a m m e r , " T h e
C o r c o r a n G a l l e r y o f A r t : A m e r i c a n A r t at I t s B e s t , " The Compleat Collector, M a r c h
1943, p p . 8 ff., i l l . ; American Traditionalists of the 20TH Century, C o l u m b u s M u s e u m o f
A r t s a n d Crafts, C o l u m b u s , G e o r g i a , 1963, p . 15, n o . 100, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1919 19.2

M e l c h e r s p a i n t e d a series o f w o r k s using the m o t h e r a n d c h i l d theme (see examples i n

the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , P i t t s b u r g h , a n d t h e M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t , N e w
Y o r k ) . A pastel study for this version exists, b u t its l o c a t i o n at the present is u n -
known.

J a m e s Parmelee 1927
40 X 2 9 i
S I G N E D , u . l . : Gari Melchers 1 9 2 J
C O L L . : James Parmelee, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .
R E F . : Catalog of a Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings Representative of the Life Work of Gari
Melchers, N.A., T h e Buffalo F i n e A r t s A c a d e m y , 1930, p . 13, n o . 20, i l l . ; C . G . A .
Memorial Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Etchings by Gari Melchers, 1933, n . p . ,
n o . 32
B E Q U E S T : James Parmelee, 1941 41.17

James Parmelee was b o r n i n Y o u n g s t o w n , O h i o , D e c e m b e r 24, 1855. H e was

g r a d u a t e d f r o m C o r n e l l U n i v e r s i t y a n d was a d m i t t e d to the b a r , a l t h o u g h he never
p r a c t i c e d l a w . F r o m 1876 u n t i l the early 1900's he l i v e d i n C l e v e l a n d , m o v i n g t h e n to
W a s h i n g t o n w h i c h was his h o m e u n t i l his d e a t h i n 1931. H e served for fifteen years as
T r u s t e e o f T h e C o r c o r a n G a l l e r y o f A r t ( 1 9 1 6 - 1 9 3 1 ) . O n his d e a t h he b e q u e a t h e d to
the C o r c o r a n those w o r k s i n his a r t c o l l e c t i o n p a i n t e d b y artists b o r n i n the U n i t e d
States. These came to the G a l l e r y w h e n M r s . Parmelee d i e d i n 1941.

George Gardner Symons (1861/5?—1930)

George G a r d n e r Symons was b o r n i n Chicago, b u t the year o f his b i r t h is i n
some d o u b t . Catalogues o f his early exhibitions give the year 1861; several
directories, 1863; w h i l e i n f o r m a t i o n p r i n t e d about the t i m e o f his death i n -
dicates 1865. H e studied at the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e a n d continued his
t r a i n i n g i n Paris, L o n d o n a n d M u n i c h . A f t e r about ten years i n Europe, he
r e t u r n e d to the U n i t e d States i n 1909, first t a k i n g u p residence i n B r o o k l y n ,
N e w Y o r k . T h e v i c i n i t y o f N e w Y o r k r e m a i n e d his headquarters for the rest
of his life, t h o u g h he traveled extensively, p a i n t i n g i n California a n d i n N e w
E n g l a n d where he h a d a c o u n t r y home i n Colerain, Massachusetts. H e often
r e t u r n e d to Europe. Symons' first a w a r d granted i n this country, the Car-
negie Prize at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design i n 1910, was followed by
m a n y , i n c l u d i n g the T h i r d W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Bronze M e d a l i n the
Corcoran's F o u r t h E x h i b i t i o n o f C o n t e m p o r a r y Paintings i n 1912. T h e
Corcoran held a one-man e x h i b i t i o n o f his works i n the same year. H e was a
m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (Associate, 1910; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1911),
the I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters, the R o y a l Society o f B r i t i s h Artists, a n d the
U n i o n I n t e r n a t i o n a l e des Beaux A r t s et des Lettres, a n d his w o r k is repre-
sented i n such institutions as the M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t , the Chicago
A r t I n s t i t u t e , the C i n c i n a t i A r t M u s e u m a n d the T o l e d o M u s e u m o f A r t . H e
died at H i l l s i d e , N e w Jersey, i n J a n u a r y 1930.

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G a r d n e r Symons Where Long Shadows Lie

Where Long Shadows L i e

50IX60I
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Gardner Symons
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Seventh Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec.
1919-Jan. 1920, n . p . , n o . 75, i l l . (as Where Waters Flow and Long Shadows Lie)
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1919 19-27

Charles Adams Piatt (1861-1933)

Charles A d a m s P i a t t was b o r n i n N e w Y o r k o n O c t o b e r 16, 1861. O f a
prosperous a n d c u l t i v a t e d f a m i l y w h o encouraged his early absorption i n
p a i n t i n g , he studied i n the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design a n d the A r t Students
League i n N e w Y o r k before going to Paris i n 1882 to a t t e n d the J u l i a n
A c a d e m y . O n his r e t u r n to N e w Y o r k i n 1887, he concentrated i n the field o f
etching a n d landscape p a i n t i n g w i t h considerable r e c o g n i t i o n , w i n n i n g
medals for b o t h p a i n t i n g a n d etching at the W o r l d ' s C o l u m b i a n Exposition,
Chicago, i n 1893, a n d the W e b b prize for landscape f r o m the Society o f
A m e r i c a n Artists i n 1894. A t r i p to I t a l y w i t h his b r o t h e r i n 1892 to study
Renaissance gardens t u r n e d his m a i n interest, however, to landscape garden-
ing a n d architecture. H e is best k n o w n today as the designer of such buildings
i n W a s h i n g t o n as the Freer G a l l e r y o f A r t , the W i l l i a m A . C l a r k M e m o r i a l
a d d i t i o n to the Corcoran Gallery o f A r t , a n d the M e r i d i a n H i l l Park com-
plex w i t h its a d j o i n i n g mansions o n Crescent Place. H e d r e w plans for the
campuses o f Deerfield A c a d e m y a n d the Phillips A n d o v e r A c a d e m y i n
Massachusetts, a n d for m a n y other institutions a n d p r i v a t e homes. H e served
on the N a t i o n a l Commission o f Fine A r t s f r o m 1911 to 1921, a n d was a

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m e m b e r o f the Society o f A m e r i c a n Painters, o f the A m e r i c a n A c a d e m y o f
A r t s a n d Letters, o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (Associate, 1897; A c a d e m i c i a n ,
1911), a fellow o f the A m e r i c a n I n s t i t u t e o f Architects, a n d a m e m b e r o f the
Society o f A m e r i c a n Etchers a n d the B r i t i s h Society o f Etchers. H e d i v i d e d
his t i m e between his home i n N e w Y o r k a n d his summer place i n Cornish,
N e w H a m p s h i r e , a l o c a t i o n peopled w i t h fellow-artists Augustus Saint-
Gaudens, K e n y o n Cox, T h o m a s D e w i n g , George de Forest Brush a n d their
friends. P i a t t d i e d i n Cornish o n September 12, 1933.

C o r n i s h Landscape 1919
26§X33
S I G N E D , l . r . :C. A. Piatt
C O L L . : purchased f r o m t h e artist
R E F . : Pencil Points, v o l . 14, n o . 2 ( N o v . 1933), p . 483, i l l . ( u n d e r t i d e New Hampshire);
R . Cortissoz, " C h a r l e s A . P i a t t , " American Magazine of Art, v o l . 27, n o . 7 ( J u l y 1934),
pp. 383 ff., i l l . ( u n d e r t i t l e New Hampshire); Exhibition of the American Academy of Arts
and Letters, 1938/39, p . 22, n o . 47, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1919 9-37 J

T h i s p a i n t i n g , k n o w n also as New Hampshire, depicts a scene near Piatt's s u m m e r

h o m e i n C o r n i s h . E n t e r e d i n t h e Corcoran's Seventh Exhibition of Contemporary American
Artists, Dec. 1919-Jan. 1920, i t reached t h e G a l l e r y too late t o be i n c l u d e d i n the
catalogue.

Walter Griffin (1861-1935)

W a l t e r G r i f f i n was b o r n i n P o r t l a n d , M a i n e , i n 1861, son o f a skilled wood-
carver. H e received his early t r a i n i n g i n his father's shop, later w i n n i n g a
scholarship to study i n the School o f the Boston M u s e u m o f Fine A r t s . H e
w o r k e d u n d e r M o n t g o m e r y Flagg at the A r t Students league i n N e w Y o r k
and i n 1886 w e n t to France where he studied u n d e r Jean Paul Laurens a n d
R a p h a e l C o l l i n i n Paris. F r o m this t i m e u n t i l 1915, a n d again after W o r l d
W a r I , he spent m u c h o f his t i m e i n E u r o p e w i t h occasional l o n g visits to
A m e r i c a . H e e x h i b i t e d r e g u l a r l y i n the Paris Salons a n d i n the significant
exhibitions i n the U n i t e d States, w i n n i n g a M e d a l o f H o n o r at the San
Francisco Panama-Pacific E x p o s i t i o n o f 1915 a n d the Jennie Sesnan G o l d
M e d a l at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s i n 1924. H e was a
m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (Associate, 1912; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1922), of
the N e w Y o r k W a t e r Color C l u b a n d o f the A m e r i c a n A r t Association o f
Paris. H e d i e d o n M a y 18, 1935 at his summer home a n d studio i n Stroud-
water, near P o r t l a n d , M a i n e .

Study of Two Trees

23i*29i
SIGNED, 1.1.: To Paul W.B. [ B a r t l e t t ] / Griffin; on back of canvas, u . : Griffin
C O L L . : P a u l W . B a r t l e t t ; M r s . A r m i s t e a d Peter I I I , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .
G I F T : C a r o l i n e Ogden-Jones Peter, 1964 64.38

Mimosa Tree
24iX3o
S I G N E D , l . r . : GRIFFIN; o n b a c k o f canvas, 1.: Griffin; o n t o p stretcher: No. 1 "Mimosa
Tree" for Mrs. Bartlett
C O L L . : M r s . P a u l W . B a r t l e t t ; M r s . A r m i s t e a d Peter I I I , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .
G I F T : C a r o l i n e Ogden-Jones Peter, 1958 58.1.13

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F r e d e r i c k J u d d W a u g h Wild Weather

Frederick J u d d W a u g h ( i 861-1940)
Frederick J u d d W a u g h was b o r n o n September 13, 1861, i n B o r d e n t o w n ,
N e w Jersey, son o f the p o r t r a i t a n d landscape p a i n t e r Samuel Bell W a u g h
a n d the m i n i a t u r i s t M a r y Eliza Y o u n g W a u g h . H e attended the Penn-
sylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s f r o m 1880 to 1883, s t u d y i n g u n d e r
T h o m a s Eakins, a n d c o n t i n u e d his t r a i n i n g at the J u l i a n A c a d e m y i n Paris
u n t i l the death o f his father i n 1885 called h i m home to P h i l a d e l p h i a . I n
1892 he r e t u r n e d to E u r o p e a n d spent m u c h o f the next fifteen years i n
E n g l a n d , e x h i b i t i n g i n b o t h the Paris Salons a n d i n the R o y a l A c a d e m y i n
L o n d o n . H e also d i d illustrations for the Graphic a n d other L o n d o n papers.
I t was d u r i n g this p e r i o d he became absorbed i n p a i n t i n g the sea, a n d w h e n
he again settled i n A m e r i c a i n 1907 his r e p u t a t i o n was established as a
m a r i n e p a i n t e r . H e kept his studio i n N e w Y o r k u n t i l he m o v e d to a f a r m i n
K e n t , Connecticut, d u r i n g the 1920's. T h e last fifteen years o f his life were
spent i n P r o v i n c e t o w n , Massachusetts, where he d i e d o n September 10,
1940. W a u g h e x h i b i t e d i n the i m p o r t a n t g r o u p exhibitions o f his p e r i o d ,
w i n n i n g m a n y prizes a n d medals, i n c l u d i n g the P o p u l a r Prize at the Car-
negie I n t e r n a t i o n a l E x h i b i t i o n o f Paintings for five consecutive years,
1934-1938. H e was elected Associate M e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n
1909, A c a d e m i c i a n i n 1911, a n d was a m e m b e r o f m a n y other professional
associations i n b o t h E n g l a n d a n d the U n i t e d States.

W i l d Weather
30 X 39-|; masonite
SIGNED, l.r.: Waugh
C O L L . : M r . a n d M r s . Ernest E. Q u a n t r e l l , N e w Y o r k
R E F . : Memorial Exhibition: Paintings of the Sea by Frederick Judd Waugh, N.A., I 8 6 I ~ I G 4 0 ,
G r a n d C e n t r a l A r t Galleries, I n c . , N e w Y o r k , 1943, n . p . , n o . 7 1 ; C . G . A . Handbook of
the American Paintings, 1947, p . 67
G I F T : M r . a n d M r s . Ernest E. Q u a n t r e l l , 1944 44.3

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W a u g h p a i n t e d a n estimated 2500 sea scenes. D u p l i c a t i o n o f titles was, therefore,
p r a c t i c a l l y i n e v i t a b l e . A t least one o t h e r version o f Wild Weather exists, b u t its present
l o c a t i o n is u n k n o w n .

The Open Seaf

23 X 3 2 ! ; a c a d e m y b o a r d
SIGNED, l.r.: Waugh
C O L L . : M r s . J . Frederick M . Stewart, U p p e r v i l l e , V i r g i n i a
R E F . : Memorial Exhibition: Paintings of the Sea by Frederick Judd Waugh, N.A., 1861-1940,
G r a n d C e n t r a l A r t Galleries, I n c . , N e w Y o r k , 1943, n . p . , no.43 or n o . 60 (?)
G I F T : M a r g u e r i t e A . C. S t e w a r t , 1964 64.21.5

T w o canvases e n t i t l e d Open Sea were i n c l u d e d i n the W a u g h m e m o r i a l e x h i b i t i o n h e l d

i n 1943 at the G r a n d C e n t r a l Galleries, one l e n t b y M r s . F r e d e r i c k J u d d W a u g h , the
o t h e r b y F. W . K r e s s m a n . M r s . Stewart a c q u i r e d the C o r c o r a n p a i n t i n g f r o m the
G r a n d C e n t r a l Galleries, b u t w h e t h e r or n o t i t is one o f these p a i n t i n g s or a t h i r d
version has n o t been ascertained.

I r v i n g Ramsay Wiles 1861-1948)

I r v i n g Ramsay Wiles was b o r n o n A p r i l 8, 1861, i n U t i c a , N e w Y o r k , son o f
the landscape painter, L e m u e l M a y n a r d Wiles. H i s f a m i l y m o v e d to N e w
Y o r k the same year, a n d Wiles grew u p o n W a s h i n g t o n Square where his
father h a d a studio i n the b u i l d i n g t h a t housed Samuel F. B. Morse. H e
attended the Sedgewick I n s t i t u t e at Great B a r r i n g t o n , Massachusetts, and,
a l t h o u g h his m a i n interest at t h a t t i m e was i n the field o f music, he was
persuaded b y his father to e n r o l l i n the A r t Students League. T h e r e he
studied u n d e r James C a r r o l l B e c k w i t h a n d W i l l i a m M e r r i t t Chase w i t h
such success t h a t he decided to continue his t r a i n i n g i n Paris. After w o r k w i t h
Jules Lefebvre at the J u l i a n A c a d e m y he entered the atelier o f Carolus
D u r a n i n 1882. H e r e t u r n e d to N e w Y o r k i n 1884 a n d for some t i m e w o r k e d
as i l l u s t r a t o r for the Century, Harper's a n d Scribner's. Wiles was active as a
teacher i n his father's Silver L a k e A r t School at Perry, N e w Y o r k , i n the A r t
Students League, a n d , d u r i n g the summers, i n his o w n classes at Peconic,
L o n g I s l a n d . B y the early 1900's he was c o n c e n t r a t i n g for the most p a r t o n
p o r t r a i t u r e , h a v i n g such celebrities sit for h i m as J u l i a M a r l o w e , President
Theodore Roosevelt, Nicholas M u r r a y Butler, a n d W i l l i a m Jennings B r y a n .
H e w o n m a n y awards over the years, at least five f r o m the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y
of Design alone between 1886 a n d 1936. H e was a member, a m o n g others, o f
the Society o f A m e r i c a n Artists, the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y , the N a t i o n a l I n s t i -
tute o f A r t s a n d Letters, a n d the A m e r i c a n W a t e r Color Society. H e died o n
J u l y 29, 1948 at his h o m e i n Peconic, L o n g I s l a n d .

The Artist's Mother and Father 1889

48x36 J
S I G N E D , u . r . : Irving R. Wiles i88g/Dec.
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : R . E . J a c k m a n , American Arts, 1928, p p . 219 ff., i l l . ; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook
of Paintings, Sculpture and Other Art Objects, 1939, p . 99, n o . 383, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1939 39.1

L e m u e l M a y n a r d W i l e s ( 1 8 2 6 - 1 9 0 5 ) , f a t h e r o f the a r t i s t , was a landscape p a i n t e r w h o

w o r k e d i n the t r a d i t i o n o f t h e H u d s o n R i v e r School. H e s t u d i e d w i t h W i l l i a m H a r t
and Jasper Francis Cropsey, l a t e r p a i n t i n g i n W a s h i n g t o n , D . C , A l b a n y a n d U t i c a
u n t i l , i n 1864, he settled i n N e w Y o r k . H e t a u g h t for m a n y years i n I n g h a m U n i v e r s i t y ,
L e r o y , N e w Y o r k , a n d i n t h e Silver L a k e A r t School, f o u n d e d b y h i m near Perry,
N e w Y o r k . I n t h e late i89o's a n d e a r l y igoo's he a n d his son c o n d u c t e d s u m m e r
classes a t Peconic, L o n g I s l a n d .

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I r v i n g R a m s a y W i l e s The Artist's Mother and Father

T h i s d o u b l e p o r t r a i t o f L e m u e l M a y n a r d W i l e s a n d his w i f e , R a c h e l R a m s a y , was
w i d e l y e x h i b i t e d , w i n n i n g f o r the a r t i s t the Bronze M e d a l at the W o r l d ' s C o l u m b i a n
E x p o s i t i o n at C h i c a g o i n 1893, the Bronze M e d a l at the E x p o s i t i o n U n i v e r s e l l e at
Paris i n 1900, a n d the Silver M e d a l i n the E l e v e n t h A n n u a l E x h i b i t i o n o f the Society
of W a s h i n g t o n A r t i s t s , W a s h i n g t o n , i n 1901.

The Student 191 o

3of X 2 5 i
S I G N E D , u . l . : Irving R. Wiles
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Third Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec.
1910-Jan. 1911, n . p . , n o . 185, i l l . ; Irving Ramsay Wiles, 1861-1948, Chapellier
Galleries, N e w Y o r k , 1967, n . p . , n o . 4, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1911 11.3

T h i s is a p o r t r a i t o f W i l e s ' d a u g h t e r , G l a d y s Lee W i l e s ( M r s . W . R . J e p s o n ) , also a

p a i n t e r . She s t u d i e d u n d e r her father, a n d later u n d e r K e n y o n C o x a n d W i l l i a m
M e r r i t t Chase.

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James Jebusa Shannon (1862-1923)
James Jebusa Shannon was b o r n i n A u b u r n , N e w Y o r k , o n F e b r u a r y 3,
1862. H o w e v e r , his early b o y h o o d was spent at St. Catherines, O n t a r i o ,
Canada. O n the r e c o m m e n d a t i o n o f a local artist he was sent w h i l e still i n his
m i d d l e 'teens to study p a i n t i n g at the South K e n s i n g t o n School, L o n d o n ,
under Sir E d w a r d Poynter. H e was still a student w h e n he was commissioned
b y Queen V i c t o r i a to p a i n t one o f her maids of honor, Miss H o r a t i a Stopford,
the first o f a l o n g succession o f t i t l e d beauties a n d distinguished gentlemen to
sit for h i m . H e first e x h i b i t e d i n the R o y a l A c a d e m y i n 1881, was elected an
Associate M e m b e r i n 1897 a n d f u l l m e m b e r i n 1909. A l t h o u g h he became a
British subject a n d was k n i g h t e d b y K i n g George i n 1922, he often visited the
U n i t e d States, accepting p o r t r a i t commissions i n Boston a n d N e w Y o r k , a n d
p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n g r o u p exhibitions i n w h i c h he w o n such awards as the First
M e d a l at the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e (1897), the L i p p i n c o t t Prize at the Penn-
sylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s (1899), a n d the G o l d M e d a l i n the Pan-
A m e r i c a n Exposition i n Buffalo (1901). H e also e x h i b i t e d i n the p r i n c i p a l
capitals o f Europe w i t h similar success. H e died i n L o n d o n i n 1923.

G i r l i n B r o w n 1907
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S I G N E D , 1.1.: J . J . SHANNON 11907
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . First Annual Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, 1907,
n.p., n o . 18; Third Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, C i t y A r t
M u s e u m , St. L o u i s , M i s s o u r i , 1908, p . 28, n o . 121, i l l . ; H . W . H e n d e r s o n , Art
Treasures of Washington, 1912, p p . 152 f., i l l .
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1907 07.1

A r t h u r Bowen Davies (1862-1928)

A r t h u r Bowen Davies was b o r n i n U t i c a , N e w Y o r k , o n September 26, 1862.
His skill i n d r a w i n g was early recognized, a n d he studied first under a U t i c a
painter, D w i g h t W i l l i a m s , a n d later, w h e n his f a m i l y m o v e d to Chicago, at
the A r t I n s t i t u t e under Charles C o r w i n . A r o u n d 1887 he w e n t to N e w Y o r k ,
w o r k i n g w i t h the G o t h a m A r t Students a n d at the A r t Students League
w h i l e he supported himself f r o m 1888 to 1891 b y c o n t r i b u t i n g illustrations to
the children's magazine Saint Nicholas. H e came to the notice o f W i l l i a m
M a c b e t h , the a r t dealer, about 1893, a n d t h r o u g h this agent's efforts Ben-
j a m i n A l t m a n was i n d u c e d to finance Davies' first t r i p to Europe, an ex-
perience w h i c h greatly influenced his later w o r k . Davies h e l d his first one-
man show i n N e w Y o r k i n 1896 a n d received his first official recognition i n
the P a n - A m e r i c a n Exposition i n Buffalo i n 1901 (Silver M e d a l for P a i n t i n g ) .
F r o m this t i m e o n his w o r k was i n c l u d e d i n m a n y o f the g r o u p exhibitions
of the p e r i o d , w i n n i n g such awards as the First W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d the
Corcoran G o l d M e d a l i n the Gallery's S i x t h E x h i b i t i o n o f C o n t e m p o r a r y
P a i n t i n g i n 1916. H e allied himself w i t h the g r o u p of independent artists w h o
exhibited together i n 1908 a n d came to be k n o w n as " T h e E i g h t . " H e was
c h a i r m a n o f the C o m m i t t e e for the o r g a n i z a t i o n o f the great A r m o r y ex-
h i b i t i o n h e l d i n N e w Y o r k i n 1913. As t i m e w e n t o n he w o r k e d i n m a n y
m e d i a - l i t h o g r a p h y , etching, sculpture, enamel, glass a n d textiles. I n later
years he d i v i d e d his t i m e between his studio at R o c k l a n d Lake, N e w Y o r k ,
and n o r t h e r n I t a l y where he died o n O c t o b e r 24, 1928.

5°
 Before Sunrise 1905
18JX40-I-
S I G N E D , 1.1.: A.B Davies
C O L L . : L i z z i e P. Bliss, N e w Y o r k
R E F . : Arthur B. Davies: Essays on the Man and His Art, T h e P h i l l i p s Publications, N o . 3,
1924, p p . x i i i a n d 62, i l l . ; Catalogue of a Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Arthur B.
Davies, T h e M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t , 1930, p . 13, no. 88, i l l . ; C . G . A . Special
Memorial Exhibition of Works by the Late Arthur B. Davies, 1930, n . p . , no. 57 ( i n c o r r e c t l y
listed as Before Sunset); V . M . Davies, " T h e K n o w n Paintings o f A r t h u r B. D a v i e s , "
Arthur B. Davies, W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , N e w Y o r k , 1931, p . 2 1 ; Arthur
B. Davies: Paintings and Graphics, T h e T u c s o n A r t Center, A r i z o n a , 1967, n . p . , n o . 12, i l l .
B E Q U E S T : L i z z i e P. Bliss, 1931 31.7

H i l l to H i l l
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S I G N E D , 1.1.: A.B. DAVIES-
C O L L . : L i z z i e P. Bliss, N e w Y o r k
R E F . : C . G . A . Special Memorial Exhibition of Works by the Late Arthur B. Davies, 1930
p . 5, n o . 8 ; V . M . Davies, " T h e K n o w n Paintings o f A r t h u r B. D a v i e s , " Arthur B.
Davies, W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , N e w Y o r k , 1931, p . 2 6 ; Arthur B. Davies,
Paintings and Graphics, T h e T u c s o n A r t Center, A r i z o n a , 1967, n . p . , no. 51
B E Q U E S T : L i z z i e P. Bliss, 1931 31.5

Frankincense
17-l-X 22
S I G N E D , 1.1.: A.B. DAVIES-
C O L L . : L i z z i e P. Bliss, N e w Y o r k
R E F . : C . G . A . Special Memorial Exhibition of Works by the Late Arthur B. Davies, 1930, p . 7,
no. 5 3 ; Memorial Exhibition: the Collection of the Late Miss Lizzie P. Bliss, M u s e u m o f
M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k , 1931, p . 24, no. 4 5 ; The Collection of Miss Lizzie P. Bliss,
A d d i s o n G a l l e r y o f A m e r i c a n A r t , P h i l l i p s A c a d e m y , A n d o v e r , 1931, n . p . , n o . 3 3 ;
V . M . Davies, " T h e K n o w n Paintings o f A r t h u r B. D a v i e s , " Arthur B. Davies, W h i t n e y
M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , N e w Y o r k , 1931, p . 2 5 ; Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928): A
Centennial Exhibition, M u n s o n - W i l l i a m s - P r o c t o r I n s t i t u t e , U t i c a , 1962, p . 13, no. 43
B E Q U E S T : L i z z i e P. Bliss, 1931 31.6

Stars and Dews and D r e a m s of Night

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S I G N E D , 1.1.: A.B. DAVIES-
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Eleventh Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1928, p . 43,
no. 100, i l l . ; V . M . Davies, " T h e K n o w n Paintings o f A r t h u r B. D a v i e s , " Arthur B.
Davies, W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , N e w Y o r k , 1931, p . 3 3 ; C . G . A . Illustrated
Handbook of Paintings, Sculpture and other Art Objects, 1933, p . 39, no. 80, i l l . ; Arthur B.
Davies (1862-1928): A Centennial Exhibition, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute,
U t i c a , 1962, p . 13, no. 43
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1928 28.7

T h e C o r c o r a n owns a p r e p a r a t o r y d r a w i n g for this p a i n t i n g i n w h i t e c h a l k a n d b l a c k

c r a y o n o n t a n p a p e r (accession n u m b e r 62.27) w h i c h was d o n a t e d b y R o b e r t H a l s -
band, New York.

T h e Great Mother c. 1914

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C O L L . : L i z z i e P. Bliss, N e w Y o r k
R E F . : Special Exhibition: Modern Departures in Painting; "Cubism", "Futurism", Etc.,
C i n c i n n a t i A r t M u s e u m , 1914, n . p . , no. 1; Catalogue of a Memorial Exhibition of the
Works of Arthur B. Davies, T h e M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t , 1930, p . 15, n o . 108, i l l . ;
C . G . A : Special Memorial Exhibition of Works by the Late Arthur B. Davies, 1930, p . 8,
n o . 6 3 ; V . M . Davies, " T h e K n o w n Paintings o f A r t h u r B. D a v i e s , " Arthur B. Davies,
A r t h u r B o w e n Davies Stars and Dews W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , N e w Y o r k , 1931, p . 3 4 ; Arthur B. Davies (1862-
and Dreams of Night 1928): A Centennial Exhibition, M u n s o n - W i l l i a m s - P r o c t o r I n s t i t u t e , U t i c a , 1962, p . 14,
no. 54
B E Q U E S T : L i z z i e P. Bliss, 1931 31.8

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A r t h u r B o w e n u a v i e s 1 ne ureat Mother
A r t h u r B o w e n Davies The Umbrian Mountains

The U m b r i a n Mountains 1925

25!x 39!
S I G N E D , U.: ABDAVIES
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Eleventh Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings, 1928, p . 39,
n o . 8 5 ; Art of the United States, T h e X X I s t B i e n n i a l , V e n i c e , 1938, n . p . , n o . 16;
V . M . Davies, " T h e K n o w n P a i n t i n g s of A r t h u r B. D a v i e s , " Arthur B. Davies, W h i t n e y
M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , N e w Y o r k , 1931, p . 3 5 ; C . G . A . Handbook of the American
Paintings, 1947, p . 69, i l l . ; Arthur B. Davies ( / 8 6 2 - 1 9 2 8 ) : A Centennial Exhibition,
M u n s o n - W i l l i a m s - P r o c t o r I n s t i t u t e , U t i c a , 1962, p . 15, n o . 74, i l l . ; Arthur B. Davies:
Paintings and Graphics, T h e T u c s o n A r t Center, A r i z o n a , 1967, n . p . , n o . 28
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1928 28.8

T h i s landscape was p a i n t e d i n the U m b r i a n M o u n t a i n s i n I t a l y where Davies spent

the last years o f his life.

E d m u n d Charles T a r b e l l (1862—1938)
E d m u n d Charles T a r b e l l was b o r n i n West G r o t o n , Massachusetts, o n A p r i l
26, 1862. H i s father, w h o was a painter a n d ship-designer, died i n his twenties,
a n d T a r b e l l was b r o u g h t u p b y his grandparents i n Boston. A t fifteen he was
apprenticed i n a l i t h o g r a p h i c c o m p a n y a n d at the end o f three years' service
attended the School o f the Boston M u s e u m o f Fine A r t s studying under O t t o
G r u n d m a n n . H e continued his t r a i n i n g i n Paris at the J u l i a n A c a d e m y , re-
t u r n i n g to Boston i n 1888 where he t a u g h t i n the School o f the M u s e u m o f
Fine A r t s u n t i l 1913. H e was a m e m b e r o f the Society o f A m e r i c a n Artists
(1886), one o f the g r o u p k n o w n as " T h e T e n , " a n d a m e m b e r of the N a t i o n a l
A c a d e m y (Associate, 1902; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1906). H e was awarded m a n y
honors, i n c l u d i n g the Clarke Prize a n d the First H a l l g a r t e n Prize at the
N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (1890 a n d 1894) a n d medals at the Pennsylvania
A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s a n d at the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e . H e left Boston i n
1918 to take the post o f P r i n c i p a l at the Corcoran School o f A r t i n W a s h i n g -
ton, r e m a i n i n g there u n t i l 1926 w h e n he r e t i r e d to his c o u n t r y home at N e w
Castle, N e w H a m p s h i r e . H e died i n N e w Castle o n August 1, 1938.

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 E d m u n d Charles T a r b e l l Josephine and Mercie

Josephine and Mercie 1908

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SIGNED, l.r.: Tarbell.
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Second Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec.
1908-Jan. 1909, n . p . , no. 26, i l l . ; 104th Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts, 1909, p . 47, no. 504, i l l . ; Ten American Painters: Thirteenth Annual Exhibition,
M o n t r o s s G a l l e r y , N e w Y o r k , 1910, n . p . , no. 2 4 ; 18th Annual Exhibition of American
Art, C i n c i n n a t i A r t M u s e u m , 1911, p . 7, n o . 1, i l l . ; Paintings by EdmundC. Tarbell, T h e
C o p l e y Society o f Boston, 1912, n . p . , no. 15; H . W . H e n d e r s o n , Art Treasures of
Washington, 1912, p p . 153 f., i l l . ; C . G . A . Exhibition of Paintings by Edmund C. Tarbell.
1916, n . p . , no. 7; C . G . A . Exhibition of Paintings by Edward W. Redjield and Edmund C.
Tarbell, 1918, n . p . , n o . 2 4 ; A . B u r r o u g h s , Limners and Likenesses: Three Centuries of
American Painting, 1936, p . 178, i l l . ; Frank W. Benson-Edmund C. Tarbell, M u s e u m o f
F i n e A r t s , Boston, 1938, p . 30, n o . 151; Life in America, T h e M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f
A r t , 1939, p p . 214 f., no. 285, i l l . ; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of Paintings, Sculpture
and other Art Objects, 1939, p . 9 1 , n o . 345, i l l . ; O . W . L a r k i n , Art and Life in America,
1949 ( t h i r d p r i n t i n g , 1956), p . 309, i l l . ; H . D o r r a , The American Muse, 1961, p p . 130 f.,
i l l . ; B. B. P e r l m a n , The Immortal Eight, 1962, p . 142, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1909 09.2
T a r b e l l often used his three daughters as models. I n this case the t w o youngest,
Josephine a n d M e r c i e , are p o r t r a y e d .

Josephine Knitting 1916

26^X201
S I G N E D , l . r . : Tarbell. 1916
C O L L . : George M . Oyster, J r . , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . (purchased f r o m the artist, 1917)
R E F . : C . G . A . Sixth Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec. 1916—
J a n . 1917, n . p . , no. 9 3 ; Catalogue of Paintings and Portraits by E.C.Tarbell, M . Knoedler
& Co., N e w Y o r k , 1918, n . p . , n o . 18

E d m u n d Charles T a r b e l l Josephine B E Q U E S T : George M . Oyster, J r . , 1924 24.2

Knitting TarbelPs d a u g h t e r , Josephine, was the m o d e l for this p a i n t i n g .

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Charles C . Glover 1918
33ix38i
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Tarbellli8
C O L L . : Charles C. G l o v e r , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .
R E F . : Catalogue of Paintings and Portraits by E. C. Tarbell, M . K n o e d l e r & Co., N e w Y o r k ,
1918, n . p . , n o . 10; C . G . A . Exhibition of Paintings by Edward W. Redfield and Edmund C.
Tarbell, 1918, n . p . , n o . 17; Makers of History in Washington, 1800-1950, National
G a l l e r y of A r t , W a s h i n g t o n , 1950, p . 165, n o . 139, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1918 18.6

M r . G l o v e r was b o r n i n M a c o n C o u n t y , N o r t h C a r o l i n a , o n N o v e m b e r 24, 1846.

W h e n he was seven years o l d he was sent t o his g r a n d m o t h e r i n W a s h i n g t o n . I n 1865
he b e g a n w o r k w i t h Riggs a n d C o m p a n y , a p r i v a t e b a n k w h i c h later became the
Riggs N a t i o n a l B a n k . H e served as President o f the b a n k f r o m 1896 u n t i l 1921, a n d as
C h a i r m a n o f the B o a r d u n t i l his d e a t h i n 1936. H e was elected Trustee o f the Cor-
c o r a n G a l l e r y o f A r t i n 1887 a n d served as President for twenty-seven years ( 1 9 0 6 -
1933). T h i s p o r t r a i t was p a i n t e d i n the B o a r d R o o m o f the G a l l e r y .

Still Life 1918

i6|x 21
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Tarbell-18
C O L L . : James Parmelee, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . (purchased f r o m the artist, 1918)
R E F . : C . G . A . Exhibition of Pictures by Ten American Painters, 1919, n . p . , n o . 36
B E Q U E S T : James Parmelee, 1941 41.2 3

Charles Reiffel (1862—1942)

Charles Reiffel was b o r n i n I n d i a n a p o l i s , I n d i a n a , o n A p r i l 9, 1862. H e was
educated i n the p u b l i c schools o f I n d i a n a p o l i s a n d Kansas C i t y , M i s s o u r i . I t
has been c o m m o n l y said t h a t as an artist he was self-taught, b u t he w e n t to
M u n i c h as a y o u n g m a n to study p o r t r a i t u r e under C a r l M a r r a n d followed
this t r a i n i n g w i t h extensive t r a v e l r a n g i n g f r o m Scotland to Tangiers. D u r -
ing this p e r i o d he supported himself b y designing posters for English business
firms. After six years abroad, he entered his professional career as a p a i n t e r i n
Buffalo, N e w Y o r k , m o v i n g after several years to N e w Y o r k , a n d t h e n to the
Silvermine A r t Colony i n Connecticut. H e was one o f the organizers o f the
Silvermine G u i l d o f Artists a n d served as its first president. I n 1925 he drove
west a n d f o u n d C a l i f o r n i a so congenial t h a t he r e m a i n e d i n San Diego u n t i l
his death o n M a r c h 14, 1942. M r . Reiffel w o n m a n y awards d u r i n g his
active career between 1908 a n d 1938 a n d is represented i n the collections o f
the J o h n H e r r o n A r t I n s t i t u t e , I n d i a n a p o l i s , the Fine A r t s Gallery, San
Diego, a n d the Los Angeles M u s e u m .

R a i l w a y Y a r d s - Winter Evening c. 1910

18^X24 A
S I G N E D , l . r . : Charles Reiffel
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Third Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec. 1910-
Jan. 1911, n . p . , n o . 196; The Iron Horse in Art, F o r t W o r t h A r t Center, Texas, 1958,
n.p., n o . 36, i l l . ; The Railroad in American Art, W a s h i n g t o n C o u n t y M u s e u m o f F i n e
A r t s , H a g e r s t o w n , M a r y l a n d , 1968, n . p . , n o . 33
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1911 11.6

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Frank Weston Benson (1862—1951)
F r a n k Weston Benson was b o r n i n Salem, Massachusetts, o n M a r c h 24,
1862. H e first studied u n d e r O t t o G r u n d m a n n i n the School o f the Boston
M u s e u m o f Fine A r t s , a n d i t was there t h a t he m e t E d m u n d T a r b e l l (see
p.53) w i t h w h o m he was closely associated for m a n y years. T h e y w e n t to-
gether to a t t e n d the J u l i a n A c a d e m y i n Paris (1883-1885) a n d o n their
r e t u r n to the U n i t e d States b o t h t a u g h t at the School o f the Boston M u s e u m ,
a post w h i c h Benson h e l d u n t i l 1917. W h i l e he d i d some portraits, he most
enjoyed creating paintings o f interiors a n d landscapes w i t h figures, m a n y o f
w h i c h were done o n Penobscot Bay at N o r t h H a v e n , M a i n e . A n enthusiastic
sportsman, he recorded his h u n t i n g trips i n sketches, watercolors, a n d i n
etchings, g a i n i n g such p o p u l a r i t y t h a t after 1912 he became best k n o w n for
his mastery o f the g r a p h i c m e d i u m . A f t e r his first a w a r d granted b y the
N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1889 ( T h i r d H a l l g a r t e n Prize) he w o n m a n y honors
t h r o u g h o u t his l o n g career, i n c l u d i n g the First W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize and
G o l d M e d a l i n the Corcoran's Seventh B i e n n i a l i n 1919 (see The Open
Window listed b e l o w ) . T h e C o r c o r a n held a large retrospective o f his w o r k i n
1921 w h i c h i n c l u d e d 183 paintings, etchings a n d drawings. Benson was one
o f " T h e T e n , " a m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (Associate, 1897;
A c a d e m i c i a n , 1905), o f the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters, the
A m e r i c a n A c a d e m y o f A r t s a n d Letters a n d the Society o f A m e r i c a n
Etchers. H i s w o r k is represented i n the collections o f the M e t r o p o l i t a n
M u s e u m o f A r t , the Boston M u s e u m o f Fine A r t s , the Chicago A r t Institute,
a n d the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , P i t t s b u r g h . Benson died i n his home at Salem on
N o v e m b e r 15, 1951.

F r a n k W e s t o n Benson Still Life

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 M y Daughter 1912
3oiX25i
S I G N E D , 1.1.: F. W. Benson.
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : Catalogue of the 23th Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture by American
Artists, A r t I n s t i t u t e o f C h i c a g o , 1912, n . p . , n o . 18, i l l . (Potter P a l m e r G o l d M e d a l ) ;
C . G . A . Fourth Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec. 1912-
J a n . 1913, n . p . , n o . 183, i l l . ; Ten American Painters: Sixteenth Annual Exhibition, M o n t -
ross G a l l e r y , N e w Y o r k , 1913, n . p . , no. 1; American Art Annual, A m e r i c a n F e d e r a t i o n
o f A r t s , v o l . 11, 1914, p . 89, i l l . ; Illustrated Catalogue of the American Fine Art Section,
A n g l o - A m e r i c a n E x p o s i t i o n , L o n d o n , 1914, p p . 34 f., no. 195, i l l . ; C . G . A . Paintings,
Etchings and Drawings by Frank W. Benson, 1921, n . p . , no. 7; Frank W. Benson, Carnegie
I n s t i t u t e , P i t t s b u r g h , 1924, n . p . , no. 2 2 ; Frank W. Benson - Edmund C. Tarbell,
M u s e u m o f F i n e A r t s , Boston, 1938, p . 20, n o . 2 4 ; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of
Paintings, Sculpture and Other Art Objects, 1939, p . 25, n o . 12, i l l ; American Paintings by
"The Ten", M o n t c l a i r A r t M u s e u m , N e w Jersey, 1946, n . p . , n o . 2
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1912 12.8

M r s . R a l p h L a w s o n , Benson's d a u g h t e r w h o posed for this p o r t r a i t , recalls t h a t i t was

F r a n k W e s t o n Benson My Daughter p a i n t e d i n t h e i r s u m m e r h o m e i n N o r t h H a v e n , M a i n e , o n r a i n y days w h e n her
father c o u l d n ' t p a i n t out-of-doors. Benson's c h i l d r e n were always h a p p y a n d p r o u d
to pose, especially as they were p a i d fifteen cents a n h o u r .

T h e Open Window 1917

52jX42i
S I G N E D , 1.1.: F. W. Benson./ 1917.
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Seventh Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec.
1919-Jan. 1920, n . p . , no. 186, i l l . (First Prize a n d C o r c o r a n G o l d M e d a l ) ; Ten
American Painters: Twentieth Annual Exhibition, M o n t r o s s G a l l e r y , N e w Y o r k , 1917,
n . p . , no. 1; Paintings, Etchings and Drawings by Frank W. Benson, T h e G u i l d o f Boston
A r t i s t s , 1920, n . p . , n o . 11; C . G . A . Paintings, Etchings and Drawings by Frank W.
Benson, 1921, n . p . , n o . 25; Frank W. Benson, Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , P i t t s b u r g h , n . p . , n o .
3 8 ; Frank W. Benson-Edmund C. Tarbell, M u s e u m o f F i n e A r t s , Boston, 1938, p . 2 1 ,
n o . 2 7 ; C . G . A . Twenty Fifth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings,
1957, " H i s t o r i c a l S e c t i o n , " p . 15, n o . 7
P U R C H A S E D : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1919 19.30

Still Life 1925

32 X 40
S I G N E D , 1.1.: F. W. Benson I 25
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Tenth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1926, p . 63,
n o . 222, i l l . ; Fine Art Reproductions of Old and Modern Masters, N e w Y o r k G r a p h i c
Society, 1961, p . 32, no. 8630, i l l . ( i n c o l o r ) ; Reproductions of American Paintings, N e w
Y o r k G r a p h i c Society, 1962, p . 32, no. 8630, i l l . ( i n color)
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1926 26.802

Cecilia Beaux (1863-1942)

Cecilia Beaux was b o r n i n P h i l a d e l p h i a i n 1863. She had early lessons i n
d r a w i n g f r o m members o f her f a m i l y a n d , at the age o f seventeen, entered an
a r t school c o n d u c t e d b y the D u t c h artist, A d o l f v a n der W h e l e n . She then
studied for t w o years i n an i n f o r m a l class w h i c h W i l l i a m S a r t a i n came f r o m
New Y o r k every f o r t n i g h t to criticize, a n d f o l l o w e d this t r a i n i n g w i t h a
p e r i o d o f w o r k at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s . I n the m e a n -
t i m e she had been g i v i n g lessons i n d r a w i n g a n d preparing lithographic
stones for the plates o f a United States G e o l o g i c a l Survey o f fossil and
p a l e o n t o l o g i c a l specimens. I n J a n u a r y o f 1889 she w e n t to E u r o p e w h e r e she
studied at the J u l i a n Academy and at Colarossi's, w o r k i n g u n d e r T o n y

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C e c i l i a Beaux Sita and Sarita

R o b e r t - F l e u r y , W i l l i a m A d o l p h e Bouguereau, B e n j a m i n Constant a n d
Pascal A . J . Dagnan-Bouveret. She p a i n t e d d u r i n g the first summer i n
France at Concarneau where b o t h A l e x a n d e r H a r r i s o n a n d Charles Lazar
criticized her w o r k . A f t e r t r a v e l i n g t h r o u g h I t a l y she w e n t back to Paris for
her second t e r m o f study, spending the f o l l o w i n g summer i n E n g l a n d a n d
r e t u r n i n g to P h i l a d e l p h i a i n the fall o f 1890. Miss Beaux was p r i m a r i l y a
p o r t r a i t i s t a n d achieved great success i n her field. She was awarded h i g h
honors i n the i m p o r t a n t exhibitions o f her t i m e b o t h i n E u r o p e a n d i n the
U n i t e d States. She was chosen b y the N a t i o n a l Commission o f Fine A r t s to

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p a i n t portraits o f three W o r l d W a r I figures - C a r d i n a l M e r r i e r , Premier
Clemenceau a n d A d m i r a l Beatty - a n d was commissioned to p a i n t b o t h the
President a n d M r s . Theodore Roosevelt i n the W h i t e House. She was elected
a m e m b e r o f the Societe N a t i o n a l e des Beaux-Arts after e x h i b i t i n g i n the
Champs de M a r s i n Paris i n 1896 a n d i n the Paris Exposition o f 1900 (a rare
h o n o r for an A m e r i c a n , to say n o t h i n g o f a w o m a n ) , became an Associate
M e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1894 a n d an A c a d e m i c i a n i n 1902.
She never completely severed her connections w i t h P h i l a d e l p h i a , b u t i n the
early 1900's established a studio i n N e w Y o r k a n d , for the most p a r t , d i v i d e d
her t i m e between t h a t city a n d her summer home, " G r e e n A l l e y , " at G l o u -
cester, Massachusetts, where she died o n September 16, 1942.

Sita and Sarita c. 1921

37l X 2 5 J
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Cecilia Beaux
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Ninth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Dec. 1923-
Jan. 1924, p . 38, n o . 105 (Girl with Cat); The American Magazine of Art, v o l . X V , n o . 1
(Jan. 1924),p. 7 1 , i l l . ; " S i x M o d e r n A m e r i c a n P o r t r a i t P a i n t e r s , " The Mentor, v o l .
12, n o . 9 ( O c t . 1924), p p . 33 f., i l l . ; C. Beaux, Background with Figures, 1930, i l l . o p p .
p. 8 8 ; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of Paintings, Sculpture and Other Art Objects, 1933,
p. 22, n o . 8, i l l . ; The Paintings and Drawings of Cecilia Beaux, Pennsylvania A c a d e m y
of the F i n e A r t s , P h i l a d e l p h i a , 1955, p p . 96 f., i l l . ; W . H . Gerdts, Women Artists of
America, 1707-1964, T h e N e w a r k M u s e u m , N e w Jersey, 1965, p p . 20 f., i l l .
Purchase: W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1923 23.4

T h i s is a p o r t r a i t o f Miss Beaux's cousin, S a r a h A . L e a v i t t ( M r s . W a l t e r T u r l e ) a n d is

a r e p l i c a o f the p o r t r a i t p a i n t e d i n 1893/4
a t
Essex Fells, N e w Jersey, w h i c h h u n g i n
the Paris Salon o f 1896. T h e o r i g i n a l was purchased i n 1921 b y the F r e n c h G o v e r n -
m e n t for the L u x e m b o u r g Galerie, Paris. T h e d u p l i c a t e was p a i n t e d at t h a t t i m e .

Wells Moses Sawyer (1863—1960)

Wells Moses Sawyer was b o r n o n a f a r m i n I o w a o n J a n u a r y 3 1 , 1863. H e
first studied l a w , b u t i n 1882 changed to a r t , w o r k i n g u n d e r J o h n O .
Anderson, one o f the " D u v e n e c k G r o u p , " a n d later a t t e n d i n g the Chicago
A r t I n s t i t u t e (1885-1886). H e m o v e d to W a s h i n g t o n i n 1891 where he
studied at the Corcoran School o f A r t a n d at the W a s h i n g t o n A r t Students
League. H e also w o r k e d p r i v a t e l y w i t h H o w a r d H e l m i c k w h o was then
teaching at Georgetown U n i v e r s i t y . H i s a r t studies were carried o n for the
most p a r t i n the evening, for b o t h i n Chicago, a n d later i n W a s h i n g t o n , he
did illustrations for newspapers a n d i n W a s h i n g t o n w o r k e d as i l l u s t r a t o r for
the Geological Survey a n d the Bureau o f A m e r i c a n E t h n o l o g y (1891-1897).
H e also was designer a n d inspector o f furnishings for federal buildings i n the
office o f the Secretary o f the Treasury (1897-1906). H e m o v e d to N e w Y o r k ,
becoming head o f the advertising d e p a r t m e n t o f the N a t i o n a l C i t y Bank, a
position he h e l d u n t i l i l l h e a l t h forced r e t i r e m e n t i n the early 20's. A t this
t i m e he w e n t to Spain where he p a i n t e d u n t i l the outbreak o f the Spanish
C i v i l W a r made i t necessary to r e t u r n to the U n i t e d States. D u r i n g the
f o l l o w i n g years he spent m u c h t i m e i n M e x i c o a n d F l o r i d a , where he d i e d i n
Sarasota o n M a r c h 12, i 9 6 0 at the age o f ninety-seven. Sawyer's w o r k was
e x h i b i t e d b o t h i n g r o u p exhibitions a n d i n one-man shows i n Spain a n d i n
this c o u n t r y . T h e Corcoran h e l d an e x h i b i t i o n of his watercolors i n 1931. H i s
w o r k is represented i n the N a t i o n a l Collection o f Fine A r t s , W a s h i n g t o n , a n d
i n the M u s e u m of the C i t y of N e w Y o r k .

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Winter at Snug Rock
16J X 20 J ; c o m p o s i t i o n b o a r d
S I G N E D , l . r . : WELLS M SA WTER
C O L L . : the a r t i s t
R E F . : 47th Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture by American Artists, A r t
I n s t i t u t e , Chicago, 1936, n . p . , n o . 186; C . G . A . The Fifteenth Biennial Exhibition of
Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1937, p . 45, n o . 77
G i f t : Friends o f the A r t i s t , 1940 40.20

H e n r y Golden D e a r t h (1863/64—1918)
I n the b i o g r a p h i c a l notes w h i c h appeared i n the e x h i b i t i o n catalogues at the
start o f his career Dearth's b i r t h d a t e is given as A p r i l 22, 1863; however, i n
the catalogue for the m e m o r i a l e x h i b i t i o n organized b y the D i r e c t o r o f T h e
Buffalo Fine A r t s A c a d e m y i n cooperation w i t h his w i d o w a n d shown i n
sixteen cities d u r i n g 1919 a n d 1920, the date is given as 1864 a n d the b i r t h
place as Bristol, R h o d e I s l a n d . D e a r t h studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts
and w i t h A i m e M o r o t i n Paris, a n d , a l t h o u g h he r e t u r n e d to A m e r i c a about
1890 for a n extended p e r i o d , he spent most o f his life i n Europe. H e usually
passed b u t a few months each w i n t e r i n N e w Y o r k . H e kept a summer studio
at M o n t r e u i l - s u r - M e r near Boulogne w h i c h he used as headquarters for his
sketching trips along the coast o f N o r m a n d y a n d B r i t t a n y . H e was a collector
of O r i e n t a l , Near Eastern a n d early E u r o p e a n a r t a n d often used items f r o m
his collection i n his paintings. H e was a w a r d e d such honors as the W e b b
Prize b y the Society o f A m e r i c a n Artists (1893) a n d the Silver M e d a l at the
P a n - A m e r i c a n Exposition at Buffalo (1901). H i s w o r k is represented i n the
M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t , the D e t r o i t M u s e u m o f A r t , the C i t y A r t
M u s e u m , St. Louis, the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e , a n d the Carnegie Institute,
Pittsburgh. D e a r t h was elected Associate M e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y
i n 1901; A c a d e m i c i a n i n 1906. H e died at his home i n N e w Y o r k o n M a r c h
27, 1918.

Fantasy
34JX20
C O L L . : M r s . C h a u n c e y B l a i r , N e w Y o r k ; M r s . J o h n B. H a y w a r d , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .
G I F T : M i l d r e d H a y w a r d , 1964 64.31

Charles H e r b e r t W o o d b u r y (1864—1940)
Charles H e r b e r t W o o d b u r y was b o r n i n L y n n , Massachusetts, o n J u l y 14,
1864. H e received a B.S. degree f r o m the Massachusetts I n s t i t u t e o f T e c h -
nology i n 1886, b u t soon after g r a d u a t i o n abandoned engineering i n favor o f
p a i n t i n g . H e made several trips a b r o a d i n the 1890's, s t u d y i n g for a short
p e r i o d i n 1891 at the J u l i a n A c a d e m y i n Paris a n d m a k i n g numerous sketch-
ing excursions t h r o u g h H o l l a n d . O n his r e t u r n f r o m E u r o p e he settled i n
Boston, a l t h o u g h he spent m u c h o f his t i m e at his studio o n Perkins Cove near
O g u n q u i t , M a i n e . H e r e he conducted a summer school for over t h i r t y years,
f r o m 1899 to 1915 a n d again f r o m 1923 u n t i l a year before his death. A
gifted teacher, he was also v i s i t i n g lecturer at D a r t m o u t h a n d Wellesley
Colleges a n d at the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e . K n o w n p r i n c i p a l l y for his marines
and for his etchings, W o o d b u r y received m a n y honors, such as the Second
W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Silver M e d a l i n the Corcoran's F i f t h E x h i b i t i o n
of C o n t e m p o r a r y Paintings i n 1914, a n d a G o l d M e d a l for o i l p a i n t i n g a n d
M e d a l o f H o n o r for watercolors i n the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San

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 Francisco i n 1915. H i s w o r k is i n c l u d e d i n the collections o f the M e t r o p o l i -
tan M u s e u m o f A r t , the C i t y A r t M u s e u m , St. Louis, the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e ,
P i t t s b u r g h a n d the L i b r a r y o f Congress, W a s h i n g t o n . T h e C o r c o r a n h e l d an
e x h i b i t i o n o f his paintings, drawings a n d etchings i n 1920. H e was a m e m b e r
of the Society o f A m e r i c a n Artists (1899), the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (Associate,
1906; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1907), a n d the Society o f A m e r i c a n Etchers. H e died i n
Boston o n J a n u a r y 21,1940.

Monadnock 1912
36^x48^
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Chas. H Woodbury '12
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the a r t i s t
R E F . : W . H . Dowries, " T h e Ideas o f a M a r i n e P a i n t e r , " Art and Progress, v o l . I V , n o . 1
(Nov. 1912), p p . 761 ff., i l l . ( u n d e r t i t l e Mount Monadnock in Winter); C . G . A . Seventh
Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec. 1919-Jan. 1920, n . p . ,
no. 100; Paintings, Drawings and Prints by Charles H. Woodbury: A Retrospective Exhibition,
A d d i s o n G a l l e r y o f A m e r i c a n A r t , P h i l l i p s A c a d e m y , A n d o v e r , Massachusetts, 1935,
n.p., n o . 13
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1919 19.36

W o o d b u r y p a i n t e d m a n y views o f M o u n t M o n a d n o c k i n M a i n e . T h i s p a i n t i n g is
based o n a n o i l sketch d a t e d 1907 w h i c h , i n 1945, was i n the c o l l e c t i o n o f M r s .
Charles B. Perkins, Boston.

Louis M i c h e l Eilshemius (1864—1941)

Louis M i c h e l Eilshemius was b o r n at L a u r e l H i l l M a n o r near N e w a r k , N e w
Jersey, o n F e b r u a r y 4, 1864, son o f a w e a l t h y D u t c h i m p o r t e r . H e first
traveled to Europe w i t h his parents at the age of nine a n d attended schools i n
Dresden, G e r m a n y , a n d Geneva, S w i t z e r l a n d , f r o m 1875 to 1881. After
two years at C o r n e l l U n i v e r s i t y (1882-1884) he studied p a i n t i n g at the A r t
Students League i n N e w Y o r k a n d p r i v a t e l y u n d e r R o b e r t L . M i n o r . I n 1886
he w e n t to Paris to continue his t r a i n i n g at the J u l i a n A c a d e m y . After his
father's death i n 1892 Eilshemius traveled extensively i n Europe, N o r t h
A f r i c a , the F a r East (Samoa a n d the South Seas), a n d t h r o u g h o u t the U n i t e d
States. A l t h o u g h his early w o r k , p a i n t e d w h e n he was still i n his twenties, h a d
been shown i n b o t h the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design a n d the Pennsylvania
A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s , he gained l i t t l e recognition d u r i n g the succeeding
years. I t was n o t u n t i l his paintings, e x h i b i t e d i n the first e x h i b i t i o n o f the
Society o f I n d e p e n d e n t Artists i n N e w Y o r k i n 1917, came to the a t t e n t i o n o f
M a r c e l D u c h a m p t h a t he gained a small f o l l o w i n g . E m b i t t e r e d b y his
seeming failure, Eilshemius gave u p p a i n t i n g i n 1921. I n 1932 he suffered a
severe i n j u r y w h i c h caused p e r m a n e n t paralysis, a n d his last years were spent
L o u i s Eilshemius Meditation as a recluse i n his N e w Y o r k home o n East 57th Street. H o w e v e r , between
1932 a n d his death o n December 29, 1941, over twenty-five one-man
exhibitions o f his w o r k were h e l d i n N e w Y o r k . H e is represented i n the
M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t , the W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , the
M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k , the Phillips Collection, W a s h i n g t o n ,
and the Boston M u s e u m of Fine A r t s .

Meditation 1889
25ixi9
S I G N E D , l . r . : Eilshemius 1889 (almost i l l e g i b l e ) ; i n p e n c i l o n t o p o f stretcher: Meditation
1889
C O L L . : R o y R. Neuberger, N e w Y o r k
GIFT : Roy R . N e u b e r g e r , 1961 61.1 o. 1

6i
L o u i s Eilshemius Dawn over Pacific, Del Mar, California

D a w n O v e r Pacific, D e l Mar, California 1889

244x37
S I G N E D , l . r . : L.M. EilshemiuS i88g./California
C O L L . : R o y R . Neuberger, N e w Y o r k
G I F T : R o y R . N e u b e r g e r , 1961 61.10.3

NewMexicof c. 1903
1 3 J X 19; m a s o n i t e
SIGNED, l . r . : ElshEmus
C O L L . : Francis B i d d l e , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .
R E F . : C . G . A . Selections from the Collection of The Honorable and Mrs Francis Biddle, 1957,
n.p., n o . 4
G I F T : Francis B i d d l e , 1960 60.22

Three Nudes i n Woods 1905

20 X 30
SIGNED, l . r . : ElshemuS./igos
C O L L . : R o y R . Neuberger, N e w Y o r k
G I F T : R o y R . Neuberger, 1961 61.10.2

T w o G i r l s Bathing
19! X 30; composition board
SIGNED, l . r . : EilshemiuS
C O L L . : J u l i u s Z i r i n s k y ; James N . Rosenberg, N e w Y o r k
G I F T : James N . Rosenberg, 1959 59-30

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 H e n r y Bainbridge M c C a r t e r (1864—1942)
H e n r y M c C a r t e r was b o r n i n N o r r i s t o w n , Pennsylvania, o n J u l y 5, 1864. H e
studied u n d e r T h o m a s Eakins at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s
f r o m 1879 to 1883 a n d later i n Paris, p r i n c i p a l l y u n d e r Puvis de Chavannes
and L e o n Bonnat. O n his r e t u r n to P h i l a d e l p h i a he c o n t r i b u t e d illustrations
regularly to Scribner's, Century, Collier's a n d other publications, b u t was per-
haps best k n o w n as a teacher. H e was o n the faculty o f the Pennsylvania
A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s f r o m 1902 u n t i l his death i n 1942 a n d also t a u g h t
at the A r t Students League i n N e w Y o r k . H e w o n m a n y awards, r a n g i n g
f r o m the Silver M e d a l at the St. Louis E x p o s i t i o n i n 1904 to the Joseph
Pennell G o l d M e d a l a w a r d e d b y the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s
i n 1930. H e d i e d i n P h i l a d e l p h i a o n N o v e m b e r 20, 1942.

Apples and Roses j

29fx 24I
C O L L . : Francis B i d d l e , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .
G I F T : Francis B i d d l e , 1962 62.17

Red House and Barnf

30x36
C O L L . : Francis B i d d l e , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .
R E F . : C . G . A . Selections from the Collection of The Honourable and Mrs. Francis Biddle, 1957,
n.p., n o . 7
G I F T : Francis B i d d l e , 1960 60.24

Adolfo M u l l e r - U r y ( i 8 6 4 * - i g 4 7 )
A d o l f o M u l l e r - U r y was b o r n o n M a r c h 28, 1864* i n A i r o l o , S w i t z e r l a n d . H e
studied p a i n t i n g under M e l c h i o r - P a u l v o n Deschwanden at Stans, Switzer-
l a n d , at the M u n i c h A c a d e m y , a n d , f r o m 1881 to 1883, w i t h A l e x a n d r e
Cabanel i n Paris. H e w o r k e d i n R o m e , t h e n came to A m e r i c a a r o u n d
1886. A l t h o u g h he visited Europe a n n u a l l y , keeping a studio i n L o n d o n , he
established his p r i n c i p a l studio i n N e w Y o r k . H e gained a considerable
r e p u t a t i o n as a p o r t r a i t p a i n t e r a n d m a n y o f the religious, p o l i t i c a l a n d
c u l t u r a l leaders i n E u r o p e a n d A m e r i c a sat to h i m , i n c l u d i n g Pope Pius X ,
Pope Benedict X V , Pope Pius X I , Kaiser W i l h e l m , L o r d D u v e e n , President
M c K i n l e y , President a n d M r s . W i l s o n , a n d the financier, J . P i e r p o n t M o r -
gan. T h e Corcoran h e l d an e x h i b i t i o n o f his p o r t r a i t s i n 1908. M u l l e r - U r y
died i n N e w Y o r k o n J u l y 8, 1947.
*Some sources i n d i c a t e 1862

General Ulysses S. G r a n t 1897

6iiX4ii
S I G N E D , 1.1.: A. Muller-Uryl 18gy
C O L L . : Jefferson S e l i g m a n , N e w Y o r k
G I F T : Jefferson S e l i g m a n , 1900 00.9

Ulysses Simpson G r a n t , e i g h t e e n t h President o f the U n i t e d States (1869-1877) was

b o r n i n P o i n t Pleasant, O h i o , i n 1822. H e g r a d u a t e d f r o m W e s t P o i n t i n 1843 a n d
served i n M e x i c o , C a l i f o r n i a a n d O r e g o n before resigning his c o m m i s s i o n i n 1854. H e
r e j o i n e d the A r m y at the o u t b r e a k o f the C i v i l W a r , t a k i n g c o m m a n d o f the U n i o n
Forces, w i t h the r a n k o f L i e u t e n a n t - G e n e r a l i n 1864. I n 1866 he was p r o m o t e d t o
G e n e r a l . H e served for a b o u t six m o n t h s as Secretary o f W a r ad interim u n d e r Presi-
d e n t J o h n s o n i n 1867. H e was elected President i n 1868, a n d served t w o consecutive
terms. H e d i e d a t his s u m m e r cottage a t M t . M ' G r e g o r , near Saratoga, N e w Y o r k , o n
J u l y 23, 1885. T h i s p o r t r a i t was p a i n t e d twelve years after his d e a t h . T h e h e a d was
u n d o u b t e d l y based o n a p h o t o g r a p h o f a b o u t 1881, a p r i n t o f w h i c h is preserved i n
the L i b r a r y o f Congress.

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 Paul Wayland Bartlett (i865-1925)
Paul W a y l a n d B a r t l e t t was b o r n i n N e w H a v e n , Connecticut, on J a n u a r y 24,
1865, son o f the sculptor a n d critic, T r u m a n H o w e B a r t l e t t , w h o taught
m o d e l l i n g for twenty-three years at the Massachusetts Institute o f Tech-
nology. W h e n nine years o l d , B a r t l e t t was sent to France w i t h his m o t h e r for
his education a n d at the age o f fifteen entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. His
t r a i n i n g was concentrated i n the field o f sculpture, a n d his great r e n o w n i n
b o t h E u r o p e a n d A m e r i c a was earned i n this m e d i u m . H e d i d , however,
w h e n he was o n holiday, find relaxation i n m a k i n g small landscape sketches
i n o i l a n d pencil.
T h e t w e n t y - o n e o i l sketches listed b e l o w were g i v e n to the C o r c o r a n i n 1964 b y the
artist's step-daughter, M r s . A r m i s t e a d Peter I I I ( C a r o l i n e Ogden-Jones Peter),
P a u l W a y l a n d B a r t l e t t Pile Driver and
W a s h i n g t o n , D . C , w h o said t h a t they were for the most p a r t p a i n t e d w h i l e the f a m i l y
Docks
was v a c a t i o n i n g o n the coast o f B r i t t a n y d u r i n g the later years o f Bartlett's life.

Woods and Pasture Cityscape

11x8 64.37.1 5~wX 7 i t ; o n paper 64.37.11
Trees T h e Cliff
8ix6f 64.37.2 4 i X 5 ^ ; o n paper 64.37.12
Pile Driver and Docks Forest
7X8» 64-37-3 8 | X 5 ! ; o n paper 64-37-!3
Building by the Water Fishing Boats
6|x8| 64.37.4 2§ X 4 i ; o n paper 64.37.14
Cottage on the Creek Cliffs
6|x8| 64-37-5 5 J X 7; o n w o o d 64-37-I5
L i l y Pond O n the F r e n c h Coast
Six 6i 64.37.6 5 J- X 7; o n w o o d 64.37.16
S u m m e r Sky Figures on the Beach
io£x8f 64.37.7 5 J X 7; o n w o o d 64.37.17
Beach Sails on the Bay
5 i x 8 f ; o n paper 64.37.8 lof x8± 64.37.18

Harbor Scene The Harbor

4^ X 8 J ; o n paper 64-37-9 ioix8J 64.37.19
Coastal Village City by the Sea
5 i X 7 | ; o n paper 64.37.10 8Jx ioj 64.37.20

Seascape
7 x8f 64.37.48

Robert H e n r i (1865—1929)
R o b e r t H e n r i (original name, R o b e r t H e n r y Cozad) was b o r n i n C i n c i n n a t i
o n J u n e 25, 1865. A f t e r a rigorous y o u t h o n the frontier i n Nebraska he
entered the school o f the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s i n 1886,
w o r k i n g for t w o years under T h o m a s P. A n s h u t z before going to Paris to
continue his t r a i n i n g at the J u l i a n A c a d e m y . Dissatisfied w i t h the r i g i d i t y o f
academic instruction, he left Paris to t r a v e l i n B r i t t a n y , I t a l y a n d Spain,
w o r k i n g independently u n t i l his r e t u r n to the U n i t e d States i n 1891. H e
settled i n Philadelphia where he t a u g h t i n the W o m e n ' s School o f Design
a n d where his studio became the center for a g r o u p o f y o u n g artists w i t h
w h o m he w o u l d be closely associated t h r o u g h o u t his career, such m e n as
J o h n Sloan, W i l l i a m Glackens, George L u k s a n d Everett S h i n n . H e n r i
r e t u r n e d to Paris i n 1895, a n d i t was n o t u n t i l 1898 t h a t he established his

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R o b e r t H e n r i John Sloan
 studio i n N e w Y o r k , teaching successively at the V e l t i n School, the Chase
School, his o w n H e n r i School, a n d finally at the A r t Students League. A n
inspired teacher, he greatly influenced his m a n y pupils w h o i n c l u d e d George
Bellows, L e o n K r o l l , Eugene Speicher, R o c k w e l l K e n t a n d E d w a r d H o p p e r .
T h e 1917 Who's Who in Art listed over a h u n d r e d o f his former students.
Organizer a n d m e m b e r o f " T h e E i g h t " a n d supporter o f the independent
v a n g u a r d m o v e m e n t o f realistic expression, H e n r i was a controversial
leader i n the development o f A m e r i c a n a r t i n the early t w e n t i e t h century.
H e was granted nine awards d u r i n g his career, r a n g i n g f r o m the Silver
M e d a l at the P a n - A m e r i c a n Exposition i n Buffalo i n 1901 to the T e m p l e
G o l d M e d a l at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s i n 1929. H i s
paintings h a n g i n the collections o f w e l l over t h i r t y museums, i n c l u d i n g the
M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t , the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e , a n d the Boston
M u s e u m o f Fine A r t s . H e n r i r e t u r n e d often to E u r o p e a n d i n the later years
of his life kept a summer home i n C o u n t y M a y o , I r e l a n d . H e died i n N e w
Y o r k o n J u l y 12, 1929.

John Sloan 1904

56|x ii 4

S I G N E D , l . r . : Robert Henri IGO4

C O L L . : M r . a n d M r s . J o h n Sloan, N e w Y o r k
R E F . : Catalogue of a Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Robert Henri, T h e M e t r o p o l i t a n
M u s e u m o f A r t , N e w Y o r k , 1931, p . 5, n o . 18, i l l . ; D . G r a f l y , " R o b e r t H e n r i , "
American Magazine of Art, v o l . 23, n o . 6 ( J u n e 1931), p p . 436 ff., i l l . ; C . G . A . Illustrated
Handbook of Paintings, Sculpture and Other Art Objects, 1939, p . 55, n o . 172, i l l . ; C . G . A .
Handbook of the American Paintings, 1947, p . 72, i l l . ; R . H . B r e m n e r , " R o b e r t H e n r i , "
Museum Echoes, v o l . 27, n o . 10 ( O c t . 1954), p p . 75 ff., i l l . ; V . W . Brooks, John Sloan, a
Painter's Life, 1955, p . 192, i l l . ; Robert Henri, I 8 6 J - I G 2 G — I G 6 J , Sheldon M e m o r i a l A r t
G a l l e r y , U n i v e r s i t y o f N e b r a s k a , L i n c o l n , 1965, p . 32, n o . 22
G I F T : M r . a n d M r s . J o h n S l o a n , 1939 39.5

F o r b i o g r a p h y of J o h n Sloan, the artist, see b e l o w p . 8 4 .

Seated Nude c. 1918

32 X 2 6 J
C O L L . : estate o f the a r t i s t ; M r . a n d M r s . A . M . A d l e r , N e w Y o r k
G I F T : A . M . a n d L i l l i a n A d l e r , 1967 67.4

Indian G i r l i n White Ceremonial Blanket c. 1921

32 X 26
Signed, l . r . : ROBERT HENRI; o n b a c k : 21 IK f o l l o w e d b y "ROBERT HENRI/
INDIAN GIRL IN WHITE CEREMONIAL/BLANKET"
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the a r t i s t
R E F . : C . G . A . The Ninth Exhibition of Contemporary Oil Paintings, Dec. 1923-Jan. 1924,
p. 7 1 , n o . 2 8 1 , i l l . ; R . H e n d e r s o n , " R o b e r t H e n r i , " The American Magazine of Art,
vol. X X I , n o . 1 ( J a n . 1930), p p . 3 ff., i l l . ; Art of the United States, The X X I s t
B i e n n i a l , V e n i c e , 1938, n . p . , n o . 2 9 ; Directions in Twentieth Century American Painting,
Dallas M u s e u m o f F i n e A r t s , Texas, 1961, n . p . , n o . 14, i l l . ; Modern American Painting:
I G I 5 , T h e F i n e A r t s G a l l e r y o f San D i e g o , C a l i f o r n i a , Dec. 1962-Jan. 1963, p p . 15 f.,
R o b e r t H e n r i Indian Girl in White no. 2 1 , i l l .
Ceremonial Blanket P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1923 23.15

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 Robert Lee MacCameron (1866—1912)
R o b e r t Lee M a c C a m e r o n was b o r n i n Chicago o n J a n u a r y 14, 1866. H e
spent his b o y h o o d i n the p r i m i t i v e f r o n t i e r t o w n o f Necadah, Wisconsin. A t
the age o f fourteen he was w o r k i n g as a l u m b e r j a c k w h e n a chance m e e t i n g
w i t h a F r e n c h d r a w i n g teacher gave h i m an incentive to f o l l o w his n a t u r a l
a p t i t u d e for a r t . H e w e n t to Chicago where he was e m p l o y e d as an i l l u s t r a t o r
w h i l e s t u d y i n g p a i n t i n g at the Y . M . C . A . , t h e n to N e w Y o r k , w o r k i n g briefly
u n d e r W i l l i a m M e r r i t t Chase. I n 1888 he traveled to L o n d o n , a n d after a
short p e r i o d crossed the C h a n n e l to Paris where he entered the Ecole des
Beaux-Arts. T h e f o l l o w i n g years were spent i n E u r o p e , a n d i t was there t h a t
he received his first p u b l i c recognition. H e w o n t w o awards i n the Paris
Salons o f 1904 a n d 1906, a n d i n the Salon o f 1908 was given the Hors Con-
cours a w a r d o n the p a i n t i n g listed below. Subsequently he w o r k e d especially i n
the field o f p o r t r a i t u r e , p a i n t i n g i n L o n d o n , Paris a n d N e w Y o r k where such
notables as the D u k e a n d Duchess o f R u t l a n d , L a d y D i a n a M a n n e r s ,
Auguste R o d i n , Presidents M c K i n l e y a n d T a f t a n d Miss M a u d e A d a m s sat
to h i m . H e was elected Associate M e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 191 o
and a Chevalier de l a L e g i o n d ' H o n n e u r i n 1912. H e was o n a t r i p to the
U n i t e d States to f u l f i l l p o r t r a i t commissions w h e n he d i e d suddenly i n N e w
Y o r k o n December 29, 1912.

Group of Friends 190 7

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S I G N E D , 1.1.: R. MacCAMERONPARIS 1907
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : Salon de 1908, Paris, n . p . , n o . 1157, i l l . ( H o r s Concours A w a r d ) ; C . G . A .
Second Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec. 1908-Jan. 1909,
n.p., n o . 178 ( u n d e r t i t l e Groupe d'Amis)
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1909 09.9

T h i s p a i n t i n g , k n o w n as Groupe d'Amis, has also been listed i n some p u b l i c a t i o n s as

Wormwood. I t is related to the p a i n t i n g , Absinthe Drinkers, f o r m e r l y i n the c o l l e c t i o n o f
the Buffalo F i n e A r t s A c a d e m y ( A l b r i g h t - K n o x A r t G a l l e r y ) . I t s present l o c a t i o n is
unknown.

A l l e n Tucker (1866—1939)
A l l e n T u c k e r was b o r n o n J u n e 29, 1866 i n Sterling Heights, n o w a section
of B r o o k l y n , N e w Y o r k . H e took a degree i n architecture at C o l u m b i a
U n i v e r s i t y i n 1888, a n d , w h i l e w o r k i n g as an a r c h i t e c t u r a l draftsman i n
N e w Y o r k , studied p a i n t i n g a n d d r a w i n g at the A r t Students League u n d e r
J o h n H . T w a c h t m a n (1891-1895). I n 1904 he left the field o f architecture to
devote full t i m e to p a i n t i n g . K e e p i n g N e w Y o r k as headquarters, he spent
summers p a i n t i n g i n France a n d Spain, along the coasts o f N e w E n g l a n d a n d
N e w Jersey, or i n N e w M e x i c o or the C a n a d i a n Rockies. T u c k e r was a m e m -
ber o f the Association of A m e r i c a n Painters a n d Sculptors a n d took an active
p a r t i n the o r g a n i z a t i o n o f the A r m o r y Show o f 1913. I n 1917 he helped to
f o u n d the Society o f I n d e p e n d e n t Artists. H e t a u g h t a n d lectured at the A r t
Students League f r o m 1920 to 1928 a n d d u r i n g the last years o f his life
published extensively. H i s first comprehensive one-man show was h e l d i n
1918 at the W h i t n e y Studio C l u b w h i c h later became the W h i t n e y M u s e u m
of A m e r i c a n A r t , a n d i t was a p p r o p r i a t e t h a t the large m e m o r i a l e x h i b i t i o n
of Tucker's works i n 1939 was held b y t h a t i n s t i t u t i o n . H e is represented i n
the M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t , the W h i t n e y M u s e u m , the B r o o k l y n
A l l e n T u c k e r A Book of Verse

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Museum, the Phillips Collection, Washington, the A l b r i g h t - K n o x A r t
Gallery, Buffalo, a n d the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e . T u c k e r died i n N e w Y o r k on
J a n u a r y 26, 1939.

A Book of V e r s e 1916
30x25
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Allen Tucker 11916
C O L L . : the estate o f the a r t i s t ; T h e A l l e n T u c k e r M e m o r i a l
G I F T : T h e A l l e n T u c k e r M e m o r i a l , 1955 55.2

November A u t u m n
40 X 50
S I G N E D , l . r . : Allen Tucker
C O L L . : the estate o f the a r t i s t ; T h e A l l e n T u c k e r M e m o r i a l
G I F T : T h e A l l e n T u c k e r M e m o r i a l , 1955 55.3

A l b e r t Lorey G r o l l (i860—1952)
A l b e r t L o r e y G r o l l was b o r n i n N e w Y o r k o n December 8, 1866. H e attended
a d r a w i n g school i n D a r m s t a d t , G e r m a n y , before s t u d y i n g at the R o y a l
A c a d e m y o f M u n i c h f r o m w h i c h he was graduated i n 1899. O n his r e t u r n to
N e w Y o r k he specialized i n landscape p a i n t i n g a n d was p a r t i c u l a r l y k n o w n
for his views o f the desert area o f the South West. H e h a d first become interested
i n t h a t p a r t o f the c o u n t r y w h e n he accompanied Professor Stuart C u l i n o f
the B r o o k l y n M u s e u m o f A r t s a n d Sciences o n an e x p l o r a t i o n t r i p to N e w
M e x i c o a n d A r i z o n a at the t u r n o f the century, a n d he made m a n y further
trips to t h a t area d u r i n g his l o n g career. G r o l l w o n numerous awards, i n -
c l u d i n g the G o l d M e d a l at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s i n
1907, the Inness G o l d M e d a l at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design i n 1911, a n d
the Silver M e d a l at the San Francisco E x p o s i t i o n i n 1915. H e was elected
A c a d e m i c i a n i n the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 191 o a n d was a m e m b e r o f the
N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters. H i s w o r k is represented i n the
M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t , the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , the B r o o k l y n M u s e u m
a n d the Phillips Collection, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . G r o l l died i n N e w Y o r k on
October 2, 1952.

No-Man's L a n d , Arizona
4°iX5ii
S I G N E D , l . r . : A. L. Groll
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Third Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec.
1910-Jan. 1911, n . p . , n o . 38
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1911 11.7

George Benjamin Luks (1867—1933)

George B e n j a m i n L u k s was b o r n i n the m i n i n g t o w n o f W i l l i a m s p o r t ,
Pennsylvania, o n August 13, 1867. H i s father was a physician a n d his
m o t h e r an amateur painter. H e attended the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the
Fine A r t s a n d i n 1885 w e n t to G e r m a n y to enter the Diisseldorf A r t A c a d e m y .
F o r a b o u t ten years he traveled a n d studied i n E u r o p e , r e t u r n i n g to Phila-
d e l p h i a i n 1894 to w o r k as a newspaper artist, first o n the Philadelphia Press
a n d t h e n o n the Evening Bulletin. H e r e he was i n i t i a t e d i n t o R o b e r t H e n r i ' s
" T u e s d a y E v e n i n g s " a n d became close friends w i t h Everett S h i n n , W i l l i a m

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George B e n j a m i n L u k s Woman with Black Cat
 Glackens a n d J o h n Sloan, a l l fellow press artists. A f t e r a b r i e f assignment to
C u b a to cover the Spanish-American W a r , L u k s m o v e d to N e w Y o r k i n 1896
where he j o i n e d the staff o f the New York World, i l l u s t r a t i n g news stories,
d r a w i n g caricatures, a n d c o n t r i b u t i n g a weekly comic page. U p to this
p e r i o d he h a d w o r k e d almost exclusively i n black a n d w h i t e , b u t i n 1898 he
began p a i n t i n g i n oils w i t h such success t h a t he was soon able to give u p
j o u r n a l i s m . A n independent, as were his friends S h i n n , Glackens a n d Sloan
w h o were also n o w w o r k i n g i n N e w Y o r k , he was g r o u p e d w i t h t h e m as one
of the N e w Y o r k Realists or "ash can school." H e was a m e m b e r o f " T h e
E i g h t , " a n d p a r t i c i p a t e d i n the 1913 A r m o r y Show. H e was awarded the
T e m p l e G o l d M e d a l at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s i n 1918,
the L o g a n M e d a l at the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e i n b o t h 1920 a n d 1926, a n d the
First W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d G o l d M e d a l at the C o r c o r a n Gallery i n
1932 o n the p a i n t i n g listed below. H e t a u g h t for a t i m e at the A r t Students
League a n d conducted his o w n classes i n t e r m i t t e n t l y . A l t h o u g h he rebelled
against the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y a n d most o f the conservative a r t associations
of his day he was a m e m b e r o f the A m e r i c a n Society o f Painters, Sculptors
and Gravers, the N a t i o n a l Association o f P o r t r a i t Painters, a n d the N e w
Society of Artists. H e d i e d i n N e w Y o r k o n O c t o b e r 29, 1933.

W o m a n with Black C a t 1932

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S I G N E D , 1.1.: George Luks
C O L L . : purchased f r o m t h e artist
R E F . : Art Digest, v o l . V I I , n o . 5 (Dec. 1, 1932), p . 3, i l l . ( o n c o v e r ) ; C . G . A . The
Thirteenth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Dec. 1932-Jan. 1933, p . 45,
no. 82, i l l . (First Prize a n d C o r c o r a n G o l d M e d a l ) ; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of
Paintings, Sculpture and Other Art Objects, 1933, p . 65, n o . 200, i l l . ; Catalog of an Exhibi-
tion of the Work of George Benjamin Luks, N e w a r k M u s e u m , N e w Jersey, 1934, p . 27,
no. 68, i l l . ; Magazine of Art, J a n . 1937, p . 5, i l l . ( i n c o l o r ) ; Art of the United States, T h e
X X I s t B i e n n i a l , V e n i c e , 1938, n . p . , n o . 3 7 ; E . F. G u a l , El Arte en los Estados Unidos:
La Pintura, M e x i c o , 1956, v o l . I I , p p . 14 ff., i l l . ( i n c o l o r ) ; C . G . A . Twenty Fifth
Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1957, " T h e H i s t o r i c a l
S e c t i o n , " p . 15, n o . 13, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1932 32.13

T h e artist i n f o r m e d t h e G a l l e r y t h a t the subject was a n o l d beggar w o m a n w h o m he

saw o n the street i n N e w Y o r k a n d asked t o pose for h i m .

Jerome Myers (1867—1940)

J e r o m e M y e r s was b o r n i n Petersburg, V i r g i n i a , o n M a r c h 20, 1867. H i s
f a m i l y m o v e d to P h i l a d e l p h i a , t h e n to B a l t i m o r e where, still i n his teens, he
w o r k e d as a sign p a i n t e r a n d posed i n spare t i m e for students i n the B a l t i m o r e
School o f Fine A r t s . W h e n his f a m i l y m o v e d to N e w Y o r k i n 1886 he studied
evenings at Cooper U n i o n a n d the A r t Students League w h i l e employed
d u r i n g the day p a i n t i n g signs a n d stage sets a n d w o r k i n g finally i n the a r t
d e p a r t m e n t o f the Herald Tribune. H e w e n t to Paris i n 1896, b u t r e t u r n e d to
N e w Y o r k after a b r i e f stay to make a career o f r e c o r d i n g the life o f the lower
East Side. I n 1900 a n i n t r o d u c t i o n to W i l l i a m M a c b e t h resulted i n his
association w i t h the M a c b e t h Gallery. H o w e v e r , he d i d n o t have his first
one-man e x h i b i t i o n o f paintings at the gallery u n t i l 1908. M y e r s became
allied w i t h the N e w Y o r k Realists, such independents as R o b e r t H e n r i ,
W i l l i a m Glackens, J o h n Sloan a n d G u y Pene duBois. A l t h o u g h he was not
one o f " T h e E i g h t , " he was a m e m b e r o f the A m e r i c a n Society o f Painters,
Sculptors a n d Gravers a n d took a n active p a r t i n p l a n n i n g the 1913 A r m o r y

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J e r o m e M y e r s Life on the East Side

Show. H i s early w o r k consisted m a i n l y o f drawings, pastels a n d watercolors,

b u t i n mid-career he t u r n e d m o r e a n d m o r e to p a i n t i n g i n o i l , a n d a r o u n d
1915 he began also to etch. H i s first a w a r d was a Bronze M e d a l presented at
the St. Louis Exposition i n 1904, a n d m a n y other honors followed, such as the
N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y Clarke Prize i n 1919 a n d the Carnegie Prize i n 1936. H e
was elected Associate M e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1919 a n d
A c a d e m i c i a n i n 1929. D u r i n g the last years o f his life he published numerous
illustrated articles, a n d his a u t o b i o g r a p h y , Artist in Manhattan, came o u t o n l y a
few months before his death i n N e w Y o r k on J u n e 29, 1940.

Life on the E a s t Side 1931

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S I G N E D , l . r . : JEROME MYERS IN. T. 1931
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Thirteenth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Dec.
1932-Jan. 1933, p . 55, n o . 120; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of Paintings, Sculpture and
Other Art Objects, 1933, p . 75, i l l . ; A . B u r r o u g h s , Limners and Likenesses, 1936, p . 158,
i l l . ; J . M y e r s , Artist in Manhattan, A m e r i c a n A r t i s t s G r o u p , N e w Y o r k , 1940, p . 2 2 1 ,
i l l . ; Jerome Myers Memorial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American A r t , New
Y o r k , 1941, p . 10, n o . 2 0 ; C . G . A . Twenty Fifth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary
American Oil Paintings, 1957, " T h e H i s t o r i c a l S e c t i o n , " p . 19, n o . 4 1 ; Jerome Myers:
An Artist in Manhattan, D e l a w a r e A r t Center, W i l m i n g t o n , 1967, p . 13, n o . 23
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1932 32.11

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M y e r s has w r i t t e n o f this scene, as w e l l as o f a closely r e l a t e d p a i n t i n g , The Old
Quarter: " T y p i c a l a n d a r r e s t i n g this East Side scene, East o f the B o w e r y , h a r d l y m o r e
t h a n a stone's t h r o w f r o m C h i n a t o w n . T h e impress o f character creates a n atmos-
phere v i t a l a n d personal, o f a race f o r w h o m d a i l y existence mingles t h e o l d a n d t h e
n e w - f r o m t h e synagogue t o t h e p u s h c a r t , f r o m the b a r t e r o f the m o r n i n g m a r k e t to
the h o l y d i n n e r a t evening, l i g h t e d b y the sacred S a b b a t h candles. A g e has its respect,
y o u t h its t r a i n i n g . T h e i r d a i l y life is n o t w i t h o u t h u m o r , aged m e n deeply mused i n
the T a l m u d a d d i n g t h e i r m o n o t o n e t o the m a r k e t c h o r u s . "

Walter Elmer Schofield (1867-1944)

W a l t e r E l m e r Schofield was b o r n i n P h i l a d e l p h i a o n September 9, 1867. H e
studied at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s a n d , i n 1892, con-
t i n u e d his t r a i n i n g at the J u l i a n A c a d e m y i n Paris. T i r i n g o f the conserva-
tive i n s t r u c t i o n at the A c a d e m y , he left t o p a i n t en plein air i n the area o f
Fontainebleau a n d i n B r i t t a n y . H e later f o u n d the south coast o f E n g l a n d
congenial a n d became identified w i t h the painters' colony located at St. Ives.
H e d i v i d e d his t i m e between Europe a n d the U n i t e d States t h r o u g h o u t his
career, e x h i b i t i n g r e g u l a r l y i n b o t h L o n d o n a n d A m e r i c a . H e was elected a
m e m b e r o f the R o y a l Society o f B r i t i s h Artists a n d t h e R o y a l Society o f O i l
Painters i n E n g l a n d , a n d was a m e m b e r o f the Society o f A m e r i c a n Artists
(1904), the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e of A r t s a n d Letters, a n d the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y
(Associate, 1902; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1907). H i s w o r k was recognized w i t h m a n y
honors, such as the First H a l l g a r t e n Prize a t the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design
i n 1901, the Sesnan G o l d M e d a l at t h e Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine
A r t s i n 1903, the G o l d M e d a l o f H o n o r a t the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e i n 1904, a n d
the M r s . K e i t h Spalding Prize at t h e Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e i n 1921. T h e
Corcoran G a l l e r y h e l d three one-man exhibitions o f his paintings i n 1912,
1920 a n d 1932, a n d a w a r d e d the Second W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Silver
M e d a l for his w o r k e x h i b i t e d i n the T e n t h B i e n n i a l i n 1926. Schofield died i n
C o r n w a l l , E n g l a n d , o n M a r c h 1, 1944.

Cliff Shadows 1921

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S I G N E D , 1.1.: Schofield-/''21
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Eighth Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec.
1921-Jan. 1922, p . 27, n o . 9 9 , i l l . ; V . B a r k e r , " C o n t e m p o r a r y P a i n t i n g a t t h e Cor-
c o r a n G a l l e r y o f A r t , " Art and Archeology, v o l . X I I I , n o . 1 ( D e c . 1921), p p . 5 f., i l l - ;
" S t u d i o - T a l k , " The Studio, v o l . 8 3 , n o . 347 (Feb. 15, 1922), p . 115, i l l . ; The American
Magazine of Art, v o l . 13, n o . 2 (Feb. 1922), p . 46, i l l . ; J . L e v e r , " W . E l m e r Schofield —
A r t i s t , " The Vista, A u g . 1929, p p . 8, 27, i l l . ; C . G . A . Special Exhibition of Paintings by
W. Elmer Schofield, 1932, n . p . , n o . 10
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1921 21.9

T h i s scene is one o f m a n y Schofield p a i n t e d o f the r o c k y coast o f C o r n w a l l .

Alfred H e n r y M a u r e r (1868—1932)
A l f r e d H e n r y M a u r e r was b o r n i n N e w Y o r k o n A p r i l 2 1 , 1868, son o f the
artist Louis M a u r e r , w h o h a d p a i n t e d m a n y o f t h e p o p u l a r scenes for
prints published b y C u r r i e r a n d Ives. H e grew u p i n a brownstone r o w house
on West 4 3 r d Street a n d , at t h e age o f sixteen, left school t o w o r k i n the
family's c o m m e r c i a l l i t h o g r a p h y f i r m . H i s early a r t t r a i n i n g was perfunctory,
but as t i m e allowed he attended evening classes at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f
Design. I n 1897 he w e n t a b r o a d a n d for t h e next seventeen years l i v e d i n

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A l f r e d H e n r y M a u r e r Toung Woman in Kimono

Paris, s t u d y i n g briefly at the J u l i a n A c a d e m y , b u t for the most p a r t w o r k i n g

on his o w n . P a i n t i n g i n an academic style reminiscent o f Whistler, he soon
achieved professional recognition, w i n n i n g the G o l d M e d a l a n d the First
Prize o f $1,500 at the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e i n 1901, a n d , over the next four
years, medals at the P a n - A m e r i c a n E x p o s i t i o n , Buffalo, at the St. Louis
Exposition, a n d at exhibitions i n Liege a n d M u n i c h . A r o u n d 1904 he m e t
G e r t r u d e a n d Leo Stein a n d their coterie o f artist friends i n Paris, a n d a b o u t
this t i m e abandoned his academic m a n n e r o f p a i n t i n g to experiment w i t h
impressionism a n d fauvism, a n d eventually cubism. H e h e l d his first one-
m a n e x h i b i t i o n i n the Stieglitz " 2 9 1 G a l l e r y " i n N e w Y o r k i n 1909 a n d was
occasionally i n c l u d e d thereafter i n the g r o u p exhibitions o f avant-garde
painters i n the " 2 9 1 " a n d other N e w Y o r k galleries. F o u r o f his paintings
were h u n g i n the 1913 A r m o r y Show. H e was a m e m b e r o f the Society o f
I n d e p e n d e n t Artists a n d e x h i b i t e d a n n u a l l y w i t h this g r o u p f r o m 1917 to
1932. I n 1914, W o r l d W a r I forced M a u r e r ' s r e t u r n to N e w Y o r k , a n d he
spent the rest o f his life p a i n t i n g i n a small back b e d r o o m i n his father's
West 4 3 r d Street residence, subjected to constant p a r e n t a l disapproval a n d
harassment a n d b i t t e r press c r i t i c i s m . I t was n o t u n t i l the late 20's t h a t a
l i m i t e d p u b l i c accepted his w o r k . H e first visited M a r l b o r o - o n - t h e - H u d s o n
a r o u n d 1915, a n d this area became a congenial summer retreat to w h i c h he
often escaped t h r o u g h o u t the succeeding years. D e b i l i t a t e d b y i l l h e a l t h ,
w h i c h was aggravated b y the crushing news t h a t the contents o f his Paris

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A l f r e d H e n r y M a u r e r Two Heads

studio, to w h i c h he h a d been unable to r e t u r n , h a d been dispersed i n pay-

m e n t o f d e l i n q u e n t rent, a n d e m o t i o n a l l y upset b y the invidious comparison
of his w o r k to his father's, he became increasingly depressed. W h e n his father
was "rediscovered" shortly before reaching the age o f one h u n d r e d , the
p u b l i c acclaim accorded the o l d man's w o r k was p a r t i c u l a r l y g a l l i n g to
M a u r e r , a n d i n deep discouragement he c o m m i t t e d suicide i n N e w Y o r k o n
A u g u s t 4, 1932, t w o weeks f o l l o w i n g his father's death.

Young W o m a n i n K i m o n o c. 1901
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S I G N E D , l . r . : Alfred H. Maurer
C O L L . : E d i t h Newlands Johnston and Janet Newlands Johnston, Washington, D.C.
R E F . : C. E. Buckley, " F o u r C o n t e m p o r a r i e s , " C . G . A . Bulletin, v o l . 3, no. 3 ( J a n .

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2 1
c o v e r ) ; Alfred H. Maurer, B e r t h a Schaefer G a l l e r y , N e w
o n

Y o r k , 1958, n . p . , n o . 1; R . M . Coates, " H a r t l e y a n d M a u r e r , "The New Yorker,

Dec. 20, 1958, p . 78

G I F T : E d i t h N e w l a n d s J o h n s t o n a n d J a n e t N e w l a n d s J o h n s t o n , 1950 50.11

T w o Heads c.1929
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C O L L . : the artist's estate; l o n e a n d H u d s o n W a l k e r C o l l e c t i o n , U n i v e r s i t y o f M i n n e -
sota
R E F . : Alfred H. Maurer, 1868-1932, Babcock Galleries, N e w Y o r k , 1968, p . 9, n o . 11,
ill.
P U R C H A S E : D i r e c t o r ' s D i s c r e t i o n a r y F u n d , 1968 68.29
G i r l with R e d H a i r f
24! X 17I; board
S I G N E D , 1.1.: A. H. Maurer
C O L L . : Francis B i d d l e , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .
R E F . : C . G . A . Selections from the Collection of The Honorable and Mrs. Francis Biddle,
!957> n . p . , n o . 6
G I F T : Francis B i d d l e , i 9 6 0 60.23

Chauncey Foster Ryder (1868—1949)

Chauncey Foster Ryder, landscape painter, etcher a n d l i t h o g r a p h e r , was
b o r n i n D a n b u r y , Connecticut, o n F e b r u a r y 29, 1868. H e attended the
Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e a n d , after w o r k i n g i n Chicago for t w o years as an
illustrator, c o n t i n u e d his t r a i n i n g at Paris i n the atelier o f M a x B o h m a n d at
the J u l i a n A c a d e m y . H e traveled i n H o l l a n d , I t a l y a n d France before
r e t u r n i n g to the U n i t e d States about 1908. H e established his studio i n N e w
Y o r k , b u t spent l o n g summers p a i n t i n g i n N e w E n g l a n d where he h a d a
residence at W i l t o n , N e w H a m p s h i r e . H e e x h i b i t e d i n the Paris Salons a n d i n
L o n d o n , Glasgow a n d A n t w e r p w h i l e i n E u r o p e between 1902 a n d 1908,
w i n n i n g his first professional recognition w i t h an H o n o r a b l e M e n t i o n i n the
Paris Salon o f 1907. H e received a Silver M e d a l at the Panama-Pacific
Exposition i n San Francisco i n 1915 a n d the second A l t m a n Prize at the
N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design i n 1933. H e was elected Associate o f the
N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1914, A c a d e m i c i a n i n 1920, a n d was also a m e m b e r o f
the A m e r i c a n W a t e r Color Society a n d the Society o f A m e r i c a n Etchers.
R y d e r died i n N e w Y o r k o n M a y 18, 1949 at the age of eighty-one.

Cape Porpoise
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S I G N E D , 1.1.: Chauncey F. Ryder
C o l l . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Fourth Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec.
1912-Jan. 1913, n . p . , n o . 242
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d ,1912 12.9

Cape Porpoise is located near O g u n q u i t , M a i n e .

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Bryson Burroughs (1869—1934)
Bryson Burroughs was b o r n o n September 8, 1869 at H y d e Park, Massa-
chusetts, a suburb o f Boston. H e studied at the A r t A c a d e m y o f C i n c i n n a t i
and i n 1889 attended the A r t Students League, N e w Y o r k , w o r k i n g under
Siddons M o w b r a y a n d K e n y o n Cox. H a v i n g w o n the League's Chanler
Scholarship i n 1891, he c o n t i n u e d his t r a i n i n g i n Paris at the J u l i a n Academy,
the Ecole des Beaux-Arts a n d i n the atelier o f L u c - O l i v i e r M e r s o n . T h e
elderly Puvis de Chavannes befriended the y o u n g student d u r i n g this period
and greatly influenced his w o r k . A f t e r a year i n Florence, he r e t u r n e d to the
U n i t e d States i n 1896, establishing his studio i n N e w Y o r k a n d teaching
briefly at the A r t Students League (1902-1903). I n 1906 he accepted the
position o f Assistant C u r a t o r o f Paintings at the M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f
A r t , becoming C u r a t o r i n 1909, a post he held u n t i l his death i n N e w Y o r k i n
1934. F r o m this t i m e o n he was able to devote o n l y p a r t t i m e to his p a i n t i n g ,
but one-man exhibitions were h e l d i n Paris (1914), a n d i n such institutions
as the A l b r i g h t A r t Gallery, Buffalo, the Cleveland M u s e u m o f A r t , the
C i n c i n n a t i M u s e u m o f A r t a n d the D e t r o i t M u s e u m o f A r t . H e w o r k e d also
i n the field o f m u r a l decoration, using the early I t a l i a n fresco technique. H e
was a m e m b e r o f the Society o f A m e r i c a n Artists a n d an A c a d e m i c i a n o f
the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y .

Demeter and Persephone 1917

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S I G N E D , l . r . : BRTSONBURROUGHS 1917
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Twelfth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, N o v . 1930-
Jan. 1931, p . 79, n o . 226, i l l . ; Bryson Burroughs: Catalogue of a Memorial Exhibition of
His Works, T h e M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m of A r t , N e w Y o r k , 1935, p . 3, n o . 26, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1930 30.7

As was his w o n t , B u r r o u g h s has used here a t y p i c a l l y A m e r i c a n landscape, reminiscent

perhaps o f the shore o f Peconic B a y o n L o n g I s l a n d , as the b a c k g r o u n d for this
version o f a n episode i n the D e m e t e r a n d Persephone classical m y t h .

E. Ambrose Webster (1869—1935)

E. Ambrose Webster was b o r n i n Charlestown, Massachusetts, o n J a n u a r y 3 1 ,
1869. I n 1893 he entered the School o f the Boston M u s e u m o f Fine A r t s to
study under F r a n k Benson a n d E d m u n d T a r b e l l a n d i n 1896 c o n t i n u e d his
t r a i n i n g at the J u l i a n A c a d e m y i n Paris. H e spent some t i m e i n E g m o n d ,
H o l l a n d , before r e t u r n i n g to the U n i t e d States i n 1900. H e settled i n
P r o v i n c e t o w n , Massachusetts, w h i c h was to r e m a i n his p e r m a n e n t home,
a l t h o u g h he traveled extensively i n Europe, the West Indies, a n d i n this
c o u n t r y . I n the early 20's he r e t u r n e d to Paris for a year's study w i t h the
Cubist painter, A l b e r t Gleizes. Webster was one o f the f o u n d i n g members o f
the P r o v i n c e t o w n A r t Association a n d served as its D i r e c t o r f r o m 1917 to
1919, a c t i n g as j u r o r , teacher, lecturer as w e l l as e x h i b i t o r w i t h this group for
m a n y years. H e died at his home i n P r o v i n c e t o w n o n J a n u a r y 23, 1935. A
m e m o r i a l e x h i b i t i o n o f his w o r k was h e l d b y the P r o v i n c e t o w n A r t Associa-
t i o n i n 1950, a n d a Retrospective E x h i b i t i o n at the Babcock Galleries i n N e w
Y o r k i n 1965.

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Match-Me-If-You-Can 1915
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C O L L . : the artist's estate; K a r l F. Rodgers, West C a l d w e l l , N e w Jersey ( n e p h e w o f the
artist)
R E F . : E. Ambrose Webster, i86g-igj5: A Retrospective of Paintings, Babcock Galleries,
N e w Y o r k , 1965, n . p . , n o . 4
G I F T : K a r l F. Rodgers, 1965 65.17.1

Banana T r e e
30 X 40
S I G N E D , l . r . : E.A. WEBSTER
C O L L . : the artist's estate; K a r l F. Rodgers, West C a l d w e l l , N e w Jersey ( n e p h e w o f t h e
artist)
G I F T : K a r l F . Rodgers, 1965 65.17.2

W i l l i a m McGregor Paxton (1869—1941)

W i l l i a m M c G r e g o r P a x t o n was b o r n i n B a l t i m o r e , M a r y l a n d , o n J u n e 22,
1869, a l t h o u g h he spent his y o u t h i n N e w t o n , Massachusetts, where his
f a m i l y m o v e d i n 1870. H e began his a r t t r a i n i n g u n d e r Dennis B u n k e r at the
Cowles A r t School i n Boston a n d at the age o f nineteen w e n t to Paris to study
u n d e r J e a n - L e o n Gerome at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. H e r e t u r n e d to
Boston i n 1893, a n d this c i t y r e m a i n e d the center o f his a c t i v i t y a l t h o u g h he
d i d considerable w o r k i n P h i l a d e l p h i a . H e was a p p o i n t e d i n s t r u c t o r i n the
School o f the Boston M u s e u m o f Fine A r t s i n 1906, a position he h e l d u n t i l
1913. H e w o r k e d i n p o r t r a i t u r e a n d m u r a l decoration as w e l l as landscape,
figure p a i n t i n g a n d still life, a n d experimented i n etching, d r y p o i n t , silver
p o i n t a n d l i t h o g r a p h y . H e w o n such honors as a n H o n o r a b l e M e n t i o n cita-
t i o n at the P a n - A m e r i c a n E x p o s i t i o n i n Buffalo i n 1901 a n d the Bronze
M e d a l at the St. Louis E x p o s i t i o n i n 1904; o n four occasions i n the 20's he

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 was awarded the Popular V o t e Prize at Corcoran Biennials. H e was elected
Associate M e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1917 a n d A c a d e m i c i a n i n
1928. Paxton died i n N e w t o n , Massachusetts, i n 1941.

The House M a i d 191 o

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SIGNED, u.l.: PAXTOJV/igio
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : Art and Progress, v o l . I I , n o . 5 ( M a r c h 1911), p . 147, i l l . ; Catalogue of the 106th
Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s , P h i l a d e l p h i a , 1911, p . 14,
n o . 14, i l l . ; The Sixth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, A l b r i g h t
A r t G a l l e r y , T h e Buffalo F i n e A r t s A c a d e m y , 1911, p . 28, n o . 104, i l l . ; Catalogue of the
Sixth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, C i t y A r t M u s e u m , St.
L o u i s , M i s s o u r i , 1911, p . 46, n o . 93, i l l . ; Official Catalogue, D e p a r t m e n t o f F i n e A r t s ,
P a n a m a - P a c i f i c I n t e r n a t i o n a l E x p o s i t i o n , San Francisco, 1915, p . 169, n o . 3812,
i l l . ; Illustrated Catalogue, Post-Exposition Period, D e p a r t m e n t o f F i n e A r t s , P a n a m a -
Pacific I n t e r n a t i o n a l E x p o s i t i o n , San Francisco, C a l i f o r n i a , 1916, p . 47, n o . 4884, i l l ;
C . G . A . Sixth Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec. 1916-Jan.
W i l l i a m M c G r e g o r P a x t o n The House 1917, n . p . , n o . 5 5 ; C . G . A . De Gustibus . . . An Exhibition of American Paintings Illustrating
Maid a Century of Taste and Criticism, 1949, n . p . , n o . 4 0 , i l l . ; William McGregor Paxton, N.A. :
Memorial Exhibition of Paintings, M u s e u m o f F i n e A r t s , Boston, 1941, p . 19, n o . 28
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1916 16.9

H o b a r t Nichols (1869—1962)
H e n r y H o b a r t Nichols was b o r n i n W a s h i n g t o n , D . C , o n M a y i , 1869. H e
studied under H o w a r d H e l m i c k a n d at the A r t Students League i n Washing-
ton, a n d continued his t r a i n i n g i n Paris at the J u l i a n A c a d e m y a n d w i t h
C l a u d i o Castellucho. O n his r e t u r n to the U n i t e d States he made N e w Y o r k
his headquarters a l t h o u g h he spent m u c h t i m e i n N e w E n g l a n d , p a i n t i n g
along the coast a n d i n the mountains. H e served as Assistant to the D i r e c t o r
of Fine A r t s o n the U n i t e d States Commission for the Paris Exposition i n
1900; was D i r e c t o r a n d Trustee o f the T i f f a n y F o u n d a t i o n , Oyster Bay, N e w
Y o r k ; was Trustee o f the M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t i n N e w Y o r k ; a n d
served as President o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (1939) to w h i c h he h a d been
elected Associate M e m b e r i n 1912 a n d A c a d e m i c i a n i n 1920. H e w o n m a n y
honors d u r i n g his l o n g career i n c l u d i n g the Second C o r c o r a n Prize (1901)
a n d the First Corcoran Prize (1906) i n exhibitions o f the W a s h i n g t o n W a t e r
Color C l u b , a n d the First A l t m a n Prize (1925) awarded b y the N a t i o n a l
A c a d e m y of Design. Nichols died i n N e w Y o r k at the age of ninety-three.

The Creek
14 X 1 6 f ; c a n v a s b o a r d
S I G N E D , 1.1.: -H Hobart Nichols-
C O L L . : Charles C. G l o v e r , J r . W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .
G I F T : Charles C. G l o v e r , J r . , 1962 62.11

The Housatonic i n Winter

38x43
S I G N E D , l . r . : -Hobart Nichols-
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1924 24.8

Sub-Zero
30x35!
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Hobart Nichols
COLL. : Archer M . H u n t i n g t o n , New York

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Ref.: Catalogue of the noth Exhibition, N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design, N e w Y o r k , 1935,

p . 57, n o . 246, i l l . ; C . G . A . The Eighteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil
Paintings, 1943, p . 28, n o . 140
G I F T : A r c h e r M . H u n t i n g t o n , 1946 47.2

E d w a r d Willis Redfield (1869—1965)

E d w a r d W . Redfield was b o r n i n Bridgeville, D e l a w a r e , o n December 18,
1869. H i s talent for d r a w i n g developed at an early age, a n d , after some pre-
l i m i n a r y w o r k , he entered the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s where
he studied for five years. H e then w e n t to Paris to attend the J u l i a n A c a d e m y
w i t h the i n t e n t i o n o f concentrating o n p o r t r a i t u r e . D u r i n g the three years o f
t r a i n i n g i n the A c a d e m y , Redfield, i n company w i t h R o b e r t H e n r i , Charles
G r a f l y a n d other rebellious y o u n g A m e r i c a n artists, w o u l d occasionally
escape Paris to p a i n t en plein air i n the countryside, a n d Redfield was soon
p a i n t i n g landscapes almost exclusively. F o l l o w i n g f u r t h e r t r a v e l o n the
continent he came back to the U n i t e d States i n 1893, a n d , except for a b r i e f
r e t u r n to Fontainebleau i n 1898, he p a i n t e d i n the area a r o u n d his f a r m at
Center Bridge i n Bucks C o u n t y , Pennsylvania, or his summer home at
Boothbay H a r b o r , M a i n e . Redfield was honored w i t h over t h i r t y awards
d u r i n g his lifetime, i n c l u d i n g the Fischer Prize a n d Bronze M e d a l i n the
Corcoran's First A n n u a l E x h i b i t i o n o f O i l Paintings b y C o n t e m p o r a r y
A m e r i c a n Artists (1907) a n d the First W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d G o l d
M e d a l i n the second (1908). T h e Corcoran h e l d three exhibitions o f his w o r k ,
the first a one-man show i n 1910, the second a j o i n t e x h i b i t i o n w i t h E d m u n d
C. T a r b e l l i n 1918, a n d the t h i r d a j o i n t e x h i b i t i o n w i t h G a r i Melchers i n
1928. H e was a m e m b e r o f the Society o f A m e r i c a n Artists, o f the N a t i o n a l
A c a d e m y a n d o f b o t h the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters a n d the

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E d w a r d W i l l i s R e d f i e l d The Road to Center Bridge

A m e r i c a n A c a d e m y o f A r t s a n d Letters. A t the age o f seventy-five he gave u p

p a i n t i n g . H e died at Center Bridge on O c t o b e r 19, 1 9 6 5 .

Overlooking the Valley c. 1921

38 X 5 0 1
S I G N E D , l . r . : E. W. REDFIELD.
C O L L . : George M . Oyster, J r . , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .
R e f . : C . G . A . Eighth Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec.
1921-Jan. 1922, p . 23, n o . 5 2 ; B. B. P e r l m a n , The Immortal Eight, 1962, passim, i l l .
B E Q U E S T : George M . Oyster, J r . , 1924 24.7

R e d f i e l d p a i n t e d at least three landscapes e n t i t l e d Overlooking the Valley, e x h i b i t e d ,

respectively, i n the C o r c o r a n ' s F o u r t h , Seventh a n d E i g h t h Biennials. T h e first version
is i n the collection o f the M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t , N e w Y o r k ; the l o c a t i o n o f
the second has n o t been ascertained; the C o r c o r a n ' s version is the t h i r d .

The M i l l i n Winter 1922

50^X561
SIGNED, l.r.: E WREDFIELD
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Ninth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Dec. 1923-
J a n . 1924, p . 43, n o . 131, i l l . ; C. V . W h e e l e r , " R e d f i e l d , " The American Magazine of
Art, v o l . X V I , no. 1 ( J a n . 1925), p p . 3 ff., i l l . ; C. V . W h e e l e r , Redfield, 1925 ( p r i v a t e l y
p r i n t e d , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C ) , p . 22, i l l . ; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of Paintings and
Sculptures, 1926, p . 69, n o . 272, i l l . ; E. V . L u c a s , " D a n i e l G a r b e r a n d E d w a r d
R e d f i e l d , " The Ladies' Home Journal, M a y 1926, p p . 20 ff., i l l . ( i n c o l o r ) ; E. Neuhaus,
History and Ideals of American Art, 1931, p . 279, i l l . ; An Exhibition of American Painting
from Colonial Times until Today, T h e S a g i n a w M u s e u m , M i c h i g a n , 1948, p . 20, no. 47,
ill.
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1923 23.11

R o a d to L u m b e r v i l l e
2 l J X 19^
SIGNED, l.r.: E WREDFIELD
C O L L . : James Parmelee, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .
B E Q U E S T : James Parmelee, 1941 41.56

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The R o a d to Center Bridge
38JX50
S I G N E D , l . r . : E. W.Redfield
C O L L . : Charles C. G l o v e r , Sr., W a s h i n g t o n , D . C ; L a d y I n c h y r a , L o n d o n
R E F . : Exhibition of Paintings by Edward W. Redfield, Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e
A r t s , P h i l a d e l p h i a , 1909, n . p . , n o . 4 4 ; An Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Edward W.
Redjield, A l b r i g h t A r t G a l l e r y , Buffalo F i n e A r t s A c a d e m y , 1909, n . p . , n o . 3 6 ; A
Collection of Oil Paintings by Mr. Edward W. Redjield, T h e C i t y A r t M u s e u m o f St.
L o u i s , M i s s o u r i , 1909, n . p . , n o . 3 6 ; C . G . A . Exhibition of Paintings by Edward W.
Redfield, 1910, n . p . , n o . 3 1 ; J . N . L a u r v i k , " E d w a r d W . R e d f i e l d - L a n d s c a p e
P a i n t e r , " The International Studio, v o l . X L I , n o . 162 ( A u g u s t 1910), p p . x x i x ff., i l l . ;
H . W . H e n d e r s o n , Art Treasures of Washington, 1912, p . 144, i l l . ; Exhibition of
Paintings by Edward W. Redfield, T h e M e m o r i a l A r t G a l l e r y , Rochester, N e w Y o r k ,
1914, n . p . , n o . 32

G I F T : L a d y I n c h y r a , 1962 62.9.3

Spring Landscape
24 X 20
S I G N E D , 1.1.: E. W. REDFIELD
C O L L . : E d w a r d C. a n d M a r y W a l k e r , W a l k e r v i l l e , O n t a r i o , C a n a d a , a n d W a s h i n g -
ton, D . C .
R E F . : B. Pollack, " A V i s i t w i t h E d w a r d W . R e d f i e l d , " The Sunday Bulletin Magazine,
P h i l a d e l p h i a , A u g . 4, 1963, p p . 8 ff., i l l . ( i n color)
B E Q U E S T : M a r y E m m a G r i f f i n W a l k e r , 1937, T h e E d w a r d C. a n d M a r y W a l k e r
Collection 37-44

W i l l i a m James Glackens (i 870-1938)

W i l l i a m James Glackens was b o r n i n Philadelphia o n M a r c h 13, 1870. I n
1891, three years after g r a d u a t i o n f r o m h i g h school, Glackens became an
artist-reporter first on the Philadelphia Record a n d later o n the Press together
w i t h J o h n Sloan, George B. L u k s a n d Everett S h i n n . H e attended n i g h t
classes i n the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s a n d i n 1894 shared a
studio w i t h R o b e r t H e n r i . I n 1895 he w o r k e d his w a y a b r o a d o n a cattle boat,
v i s i t i n g B e l g i u m a n d H o l l a n d w i t h H e n r i a n d p a i n t i n g i n the environs o f
Paris. O n his r e t u r n to A m e r i c a i n 1896, he settled i n N e w Y o r k , w o r k i n g for
the New York Herald, the New York World, a n d a n u m b e r o f magazines.
McClure's sent h i m to C u b a i n 1898 to cover the Spanish-American W a r , a n d ,
w h e n back i n N e w Y o r k , he c o n t i n u e d to w o r k i n i l l u s t r a t i o n o n a free-lance
basis u n t i l about 1914, w h e n he c o u l d afford to devote f u l l t i m e to p a i n t i n g .
H e was one o f " T h e E i g h t " w h o e x h i b i t e d at the M a c b e t h Galleries i n 1908,
and was i n the g r o u p o f artists t h a t organized the e x h i b i t i o n o f the " I n d e p e n -
dents" i n 1910. H e was c h a i r m a n of the committee t h a t selected the A m e r i c a n
entries for the A r m o r y Show o f 1913 a n d was represented b y three paintings
i n the e x h i b i t i o n . H e served as first president o f the Society o f I n d e p e n d e n t
Artists w h e n i t was formed i n 1916. H e h a d made a second t r i p to Europe i n
1906, t r a v e l i n g i n Spain a n d France, a n d i n 1912 w e n t to Paris at the request
of D r . A l b e r t C. Barnes to purchase c o n t e m p o r a r y paintings for the Barnes
Collection. F r o m 1925 to 1932 he r e t u r n e d to Europe frequently, p a i n t i n g i n
Paris a n d its suburbs a n d i n the south o f France. Glackens first e x h i b i t e d i n
a large a n n u a l at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s i n 1894, a n d
won the G o l d M e d a l for D r a w i n g i n the P a n - A m e r i c a n Exposition i n Buffalo
i n 1901, the first o f m a n y honors conferred o n h i m d u r i n g his career. H e was
elected Associate M e m b e r of the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1906 a n d A c a d e m i c i a n
i n 1933. H e died suddenly o n M a y 22, 1938 w h i l e v i s i t i n g the Prendergasts
i n W e s t p o r t , Connecticut.

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 Luxembourg Gardens 1906
23fX32
S I G N E D , 1.1.: W Glackens
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : F . W a t s o n , " W i l l i a m G l a c k e n s , " The Arts, 1923, p p . 246 ff., i l l . ; F. W a t s o n ,
William Glackens, 1923, p . 19, i l l . ; G . P. d u Bois, William J . Glackens ( A m e r i c a n Artists
Series, W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t ) , 1931, p . 50, i l l . ; C . G . A . The Fifteenth
Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1937, p . 125, n o . 367; William
J . Glackens Memorial Exhibition, D e p a r t m e n t o f F i n e A r t s , Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , Pitts-
b u r g h , 1939, p . 15, n o . 44, i l l . ; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of Paintings, Sculpture, and
Other Art Objects, 1939, p . 49, n o . 145, i l l . ; William Glackens, Memorial Exhibition,
W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , N e w Y o r k , 1939, n . p . , n o . 7, i l l . ; " A r t i s t s o f the
P h i l a d e l p h i a Press," Philadelphia Museum Bulletin, v o l . X L I , n o . 207 ( N o v . 1945),
p p . 1 ff., n o . 2, i l l . ; American Painting: Second Quarter of the 20th Century, Jacksonville A r t
M u s e u m , F l o r i d a , 1956, n . p . , n o . 4 ; I . Glackens, William Glackens and the Ash Can
Group, 1957, i l l . ; C . G . A . Masterpieces of The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1959, p . 6 1 , i l l ;
William Glackens in Retrospect, C i t y A r t M u s e u m o f St. L o u i s , M i s s o u r i , 1966, n . p . ,
no. 21, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1937 37.1

Glackens p a i n t e d t w o other versions o f this subject i n 1906, Luxembourg Gardens, n o w

i n the W i c h i t a A r t M u s e u m , a n d Under the Trees, Luxembourg Gardens i n the M u n s o n -
W i l l i a m s - P r o c t o r I n s t i t u t e , U t i c a , N e w Y o r k . A related e t c h i n g , f o r m e r l y i n the
A . E . G a l l a t i n C o l l e c t i o n , a n d sketch-book studies a n d a d r a w i n g are i n the possession
o f the artist's son, I r a Glackens.

W i l l i a m James Glackens Luxembourg Gardens

George Hawley Hallowell (i871-1926)
George H a w l e y H a l l o w e l l was b o r n i n Boston o n December 5, 1871. C o m i n g
f r o m a c u l t i v a t e d f a m i l y — h i s father was a n architect, his m o t h e r a musician
and a r t i s t — h e began the study o f architecture at the age o f sixteen. T h i s was
followed b y three years at the School o f the M u s e u m o f Fine A r t s , Boston,
where he w o r k e d under F r a n k W . Benson a n d E d m u n d C. T a r b e l l . D u r i n g
this p e r i o d he also studied ecclesiastical a r t u n d e r the architect R a l p h A d a m s
C r a m . H e traveled t h r o u g h o u t Europe d u r i n g 1899 a n d 1900, s t u d y i n g
architecture a n d stained glass, copying I t a l i a n master-paintings, a n d sketch-
ing i n D a l m a t i a a n d M o n t e n e g r o . O n his r e t u r n to Boston he concentrated
on decorative w o r k , designing altarpieces a n d stained glass w i n d o w s , murals
and m e m o r i a l sculpture. I t was o n l y after his second t r i p to Europe i n 1906
t h a t he t u r n e d m a i n l y to landscape p a i n t i n g . H e was p a r t i c u l a r l y interested
i n logging a n d l u m b e r m i l l s a n d the rugged life o f the r i v e r drivers a n d spent
m a n y months p a i n t i n g along the rivers of the northeastern states a n d Canada.
H e received G o l d Medals at b o t h the Louisiana Purchase Exposition i n
St. Louis, M i s s o u r i (1904) a n d the Panama-Pacific Exposition i n San
Francisco (1915). H a l l o w e l l died i n Boston i n M a r c h , 1926.

Wissataquoik R i v e r Drive c. 1920

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S I G N E D , 1.1.: George H Hallowell
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Ninth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Dec. 1923-
Jan. 1924, p . 5 1 , n o . 171; W . H . Downes, " G e o r g e H . H a l l o w e l l ' s P i c t u r e s , " The
American Magazine of Art, v o l . X V , n o . 9 (Sept. 1924), p p . 451 ff., i l l .
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1923 23.8

T h e W i s s a t a q u o i k stream enters the Penobscot R i v e r , M a i n e , b e l o w its East B r a n c h .

T h e r e was extensive " l o n g l o g g i n g " i n this r e g i o n d u r i n g a n d after W o r l d W a r I .

Frank Benton Ashley L i n t o n (i871-1943)

F r a n k Benton Ashley L i n t o n was b o r n i n P h i l a d e l p h i a o n F e b r u a r y 26, 1871.
H e attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts a n d the J u l i a n A c a d e m y i n Paris f r o m
1890 to 1898 a n d , o n his r e t u r n to Philadelphia, studied u n d e r T h o m a s
Eakins f r o m 1900 to 1909. A p o r t r a i t i s t , he p a i n t e d numerous leaders o f his
day, i n c l u d i n g General Pershing whose p o r t r a i t was presented to France b y
the U n i t e d States W a r D e p a r t m e n t . H e w o n , a m o n g other awards, the G o l d
M e d a l i n the Paris Salon o f 1927. A g r o u p o f his p o r t r a i t s was exhibited i n
W a s h i n g t o n at the Corcoran i n 1917. L i n t o n d i e d i n P h i l a d e l p h i a o n
N o v e m b e r 13, 1943.

Mabel Linton W i l l i a m s 1924

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S I G N E D , u . r . : Frank B.A. Linton/1924
C O L L . : M r s . F l o y d W i l l i a m s , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C.
G I F T : M a b e l L i n t o n W i l l i a m s , 1968 68.22

M a b e l L i n t o n W i l l i a m s , wife o f the late F l o y d W i l l i a m s , is a f o u r t h g e n e r a t i o n

W a s h i n g t o n i a n . A concert artist a n d teacher, she took her t r a i n i n g i n p i a n o , o r g a n a n d
c o m p o s i t i o n at the Peabody Conservatory i n B a l t i m o r e , a n d i n B e r l i n a n d Paris.
M r s . W i l l i a m s was a cousin o f the artist.

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J o h n Sloan (1871-1951)
J o h n F r e n c h Sloan (he later d r o p p e d the m i d d l e name) was b o r n at L o c k
H a v e n , Pennsylvania, on August 2, 1871. I n his y o u t h his f a m i l y moved to
Philadelphia where he attended the C e n t r a l H i g h School. H e left school to
w o r k i n a bookshop, copying engravings i n pen a n d i n k d u r i n g his spare
hours, teaching himself etching f r o m a text book, a n d i n 1890 to 1891
a t t e n d i n g a n i g h t d r a w i n g class at the S p r i n g G a r d e n I n s t i t u t e . I n 1892 he
took a j o b i n the a r t d e p a r t m e n t o f the Philadelphia Inquirer a n d enrolled i n
T h o m a s Anshutz's evening antique class at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the
Fine A r t s . A t this t i m e he met R o b e r t H e n r i a n d was soon one o f the group
of y o u n g newspaper artist-reporters such as George Luks, W i l l i a m Glackens
a n d Everett S h i n n w h o gathered a r o u n d H e n r i . I n 1895 he j o i n e d the
Philadelphia Press, where he remained u n t i l 1903 except for a three-month
stint o n the Mew York Herald i n 1898. D u r i n g this p e r i o d he began to w o r k
seriously i n o i l , a n d i n 1900 his paintings were i n c l u d e d for the first t i m e i n
exhibitions at the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e , the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , the Penn-
sylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s a n d i n the shows o f the Society o f A m e r i -
can Artists i n N e w Y o r k . I n 1901 he was commissioned to execute a series o f
fifty-three etchings for a de luxe e d i t i o n o f the novels o f the French author,
Paul de K o c k , the first o f m a n y works i n this m e d i u m to b r i n g h i m acclaim.
Sloan m o v e d to N e w Y o r k i n 1903, i l l u s t r a t i n g for Collier's, The Century a n d
other periodicals for his chief source o f income, b u t devoting the major
p o r t i o n of his t i m e to etching a n d p a i n t i n g . H e was a m e m b e r o f " T h e E i g h t " ,
a n d helped to organize the Independents' e x h i b i t i o n i n 1910. Seven o f his
paintings were h u n g i n the 1913 A r m o r y Show, a n d he exhibited regularly
w i t h the Society o f Independent Artists, serving as the Society's president
f r o m 1917 to 1944. H e a n d his first wife, D o l l y , h a d j o i n e d the Socialist Party
i n 1910, a n d for a n u m b e r o f years he was a r t editor o f its p u b l i c a t i o n , The
Masses. H e was an o r i g i n a l m e m b e r o f the W h i t n e y Studio C l u b a n d enjoyed
the patronage o f M r s . H a r r y Payne W h i t n e y for m a n y years. I n 1914 he
spent the first o f five summers i n Gloucester, Massachusetts, b u t after a t r i p
w i t h the R a n d a l l Daveys i n 1919 to Santa Fe, he r e t u r n e d to N e w M e x i c o
yearly for the summer months u n t i l 1951, going t h a t year to Hanover, N e w
H a m p s h i r e . H e died there on September 7. A l t h o u g h his paintings a n d
etchings received professional recognition d u r i n g his lifetime a n d were
i n c l u d e d i n the large a n n u a l exhibitions t h r o u g h o u t the country, his sales
were never extensive a n d i n later years teaching p r o v i d e d his p r i n c i p a l
support. H e was elected a m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Let-
ters i n 1929 a n d o f the A m e r i c a n A c a d e m y o f A r t s a n d Letters i n 1942.

Yeats at Petitpas 1910

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S I G N E D , l . r . : John Sloan
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : A . E. G a l l a t i n , John Sloan, 1925, p p . 13 f., i l l . ; 26th International Exhibition of
Paintings, D e p a r t m e n t o f F i n e A r t s , Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , P i t t s b u r g h , 1927, n . p . , n o . 77,
i l l . ( H o n o r a b l e M e n t i o n ) ; G . P. d u Bois, John Sloan, A m e r i c a n A r t i s t s Series, W h i t n e y
M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , N e w Y o r k , 1931, p . 42, i l l . ; C . G . A . The Thirteenth Exhibi-
tion of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Dec. 1932-Jan. 1933, p . 59, n o . 133, i l l . ;
C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of Paintings, Sculpture and Other Art Objects, 1933, p . 95,
n o . 297, i l l . ; A Survey of American Painting, B a l t i m o r e M u s e u m o f A r t , 1934, p . 2 1 ,
n o . 54, i l l . ; New York Realists igoo-igi4, Whitney Museum of American A r t , New
Y o r k , 1937, n . p . , n o . 77, i l l . ; John Sloan: Retrospective Exhibition, A d d i s o n G a l l e r y o f
A m e r i c a n A r t , P h i l l i p s A c a d e m y , A n d o v e r , Mass., 1938, p . 36, n o . 13, i l l . ; W . Pach,
Queer Thing, Painting, 1938, p p . 55 f., i l l . ; J . Sloan, Gist of Art, 1939, p . 227, i l l . ;
M . E . L a n d g r e n , Years of Art, the Story of the Art Students league of New York, 1940, n . p . ,

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i l l . ; H . St. Gaudens, The American Artist and His Times, 1941, p . 202, i l l . ; 20th Century
Portraits, M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k , 1942, p p . 12, 143, i l l . ; " A r t i s t s o f the
P h i l a d e l p h i a Press," Philadelphia Museum Bulletin, v o l . X L I , n o . 207 ( N o v . 1945), p p . 1
ff., n o . 58, i l l . ; John Sloan, 1871-1951, W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , N e w Y o r k ,
1952, p . 82, n o . 26, i l l . ; V . W . Brooks, John Sloan, A Painter's Life, 1955, p . 103, i l l . ;
Portraiture: the igth and 20th Centuries, M u n s o n - W i l l i a m s - P r o c t o r I n s t i t u t e , U t i c a , N e w
Y o r k , 1957, p . 32, n o . 40, i l l . ; W . H . Pierson a n d M . D a v i d s o n , Arts of the U.S., a
Pictorial Survey, i 9 6 0 , p . 360, n o . 3383, i l l . ; The Art of John Sloan, 1871-1951, Walker
A r t M u s e u m , B o w d o i n College, M a i n e , 1962, p p . 23, 29, n o . 17, i l l . ; J . H a r i t h a s , " 2 5 0
Years o f A m e r i c a n A r t , " Apollo, J u l y 1966, p . 70, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1932 32.9

Sloan w r o t e the f o l l o w i n g note o n this p a i n t i n g i n the catalogue o f his retrospective

e x h i b i t i o n at the A d d i s o n G a l l e r y o f A m e r i c a n A r t i n A n d o v e r , Massachusetts, i n
1938: " P e t i t p a s ' , pension a n d restaurant, is s t i l l located o n W e s t T w e n t y - n i n t h Street
[ N e w Y o r k ] , a l t h o u g h the three c h a r m i n g sisters have since r e t u r n e d to France. A t
the t i m e t h e p i c t u r e was p a i n t e d the great h u m a n d r a w i n g c a r d o f Petitpas' was J o h n
B u t l e r Yeats, the c h a r m i n g conversationalist, a r t i s t , a n d philosopher, father o f W . B.
Yeats the I r i s h poet. Yeats' table d r e w y o u n g poets, painters, w r i t e r s a n d actors w h o
eagerly enjoyed his t a l k w h i c h was always g r e a t l y e n t e r t a i n i n g . I n the p a i n t i n g f r o m
left to r i g h t - V a n W y c k Brooks, J . B. Yeats, A l l a n Segar [sic] w h o w r o t e Rendezvous
with Death, D o l l y Sloan, A n n S q u i r e [ A n n e Squires or Squiers], J o h n Sloan, F r e d

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 K i n g . I t is a satisfaction to have p a i n t e d this r e c o r d o f Yeats whose p o r t r a i t s i n D u b l i n
and E n g l a n d establish h i m , a c c o r d i n g t o R o b e r t H e n r i , as the best B r i t i s h p o r t r a i t
p a i n t e r o f the V i c t o r i a n era. H e d i e d i n N e w Y o r k at the age o f eighty-four. P a i n t e d
f r o m m e m o r y . " Sloan has n o t n a m e d three o f the diners i n his l i s t i n g f r o m the left
clockwise a r o u n d the table. T h e y o u n g l a d y serving f r u i t is M i l e . Celestine Petitpas;
the g e n t l e m a n beside her s m o k i n g a p i p e is R o b e r t S n e d d o n , a w r i t e r ; the l a d y i n the
f o r e g r o u n d is M r s . Charles J o h n s o n , w i f e o f a n I r i s h scholar. A n n e Squires, m a n y
years later, c o n f i r m e d her i d e n t i f i c a t i o n , b u t i n t e r e s t i n g l y e n o u g h Eulabee D i x , a
m i n i a t u r i s t w h o often m o d e l e d for Sloan, c l a i m e d as late as 1954 t h a t she is the half-
h i d d e n figure. She sent the G a l l e r y a r e p r o d u c t i o n o f a d r a w i n g Yeats h a d m a d e o f
her i n 1911 w h i c h corroborates her story. Miss L i l y Yeats, the philosopher's d a u g h t e r ,
substantiates this i d e n t i f i c a t i o n .

Charles Webster H a w t h o r n e (i872-1930)

Charles Webster H a w t h o r n e was b o r n at L o d i , I l l i n o i s , o n J a n u a r y 8, 1872.
His boyhood was spent i n R i c h m o n d , M a i n e , a n d at the age o f eighteen he
went to N e w Y o r k where he w o r k e d i n a stained glass factory to finance
evening study at the A r t Students League. I n the summer o f 1896 he attended
W i l l i a m M e r r i t t Chase's Shinnecock summer school o n L o n g I s l a n d a n d the
f o l l o w i n g year became Chase's assistant i n the Chase School, w h i c h later
became the N e w Y o r k School o f A r t . A f t e r a p a i n t i n g t o u r i n H o l l a n d i n
1898, H a w t h o r n e discovered Provincetown, Massachusetts, an area w i t h
w h i c h he w o u l d be closely connected t h r o u g h o u t his career. H e founded his
Cape C o d Summer School i n P r o v i n c e t o w n i n 1899, a n d , after several
seasons i n I t a l y , France a n d B e r m u d a , his schedule o f p a i n t i n g a n d teaching
d u r i n g the w i n t e r months i n his G r e e n w i c h V i l l a g e studio i n N e w Y o r k a n d
c o n d u c t i n g his outdoor classes i n P r o v i n c e t o w n d u r i n g the summer became
fixed. His w o r k i n p o r t r a i t u r e was w e l l recognized; however, he was happiest
p a i n t i n g the Portuguese fisher-folk o f P r o v i n c e t o w n . H a w t h o r n e w o n m a n y
honors i n exhibitions h e l d at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y , the Pennsylvania
A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s , the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , the Chicago A r t Institute,
and i n the Corcoran Biennials (the Second W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d
Silver M e d a l i n 1923; the First W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d G o l d M e d a l i n
1926). H e was a m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (Associate, 1908; Acade-
m i c i a n , 1911), the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters, a n d the N a t i o n a l
Charles Webster H a w t h o r n e Edmund Society o f P o r t r a i t Painters. H e was elected m e m b e r o f the Societe N a t i o n a l e
Burke Osborne des Beaux A r t s , Paris, i n 1913. H a w t h o r n e died o n N o v e m b e r 29, 1930
in Johns H o p k i n s H o s p i t a l , B a l t i m o r e .

E d m u n d Burke Osborne c. 1905

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C O L L . : E d m u n d B u r k e O s b o r n e ; A n d r e w G . O s b o r n e ; M r s . A n d r e w G . Osborne a n d
her d a u g h t e r , M r s . T h o m a s C. B u e l l , A r l i n g t o n , V i r g i n i a
R E F . : J . M . Bowles, " C h a r l e s W . H a w t h o r n e - A r t i s t , " Brush and Pencil, A p r i l 1905,
pp. 227 ff., i l l . ( r e p r o d u c e d as Portrait, p . 237)
G I F T : M i r e i l l e T . Osborne a n d J a c q u e l i n e O s b o r n e B u e l l , 1966 66.26

E d m u n d B u r k e Osborne (1865-1917) was b o r n i n M a n c h e s t e r , I o w a , a n d he attended

Simpson College, I o w a . H e m a r r i e d Jessie G r a h a m whose father's newspaper i n R e d
O a k , I o w a , he took over i n 1887 o n M r . G r a h a m ' s d e a t h . Interested i n the p h o t o -
g r a p h i c r e p r o d u c t i o n o f works o f a r t , he m o v e d to the East Coast w h e r e he f o r m e d the
A m e r i c a n C o l o r t y p e C o m p a n y i n N e w Y o r k w h i c h was the first f i r m to p r i n t success-
f u l l y facsimile color r e p r o d u c t i o n s o n a c o m m e r c i a l basis.

The F i s h e r m a n ' s Daughter c. 1912

60 X 4 8 ; w o o d p a n e l
S I G N E D , 1.1.: C. Hawthorne.
R E F . : C . G . A . The Ninth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Dec. 1923-
Charles Webster H a w t h o r n e The Fisherman''s Daughter

J a n . 1924, p . 25, n o . 18, i l l . ; R . J a c k m a n , American Arts, 1928, p . 250, i l l . ; L . M e c h l i n ,

" C h a r l e s W . H a w t h o r n e , 1872-1930," The American Magazine of Art, v o l . X X I I I ,
n o . 2 ( A u g . 1931), p p . 91 ff., i l l . ; Hawthorne Retrospective, T h e C h r y s l e r A r t M u s e u m ,
P r o v i n c e t o w n , Massachusetts, 1961, p . 2 1 , n o . 103; American Traditionalists of the 20th
Century, C o l u m b u s M u s e u m o f A r t s a n d Crafts, G e o r g i a , 1963, p . 15, n o . 101
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1923 23.16

Ernest Lawson (1873-1939)

T h e r e has been some controversy over the facts o f Ernest Lawson's b i r t h .
T r a d i t i o n i n Canada seems to indicate t h a t he was b o r n i n H a l i f a x , N o v a
Scotia, o n M a r c h 22, 1873. C e r t a i n l y b o t h o f his parents were natives of N o v a
Scotia, b u t L a w s o n always contended a m o n g his friends t h a t he was b o r n o n
his grandfather's clipper ship at San Francisco w h i l e his parents were r e t u r n -
i n g to Canada f r o m M e x i c o . H i s father, a physician, left Canada i n 1883 to
practice i n Kansas C i t y , M i s s o u r i , leaving his son to spend his b o y h o o d w i t h
his a u n t i n K i n g s t o n , O n t a r i o . I n 1888 L a w s o n j o i n e d his parents i n Kansas

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 C i t y , a t t e n d i n g a r t school there, a n d i n 1889 accompanied t h e m to M e x i c o
C i t y where he w o r k e d as draftsman for a construction company a n d studied
at the Santa C l a r a A r t A c a d e m y i n his spare t i m e . I n the fall o f 1891 he left
for N e w Y o r k to take further t r a i n i n g i n the A r t Students League, soon trans-
ferring however to the a r t school at Cos Cob, Connecticut, r u n b y J o h n H .
T w a c h t m a n a n d J . A l d e n W e i r . H e w e n t to France i n 1893, a n d , a l t h o u g h
he studied briefly at the J u l i a n A c a d e m y , m u c h o f this year was spent w o r k i n g
alone i n the south o f France a n d i n the area o f Fontainebleau. After his
marriage i n Philadelphia late i n 1894, he traveled again to France, a n d w h e n
he r e t u r n e d to the U n i t e d States accepted a teaching position i n Columbus,
Georgia, a n d finally settled w i t h his f a m i l y i n N e w Y o r k . H e r e he was
i n c l u d e d i n the e x h i b i t i o n o f " T h e E i g h t " i n 1908 a n d i n the e x h i b i t i o n o f the
" I n d e p e n d e n t s " i n 1910, a n d was active i n organizing the A r m o r y Show i n
1913. D u r i n g the f o l l o w i n g years he traveled as money allowed (to Spain i n
1917; N o v a Scotia i n 1924; France i n 1930) a n d t a u g h t at Broadmoor
A c a d e m y , Colorado Springs, a n d at the Kansas C i t y A r t I n s t i t u t e (1926-
1928). T r o u b l e d w i t h r h e u m a t o i d a r t h r i t i s i n his later years he spent m u c h o f
his t i m e i n the w a r m climate o f C o r a l Gables, F l o r i d a , where he died on
December 18, 1939. Lawson w o n m a n y honors d u r i n g his career, such as the
First H a l l g a r t e n Prize a n d the First A l t m a n Landscape Prize at the N a t i o n a l
A c a d e m y o f Design (1908 a n d 1921), First Prize at the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e
(1921), a n d the Second W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Silver M e d a l i n the
Corcoran Biennial i n 1916. H e was a m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y
(Associate, 1908; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1917) a n d o f the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s
a n d Letters.

Boathouse, Winter, H a r l e m R i v e r 1916

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S I G N E D , l . r . : E. LAWSON
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Sixth Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec. 1916-
J a n . 1917, n . p . , n o . 88 (Second Prize a n d C o r c o r a n Silver M e d a l ) ; Art and Archaeology,
v o l . V , no. 3 ( M a r c h 1917), p . 159, i l l . ( u n d e r t i t l e Ernest Lawrence's [sic] Boat House,
Winter, Harlem River); A . B u r r o u g h s , Limners and Likenesses: Three Centuries of American
Paintings, 1936, p . 180, i l l . ; O . W . L a r k i n , Art and Life in America, 1949, p . 335, i l l . ;
Ernest Lawson, iSy^-ig^g, T h e N a t i o n a l G a l l e r y o f C a n a d a , O t t a w a , 1967, p . 3 1 ,
n o . 36, i l l . ; H . & S. B e r r y - H i l l , Ernest Lawson, American Impressionist, iSyj-igjg, 1968,
p . 34, no. 45, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1916 16.3

L a w s o n p a i n t e d a second version o f this scene i n 1918 w i t h slight variations e n t i t l e d

Winter, Harlem River, at this w r i t i n g i n the collection o f a N e w Y o r k a r t dealer.

Frederic Clay Bartlett (1873—1953)

Frederic Clay Bartlett was b o r n i n Chicago on J u n e i , 1873. After attending
St. Paul's School i n C o n c o r d , N e w H a m p s h i r e , he studied at the Chicago A r t
I n s t i t u t e before going to Europe for further t r a i n i n g at the R o y a l A c a d e m y
i n M u n i c h a n d i n s t r u c t i o n i n Paris. O n his r e t u r n to Chicago he engaged
p r i n c i p a l l y i n m u r a l decoration, a n d his w o r k can be seen i n m a n y of the
churches a n d p u b l i c buildings o f the city. H e traveled extensively i n Western
a n d C e n t r a l Europe a n d i n the Far East as w e l l as i n the U n i t e d States. H e
exhibited i n the m a i n exhibitions held i n the early decades o f this century,
w i n n i n g such honors as the Silver M e d a l at the St. Louis Exposition i n 1904,
H o n o r a b l e M e n t i o n at the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e i n 1908, a n d a Silver M e d a l at

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the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco i n 1915. H e was a m e m b e r
of the A l l i e d Artists o f A m e r i c a , the N a t i o n a l Society o f M u r a l Painters, a n d
the R o y a l A c a d e m y , M u n i c h . B a r t l e t t died o n J u n e 25, 1953 at Beverly,
Massachusetts.

Canton Street 1919

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S I G N E D , l . r . : Frederick Clay Bartlett ig
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Seventh Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec.
1919-Jan. 1920, n . p . , n o . 78, i l l . ; The Literary Digest, O c t . 3 1 , 1925 ( v o l . 87, n o . 5 ) ,
p. 27, i l l . ( i n color o n cover)
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1919 19-28

Louis Betts ( i 873-1961)

Louis Betts, k n o w n p r i n c i p a l l y as a p o r t r a i t painter, was b o r n o n October 5,
1873 i n L i t t l e Rock, Arkansas. H e spent his b o y h o o d , however, a n d m u c h o f
his l o n g life i n Chicago. H i s first a r t t r a i n i n g was w i t h his father, E d w i n D .
Betts, a landscape painter, a n d this was followed b y a year at the Pennsylvania
A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s under W i l l i a m M e r r i t t Chase. W h e n Betts w o n the
Cresson t r a v e l i n g fellowship at the A c a d e m y i n 1902, i t was Chase w h o
advised his studying the w o r k o f Frans H a l s i n H o l l a n d a n d Velazquez i n
Spain, a n d w h o i n t r o d u c e d h i m to European clients w h i c h resulted i n lucra-
tive p o r t r a i t commissions. O n his r e t u r n to the U n i t e d States his w o r k was i n
constant d e m a n d , a n d his sitters i n c l u d e d such p u b l i c figures as D r . Charles
H . M a y o a n d his brother, D r . W i l l i a m J . M a y o , the a r t c r i t i c , R o y a l Cortis-
soz, B o o t h T a r k i n g t o n a n d George Eastman. H e was a m e m b e r o f the
N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters a n d o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (Associ-
ate, 1912; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1915) a n d was h o n o r e d w i t h m a n y o f the Academy's
a w a r d s — t h e Proctor Prize, 1918; the First A l t m a n Prize, 1923; the Saltus
G o l d M e d a l , 1931; the O b r i g Prize, 1933; a n d the M a y n a r d Prize, 1937.
Near the close o f his life, Betts w r o t e "Experiences o f a P o r t r a i t P a i n t e r "
w h i c h appeared i n three installments i n the B r i t i s h periodical Artist d u r i n g
1957. H e l i v e d his last years i n N e w Y o r k where he died o n August 13, 1961.

Yvonne
2 |xi8i
4

S I G N E D , u . r . : Louis Betts
C O L L . : the artist
R E F . : 116th Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s , P h i l a d e l p h i a ,
1921, p . 48, n o . 315, i l l . ; C . G . A . The Ninth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil
Paintings, Dec. 1923-Jan. 1924, p . 4 1 , n o . 123; Venice Biennial International Exposition,
!924> P- 52, n o . 8

G I F T : L o u i s Betts, 1939 39.6

T h i s is a p o r t r a i t o f the d a u g h t e r o f M r . a n d M r s . G u y Pene d u Bois.

J o h n Noble (1874?-!934)
J o h n N o b l e was b o r n o n a cattle a n d sheep r a n c h i n Poker H i l l , Kansas, the
present site o f the city o f W i c h i t a . H e chose an a r b i t r a r y date for his b i r t h ,
M a r c h 15, 1874, since no records h a d been kept, b u t i t is generally t h o u g h t
t h a t the year 1868 w o u l d have been m o r e accurate. H e l i v e d the rigorous life
of a cowboy u n t i l at the age o f about seventeen he w e n t to C i n c i n n a t i to

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J o h n N o b l e Early Morning

a t t e n d the A c a d e m y o f Fine A r t s . H e w o r k e d as a newspaper cartoonist a n d

i t i n e r a n t portraitist a n d also p a i n t e d b a r r o o m nudes. H i s Cleopatra at the Bath
h a n g i n g i n W i c h i t a ' s Carey H o t e l p r o v o k e d Carrie N a t i o n to the v a n d a l i s m
w h i c h became a n a t i o n a l cause celebre. I n 1897 he w e n t to Europe, studying
at the J u l i a n A c a d e m y i n Paris a n d at the A c a d e m i e des Beaux-Arts i n
Brussels. H e l i v e d for twenty-five years i n France, i n Paris, B r i t t a n y a n d
Etaples, m o v i n g to L o n d o n d u r i n g W o r l d W a r I a n d n o t r e t u r n i n g to
A m e r i c a u n t i l about 1920. H e became active i n the P r o v i n c e t o w n a r t colony
a n d was one o f the founders o f the P r o v i n c e t o w n A r t Association, serving as
its first president. H i s last years were spent i n his studio there a n d i n N e w
Y o r k where he died o n J a n u a r y 6, 1934. N o b l e was a m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l
A c a d e m y (Associate, 1924; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1927), a n d w o n the Academy's
Carnegie Prize i n 1928. I n 1923 he was a w a r d e d the F o u r t h W i l l i a m A . C l a r k
Prize a n d H o n o r a b l e M e n t i o n i n the Corcoran's N i n t h B i e n n i a l .

E a r l y Morning
16 X 19J; c o m p o s i t i o n b o a r d
S I G N E D , l . r . : J. Noble
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Twelfth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, N o v . 1930-
J a n . 1931, p . 53, n o . 116
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1930 30.8

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 Frederick Carl Frieseke (i874-1939)
Frederick C a r l Frieseke was b o r n i n Owosso, M i c h i g a n , o n A p r i l 7, 1874. H e
studied at the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e i n 1894 a n d a year later enrolled i n the
A r t Students League, N e w Y o r k . A t the age o f twenty-four he w e n t to Paris,
studying briefly at the J u l i a n A c a d e m y a n d at the A c a d e m i e C a r m e n where
James M c N e i l l W h i s t l e r presided. H e spent the rest o f his life i n France, w i t h
o n l y occasional visits to the U n i t e d States. I n 1906 he purchased a house i n
G i v e r n y adjacent to Claude M o n e t ' s , f o r m e r l y occupied b y Theodore
Robinson, a n d , a l t h o u g h he kept an a p a r t m e n t i n Paris, he seldom stayed
there, p r e f e r r i n g to p a i n t i n G i v e r n y a n d often t r a v e l i n g i n the w i n t e r to
southern Europe or Corsica. After W o r l d W a r I he acquired a f a r m house i n
N o r m a n d y at Blangy-le-Chateau w h i c h r e m a i n e d his home u n t i l his death
on August 24, 1939. H e was b u r i e d i n France at Mesnil-sur-Blangy. Frieseke
w o n recognition early i n his career, a n d f r o m the early 1900's, w h e n he first
exhibited i n the Paris Salon, his w o r k was shown i n Europe a n d the U n i t e d
States a n d was awarded such honors as the Silver M e d a l at the St. Louis
Exposition a n d the G o l d M e d a l at M u n i c h , G e r m a n y , 1904, the T e m p l e
G o l d M e d a l at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s i n 1913, a n d the
G r a n d Prize at the Panama-Pacific I n t e r n a t i o n a l E x p o s i t i o n at San F r a n -
cisco i n 1915. H e e x h i b i t e d i n a l l Corcoran Biennials f r o m 1908 u n t i l his
death, w i n n i n g the F o u r t h W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d H o n o r a b l e M e n t i o n

F r e d e r i c k C a r l Frieseke Peace
i n 1908, the T h i r d W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Bronze M e d a l i n 1928, and
the Second W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Silver M e d a l i n 1935. A one-man
e x h i b i t i o n o f his w o r k s was h e l d i n the Corcoran in 1924. Frieseke was a
m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (Associate, 1912; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1914), of
the Societe N a t i o n a l e des B e a u x - A r t s , Paris, a n d of the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Society
of Arts and Letters.

G i v e r n y L a n d s c a p e 1915/16
30x25
S I G N E D , l . r . : to my friend Biddle/- F. C. Frieseke —
C O L L . : George B i d d l e , C r o t o n - o n - H u d s o n , N e w York
G I F T : George B i d d l e , i 9 6 0 60.42

A f t e r t h e i r m a r r i a g e i n 1905, the Friesekes a c q u i r e d the house a n d studio i n G i v e r n y ,

B r i t t a n y , f o r m e r l y o c c u p i e d b y T h e o d o r e R o b i n s o n . H e r e Frieseke spent most o f his
t i m e u n t i l he m o v e d to N o r m a n d y f o l l o w i n g the F i r s t W o r l d W a r . George B i d d l e , the
d o n o r o f the p a i n t i n g , has w r i t t e n the f o l l o w i n g a b o u t i t : "Giverny Landscape seems a
p r o p e r t i t l e for the Frieseke. I w o r k e d there for t w o h a p p y summers near h i m i n 1915
a n d 1916. H e has inscribed m y n a m e o n the l o w e r r i g h t h a n d c o r n e r . "

Peace 1917
40J X 6o£
S I G N E D , l . r . : F. C. Frieseke./igiy
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : Catalogue of the 113th Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s ,
P h i l a d e l p h i a , 1918, p . 56, no. 437, i l l . ; C . G . A . Eighth Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Con-
temporary American Artists, Dec. 1921-Jan. 1922, p . 35, no. 187, i l l . ; C . G . A . Special
Exhibition of Paintings by Frederick Carl Frieseke, 1924, n . p . , no. 18; C . G . A . Illustrated
Handbook of Paintings, Sculpture and Other Art Objects, 1933, p . 47, no. 124, i l l . ; Retro-
spective Exhibition of Paintings by Frederick C. Frieseke, N.A., The Grand Central A r t
Galleries, N e w Y o r k , 1939, n . p . , n o . 10, i l l . ; A . H a m m e r , " T h e C o r c o r a n G a l l e r y o f
A r t : A m e r i c a n A r t at Its Best," The Compleat Collector, M a r c h 1943, p p . 8 ff., i l l .
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1921 21.8

T h e artist's wife, the f o r m e r S a r a h A n n O ' B r y a n o f P h i l a d e l p h i a , was the m o d e l for

this p a i n t i n g .

D r e s s i n g R o o m 1922
25JX3if
S I G N E D , 1.1.: F. C. Frieseke. ig22
C O L L .: purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Ninth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Dec. 1923-
J a n . 1924, p . 52, no. 180, i l l . ; C . G . A . Special Exhibition of Paintings by Frederick Carl
Frieseke, 1924, n . p . , no. 25

P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1923 23.6

Frieseke also used his wife as the m o d e l for this p a i n t i n g .

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C. S. Price Abstraction No. 4a

C. S. Price (i874-1950)
C l a y t o n S. Price was b o r n i n Bedford, I o w a , o n M a y n , 1874. I n 1884 his
f a m i l y m o v e d to a remote cattle r a n c h near Shell, W y o m i n g , where he rode
the range for his father a n d the local Cattle Association. Clever w i t h his
pencil f r o m an early age, he carried sketch pads i n his saddle bags o n his l o n g
treks a n d i n 1905 his drawings attracted the a t t e n t i o n o f a well-to-do neigh-
b o r i n g rancher w h o financed a year o f a r t t r a i n i n g i n the St. Louis School o f
Fine A r t s . A t this t i m e Price m e t Charles M . Russell whose w o r k he greatly
a d m i r e d . H e r e t u r n e d to W y o m i n g , w o r k i n g o n the range to repay his
obligations u n t i l i n 1908 he accompanied his father a n d brothers to A l b e r t a ,
Canada. H e r e he settled i n Calgary, t a k i n g o d d jobs w h i l e he c o n t i n u e d w i t h
his d r a w i n g a n d p a i n t i n g u n t i l i n 1909 he was employed as i l l u s t r a t o r b y the
p o p u l a r western periodical, The Pacific Monthly, o f P o r t l a n d , O r e g o n . D u r i n g
the next t w e n t y years he w o r k e d i n California, O r e g o n a n d Canada, a n d
finally, i n 1928, he settled i n P o r t l a n d , his home u n t i l his death o n M a y 1,
1950. Price h a d seen the Panama-Pacific I n t e r n a t i o n a l Exposition i n San
Francisco i n 1915, the first o p p o r t u n i t y he h a d h a d to study m o d e r n trends i n

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E u r o p e a n p a i n t i n g . H e gave u p i l l u s t r a t i n g i n 1918 to devote f u l l t i m e to
p a i n t i n g a n d over the f o l l o w i n g years came to be k n o w n as a " m o d e r n i s t "
leader a m o n g the g r o u p o f y o u n g artists w o r k i n g o n the West Coast. H e h e l d
his first one-man e x h i b i t i o n i n San Francisco i n 1925, receiving considerable
r e c o g n i t i o n locally, a n d , as t i m e w e n t o n , g a i n i n g n a t i o n a l a t t e n t i o n as w e l l .
Six o f his paintings were i n c l u d e d i n the D e t r o i t I n s t i t u t e o f A r t e x h i b i t i o n ,
" A d v a n c e T r e n d s i n C o n t e m p o r a r y A m e r i c a n A r t " i n 1944, a n d one gallery
was assigned to his w o r k i n the M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t e x h i b i t i o n , " F o u r t e e n
A m e r i c a n s " i n N e w Y o r k i n 1946.

Abstraction No. 4a 1945

30 X 2 6 ; w o o d p a n e l
SIGNED, l . r . : C S PRICE
C O L L . : estate o f the artist
R E F . : C. S. Price, T h e D o w n t o w n G a l l e r y , N e w Y o r k , 1958, n . p . , n o . 15, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1969 1969.11

James N . Rosenberg (1874-1970)

James N . Rosenberg was b o r n i n A l l e g h e n y C i t y , Pennsylvania, o n N o v e m -
ber 20, 1874. H i s f a m i l y m o v e d to N e w Y o r k i n 1879, a n d at the age o f t h i r -
teen he was sent to T h e G u n n e r y School i n W a s h i n g t o n , Connecticut. H e r e
he h a d his first d r a w i n g lessons w h i c h f o r m e d the basis o f a n avocation w h i c h
sustained h i m for m a n y years a n d f i n a l l y l e d to a n active career i n a r t . After
graduating from C o l u m b i a College a n d the C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y L a w
School he pursued a b r i l l i a n t a n d successful practice i n l a w , b u t d u r i n g these
years he b u i l t a studio adjacent to his h o m e i n F a r R o c k a w a y , L o n g I s l a n d ,
and called h i m s e l f a " S a t u r d a y , Sunday a n d evening p a i n t e r . " Except for his
prep-school course i n a r t a n d a summer's t r a i n i n g i n 1910 at Woodstock,
N e w Y o r k , u n d e r J o h n F. Carlson, he was self-taught. H e experimented
unsuccessfully w i t h etching a n d thereafter w o r k e d p r i n c i p a l l y i n pastel a n d
oil u n t i l i n 1919 he developed skills also i n l i t h o g r a p h y . H e h e l d his first one-
m a n show i n N e w Y o r k i n 1911, a n d his second as a benefit for the R e d Cross
i n 1917. I n 1919 a n e x h i b i t i o n o f t w e n t y - e i g h t pastels d e p i c t i n g the 27th
Division's r e t u r n to N e w Y o r k after W o r l d W a r I was w e l l received, a n d the
same year, i n a j o i n t a u c t i o n w i t h M a r s d e n H a r t l e y at the A n d e r s o n Galleries,
seventy-two o f his p a i n t i n g s were sold. I t was n o t u n t i l 1947, however, w i t h
the encouragement o f such friends as P a u l J . Sachs o f H a r v a r d , t h a t he gave
u p his l a w practice to spend f u l l t i m e at p a i n t i n g . H e m o v e d to Scarsdale a n d
purchased a large estate i n the A d i r o n d a c k s near E l i z a b e t h t o w n i n 1923, a n d
except for t i m e dedicated to the support o f m a n y p h i l a n t h r o p i e s , he
concentrated o n p a i n t i n g . H e d i e d o n J u l y 2 1 , 1970.

Cascade F a l l s 1946-1948
24 X 20
SIGNED, 1.1.: JNR ( i n m o n o g r a m ) 146-8; o n back o f canvas: CASCADE FALLS'/by
JNRosenberg/1946-7-8
C O L L . : the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . James N. Rosenberg ( C o n t e m p o r a r y A m e r i c a n Artists Series, n o . 3 3 ) , n . p . ,
no. 5, i l l .
G I F T : James N . Rosenberg, 1959 59-39

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Adirondack Winter 1948-1949
3 0 X 4 8 J ; masonite
S I G N E D , l . r . : JJVR ( i n m o n o g r a m ) 48-9
C O L L . : the artist

R E F . : C . G . A . James JV. Rosenberg ( C o n t e m p o r a r y A m e r i c a n A r t i s t s Series, n o . 3 3 ) ,

959> -P-> -
J n n o 6

G I F T : James N . Rosenberg, 1959 59-37

Landscape 1968
18 X 24
S I G N E D , l . r . : 68 JR (in monogram)
C O L L . : the artist
G I F T : James N . Rosenberg, 1969 1969.3

J o h n Fabian Carlson ( i 875-1945)

J o h n F a b i a n Carlson was b o r n i n the Province o f S m a l a n d , Sweden, o n
M a y 4, 1875. H e was b r o u g h t w i t h his f a m i l y t o the U n i t e d States i n 1886.
W h i l e w o r k i n g i n a l i t h o g r a p h y shop i n Buffalo, he studied a r t as t i m e per-
m i t t e d i n the A r t Students League there, a n d i n 1902 w o n a scholarship to
attend the League i n N e w Y o r k . H e supplemented his income w i t h commis-
sions for c o m m e r c i a l drawings a n d book illustrations u n t i l the N e w Y o r k A r t
Students League a w a r d e d h i m a scholarship for study at the Woodstock A r t
C o l o n y . I n 1911 he was a p p o i n t e d to direct the A r t Students League's L a n d -
scape S u m m e r School i n Woodstock, a position he h e l d for eight years, a n d ,
w h e n this school was discontinued i n 1923, he organized his o w n classes i n
Woodstock, k n o w n as T h e J o h n F. Carlson School o f Landscape P a i n t i n g .
H e t a u g h t d u r i n g the summers o f the early 20's at the B r o a d m o o r A r t
A c a d e m y i n Colorado Springs, a n d i n later years conducted summer classes
at Gloucester, Massachusetts. Carlson w o n his first competitive a w a r d i n
1911 (First Prize, S w e d i s h - A m e r i c a n E x h i b i t i o n , Chicago), w h i c h was
followed b y such honours as a Silver M e d a l a t t h e Panama-Pacific Exposi-
t i o n o f 1915, the Carnegie Prize a n d the First A l t m a n Prize a t the N a t i o n a l
A c a d e m y o f Design i n 1918 a n d 1936. A one-man e x h i b i t i o n o f his works was
h e l d i n the C o r c o r a n G a l l e r y i n 1917. H e was a m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l
A c a d e m y (Associate, 1911; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1925) a n d the A m e r i c a n W a t e r
Color Society, a n d was a f o u n d i n g m e m b e r o f the A m e r i c a n Artists Profes-
sional League. H i s textbook, Elementary Principles of Landscape Painting, was a
p o p u l a r standard w o r k w h i c h was r e p r i n t e d i n several editions. Carlson d i e d
i n Woodstock o n M a r c h 20, 1945.

Morning Hazef
i 8 x 24
SIGNED, 1.1.: John F. Carlson
C O L L . : M r s . J . F r e d e r i c k M . Stewart, U p p e r v i l l e , V i r g i n i a
R E F . : Landscapes by John F. Carlson, T h e M a c b e t h G a l l e r y , N e w Y o r k , 1930, n . p . , n o . 24
G I F T : M a r g u e r i t e A . C. S t e w a r t , 1964 64.21.1

Woods i n Winter
4^X561
S I G N E D , l . r . : John F. Carlson -; o n stretcher crossbar: Woods in Winter John F. Carlson
C O L L . : purchased f r o m t h e artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Fourth Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, D e c . 1 9 1 2 -
J a n . 1913, n . p . , n o . 138
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1912 12.5

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 (Richard) Hayley Lever (i876-1958)
H a y l e y Lever was b o r n i n Adelaide, A u s t r a l i a , o n September 28, 1876. H e
attended Prince A l f r e d College a n d at the age o f eighteen w e n t to E n g l a n d
where he settled i n St. Ives, C o r n w a l l . D u r i n g the f o l l o w i n g t w e n t y years he
spent t w o winters i n Paris, a n d w o r k e d i n L o n d o n , b u t his seascapes painted
on the Cornish coast, where he spent most o f his t i m e , b r o u g h t h i m his first
recognition. H e came to N e w Y o r k a r o u n d 1912 a n d was soon d r a w n to
Gloucester, Massachusetts, where he m a i n t a i n e d a summer studio. H e taught
for m a n y years at the A r t Students League i n N e w Y o r k ( f r o m 1919 to 1931)
and e x h i b i t e d i n the competitive exhibitions o f the p e r i o d , w i n n i n g such
awards as the Carnegie Prize at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design i n 1914, a
G o l d M e d a l at the Panama-Pacific E x p o s i t i o n at San Francisco i n 1915, a n d
the T e m p l e G o l d M e d a l at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s i n
1926. A large e x h i b i t i o n o f his o i l paintings, watercolors, drawings a n d
etchings (136 items) was h e l d i n the C o r c o r a n G a l l e r y i n 1924. Lever was a
m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (Associate, 1926; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1933), the
W h i t n e y Studio C l u b , N e w Y o r k , the R o y a l B r i t i s h Artists a n d the R o y a l
I n s t i t u t e o f O i l Painters, L o n d o n . H e d i e d at M o u n t V e r n o n , N e w Y o r k , on
December 6, 1958.

Dawn
5o£x6oJ
S I G N E D , l . r . : Hayley Lever
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : Inaugural Exhibition, C l e v e l a n d M u s e u m o f A r t , 1916, p . 135, n o . 6 8 ; C . G . A .
Sixth Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec. 1916-Jan. 1917,
n.p., n o . 2 8 4 ; F. J . M a t h e r , C. R . M o r e y , W . J . H e n d e r s o n , American Spirit in Art
(Pageant o f A m e r i c a n A r t , v o l . 12), 1927, p . 135, i l l .

P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1916 16.8

T h i s scene depicts the fishing v i l l a g e o f St. Ives i n C o r n w a l l , E n g l a n d .

H a r b o r Scene
13 X 16; canvas b o a r d
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Havley Lever
H a y l e y L e v e r Harbor Scene C O L L . : James N . Rosenberg, Scarsdale, N e w Y o r k
G I F T : James N . Rosenberg, 1959 59-35

J o h n Christen Johansen ( i 876-1964)

J o h n Christen Johansen was b o r n i n Copenhagen, D e n m a r k , o n November
25, 1876. H i s f a m i l y i m m i g r a t e d to this c o u n t r y i n his infancy, a n d , his
interest i n a r t developing at an early age, he was sent first to the Chicago A r t
I n s t i t u t e a n d t h e n to study w i t h F r a n k Duveneck i n C i n c i n n a t i . H e h a d
f u r t h e r t r a i n i n g at the J u l i a n A c a d e m y i n Paris a n d studied briefly under
James M c N e i l l W h i s t l e r , r e t u r n i n g to Chicago i n 1901. H e t a u g h t i n the A r t
I n s t i t u t e u n t i l p o r t r a i t commissions demanded his f u l l t i m e . A c c o m p a n i e d by
his wife, Jean M c L e a n , also an artist, he again w e n t to Europe i n 1906. T h e y
p a i n t e d for an extended p e r i o d i n Venice, a n d the e x h i b i t i o n h e l d i n L o n d o n ,
and later i n N e w Y o r k (1909), o f w o r k completed o n this t r i p b r o u g h t h i m
i m m e d i a t e recognition. O n his r e t u r n he settled i n N e w Y o r k , teaching at the
A r t Students League a n d p a i n t i n g the m a n y p o r t r a i t s for w h i c h he is best
k n o w n . H o w e v e r , the series o f twenty-seven A m e r i c a n shipyard scenes done

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 t o w a r d the close o f W o r l d W a r I , the conversation pieces o f his f a m i l y i n
their N e w Y o r k t o w n house a n d summer home i n Stockbridge, Massachu-
setts, a n d m a n y figure paintings attest to his versatility. Johansen was a
m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (Associate, 1911; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1914), o f
the N a t i o n a l Society o f P o r t r a i t Painters, o f the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e of A r t s a n d
Letters, a n d o f the Societe des Beaux-Arts et Belles Lettres, Paris. H e was
awarded such honors as the G o l d M e d a l at the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Exposition at
Buenos Aires i n 1910, the Saltus G o l d M e d a l at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f
Design i n 1911, a G o l d M e d a l at the Panama-Pacific E x p o s i t i o n at San
Francisco i n 1915, a n d the G o l d M e d a l at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the
Fine A r t s i n 1928. A j o i n t e x h i b i t i o n o f his a n d his wife's paintings was h e l d
i n the Corcoran G a l l e r y i n 1926. Johansen d i e d i n N e w Y o r k o n M a y 23,
1964.

The Artist and H i s F a m i l y 1925

30X40
S I G N E D , l . r . : J. C. Johansen. 1925
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : Catalogue of the 121st Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s ,
P h i l a d e l p h i a , 1926, p . 43, n o . 215, i l l . ; C . G . A . The Tenth Exhibition of Contemporary
J o h n C. Johansen The Artist and His American Oil Paintings, 1926, p . 3 1 , n o . 61
Family P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1926 26.799

C. Powell Minnigerode 1942

4 5 i x 31 \
S I G N E D , I T . : JOHNC. JOHANSEN 1942
C O L L . : commissioned f r o m the artist
R E F . : The Art Digest, v o l . 16, n o . 19 ( A u g . 1, 1942), p . 5, i l l . ; Pictures on Exhibit, v o l . 6,
no. 1 ( O c t . 1942), p . 2 1 , i l l .
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1942 42.5

C u t h b e r t P o w e l l M i n n i g e r o d e was b o r n i n St. L o u i s , M i s s o u r i , i n 1876, son o f

Charles, J r . a n d V i r g i n i a C u t h b e r t P o w e l l M i n n i g e r o d e . H e was sent for his e d u c a t i o n
to the Episcopal H i g h School o f V i r g i n i a , near A l e x a n d r i a , a n d at the age o f sixteen
took his first j o b as office b o y i n the C o r c o r a n G a l l e r y . I n 1904 he was a p p o i n t e d
Assistant to t h e D i r e c t o r , a n d i n 1915, D i r e c t o r , a p o s i t i o n he h e l d u n t i l his r e t i r e m e n t
i n 1947 w h e n he was n a m e d D i r e c t o r E m e r i t u s . H e d i e d i n W a s h i n g t o n i n 1951. T h i s
p o r t r a i t was commissioned b y the Gallery's B o a r d o f Trustees t o c o m m e m o r a t e
M r . M i n n i g e r o d e ' s fifty years o f service.

Nan Watson (1876-1966)

Agnes Paterson W a t s o n (professionally k n o w n as N a n Watson) was b o r n i n
E d i n b u r g h , Scotland, i n 1876. H e r parents m o v e d to the U n i t e d States i n her
infancy, m a k i n g their permanent home i n Buffalo. She studied p a i n t i n g there
as a y o u n g g i r l a n d at the age o f eighteen w e n t to Paris t o w o r k i n the
Academie Colarossi. O n her r e t u r n to N e w Y o r k a r o u n d 1900, she c o n t i n u e d
her t r a i n i n g at the A r t Students League a n d p r i v a t e l y w i t h W i l l i a m M e r r i t t
Chase. For m a n y years she kept her studio i n N e w Y o r k , u n t i l i n the m i d -
thirties, w h e n her husband, Forbes W a t s o n , the a r t critic a n d publisher, was
a p p o i n t e d consultant i n the D i v i s i o n o f F i n e A r t s o f the Federal W o r k s
Agency, they m o v e d to W a s h i n g t o n . M r s . W a t s o n w o r k e d p r i n c i p a l l y i n
p o r t r a i t u r e a n d i n f r u i t a n d flower still life. H e r first one-man show was h e l d
i n the o l d W h i t n e y Studio C l u b i n G r e e n w i c h V i l l a g e , a n d this was followed
over the years b y one-man exhibitions i n N e w Y o r k , Denver, B a l t i m o r e ,
W a s h i n g t o n a n d H a r t f o r d , Connecticut. H e r w o r k is represented i n the

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 M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t , the W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , a n d
the Phillips Collection i n W a s h i n g t o n , a m o n g other institutions. M r . a n d
M r s . W a t s o n m o v e d to Gaylordsville, Connecticut, i n 1945, b u t after her
husband's death i n i 9 6 0 she r e t u r n e d to W a s h i n g t o n where she d i e d on
September 26, 1966.

Chrysanthemums I I
22jX l8£
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Nan Watson
C O L L . : the artist
R E F . : Exhibition of Paintings by Nan Watson, C. W . K r a u s h a a r A r t Galleries, N e w Y o r k ,
1932, n . p . , n o . 18; Still Lifes by Nan Watson, W a d s w o r t h A t h e n e u m , H a r t f o r d ,
Connecticut, i960, n.p., no. 4
G I F T : Friends o f Forbes a n d N a n W a t s o n t h r o u g h O l i n D o w s , 1961 61.3

Adolphe Borie (i877-1934)

A d o l p h e Borie was b o r n i n P h i l a d e l p h i a o n J a n u a r y 5, 1877. H e graduated
f r o m Lawrenceville School a n d attended the U n i v e r s i t y o f Pennsylvania for a
year before w o r k i n g u n d e r W i l l i a m M e r r i t t Chase a n d T h o m a s Anshutz at
the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s (1896-1899). A f t e r three years o f
further t r a i n i n g at the R o y a l A c a d e m y i n M u n i c h , he r e t u r n e d to Phila-
delphia w h i c h r e m a i n e d his home except for scattered years i n N e w Y o r k a n d
Paris a n d summer holidays i n W y o m i n g , M a i n e , M e x i c o a n d Europe. D u r i n g
his lifetime he was k n o w n p r i n c i p a l l y for his commissioned p o r t r a i t s , b u t i t
was i n the still-lifes, flower pieces, nudes a n d non-commissioned i n f o r m a l p o r t -
raits, w h i c h he seldom e x h i b i t e d p u b l i c l y , t h a t he f o u n d his best expression.
Borie was shown i n the competitive exhibitions o f his p e r i o d a n d received such
honors as the Beck G o l d M e d a l for P o r t r a i t u r e at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y
of the Fine A r t s i n 1910, a Silver M e d a l at the Panama-Pacific Exposition
i n San Francisco i n 1915, the M a y n a r d P o r t r a i t Prize at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y
of Design i n 1917 a n d the T h i r d W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Bronze M e d a l
at the Corcoran Gallery's T e n t h B i e n n i a l i n 1927. A special e x h i b i t i o n o f his
paintings a n d drawings was h e l d i n the C o r c o r a n i n 1942. H e was elected an
Associate M e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1917, a n d A c a d e m i c i a n i n
1934. Borie d i e d i n P h i l a d e l p h i a o n M a y 14, 1934.

Camellias 1929
16 X 2 0 ; w o o d p a n e l
S I G N E D , 1.1.: A Borie
C O L L . : M r s . A d o l p h e Borie, P h i l a d e l p h i a
R E F . : Adolphe Borie, P h i l a d e l p h i a M u s e u m o f A r t , 1935, n . p . , n o . 19; C . G . A . Special
Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Adolphe Borie, 1942, n . p . , n o . 10
P U R C H A S E : A n n a E. C l a r k F u n d , 1942 42.1

E d i t h Pettit
i 6 x 20
S I G N E D , u . l . : Adolphe Borie
C O L L . : George B i d d l e , C r o t o n - o n - H u d s o n , N e w Y o r k

G I F T : George B i d d l e , 1968 68.33.6

A d o l p h e Borie Edith Pettit Borie m a r r i e d E d i t h P e t t i t , also a P h i l a d e l p h i a n , i n 1907.

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Marsden H a r t l e y ( i 877-1943)
M a r s d e n H a r t l e y was b o r n i n Lewis t o n , M a i n e , o n J a n u a r y 4, 1877.
Christened E d m u n d , he adopted his stepmother's f a m i l y name, M a r s d e n ,
a n d after a b o u t 1908 used t h a t exclusively. H i s c h i l d h o o d was spent i n M a i n e ,
a n d at a n early age his a p t i t u d e i n a r t manifested i t s e l f — a t t h i r t e e n he
executed precise drawings o f fauna a n d flora for a professional naturalist.
W h e n his f a m i l y m o v e d to Cleveland he studied w i t h the artist J o h n Semon
a n d , h a v i n g w o n a scholarship, attended the Cleveland School o f A r t . I n 1898
he w e n t to N e w Y o r k , s t u d y i n g first at the Chase School a n d later at the
N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design. F r o m this t i m e u n t i l 1912, he spent summers i n
M a i n e a n d w o r k e d d u r i n g the w i n t e r i n N e w Y o r k , e x h i b i t i n g i n the " 2 9 1
G a l l e r y " along w i t h Dove, M a u r e r , M a r i n a n d the Stieglitz coterie o f y o u n g
avant-garde painters. I t was d u r i n g this p e r i o d t h a t he first m e t A l b e r t Pink-
h a m R y d e r w h o was a recurrent influence i n his w o r k . I n 1912, w i t h the
help o f Stieglitz a n d A r t h u r B. Davies, H a r t l e y w e n t to E u r o p e for the first
t i m e — t o Paris, B e r l i n , M u n i c h — a n d , a l t h o u g h he r e t u r n e d r e g u l a r l y to
N e w Y o r k , the next years f o u n d h i m always o n the move, t r a v e l i n g a n d w o r k -
i n g i n Europe, a l t e r n a t i n g w i t h sojourns i n B e r m u d a , N e w M e x i c o , N e w
E n g l a n d , M e x i c o a n d N o v a Scotia. A G u g g e n h e i m Fellowship a w a r d e d i n
1931 made possible an extended p e r i o d o f w o r k i n M e x i c o . H e e x h i b i t e d w i t h
the Blue R i d e r G r o u p i n M u n i c h a n d p a r t i c i p a t e d i n the First A u t u m n Salon
organized b y Der Sturm i n B e r l i n i n 1913. H e e x h i b i t e d t w o oils a n d six
drawings i n N e w York's A r m o r y Show i n the same year a n d was represented
i n the F o r u m E x h i b i t i o n o f M o d e r n A m e r i c a n A r t i s t s , N e w Y o r k , i n 1916.
O n e - m a n exhibitions were h e l d i n Europe a n d A m e r i c a t h r o u g h o u t his
career. A pioneer i n the m o d e r n a r t m o v e m e n t , he experimented i n m a n y
stylistic expressions u n t i l , i n the last years o f his life w h e n he r e t u r n e d to
M a i n e , he developed a structured realism. H e was an a r t i c u l a t e w r i t e r ,
p u b l i s h i n g volumes o f verse a n d articles p r o p o u n d i n g his c r i t i c i s m a n d
philosophy o f art. H a r t l e y died i n E l l s w o r t h , M a i n e , o n September 2, 1943.

Berlin Abstraction 1914/15

32 X 26
C O L L . : estate o f the a r t i s t ; P a u l Rosenfeld, N e w Y o r k ; l o n e a n d H u d s o n W a l k e r
Collection, N e w Y o r k
R E F . : E. M c C a u s l a n d , Marsden Hartley, 1952, p p . 2 6 - 7 , 6 6 ; Marsden Hartley, S t e d e l i j k
Museum, Amsterdam, i960, n.p., i l l . ; J . Harithas, " M a r s d e n Hartley's German
P e r i o d A b s t r a c t i o n s , " C . G . A . Bulletin, v o l . 16, n o . 3 ( N o v . 1967), p p . 22 ff., i l l . ;
C . G . A . Bulletin, v o l . 16, n o . 4 ( J u n e 1968), i l l . ( o n cover)
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1967 67.3

W h e n H a r t l e y ' s 1914/1915 B e r l i n p a i n t i n g s were s h o w n i n Stieglitz's 291 G a l l e r y i n

A p r i l - M a y o f 1916 he w r o t e the f o l l o w i n g t o a c c o m p a n y the e x h i b i t i o n : " T h e forms
are o n l y those w h i c h I have observed casually f r o m d a y t o d a y . T h e r e is n o h i d d e n
s y m b o l i s m whatsoever i n t h e m ; there is n o slight i n t e n t i o n o f t h a t a n y w h e r e . T h i n g s
u n d e r observation, j u s t pictures o f a n y d a y , a n y h o u r . I have expressed o n l y w h a t I
have seen. T h e y are m e r e l y consultations o f t h e eye - i n n o sense p r o b l e m ; m y n o t i o n
o f the p u r e l y p i c t u r a l . "

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Paul Dougherty (i 877-1947)
Paul D o u g h e r t y was b o r n i n B r o o k l y n , N e w Y o r k , o n September 6, 1877.
Son o f a distinguished lawyer, he was slated for this profession, g r a d u a t i n g
w i t h a B. S. degree f r o m the Polytechnic I n s t i t u t e i n 1896 a n d an L L . B . f r o m
the N e w Y o r k L a w School i n 1898. Soon after his a d m i t t a n c e to the N e w
Y o r k bar, however, he abandoned l a w for p a i n t i n g . H e h a d h a d some early
t r a i n i n g i n perspective a n d f o r m u n d e r Constantin H e r t z b e r g a n d h a d
exhibited i n the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y of Design at the age o f eighteen, a n d now,
i n 1900, he w e n t to Europe, s t u d y i n g o n his o w n as he traveled d u r i n g the
next five years f r o m Paris to L o n d o n , Florence, Venice a n d M u n i c h . O n his
r e t u r n to N e w Y o r k his r e p u t a t i o n was w e l l established, especially i n the field
of m a r i n e p a i n t i n g , a subject he c o n t i n u e d to follow o n frequent trips to
C o r n w a l l , E n g l a n d , a n d to the coast o f M a i n e . H e was equally interested i n
landscape p a i n t i n g w h i c h he pursued o n his travels to Switzerland, the Far
East, Puerto R i c o a n d the C a n a d i a n Rockies, a n d he experimented w i t h still
lifes a n d figure p a i n t i n g , b u t t h r o u g h o u t his career he was recognized p r i n c i -
p a l l y for his marines. U n t i l the 1930's he m a i n t a i n e d studios i n b o t h N e w
Y o r k a n d Paris, b u t after this t i m e he l i v e d o n the West Coast, where he died
at P a l m Springs, C a l i f o r n i a , o n J a n u a r y 9, 1947. D o u g h e r t y was a member
of the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters, o f the Society o f A m e r i c a n
Artists, o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (Associate, 1906; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1907) and
of the A m e r i c a n W a t e r Color Society. H e received such awards as the Silver
M e d a l at the Carnegie I n t e r n a t i o n a l E x h i b i t i o n o f 1912, a G o l d M e d a l at the
Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco i n 1915, a n d the Carnegie and
First A l t m a n Prizes (1913) a n d the Palmer M e m o r i a l Prize (1941) at the
N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design.

The L a n d and the Sea

361x48^
S I G N E D , l . r . : Paul Dougherty 1906
C O L L . : J . R. Andrews, N e w Y o r k
R E F . : C . G . A . First Annual Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists,
1907, n . p . , n o . 122; An Exhibition of Paintings by Paul Dougherty, Pennsylvania A c a d e m y
of the F i n e A r t s , P h i l a d e l p h i a , 1907, n . p . , n o . 19; B. H a r r i s o n , Landscape Painting,
1909, p . 104, i l l . ; Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Paul Dougherty, N.A., Worcester A r t
M u s e u m , 1910, n . p . , n o . 11; W . H . Downes, " A m e r i c a n P a i n t e r o f the Sea," American
Magazine of Art, v o l . X X I I I , n o . 5 ( N o v . 1931), p . 369, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1907 07.5

Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt (1878-1955)

B r o r J u l i u s Olsson N o r d f e l d t was b o r n i n T u l s t o r g , Scania, i n South Sweden
on A p r i l 13, 1878. A t the age o f t h i r t e e n he came w i t h his f a m i l y to Chicago
where he w o r k e d as a " p r i n t e r ' s d e v i l " o n a local Swedish newspaper for
several years before s t u d y i n g at the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e a n d , later, under
the m u r a l i s t A l b e r t H e r t e r i n N e w Y o r k . I n 1900 he w e n t to Paris to w o r k i n
the atelier of Jean Paul Laurens, a n d the f o l l o w i n g year continued his t r a i n -
ing i n L o n d o n . H e r e m a i n e d ten years i n E n g l a n d , spending m u c h t i m e i n
C o r n w a l l a n d i n cruising the coastal waters between the Isle of W i g h t a n d the
Scilly Islands. A f t e r a t r i p to N o r t h A f r i c a he r e t u r n e d to Chicago i n 1911,
soon m o v i n g o n to the West Coast, a n d finally, a r o u n d 1917, establishing his
headquarters at Santa Fe, N e w M e x i c o , a l t h o u g h he was constantly traveling
b o t h i n A m e r i c a a n d abroad. H e t a u g h t as guest instructor at the M i n n e -
apolis School o f A r t i n 1933 a n d at the U n i v e r s i t y o f Texas i n 1941 a n d 1942.

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N o r d f e l d t w o r k e d i n etching a n d engraving as w e l l as i n oils, a n d his w o r k
was exhibited b o t h a b r o a d a n d i n t h e U n i t e d States, w i n n i n g such awards as
the Silver M e d a l i n the I n t e r n a t i o n a l E x p o s i t i o n , M i l a n , I t a l y , i n 1906,
the Silver M e d a l for E t c h i n g i n t h e Panama-Pacific Exposition, San F r a n -
cisco i n 1915, the L o g a n M e d a l at the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e i n 1926, a n d t h e
T h i r d W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Bronze M e d a l i n t h e Corcoran's T w e n t y -
first B i e n n i a l i n 1949 (see p a i n t i n g listed b e l o w ) . H e spent the last years o f his
life i n L a m b e r t v i l l e , N e w Jersey, b u t died i n Henderson, Texas, o n A p r i l 2 1 ,
1955, o n m
r e t u r n f r o m a t r i p to M e x i c o .
s

Flood 1948
40x51!
SIGNED, l . r . : Nordfeldt148
C O L L . : purchased f r o m t h e artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Twenty-first Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings,
1949, p . 30, n o . 120, i l l . ( T h i r d W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Bronze M e d a l ) ; D .
D r u m m o n d , " C o r c o r a n B i e n n i a l Presents C o n g l o m e r a t e P i c t u r e o f U . S . P a i n t i n g , "
The Art Digest, v o l . 2 3 , n o . 13 ( A p r i l 1, 1949), p p . 9, 38 f., i l l .
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1949 49-20

Maurice Sterne (i878-1957)

M a u r i c e Sterne was b o r n i n L i b a u o n t h e Baltic Coast o n J u l y 13, 1878. H i s
early years were spent there a n d i n M o s c o w u n t i l , at t h e age o f eleven or
twelve, he came w i t h his w i d o w e d m o t h e r t o N e w Y o r k . A f t e r various o d d
jobs, he apprenticed w i t h a m a p engraver a n d , to i m p r o v e his skill, enrolled
i n evening classes o f mechanical d r a w i n g at Cooper U n i o n . F r o m 1894 t o
1899 he attended d a y sessions at t h e N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y , w o r k i n g evenings,
u n t i l a series o f scholarships a n d a teaching position at the A c a d e m y gave h i m
o p p o r t u n i t y to concentrate o n his p a i n t i n g a n d etching. H e was a w a r d e d a
t r a v e l i n g fellowship i n 1904, a n d for four years w o r k e d i n France, G e r m a n y
a n d I t a l y . I n 1908 he traveled to Greece, E g y p t , I n d i a a n d finally t o t h e F a r
East, spending t w o years i n B a l i . O n his r e t u r n to the U n i t e d States i n 1915
he settled i n C r o t o n - o n - H u d s o n , N e w Y o r k , s u m m e r i n g i n M a i n e , b u t his
restlessness took h i m to N e w M e x i c o i n 1917 a n d t h e f o l l o w i n g year back to
Europe where he spent m u c h o f t h e next t e n years at A n t i c o l i - C o r r a d o ,
I t a l y . I n t h e early 30's he r e t u r n e d t o t h e U n i t e d States, a n d f r o m 1934
t h r o u g h 1936 t a u g h t at the C a l i f o r n i a School o f Fine A r t s i n San Francisco
a n d , d u r i n g the 40's, i n N e w Y o r k . H e w o r k e d i n sculpture as w e l l as p a i n t i n g
a n d e x h i b i t e d i n t h e p r i n c i p a l cities o f b o t h Europe a n d t h e U n i t e d States,
w i n n i n g such awards as t h e L o g a n M e d a l a n d Prize at t h e Chicago A r t
I n s t i t u t e i n 1928, t h e First W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d G o l d M e d a l at the
Corcoran B i e n n i a l i n 1930 (see p a i n t i n g listed b e l o w ) , a n d t h e Carnegie
Prize at t h e N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design i n 1957. Best k n o w n a m o n g his
commissioned p u b l i c works are t h e Rogers-Kennedy M e m o r i a l i n E l m
Park, Worcester, Massachusetts (The Monument to Early Settlers), unveiled i n
1929, a n d t h e t w e n t y murals i n t h e L i b r a r y o f the D e p a r t m e n t o f Justice,
W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . , installed i n 1941. Sterne was a N a t i o n a l A c a d e m i c i a n , a
m e m b e r o f the A m e r i c a n Society o f Painters, Sculptors a n d Gravers, a n d o f
the I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters. H e served o n the Fine A r t s Commission
f r o m 1945 t o 1951. A r o u n d 1944 he acquired a summer studio i n Province-
t o w n , Massachusetts, a n d his later years were spent there a n d at his home i n
M o u n t Kisco, N e w Y o r k , where he died on J u l y 23, 1957.

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2 9 X 3 9 ; composition board
S I G N E D , l . r . : Sterne 11 g 30
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Twelfth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, N o v . 1930-
J a n . 1931, p . 97, no. 294, i l l . (First W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d G o l d M e d a l ) ; Art
Digest, v o l . 5, no. 5 (Dec. 1, 1930), p . 5, i l l . ; Art News, v o l . 29, n o . 12 (Dec. 20, 1930).
p . 6, i l l . ; Arts, v o l . 17, n o . 3 (Dec. 1930), p . 162, i l l . ; Art and Archeology, v o l . 3 1 , no. 1
( J a n . 1931), p . 4, i l l . ; American Magazine of Art, v o l . 22, no. 1 ( J a n . 1931), p . 47, i l l . ;
v o l . 22, no. 2 (Feb. 1931), p . 74, i l l . ( i n c o l o r ) ; Maurice Sterne: Retrospective Exhibition
igo2-igj2, T h e M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k , 1933, p . 3 1 , n o . 8 6 ; C . G . A .
Illustrated Handbook of Paintings, Sculpture and Other Art Objects, 1939, p . 89, no. 331, i l l . ;
Golden Gate International Exposition, D e p a r t m e n t o f F i n e A r t s , San Francisco, 1939,
p . 52, no. 362, i l l . (Second H o n o r a b l e M e n t i o n ) ; C . G . A . Handbook of the American
Paintings, 1947, p . 8 0 , i l l . ; Still Life Painting, N o r t o n G a l l e r y a n d School o f A r t , West
P a l m Beach, F l o r i d a , 1951, n . p . , no. 2 3 ; C . G . A . Twenty Fifth Biennial Exhibition of
Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1957, " T h e H i s t o r i c a l S e c t i o n , " p . 15, no. 12;
Maurice Sterne: Retrospective Exhibition, H i r s c h l a n d A d l e r Galleries, N e w Y o r k , 1962,
n . p . , no. 62
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1930 30.5

M a u r i c e Sterne After Lunch

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R o b e r t Spencer The Red Boat

Robert Spencer (i 879-1931)

R o b e r t Spencer was b o r n i n H a r v a r d , Nebraska, o n December i , 1879, son
of a Swedenborgian c l e r g y m a n whose w o r k took his f a m i l y to Kansas,
M i s s o u r i , V i r g i n i a , a n d f i n a l l y to Yonkers, N e w Y o r k , where Spencer g r a d u -
ated f r o m h i g h school i n 1899. H e attended the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design
f r o m 1899 to 1901 a n d the N e w Y o r k School o f A r t f r o m 1903 to 1905 where
he w o r k e d u n d e r W i l l i a m M e r r i t t Chase. H e studied also w i t h D a n i e l
Garber at L u m b e r v i l l e , Pennsylvania, a n d , i n 1909, settled i n N e w H o p e ,
Pennsylvania, j o i n i n g the g r o u p o f painters w h o h a d established an a r t
colony there. H e w o n numerous prizes, such as the Second H a l l g a r t e n Prize
and the Inness G o l d M e d a l at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design i n 1913 a n d
1914, the Sesnan G o l d M e d a l at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s
i n 1914, a G o l d M e d a l at the Panama-Pacific E x p o s i t i o n at San Francisco i n
1915, a n d a G o l d M e d a l at the Sesquicentennial I n t e r n a t i o n a l Exposition i n
Philadelphia i n 1926. H e was elected Associate M e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l
A c a d e m y i n 1914, a n d A c a d e m i c i a n i n 1920. Never o f robust h e a l t h , Spencer
suffered a nervous b r e a k d o w n caused b y o v e r w o r k a n d c o m m i t t e d suicide at
N e w H o p e o n J u l y 11, 1931.

The R e d Boat
30^X36^
S I G N E D , l . r . : Robert Spencer
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Seventh Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec.
1919-Jan. 1920, n . p . , no. 88
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1919 J
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 E d w a r d Bruce (i879-1943)
E d w a r d Bruce was b o r n i n D o v e r Plains, N e w Y o r k , o n A p r i l 13, 1879.
A l t h o u g h he began p a i n t i n g as an amateur w h i l e f o l l o w i n g a career i n l a w
a n d business, he d i d n o t enter the a r t field professionally u n t i l 1923. A t t h a t
t i m e he began to p a i n t seriously, spending six years i n I t a l y at A n t i c o l i -
C o r r a d o a n d at Florence, w o r k i n g w i t h his f r i e n d , M a u r i c e Sterne. W h e n he
first exhibited i n N e w Y o r k i n 1929 he w o n i m m e d i a t e recognition. H e settled
i n California, b u t his a p p o i n t m e n t i n 1933 to organize a n d direct the Public
W o r k s o f A r t Project b r o u g h t h i m to W a s h i n g t o n , D . C , w h i c h remained his
home for the rest o f his career. H e was a genial person a n d an able adminis-
t r a t o r , a n d his u n t i r i n g w o r k to a i d the artists o f the Depression Period is w e l l
documented. H i s first a w a r d , the First H o n o r a b l e M e n t i o n at the Carnegie
I n s t i t u t e e x h i b i t i o n i n 1929, was followed b y such honors as the C o l u m b i a
U n i v e r s i t y M e d a l for Excellence i n 1937, the degree o f D o c t o r o f A r t s con-
ferred b y H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y i n 1938, a n d the Friedsam G o l d M e d a l
a w a r d e d b y the A r c h i t e c t u r a l League i n the same year. President Roosevelt
a p p o i n t e d h i m a m e m b e r o f the Commission o f Fine A r t s i n 1940. H e was
elected Associate M e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1935. Bruce died o n
J a n u a r y 27, 1943 i n H o l l y w o o d , F l o r i d a , w h i l e o n vacation f r o m his Wash-
i n g t o n duties.

St. Pere
24f X 3 4 i
S I G N E D , l . r . : Edward Bruce
C O L L . : estate o f the artist
R E F . : " T h e A r t o f E d w a r d B r u c e , " American Magazine of Art, v o l . 2 1 , n o . 2 (Feb.
1930), p p . 75 ff., i l l . ; C . G . A . Special Exhibition of Paintings by Edward Bruce, 1932, n . p . ,
no. 25
G I F T : H i s F e l l o w Artists t h r o u g h M r s . E d w a r d Bruce, 1948 48.17

T h i s scene was p r o b a b l y p a i n t e d i n St. Pere-en-Retz, near the m o u t h o f the L o i r e

E d w a r d Bruce St. Pere R i v e r i n France.

Jonas Lie (1880-1940)

Jonas L i e was b o r n i n Moss, N o r w a y , o n A p r i l 29, 1880, son o f a N o r w e g i a n
c i v i l engineer o f distinguished f a m i l y a n d a n A m e r i c a n m o t h e r . H e spent his
early y o u t h i n Oslo a n d , o n his father's death i n 1892, was sent to live w i t h an
uncle i n Paris u n t i l he could j o i n his m o t h e r a n d sisters i n N e w Y o r k the
f o l l o w i n g year. After his g r a d u a t i o n f r o m the E t h i c a l C u l t u r e School i n 1897,
he w e n t to w o r k i n a textile factory designing fabric patterns, a j o b he h e l d
w h i l e a t t e n d i n g evening classes at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design a n d the
A r t Students League. I n 1906 he took a studio i n N e w Y o r k a n d began to
p a i n t professionally. H e first e x h i b i t e d i n the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y as a student
i n 1900 a n d f r o m t h a t t i m e t h r o u g h o u t his career was represented i n the
exhibitions o f his p e r i o d , w i n n i n g such awards as the First H a l l g a r t e n Prize
(1914), the Carnegie Prize (1927), the Saltus M e d a l o f M e r i t (1936), a n d the
O b r i g Prize (1937) at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y . H e h e l d the first o f m a n y one-
m a n shows i n N e w Y o r k i n 1905 - t w e n t y - f o u r o f his paintings were exhibited
i n the Corcoran i n 1912. A l t h o u g h L i e h a d no a r t t r a i n i n g abroad, he
traveled extensively, p a i n t i n g i n B r i t t a n y , C o r n w a l l a n d H o l l a n d . I n 1913 he
w o r k e d several months o n the site o f the P a n a m a C a n a l r e c o r d i n g its con-
struction. H i s summers were usually spent o n the coast o f N e w E n g l a n d or

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Canada w i t h winters i n N e w Y o r k , where he died on J a n u a r y 10, 1940. L i e
was granted an H o n o r a r y Degree f r o m L a w r e n c e College ( A p p l e t o n ,
Wisconsin) a n d f r o m Syracuse U n i v e r s i t y , a n d was a m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l
I n s t i t u t e of A r t s a n d Letters, the Society o f A m e r i c a n Painters, Sculptors a n d
Gravers, a n d the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (Associate, 1912; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1925).
H e was president o f the A c a d e m y f r o m 1934 to 1939.

T h e Storm c. 1925
30x45
S I G N E D , l . r . : JONAS LIE
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G A . The Tenth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1926, p . 29,
n o . 59, i l l . ; Jonas Lie, P.N.A., T h e M a c D o w e l l C l u b o f N e w Y o r k C i t y , 1936, n . p . ,
n o . 17
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1926 26.800

A r t h u r Garfield Dove ( i 880-1946)

A r t h u r Garfield D o v e was b o r n i n Canandaigua, N e w Y o r k , on August 2,
1880. H i s f a m i l y m o v e d to Geneva, N e w Y o r k , w h i l e he was still a boy, a n d
i t was here he h a d his first p a i n t i n g lessons under a n eccentric amateur,
N e w t o n W e a t h e r l y . H e attended H o b a r t College a n d studied l a w at C o r n e l l
U n i v e r s i t y , w i t h an occasional a r t class, g r a d u a t i n g i n 1903. After four years
i n N e w Y o r k , i l l u s t r a t i n g for Harper's, Scribner's, a n d other periodicals, he
traveled a n d p a i n t e d i n Europe for more t h a n a year, e x h i b i t i n g i n the Paris
Salon d ' A u t o m n e o f 1908 a n d again i n 1909. A t this t i m e he met A l f r e d
M a u r e r w h o became a life-long f r i e n d . W h e n D o v e r e t u r n e d to N e w Y o r k i n
1909, he resumed i l l u s t r a t i o n w h i c h he continued i n t e r m i t t e n t l y thereafter,
a l t h o u g h his m a i n concern was p a i n t i n g . Stieglitz i n c l u d e d his w o r k i n a
group show at " 2 9 1 " i n 1910 along w i t h such modernists as H a r t l e y , M a r i n ,

A r t h u r Garfield Dove U.S.A.

M a u r e r a n d Weber, a n d gave h i m his first one-man show i n 1912. F r o m
about 1923 u n t i l his death, Dove h e l d one-man exhibitions a n n u a l l y a n d
p a r t i c i p a t e d i n the m a j o r exhibitions o f the p e r i o d . A l t h o u g h his f o l l o w i n g
was never large d u r i n g his lifetime, he was supported b y such d i s c r i m i n a t i n g
connoisseurs as Paul Rosenfeld a n d D u n c a n Phillips. H e spent m u c h o f his
life o n L o n g I s l a n d Sound - at W e s t p o r t , Connecticut, f r o m 1910 to 1920, on
a house-boat f r o m 1920 to 1932, a n d , after six years i n Geneva (1932-1938),
on the bay at Centerport, near H u n t i n g t o n , L o n g I s l a n d , where he died on
N o v e m b e r 22, 1946.

U.S.A. 1944
23IX31I
S I G N E D , I.e.: dove; i n s c r i b e d i n b l a c k c r a y o n o n t o p back f r a m e : 1944, SPACE DIVID-
ED BT LIME MO TIVE
C O L L . : estate o f the artist
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1968 68.17

Daniel Garber (i 880-1958)

D a n i e l Garber was b o r n i n N o r t h Manchester, I n d i a n a , o n A p r i l n , 1880.
A t the age o f seventeen he enrolled i n the C i n c i n n a t i A r t A c a d e m y a n d i n
1899 w e n t to Philadelphia to a t t e n d the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine
A r t s where he studied w i t h T h o m a s Anshutz a n d J . A l d e n W e i r . T h e Cresson
T r a v e l i n g Scholarship a w a r d e d b y the A c a d e m y i n 1905 gave h i m the oppor-
t u n i t y to t r a v e l a n d study independently i n Europe for t w o years. O n his
r e t u r n to Philadelphia he was a p p o i n t e d to the faculty o f the Pennsylvania
A c a d e m y where he t a u g h t for over f o r t y years. H e kept his w i n t e r residence
i n Philadelphia, b u t spent l o n g summer seasons i n L u m b e r v i l l e , Bucks
C o u n t y , near N e w H o p e , where the area a r o u n d his c o u n t r y house i n C u t t a -
loosa Glen i n the Delaware V a l l e y p r o v i d e d the setting for m a n y o f his l a n d -
scapes. H e received awards f r o m the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design, the
Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e a n d the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s ,
a m o n g m a n y other institutions, a n d w o n three W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prizes i n
Corcoran Biennials (see April Landscape a n d South Room, Green Street, listed
b e l o w ) . O n e - m a n exhibitions o f his drawings a n d etchings were held i n the
Corcoran i n 1930 a n d 1940. Garber was a m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l Academy
(Associate, 1910; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1913), the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d
Letters, a n d the Society o f A m e r i c a n Etchers, Gravers a n d Woodcutters. H e
died at his home i n L u m b e r v i l l e o n J u l y 5, 1958.

A p r i l Landscape
42 J X 46
S I G N E D , l . r . : DANIEL GARBER
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Third Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec. 1910-
Jan. 1911, n . p . , n o . 10, i l l . ( F o u r t h Prize a n d H o n o r a b l e M e n t i o n ) ; American Art
Annual, A m e r i c a n F e d e r a t i o n o f A r t s , v o l . 9, 1911, p p . 282 ff., i l l . ; 106th Annual
Exhibition, Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s , P h i l a d e l p h i a , 1911, p . 34, n o . 3 0 9 ;
Fifteenth Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings, Worcester A r t M u s e u m , Mass., 1912, p . 8,
no. 2 1 , i l l .
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1911 11.2

G a r b e r p a i n t e d the o l d q u a r r y across the r i v e r f r o m N e w H o p e , Pennsylvania, f r o m

m a n y vantage p o i n t s a n d i n a l l seasons.

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5iiX42|
S I G N E D , l . r . : -Daniel Garber-
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : Exhibition of Recent Paintings by Daniel Garber, N.A., A r l i n g t o n Galleries, New-
Y o r k , 1921, n . p . , n o . 2 0 ; C . G . A . Eighth Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary
American Artists, Dec. 1921-Jan. 1922, p . 36, n o . 198 ( F i r s t W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d
G o l d M e d a l ) ; " C o r c o r a n Gallery's E i g h t h B i e n n i a l E x h i b i t Finest o f T h e m A l l , "
American Art News, v o l . X X , n o . 11 (Dec. 24, 1921), p . 6, i l l . ; V . B a r k e r , " C o n t e m -
p o r a r y A m e r i c a n P a i n t i n g at the C o r c o r a n G a l l e r y o f A r t , " Art and Archaeology,
vol. X I I I , n o . 1 ( J a n . 1922), p p . 3 ff., i l l . ; " S t u d i o T a l k , " The Studio, v o l . 83, n o . 347
(Feb. 15, 1922), p . i n , i l l . ; H . M . W a t t s , " A m e r i c a n A r t at the C o r c o r a n G a l l e r y , "
Arts and Decoration, v o l . X V I , n o . 4 (Feb. 1922), p . 283, i l l . ; American Art Annual,
A m e r i c a n F e d e r a t i o n o f A r t s , v o l . 19 (1922), p . 25, i l l . ; Exhibition of Oil Paintings by
Daniel Garber, Robert Henri, Frederick J . Waugh, T h e A r t C l u b o f P h i l a d e l p h i a , 1922,
n . p . , n o . 2 1 ; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of Paintings, Sculpture and Other Art Objects,
1939, p . 47, n o . 139, i l l . ; Daniel Garber, Retrospective Exhibition, Pennsylvania A c a d e m y
of the F i n e A r t s , P h i l a d e l p h i a , 1945, n . p . , n o . n o ; C . G . A . Twenty Fifth Biennial
Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1957, " H i s t o r i c a l S e c t i o n , " p . 15, n o . 8
D a n i e l G a r b e r South Room - Green Street
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1921 21.6

M r s . G a r b e r a n d t h e i r d a u g h t e r T a n i s posed for this p a i n t i n g i n the artist's P h i l a -

d e l p h i a residence.

Hans H o f m a n n (1880-1966)
Hans H o f m a n n was b o r n i n Weissenburg, Bavaria, on M a r c h 2 1 , 1880. H e
spent his y o u t h i n M u n i c h where he attended the p u b l i c schools a n d g y m -
nasium, a n d , after g r a d u a t i o n , studied a r t f r o m 1896 to 1898. H e w e n t to
Paris i n 1904 to continue his a r t t r a i n i n g a n d for the first t i m e came i n con-
tact w i t h the avant-garde w o r k o f Matisse, Picasso, a n d D e l a u n a y w i t h w h o m
he became closely allied. H e r e t u r n e d to M u n i c h i n 1914 a n d founded the
Hans H o f m a n n School o f Fine A r t s the f o l l o w i n g year, t r a v e l i n g t h r o u g h o u t
Europe w i t h his students d u r i n g the summers o f the 2o's. I n 1930 a n d 1931 he
came to the U n i t e d States to teach i n the summer sessions at the U n i v e r s i t y
of C a l i f o r n i a at Berkeley, a n d , on closing his school i n M u n i c h i n 1932,
m o v e d p e r m a n e n t l y to the States. H e t a u g h t at the A r t Students League i n
N e w Y o r k a n d at the T h u r n School i n Gloucester, Massachusetts, for t w o
years; i n 1934 he founded the H o f m a n n School o f A r t i n N e w Y o r k a n d a
summer school i n Provincetown, Massachusetts, i n 1935. These he continued
u n t i l 1958 w h e n he gave u p teaching to devote f u l l t i m e to p a i n t i n g . A l t h o u g h
his first one-man show was held i n B e r l i n i n 1910, a n d he h a d exhibited o n
the West Coast i n the 1930's a n d i n N e w Orleans i n 1941, his first e x h i b i t i o n
i n N e w Y o r k was arranged i n 1944 b y Peggy G u g g e n h e i m i n her A r t o f this
C e n t u r y Gallery. F r o m this t i m e on his w o r k was shown i n the i m p o r t a n t
annuals a n d g r o u p exhibitions across the c o u n t r y , a n d retrospective e x h i b i -
tions were held at the A d d i s o n Gallery o f A m e r i c a n A r t (1948), the Phila-
delphia A r t A l l i a n c e (1956), the W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t (1957),
a n d the M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k (1963). H o f m a n n died i n N e w
Y o r k on F e b r u a r y 17, 1966.

Golden Blaze 1958

72 X 60
S I G N E D , l . r . : hans hofmann ' 5 $ ; o n back o f canvas, u . l . : 72-60 golden blaze/1958jhans
hofmann
C O L L . : D r . a n d M r s . Joseph M . K r i m s l e y , N e w Y o r k
R E F . : C. G r e e n b e r g , hofmann, 1961, p . 15, i l l . ( i n c o l o r ) ; S. H u n t e r & H . H o f m a n n ,
Hans Hofmann, 1963, n o . 85, i l l .
G I F T : T h e Friends o f the C o r c o r a n , 1968 68.37

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M o r t o n Livingston Schamberg (1881-1918)
M o r t o n L i v i n g s t o n Schamberg was b o r n i n P h i l a d e l p h i a on October 15,
1881. H e earned a Bachelor o f A r c h i t e c t u r e Degree f r o m the School o f Fine
A r t s o f the U n i v e r s i t y o f Pennsylvania i n 1903, a n d t h a t same year m a t r i c u -
lated i n the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s where he came under the
p a r t i c u l a r a t t e n t i o n o f W i l l i a m M e r r i t t Chase. H e studied at the A c a d e m y
u n t i l 1906, j o i n i n g Chase o n several summer trips organized for students to
visit the capitals o f Europe. I n 1906 Schamberg's father financed a year
a b r o a d , spent for the most p a r t i n Paris. O n his r e t u r n to Philadelphia i n
1907, he shared a studio w i t h Charles Sheeler w h o h a d been a fellow-student
at the A c a d e m y . T h e y traveled together i n Europe i n 1908, a n d i t was about
this t i m e they f o u n d a house a n d studio i n Doylestown, Pennsylvania, where
they w o r k e d each summer u n t i l Schamberg's death i n the flu epidemic o f
1918. Schamberg's first one-man show was h e l d i n a c o m m e r c i a l gallery i n
P h i l a d e l p h i a i n 1910. H e was a m e m b e r o f the Society o f Independent Artists
a n d was i n c l u d e d i n the A r m o r y Show o f 1913, as w e l l as i n g r o u p exhibitions
i n N e w Y o r k o f the y o u n g artists e x p e r i m e n t i n g w i t h C u b i s m a n d the
Precisionist movement. H i s early death i n Philadelphia o n October 13, 1918
cut short a p r o m i s i n g career w h i c h was j u s t b e g i n n i n g to receive recognition.

C h a r l e s S h e e l e r a n d N i n a A l l e n d e r c. 1906
5 X 3\; w o o d p a n e l
C O L L . : M r s . F. H . D e t w e i l e r , S t a m f o r d , C o n n e c t i c u t
R E F . : Paintings by Morton L . Schamberg (i88i-igi8), Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e
A r t s , P h i l a d e l p h i a , 1963, n . p . , no. 1; B. W o l f , Morton Livingston Schamberg, A Mono-
graph, 1963, p . 4 3 , n o . 7, i l l .
G I F T : J o a n D e t w e i l e r , 1962 62.15.3

Schamberg, Charles Sheeler a n d N i n a A l l e n d e r were fellow-students at the Pennsyl-

v a n i a A c a d e m y . F o r f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t Sheeler, see b e l o w , p . 117.

Patrick H e n r y Bruce ( i 881-1936)

Patrick H e n r y Bruce was b o r n at L o n g I s l a n d , C a m p b e l l C o u n t y , V i r g i n i a ,
on A p r i l 2 1 , 1881. A f t e r his g r a d u a t i o n f r o m h i g h school at sixteen, he atten-
ded evening classes conducted b y the sculptor E d w a r d V a l e n t i n e i n R i c h -
m o n d , V i r g i n i a . F r o m 1902 to 1903 he studied under W i l l i a m M e r r i t t Chase
a n d R o b e r t H e n r i i n N e w Y o r k , a n d i n 1904 w e n t to Paris where he settled
p e r m a n e n t l y . T h e r e he w o r k e d o n his o w n for the most p a r t a l t h o u g h he was
a n o r i g i n a l m e m b e r o f the class organized i n 1908 a r o u n d Matisse w h o m he
h a d m e t t h r o u g h G e r t r u d e a n d Leo Stein. H e was m u c h influenced b y
Cezanne's paintings d u r i n g this p e r i o d , a n d later b y Delaunay to w h o m he
was i n t r o d u c e d a r o u n d 1912. H e gained considerable recognition i n France,
e x h i b i t i n g f r o m 1907 to 1914 i n the Salon d ' A u t o m n e a n d w i t h the y o u n g
"independents", as w e l l as i n i n t e r n a t i o n a l exhibitions i n G e r m a n y a n d
Czechoslovakia. H e was a m e m b e r o f the " N e w Society o f A m e r i c a n Artists
i n Paris," a g r o u p o f painters such as Weber, M a u r e r a n d Steichen w h o
seceded i n 1908 f r o m the more conservative "Society o f A m e r i c a n Artists i n
Paris." F o u r o f his paintings were i n c l u d e d i n the A r m o r y Show i n 1913, a n d
he was represented i n the 1917 e x h i b i t i o n o f the Society o f Independent
Artists a n d i n g r o u p shows i n the Montross G a l l e r y , N e w Y o r k , i n 1917 a n d
1918. A b o u t this t i m e five o f his paintings were a c q u i r e d b y the Societe

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P a t r i c k H e n r y Bruce Forms
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A n o n y m e i n N e w Y o r k , an organization founded i n 1920 to p r o m o t e ad-
vanced A m e r i c a n a n d European w o r k t h r o u g h e x h i b i t i o n , p u b l i c a t i o n a n d
purchase. T h i s collection is n o w i n the Y a l e U n i v e r s i t y A r t Gallery. O n the
whole, however, Bruce's w o r k was n o t w e l l k n o w n i n the States. H e gave u p
p a i n t i n g entirely i n 1932 a n d m o v e d f r o m his Paris studio to Versailles,
destroying a l l b u t about fifteen o f his canvases w h i c h he left i n the care o f his
f r i e n d H e n r i Pierre Roche. H e r e t u r n e d to N e w Y o r k i n 1936, b u t h a d been
i n the c i t y b u t a short t i m e w h e n he c o m m i t t e d suicide o n N o v e m b e r 12,
1936.

F o r m s c. 1925-1926
28|X 35f
C O L L . : H e n r i Pierre R o c h e , Paris
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1968 68.2

T h i s p a i n t i n g was one o f the g r o u p left b y M r . Bruce w i t h M o n s i e u r H e n r i Pierre

R o c h e i n Paris w h e n the artist r e t u r n e d to the U n i t e d States a few m o n t h s before his
d e a t h i n 1936. I t is n u m b e r 6 i n his series Formes.

George Wesley Bellows (i 882-1925)

George Wesley Bellows was b o r n i n Columbus, O h i o , o n August 12, 1882.
H e attended O h i o State U n i v e r s i t y f r o m 1901 to 1904 a n d i n his senior year,
refusing a n offer to enter the field o f professional baseball, left for N e w Y o r k
to study at the N e w Y o r k School o f A r t u n d e r W i l l i a m M e r r i t t Chase a n d
R o b e r t H e n r i w h o later became a close f r i e n d . B y 1906 Bellows h a d estab-
lished his o w n studio a n d h a d begun to e x h i b i t his w o r k . A t the age o f
twenty-seven he was elected an Associate o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y , the
youngest Associate i n the Academy's history. H e was elected A c a d e m i c i a n i n
1913. A l t h o u g h n o t a n o r i g i n a l m e m b e r o f " T h e E i g h t , " he was a l l i e d w i t h
this g r o u p a n d t h e i r friends w h o bore the epithet " T h e Ashcan School." H e
e x h i b i t e d w i t h t h e m i n the first I n d e p e n d e n t Artists E x h i b i t i o n i n 1910 a n d
p a r t i c i p a t e d i n the N e w Y o r k A r m o r y Show i n 1913. A l o n g w i t h J o h n Sloan
he w o r k e d as a volunteer o n the a r t staff o f the socialist magazine, The Masses,
and t h r o u g h o u t his career supplemented his income b y d r a w i n g illustrations
for c u r r e n t periodicals a n d publications. I n 1916 he took u p l i t h o g r a p h y w i t h
considerable success a n d his w o r k d i d m u c h to rescue this a r t f o r m f r o m its com-
m e r c i a l stigma. T h e Corcoran Gallery h e l d t w o exhibitions o f his prints, i n
1922 a n d 1932. Bellows never traveled to Europe - he r e m a i n e d i n N e w Y o r k ,
usually s u m m e r i n g i n M a i n e , u n t i l i n 1920 he began yearly vacations i n
Woodstock, N e w Y o r k . H e made one t r i p to C a l i f o r n i a a n d N e w M e x i c o . H i s
first prize w o n i n 1908 was followed b y m a n y honors, i n c l u d i n g the First
W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d G o l d M e d a l i n the Corcoran's N i n t h B i e n n i a l i n
1923. A t the height o f his career he died suddenly o f a r u p t u r e d a p p e n d i x o n
J a n u a r y 8. 1925. T h e M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t h e l d a M e m o r i a l
E x h i b i t i o n o f his w o r k later i n the same year.

Forty-two K i d s 1907
42§ X 6 0 J
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Geo Bellows.
C O L L . : R o b e r t C. H a l l , P i t t s b u r g h ; M r . a n d M r s . Peter G l i c k , P i t t s b u r g h
R E F . : 103RD Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s , P h i l a d e l p h i a ,
1908, n . p . , n o . 7'50; Fifteenth Annual Exhibition of American Art, C i n c i n n a t i A r t M u s e u m ,
1908, p . 8, n o . 26, i l l . ; XIHth Annual International Exhibition of Paintings, C a r n e g i e
I n s t i t u t e , P i t t s b u r g h , 1909, n . p . , n o . 2 0 ; R . G . M c l n t y r e , " G e o r g e Bellows - a n

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George Wesley Bellows Forty-two Kids

A p p r e c i a t i o n , " Art and Progress, v o l . I l l , no. 10 ( A u g u s t 1912), p p . 679 ff., i l l . ;

Memorial Exhibition of the Work of George Bellows, T h e M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t ,
N e w Y o r k , 1925, p . 24, no. 4, i l l . ; R . E. J a c k m a n , American Arts, 1928, p . 282, i l l . ;
G . W . Bellows, Paintings of George Bellows, 1929, n . p . , no. 8, i l l . ; G . W . Eggers, George
Bellows ( A m e r i c a n Artists Series, W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t ) , 1931, p . 1 i , i l l . ;
C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of Paintings, Sculpture and Other Art Objects, 1933, p . 24,
no. 10, i l l . ; Fortune, v o l . I X , no. 6 ( J u n e 1934), p . 80, i l l . ( i n c o l o r ) ; A . Burroughs,
Limners and Likenesses, 1936, p . 209, i l l . ; Half a Century of American Art, A r t I n s t i t u t e ,
C h i c a g o , 1939, p . 4, no. 13, i l l . ; P. Boswell, J r . , George Bellows, 1942, p p . 16 ff., i l l . ( i n
c o l o r ) ; " G e o r g e W . B e l l o w s , " Life, v o l . X X , n o . 12 ( M a r c h 25, 1946), p p . 75 ff., i l l .
( i n c o l o r ) ; F. J . Roos, An Illustrated Handbook of Art History, 1954, p . 263, i l l . ; M . W .
B r o w n , American Painting from the Armory Show to the Depression, 1955, p . 33, i l l . ; Fifty
Paintings, igo^-igij, the Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition, Buffalo F i n e A r t s A c a d e m y ,
1955, p . 17, no. 2, i l l . ; George Bellows, a Retrospective Exhibition, N a t i o n a l G a l l e r y o f A r t ,
W a s h i n g t o n , 1957, p p . 9 & 14, no. 4, i l l . ; Paintings by George Bellows, T h e C o l u m b u s
G a l l e r y o f F i n e A r t s , O h i o , 1957, n . p . , n o . 3, i l l . ; C . G . A . Masterpieces of The Corcoran
Gallery of Art, 1959, p . 62, i l l . ; W . H . Pierson & M . D a v i d s o n , eds., Arts of the United
States, a Pictorial Survey, i 9 6 0 , n . p . , no. 2975, i l l . ; H . D o r r a , The American Muse, 1961,
p . 157, i l l . ; C. H . M o r g a n , George Bellows - Painter of America, 1965, passim, i l l . ;
Triumph of Realism, T h e B r o o k l y n M u s e u m , 1967, p . 85, no. 97, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1931 31.12

T h i s scene d e p i c t i n g urchins s w i m m i n g f r o m a n o l d p i e r i n M a n h a t t a n , p r o b a b l y o n
the East R i v e r , is a v a r i a t i o n o f a n earlier p a i n t i n g , River Rats (collection o f M r .
E v e r e t t D . Reese). I t was Bellows' second sale at the b e g i n n i n g o f his career, his first
to a p r i v a t e collector.

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 A b r a m Poole (i 882-1961)
A b r a m Poole was b o r n i n Chicago o n J a n u a r y 12, 1882. A f t e r g r a d u a t i o n
f r o m Princeton U n i v e r s i t y i n 1904, he w e n t to M u n i c h to study p a i n t i n g i n
the R o y a l A c a d e m y a n d later to Paris where he w o r k e d u n d e r L u c i e n Simon.
H e r e t u r n e d to Chicago i n 1912, set u p a studio a n d became k n o w n p r i n c i -
p a l l y for his w o r k i n p o r t r a i t u r e . H i s service i n the a r m y f r o m 1917 to 1920
i n t e r r u p t e d his career, b u t after the W a r he settled i n N e w Y o r k , e x h i b i t i n g
regularly i n the n a t i o n a l exhibitions t h r o u g h o u t the 1920's, i93o's a n d 1940's
- his w o r k was i n c l u d e d i n ten Corcoran Biennials between 1923 a n d 1943. H e
was a m e m b e r of the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (Associate, 1933; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1938),
of the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters, a n d o f the N e w Society o f
Painters. A l t h o u g h he kept his residence i n N e w Y o r k , he spent m u c h t i m e
i n his summer home at O l d L y m e , Connecticut, where he d i e d o n M a y 24,
1961.

Kitty c. 1939
40 x 26
S I G N E D , o n b a c k , u.c.: Kitty by I A. Poole
C O L L . : M r s . P a u l B. M a g n u s o n , W a s h i n g t o n , D.C.
R E F . : C . G . A . The Eighteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings,
943> P- 28, n o . 143
J

G I F T : L a u r a M a g n u s o n , 1962 62.19

T h e artist visited the W e s t Indies i n the late 1930's. A D o m i n i c a n peasant w o m a n

posed for this figure.

R i c h a r d S. M e r y m a n (i882-1963)
R i c h a r d S. M e r y m a n was b o r n i n Boston on A p r i l 4, 1882. H e studied at the
School o f the M u s e u m o f Fine A r t s , Boston, u n d e r F r a n k W . Benson a n d
E d m u n d C. T a r b e l l . H e later was associated for fifteen years w i t h A b b o t t H .
T h a y e r , c o l l a b o r a t i n g w i t h T h a y e r i n i l l u s t r a t i n g the latter's w o r k o n the
protective c o l o r a t i o n o f animals. M e r y m a n drove a R e d Cross ambulance
early i n W o r l d W a r I , transferring i n 1917 to a camouflage u n i t o f the
U n i t e d States A r m y Engineers. A f t e r the W a r , he was a p p o i n t e d as V i c e -
P r i n c i p a l o f the Corcoran School o f A r t , teaching also at the Pennsylvania
A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s . H e succeeded E d m u n d C. T a r b e l l i n 1926 as
P r i n c i p a l o f the Corcoran School, a position he retained u n t i l his r e t i r e m e n t
i n 1935. M e r y m a n was best k n o w n for his p o r t r a i t s . A m o n g his sitters were
C a l v i n Coolidge, J r . , A n d r e w Carnegie, George E. H a m i l t o n a n d M r s . D e a n
Acheson. H i s paintings were e x h i b i t e d i n the C o r c o r a n Biennials f r o m 1919
to 1937 a n d i n the a n n u a l exhibitions o f the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the
Fine A r t s . T h e Corcoran Gallery h e l d a one-man e x h i b i t i o n o f his w o r k i n
1932. H e died i n D u b l i n , N e w H a m p s h i r e , i n 1963.

J e r e m i a h O'Connor
20|XI5|
S I G N E D , o n b a c k o f canvas, 1.1.: Meryman
C O L L . : J e r e m i a h O ' C o n n o r , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C.
GIFT: Jeremiah O'Connor 68.28.25

M r . O ' C o n n o r (1873-1954) was a m e m b e r o f the staff o f the C o r c o r a n Gallery,

serving as S u p e r i n t e n d e n t o f B u i l d i n g s a n d G r o u n d s f r o m 1928 u n t i l 1935 w h e n he
was a p p o i n t e d C u r a t o r , i n w h i c h p o s i t i o n he served u n t i l his r e t i r e m e n t i n 1948.

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Samuel Burtis Baker (i882-1967)
Samuel Burtis Baker was b o r n i n Boston o n September 29, 1882. H e studied
p a i n t i n g w i t h Joseph D e C a m p i n Boston a n d landscape p a i n t i n g w i t h
E d w a r d H . B a r n a r d at Belmont, Massachusetts, a n d Charles H . Davis at
M y s t i c , Connecticut. A f t e r teaching at the R i n d g e School i n Cambridge,
Massachusetts, f r o m 1918 to 1921, he came to W a s h i n g t o n to serve as Vice-
P r i n c i p a l a n d I n s t r u c t o r i n P a i n t i n g at the Corcoran School o f A r t , a posi-
t i o n he held u n t i l 1935. D u r i n g this p e r i o d he also acted as A d j u n c t Professor
of P a i n t i n g i n T h e George W a s h i n g t o n U n i v e r s i t y (1925-1936). Baker
w o r k e d i n p o r t r a i t u r e as w e l l as figure a n d landscape p a i n t i n g , w i n n i n g such
honors as the Second W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Silver M e d a l i n the
Corcoran B i e n n i a l o f 1921/22 (see below) a n d the Bronze M e d a l at the
Sesquicentennial I n t e r n a t i o n a l Exposition at P h i l a d e l p h i a i n 1926. O n e - m a n
exhibitions o f his works were held at the Corcoran i n 1932 a n d 1937. Baker
died i n W a s h i n g t o n on M a r c h 10, 1967.

Interior w i t h Figure
50J x 4 0 ^
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Burtis Baker
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : Y . A b b o t t , " T h e Pennsylvania A c a d e m y ' s A n n u a l E x h i b i t i o n , " The American
Magazine of Art, v o l . 12, n o . 4 ( A p r i l 1921), p . 134; C . G . A . Eighth Exhibition: Oil
Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec. 1921-Jan. 1922, p . 22, n o . 41 (Second
Prize a n d Silver M e d a l ) ; V . Barker, " C o n t e m p o r a r y A m e r i c a n Paintings at T h e
C o r c o r a n G a l l e r y o f A r t , " Art and Archaeology, v o l . X I I I , n o . 1 ( J a n . 1922), p . 10, i l l . ;
" S t u d i o T a l k , " The Studio, v o l . 83, n o . 347 (Feb. 15, 1922), p . i n , i l l . ; Twenty-second
Annual International Exhibition of Paintings, C a r n e g i e I n s t i t u t e , P i t t s b u r g h , 1923, n . p . ,
n o . 4 3 ; Revue du Vrai et du Beau, Paris, M a r . 10, 1924, p . 28, i l l . ; XIVEsposizione Inter-
nationale d'Arte della Citta di Venezia, V e n i c e , 1924, p . 5 1 , n o . 4, i l l . ; Exhibition of
Paintings by S. Burtis Baker, T h e G u i l d o f Boston A r t i s t s , 1925, n . p . , n o . 9 ; Illustrated
Catalogue, Department of Fine Arts, Sesquicentennial International Exposition, P h i l a d e l p h i a ,
1926, p . 76, n o . 632 (Bronze M e d a l ) ; C . G . A . Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Paint-
ings by S. Burtis Baker, 1932, n . p . , n o . 21
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1936 36.1

E d w a r d Hopper (i882-1967)
E d w a r d H o p p e r was b o r n i n N y a c k , N e w Y o r k , on J u l y 22, 1882. A t the age
of seventeen he entered a c o m m e r c i a l a r t school for illustrators i n N e w Y o r k ,
but as he was interested p r i n c i p a l l y i n p a i n t i n g he soon enrolled i n the N e w
Y o r k School o f A r t where he studied f r o m 1900 to 1906 under K e n n e t h
Hayes M i l l e r a n d R o b e r t H e n r i along w i t h such fellow-students as George
Bellows, R o c k w e l l K e n t , G u y Pene d u Bois a n d Patrick H e n r y Bruce. H e
made three trips to Europe between 1906 a n d 1910, p a i n t i n g for extended
periods i n Paris a n d t r a v e l i n g i n E n g l a n d , H o l l a n d , G e r m a n y , B e l g i u m and
Spain. F o r some years he supported himself i n N e w Y o r k b y w o r k i n g i n
c o m m e r c i a l a r t a n d i l l u s t r a t i n g , p a i n t i n g as he h a d t i m e a n d d u r i n g his
summer excursions to N e w E n g l a n d at Gloucester, O g u n q u i t a n d M o n h e g a n .
O n e o f his paintings was i n c l u d e d i n the A r m o r y Show i n 1913 (his first sale),
but his entries i n the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y exhibitions were repeatedly refused
a n d he received l i t t l e recognition u n t i l he began to w o r k i n etching a r o u n d
1915. H i s first one-man e x h i b i t i o n o f paintings was held i n the W h i t n e y
Studio C l u b i n 1920, a n d his watercolors were shown there i n 1922. F r o m
this t i m e on his w o r k was received w i t h g r o w i n g enthusiasm u n t i l , f r o m 1930
u n t i l his death i n 1967, i t was i n c l u d e d regularly i n i m p o r t a n t n a t i o n a l

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exhibitions, w i n n i n g numerous awards a n d honors, a m o n g t h e m the First

W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d G o l d M e d a l i n the Corcoran B i e n n i a l o f 1937.
A retrospective o f his w o r k was held at the M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t i n N e w
Y o r k i n 1933, the first o f m a n y shown i n the p r i n c i p a l museums across the
country. I n 1952 he was one o f four artists chosen to represent the U n i t e d
States i n the V e n i c e Biennale. D u r i n g these years he d i v i d e d his t i m e between
his studio o n W a s h i n g t o n Square i n N e w Y o r k a n d his summer home at
South T r u r o on Cape C o d , w i t h occasional travel to the South West a n d to
M e x i c o . H e died i n N e w Y o r k on M a y 15, 1967 at the age o f eighty-four.
H o p p e r was elected member o f the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters i n
1945 a n d o f the A m e r i c a n A c a d e m y o f A r t s a n d Letters i n 1955.

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S I G N E D , l . r . : EDWARD HOPPER
C O L L . : p u r c h a s e d f r o m the artist
R E F . : Survey of American Painting, D e p a r t m e n t o f F i n e A r t s , C a r n e g i e I n s t i t u t e , Pitts-
b u r g h , 1940, n . p . , n o . 329, i l l . (dated 1939); Second Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary
American Paintings, V i r g i n i a M u s e u m o f F i n e A r t s , R i c h m o n d , 1940, p . 23, n o . 93, i l l . ;
C . G . A . The Eighteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1943,
p. 27, n o . 9 8 ; Sport in American Art, M u s e u m o f F i n e A r t s , Boston, 1944, p . 16, n o . 6 9 ,
i l l . ; Edward Hopper, A m e r i c a n Artists G r o u p , N e w Y o r k , 1945, p . 17, i l l . ; The Coast and

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the Sea, a Survey of American Marine Painting, T h e B r o o k l y n M u s e u m , 1948/9, p . 28,
n o . 64, i l l . ; L . G o o d r i c h , Edward Hopper, P e n g u i n Books, 1949, p . 15, i l l . ; L . G o o d r i c h ,
Edward Hopper, Retrospective Exhibition, W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , N e w Y o r k ,
1950, p . 56, n o . 52, i l l . ; Sport in Art from American Collections Assembled for an Olympic
Tear, Sports I l l u s t r a t e d a n d A m e r i c a n F e d e r a t i o n o f A r t s , N e w Y o r k , 1955, n . p . ,
n o . 53, i l l . ; L . G o o d r i c h , Edward Hopper, W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , N e w
Y o r k , 1964, p p . 42, 65, n o . 36, i l l . ; Fine Art Reproductions of Old and Modern Masters,
N e w Y o r k G r a p h i c Society, 1965, p . 356, n o . 6004, i l l . ( i n c o l o r ) ; Sao Paulo g: United
States of America/Estados Unidos da America, I X B i e n n i a l o f the M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t ,
Sao P a u l o , B r a z i l , 1967, p . 158, n o . 21
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1943 43.6

T h i s p a i n t i n g was i n s p i r e d b y s a i l i n g days i n W e l l f l e e t H a r b o r , near H o p p e r ' s h o m e

i n T r u r o , Massachusetts. " T h e b o a t , " he said, " c o u l d be a Cape C o d catboat, b u t
once was a f a m i l i a r t y p e o n the H u d s o n R i v e r . "

Rockwell K e n t (i882-1971)
R o c k w e l l K e n t was b o r n i n T a r r y t o w n Heights, N e w Y o r k , o n J u n e 2 1 , 1882.
H e studied architecture at C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y , b u t i n his j u n i o r year
switched to p a i n t i n g , w o r k i n g u n d e r W i l l i a m M e r r i t t Chase, R o b e r t H e n r i ,
a n d finally w i t h A b b o t t H . T h a y e r i n D u b l i n , N e w H a m p s h i r e . I n 1909 he
m a r r i e d Thayer's niece a n d was employed for a p e r i o d w o r k i n g o n Thayer's
theories o f camouflage based o n the protective coloration i n animals. H e
made the first o f a succession o f trips to p r i m i t i v e parts o f the w o r l d i n 1914
a n d 1915 w h e n he spent a w i n t e r i n N e w f o u n d l a n d . I n 1918/19 he l i v e d for a
w i n t e r o n Fox I s l a n d , Alaska. H i s book Wilderness, illustrated w i t h drawings
completed o n the expedition, was published shortly after his r e t u r n . I n 1922
he sailed a 4-ton craft to T i e r r a del Fuego at the t i p o f South A m e r i c a , a n d
again his illustrated book Voyaging recounts his experiences. A year i n Green-
l a n d i n 1934 to 1935 resulted i n Salamina. W h e n n o t o n these l o n g treks, he
l i v e d a n d p a i n t e d o n his w o r k i n g d a i r y f a r m w h i c h he b u i l t i n the A d i r o n -

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 dacks at Ausable Forks, N e w Y o r k . T h i s area is perpetuated i n This is My
Own, published i n 1940. H i s m a n y interests have been s u m m e d u p thus ( T h e
Carnegie Magazine, Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , P i t t s b u r g h , J a n u a r y , 1943): " [ K e n t ]
is a n artist - painter, w o o d engraver, l i t h o g r a p h e r , i l l u s t r a t o r a n d m u r a l
painter - a u t h o r , architect, traveler, explorer, editor, pamphleteer, farmer
and p a t r i o t . " H e was never a " j o i n e r , " b u t he was a m e m b e r of the N a t i o n a l
I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters a n d a n h o n o r a r y m e m b e r o f the A c a d e m y o f
Fine A r t s o f the U.S.S.R. H e d i e d i n Plattsburgh, N e w Y o r k , o n M a r c h 13,,
I97 - 1

Adirondacks 1928/30
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S I G N E D , l . r . : Rockwell Kent/1928/30
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : i2Jth Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s , P h i l a d e l p h i a ,
l
93 > P- 33? - 3 4 ° ( J e n n i e Sesnan G o l d M e d a l ) ; " T h e T w e l f t h E x h i b i t i o n o f C o n -
2 n o

t e m p o r a r y A m e r i c a n O i l s , " The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, N i n e t e e n t h

Y e a r , n o . 6 ( J u n e 1932), p . 99, i l l . ; American Art Annual, v o l . 29 (1932), p . 298, i l l . ;
C . G . A . The Thirteenth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Dec. 1 9 3 2 -
Jan. 1933, p . 59, n o . 136; "Greenland" and Other Subjects by Rockwell Kent, M a c b e t h
G a l l e r y , N e w Y o r k , 1934, n . p . , n o . 20, i l l . ; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of Paintings,
Sculpture and Other Art Objects, 1939, p . 6 1 , n o . 206, i l l . ; F . W a t s o n , American Painting
Today, A m e r i c a n F e d e r a t i o n o f A r t s , 1939, p . 34, i l l . ; W . S. H a l l , Eyes on America, the
United States as Seen by Her Artists, [ 1 9 3 9 ] , p . 45, i l l . ; S. Cheney, Story of Modern Art,
1941, p . 597, i l l . ; American Landscape Painters, 1800-1960, N o r f o l k M u s e u m o f A r t s a n d
Sciences, V i r g i n i a , 1961, n . p . , no. 19
P U R C H A S E D : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1934 34.4

A . F. Levinson ( i 883-1946)
A b r a h a m Frater Levinson was b o r n i n Russia o n August i , 1883. W h e n he
was five years o l d his f a m i l y m o v e d to the U n i t e d States a n d settled i n N e w
Y o r k . H e received an L L . B . Degree f r o m the L a w School o f N e w Y o r k
U n i v e r s i t y a n d practiced l a w i n N e w Y o r k for about five years, b u t i n 1919 he
enrolled i n classes at the A r t Students League a n d soon after abandoned l a w
for p a i n t i n g . H e studied w i t h R o b e r t H e n r i a n d M a x Weber, a n d , after a t r i p
a b r o a d , spent the rest o f his life p a i n t i n g i n N e w Y o r k a n d i n the environs o f
Gloucester, Massachusetts. F r o m 1921 he conducted a r t classes each summer
for m a n y years at R o c k p o r t , Massachusetts. H e was closely connected w i t h
the A r t Students League a n d served o n its b o a r d o f c o n t r o l d u r i n g the 1930's,
w o r k i n g strenuously for the l i b e r a l i z a t i o n o f the League's p r o g r a m . D u r i n g
A b r a h a m F r a t e r L e v i n s o n Woodstock
his last years he l i v e d at J a m a i c a , L o n g I s l a n d , where he died o n J u l y 2 1 ,
Snow Landscape
1946. A m e m o r i a l e x h i b i t i o n o f his w o r k was h e l d at the A r t Students League
i n September 1947.

Woodstock Snow Landscape

1 6 x 2 0 ; canvas b o a r d
S I G N E D , l . r . : A. F. LEVINSON', o n back f r a m e , u . l . : Woodstock in Snow
C O L L . : M r s . A b r a h a m F r a t e r L e v i n s o n , the artist's w i f e
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1959 59.9

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 Eugene Speicher (i 883-1962)
Eugene Speicher was b o r n i n Buffalo, N e w Y o r k , o n A p r i l 5, 1883. After
a t t e n d i n g h i g h school for three years i n Buffalo, he w o r k e d first i n a l u m b e r -
y a r d a n d later i n a p u b l i s h i n g house w h i l e t a k i n g n i g h t courses at the A l -
b r i g h t A r t School. I n 1907 he w e n t to the A r t Students League i n N e w Y o r k
on a scholarship, a n d , t h r o u g h f u r t h e r scholarships a n d income derived f r o m
m a k i n g ' ' q u i c k p o r t r a i t s , " c o n t i n u e d w o r k i n g at the League under W i l l i a m
M e r r i t t Chase a n d i n 1909 at R o b e r t H e n r i ' s school. I n 1910 he traveled i n
Europe, studying the museum collections i n France, Spain, G e r m a n y , I t a l y ,
H o l l a n d a n d E n g l a n d , the first o f m a n y such trips. A b o u t this t i m e he found
a summer home i n Woodstock, N e w Y o r k , a n d he established the p a t t e r n o f
p a i n t i n g seven months i n the c o u n t r y a n d five months i n N e w Y o r k . H e was
k n o w n pre-eminently as a p o r t r a i t painter, a n d u n t i l 1926 his p r i n c i p a l
source o f income came f r o m p o r t r a i t commissions. After this date he chose his
sitters more selectively for t h e i r p a r t i c u l a r interest a n d t u r n e d increasingly to
w o r k i n landscape a n d flower pieces. Speicher w o n m a n y honors f r o m
student days t h r o u g h o u t his life a n d was i n c l u d e d i n a l l the i m p o r t a n t exhi-
Eugene E d w a r d Speicher Sara Rivers
bitions of his p e r i o d . H e was awarded the Second W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize and
Silver M e d a l i n the Corcoran's B i e n n i a l i n 1928, a n d the First Prize and
G o l d M e d a l i n the 1935 B i e n n i a l . A n e x h i b i t i o n o f f o r t y o f his drawings was
held i n the Corcoran i n 1931. H e was a m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y
(Associate, 1911; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1925) a n d o f the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e of A r t s
a n d Letters. Speicher died i n Woodstock, N e w Y o r k , on M a y 11, 1962.

Sara R i v e r s 1924
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S I G N E D , 1.1.: Eugene Speicher
C O L L . : A . Conger G o o d y e a r , N e w Y o r k
R E F . : Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Eugene E. Speicher, D e p a r t m e n t o f F i n e
A r t s , Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , 1924/25, n . p . , n o . 2 3 ; Exhibition of Paintings by Eugene
Speicher N.A., O m a h a Society o f F i n e A r t s , Nebraska, 1926, n . p . , n o . 3 ; The Arts,
vol. X I I I , n o . 2 (Feb. 1928), p . 115, i l l . ( i n c o r r e c t l y listed as Miss Anne Rivers); C . G . A ,
The Twelfth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, N o v . 1930-Jan. 1931,
p. 85, n o . 239, i l l . (as Portrait of a Young Girl); C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of Paintings,
Sculpture and Other Art Objects, 1933, p . 97, n o . 302, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1930 30.9

Speicher i n f o r m e d the G a l l e r y t h a t the sitter for this p o r t r a i t was a H u n g a r i a n g i r l

n a m e d Sara Rivers w h o was v i s i t i n g friends i n W o o d s t o c k , N e w Y o r k .

A b e l George Warshawsky (1883-1962)

A b e l George Warshawsky was b o r n i n Sharon, Pennsylvania, on December
28, 1883. I n his y o u t h his f a m i l y m o v e d to Cleveland, O h i o , where he
received his first a r t i n s t r u c t i o n , c o n t i n u i n g his t r a i n i n g at the A r t Students
League i n N e w Y o r k a n d under Louis L o e b a n d the elderly W i n s l o w H o m e r .
After several years o f i l l u s t r a t i n g for Harper's a n d other periodicals, he went
to Paris i n 1909, r e m a i n i n g i n E u r o p e for more t h a n a quarter o f a century.
H e p a i n t e d i n B r i t t a n y , N o r m a n d y a n d Provence, as w e l l as i n I t a l y and
Spain. H e w o n considerable recognition i n France; his paintings were
purchased for the collections o f the Petit Palais a n d the L u x e m b o u r g Gallery,
a n d the French G o v e r n m e n t made h i m a Chevalier o f the L e g i o n o f H o n o r
i n 1933. H e visited frequently i n the U n i t e d States, keeping close ties w i t h his
f a m i l y a n d friends i n Cleveland a n d e x h i b i t i n g i n N e w Y o r k a n d i n m a n y o f

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were spent i n M o n t e r e y , California, where he died o n M a y 30, 1962.

W o m a n of Finistere 1933
15\ x 12^; w o o d p a n e l
S I G N E D , u . r . : A. G. Warshawsky-
C O L L . : M r . a n d M r s . C u r t C. Schiffeler, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C.
R E F . : R . - L . P i l l e t , UCEuvre Frangaise d'un peintre Americain, A. G. Warshawsky, 1936,
p. 25, i l l . (listed as Femme du Cap); Recent Paintings by Abel G. Warshawsky, P a u l R e i n -
h a r d t Galleries, N e w Y o r k , 1938, n . p . , n o . 5, i l l . (listed as Portrait of an Old Woman)
G I F T : M r . a n d M r s . C u r t C. Schiffeler, 1938 38.1

Charles Sheeler ( i 883-1965)

Charles Sheeler was b o r n i n P h i l a d e l p h i a o n J u l y 16, 1883. H e attended the
Philadelphia School o f I n d u s t r i a l A r t f r o m 1900 to 1903, a n d the Pennsyl-
v a n i a A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s f r o m 1903 to 1906, w o r k i n g u n d e r W i l l i a m
M e r r i t t Chase. H e j o i n e d Chase a n d his students o n t w o summer study trips
abroad - i n 1904 to L o n d o n a n d H o l l a n d , a n d i n 1905 to Spain. H e shared a
studio i n P h i l a d e l p h i a w i t h the p a i n t e r M o r t o n Schamberg i n 1906 a n d
d u r i n g the next t w o years h a d paintings accepted i n exhibitions at b o t h the
N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y a n d the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s . H e held
his first one-man show i n a P h i l a d e l p h i a gallery i n 1908. After a t r i p o f three
months to I t a l y a n d France i n 1908/9, Schamberg a n d Sheeler settled d o w n
again i n their P h i l a d e l p h i a studio, w o r k i n g weekends a n d summers o n a f a r m
they h a d acquired near Doylestown, Pennsylvania. I n 1912 they b o t h took u p
c o m m e r c i a l p h o t o g r a p h y as a means o f income. Sheeler g r a d u a l l y developed
this m e d i u m i n t o an a r t f o r m w h i c h h a d a p r o f o u n d influence o n his p a i n t i n g .
A f t e r Schamberg's death i n 1918, Sheeler m o v e d to N e w Y o r k , a l t h o u g h he
kept the Doylestown house u n t i l 1923. Six o f his paintings h a d been shown i n
the A r m o r y Show i n 1913, a n d his w o r k was represented i n the Forum e x h i b i -
t i o n i n 1916 a n d i n the Society o f I n d e p e n d e n t A r t i s t s ' e x h i b i t i o n i n 1917.
F r o m this t i m e o n his paintings, drawings a n d photographs were shown
regularly i n N e w Y o r k a n d i n n a t i o n a l exhibitions w i t h increasing recog-
n i t i o n . T h e first major retrospective o f his w o r k was h e l d i n the M u s e u m o f
M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k , i n 1939. After l i v i n g i n South Salem, N e w Y o r k , a n d
i n Ridgefield, Connecticut, he finally m o v e d to I r v i n g t o n - o n - H u d s o n i n
1942, his p e r m a n e n t home, a l t h o u g h p h o t o g r a p h i c commissions took h i m to
m a n y parts o f the c o u n t r y . A f t e r 1945 Sheeler devoted the greater p a r t o f his
t i m e to p a i n t i n g . H e served as artist-in-residence at Phillips A c a d e m y ,
A n d o v e r , Massachusetts i n 1946, a n d at the C u r r i e r G a l l e r y o f A r t at
Manchester, N e w H a m p s h i r e i n 1948. I n 1959 he suffered a p a r a l y t i c stroke
w h i c h prevented f u r t h e r w o r k ; he died i n a hospital near his home at
I r v i n g t o n - o n - H u d s o n o n M a y 7, 1965.

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I N S C R I B E D O N B A C K : "Dahlias and Asters"/C. R. Sheeler 1912
C O L L . : M r s . F. H . D e t w e i l e r , S t a m f o r d , C o n n e c t i c u t
R E F . : International Exhibition of Modern Art, Association o f A m e r i c a n Painters a n d
Sculptors ( A r m o r y S h o w ) , N e w Y o r k , 1913, n . p . , n o . 9 7 6 ; 1913 Armory Show: 50th
Anniversary Exhibition 1963, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, U t i c a , 1963,
p p . 137 a n d 205, n o . 976, i l l . ; Charles Sheeler, N a t i o n a l C o l l e c t i o n o f F i n e A r t s , S m i t h -
sonian I n s t i t u t i o n , W a s h i n g t o n , 1968, p p . 12, 109, n o . 4, i l l .

G I F T : J o a n B. D e t w e i l e r , 1962 62.15.1

T h i s p a i n t i n g is one o f six s h o w n b y Sheeler i n the 1913 Armory Show i n N e w Y o r k .

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Charles Sheeler Western Industrial

Landscape c. 1912
l\ X 9 i 5 c o m p o s i t i o n b o a r d
C O L L . : M r s . F. H . D e t w e i l e r , S t a m f o r d , C o n n e c t i c u t
G I F T : J o a n B. D e t w e i l e r , 1962 62.15.2

Western Industrial 1954

8 x 1 0 ; t e m p e r a o n plexiglas
C O L L . : the artist's estate
R E F . : Charles Sheeler Exhibition, Tempera on Plexiglas, D o w n t o w n G a l l e r y , N e w Y o r k ,
1965, n . p . , no. 7; J . H a r i t h a s , " 2 5 0 Years o f A m e r i c a n A r t , " Apollo, J u l y 1966, p . 70,
ill.
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1965 65.9
I n p r e p a r i n g his I n d u s t r i a l Series Sheeler u s u a l l y w o r k e d i n three stages. H e first
m a d e a sketch i n t e m p e r a o n p a p e r ; t h e n , i n t e m p e r a o n plexiglas; a n d finally,
c o m p l e t e d the p a i n t i n g i n o i l o n canvas. T h e Western Industrial sketch o n paper is i n
the c o l l e c t i o n o f M r . a n d M r s . A l l a n D . E m i l , N e w Y o r k ; the o i l o n canvas version, i n
the c o l l e c t i o n o f M r . a n d M r s . L e i g h B. Block, Chicago.

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Jules Pascin Lucy Krohg

Jules Pascin (1885-1930)

J u l i u s M o r d e c a i Pincas, later k n o w n as Pascin, was b o r n i n V i d i n , B u l g a r i a ,
on M a r c h 3 1 , 1885. H i s f a m i l y m o v e d to Bucharest i n 1892, a n d , after school
i n V i e n n a f r o m 1896 to 1901, he j o i n e d t h e m to w o r k briefly i n his father's
g r a i n business. H i s m a i n interest, however, was a r t , a n d he soon r e t u r n e d to
V i e n n a to study p a i n t i n g , a n d i n 1903/04 m o v e d to M u n i c h where he atten-
ded the H e y m a n n A r t School a n d d r e w cartoons for the G e r m a n periodicals
Jugend a n d Simplicissimus. A t this t i m e he assumed the a n a g r a m m a t i c name
Pascin w h i c h he was to use for the rest o f his life. A f t e r s t u d y i n g briefly i n
B e r l i n , he settled i n Paris i n December 1905, a n d u n t i l 1914 played an active
role i n the life o f the y o u n g artists there, e x h i b i t i n g i n B e r l i n , Cologne, i n the
N e w Y o r k A r m o r y Show o f 1913, a n d i n the Salon d ' A u t o m n e a n d the Salon
des Independants i n Paris. I n the fall o f 1914 he w e n t to N e w Y o r k where he
r e m a i n e d u n t i l 1920, becoming an A m e r i c a n citizen a n d w o r k i n g i n t h a t
circle o f painters - Alexander Brook, Pop H a r t , W a l t K u h n , Yasuo K u n i -

H9
yoshi, G u y Pene d u Bois a n d M a x W e b e r - w h o frequented the Penguin C l u b .
H e traveled i n the southern states a n d i n C u b a before r e t u r n i n g to Paris late
i n 1920 a n d , d u r i n g the next few years, visited N o r t h A f r i c a , I t a l y , Spain
and Portugal. D u r i n g the 20's he e x h i b i t e d i n b o t h Paris a n d N e w Y o r k ,
r e t u r n i n g to N e w Y o r k i n 1927/28 i n order to r e t a i n his A m e r i c a n citizenship.
A l t h o u g h Pascin's w o r k h a d received considerable recognition a series o f
unfavorable reviews i n 1930 discouraged h i m , a n d he c o m m i t t e d suicide i n
Paris o n J u n e 2, 1930. T o honor the artist a l l a r t galleries i n Paris were closed
on the day o f his funeral a n d m e m o r i a l exhibitions were held i n 1931 i n b o t h
N e w Y o r k a n d Paris.

Lucy Krohgf
3iiX24f
C O L L . : Francis B i d d l e , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .
G I F T : Francis B i d d l e , 1958 58.12

T h e artist m e t L u c y K r o h g , wife o f the N o r w e g i a n p a i n t e r Per K r o h g , i n Paris i n the

f a l l o f 1920. O n Pascin's d e a t h his estate was d i v i d e d between his f o r m e r w i f e , H e r m i n e
D a v i d , a n d M a d a m e K r o h g w h o opened the Galerie L u c y K r o h g i n Paris i n 1931
w i t h a n e x h i b i t i o n o f Pascin's w o r k s .

George Biddle (1885

George B i d d l e was b o r n i n P h i l a d e l p h i a o n J a n u a r y 24, 1885. H e attended
H a r v a r d College, g r a d u a t i n g f r o m H a r v a r d L a w School w i t h an L L . D .
Degree i n 1911. H e was a d m i t t e d to the bar i n Pennsylvania b u t never prac-
ticed, p u r s u i n g instead a career i n a r t . F r o m 1911 to 1914 he studied i n
Paris at the J u l i a n A c a d e m y , p a i n t i n g w i t h Frieseke at G i v e r n y or t r a v e l i n g
d u r i n g the summers. H e w o r k e d i n M u n i c h d u r i n g 1914, i n R o m e i n 1915,
and w h e n i n A m e r i c a d u r i n g this p e r i o d , studied at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y
of the Fine A r t s i n Philadelphia. D u r i n g W o r l d W a r I Biddle served w i t h
the U . S . A r m y i n Europe ( f r o m 1917 to 1919). I n 1920 he went to T a h i t i
where he spent twenty-three months i n a native Polynesian village, experi-
m e n t i n g i n m a n y m e d i a . After three m o r e years i n Europe, p r i n c i p a l l y i n
Paris, he r e t u r n e d to A m e r i c a , b u i l d i n g a home at C r o t o n - o n - H u d s o n , N e w
Y o r k , w h i c h has r e m a i n e d his residence, a l t h o u g h he has traveled extensively
i n the States, i n Europe, L a t i n A m e r i c a a n d i n Asia. Biddle was active i n
i n i t i a t i n g the Federal A r t Project i n the W o r k s Progress A d m i n i s t r a t i o n i n
the 30's, a n d d u r i n g W o r l d W a r I I was a p p o i n t e d c h a i r m a n o f the W a r
D e p a r t m e n t A r t Commission to organize the m a k i n g o f p i c t o r i a l records o f
the w a r . F r o m 1950 he served for four years o n the Fine A r t s Commission i n
W a s h i n g t o n . D u r i n g his career he has h e l d about one h u n d r e d one-man
exhibitions i n A m e r i c a , Europe, a n d the F a r East, a n d has executed m u r a l
commissions i n W a s h i n g t o n , R i o de J a n e i r o a n d M e x i c o C i t y . H i s w o r k i n
l i t h o g r a p h y has been prodigious. H e is a m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f
A r t s a n d Letters, the N a t i o n a l Society o f M u r a l Painters, a n d the Society o f
A m e r i c a n G r a p h i c Artists.

Terae H a r a 1922
22 X 16
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Biddle 1922; inscribed o n back, c.: TERAE HARA/ NO. 84/ Biddle
C O L L . : the artist
G I F T : the artist, 1968 68.33.1

T h e artist mentions this T a h i t i a n g i r l a n d her friends i n his a u t o b i o g r a p h y , An

American Artist's Story (1939), o n pages 194 a n d 195.

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George B i d d l e Helene Sardeau

Black Ice on Calabaugh Pondf

S I G N E D , l . r . : Biddle. 1929; o n b a c k : Biddle. 1929.J No. 188/ Black Ice on Calabaugh Pond
C O L L . : M r s . Francis B i d d l e , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C.

G I F T : K a t h e r i n e G a r r i s o n B i d d l e , 1958 58.29

C a l a b a u g h P o n d is located i n C r o t o n - o n - H u d s o n , N e w Y o r k , near t h e artist's h o m e .

Helene Sardeau 1931

25iX35i- ^ #

S I G N E D , 1.1.: Biddle. 1931; inscribed o n back, u.c.: 214 / Helene Sardeau

C O L L . : the artist
G I F T : t h e artist, 1968 68.33.5

H e l e n e Sardeau ( 1 9 0 0 - 1 9 6 9 ) , t h e artist's w i f e , was b o r n i n A n t w e r p , B e l g i u m , a n d

came t o the U n i t e d States i n 1914, b e c o m i n g a n a t u r a l i z e d c i t i z e n i n 1933. A s c u l p t o r ,
she studied a t B a r n a r d College, C o o p e r U n i o n , t h e A r t Students L e a g u e a n d t h e
School o f A m e r i c a n S c u l p t u r e . H e r w o r k is i n such collections as those o f the W h i t n e y
M u s e u m o f American A r t , the M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t a n d the Smithsonian
I n s t i t u t i o n , a n d h e r limestone statue o f a m a n a c l e d slave stands i n F a i r m o u n t P a r k ,
P h i l a d e l p h i a . B i d d l e m a d e several p o r t r a i t s o f her i n various m e d i a .

Yoke of Oxenf 1932

S I G N E D , 1.1.: Biddle/1932
C O L L . : M r s . Francis B i d d l e , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C.
G I F T : K a t h e r i n e G a r r i s o n B i d d l e , 1963 63.14

T h i s o i l sketch was m a d e as a study f o r a large p a i n t i n g o f the subject n o w i n t h e

Chrysler A r t M u s e u m , P r o v i n c e t o w n , Massachusetts.

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George B i d d l e At Ticino's

At Ticino's 1933
30x40
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Biddle - 1933; o n back o f canvas: Biddle/289/At Ticino's
C O L L . : the artist
R E F . : George Biddle, Boyer Galleries, P h i l a d e l p h i a , 1935, n . p . , n o . 12
G I F T : the artist, 1969 1969.17

T i c i n o ' s was a s m a l l I t a l i a n restaurant i n G r e e n w i c h V i l l a g e , N e w Y o r k , r u n b y

A n g e l o Rososco T i c i n o a n d f r e q u e n t e d b y m a n y artists i n "speak-easy" days. I n this
scene the p a i n t e r M o r r i s K a n t o r sits at the left opposite his w i f e , M a r t h a R y d e r , also
a n artist. T h r e e p r e p a r a t o r y d r a w i n g s for the p a i n t i n g are i n the C o r c o r a n collection -
a p o r t r a i t o f b o t h K a n t o r a n d his wife a n d a sketch for the f i n a l c o m p o s i t i o n .

Bernard K a r f i o l (1886-195 2)
B e r n a r d K a r f i o l was b o r n o f A m e r i c a n parents i n Budapest, H u n g a r y , on
M a y 6, 1886. H e spent his b o y h o o d i n the environs o f B r o o k l y n a n d at the
age o f t h i r t e e n attended P r a t t I n s t i t u t e . H e w o n a scholarship to study at the
N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1900, a n d c o n t i n u e d his a r t t r a i n i n g i n Paris at the
J u l i a n A c a d e m y where he w o r k e d u n d e r Jean Paul Laurens f r o m 1901 to
1902. H e r e m a i n e d i n France u n t i l 1906, w o r k i n g i n d e p e n d e n t l y a n d ex-
h i b i t i n g i n the Paris Salon o f 1904 a n d the Salon d ' A u t o m n e o f 1905. O n his
r e t u r n to A m e r i c a he settled i n N e w Y o r k a n d , to supplement his income,
t a u g h t f r o m 1908 to 1913. G e r t r u d e V a n d e r b i l t W h i t n e y was an early
sponsor a n d arranged classes for h i m i n her studio. H i s w o r k was i n c l u d e d i n
the 1913 A r m o r y Show a n d , i n 1917, was shown i n N e w Y o r k i n a j o i n t
e x h i b i t i o n w i t h J o h n M a r i n . I n the early 20's KarfioPs paintings came to the
a t t e n t i o n o f Joseph B r u m m e r , a n d one-man exhibitions h e l d i n the B r u m m e r
Galleries i n 1923, 1925 a n d 1927 b r o u g h t h i m wide-spread recognition. F r o m
this t i m e o n his w o r k was represented i n i m p o r t a n t n a t i o n a l exhibitions,
b r i n g i n g h i m such awards as the First W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d G o l d

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B e r n a r d K a r f i o l Summer

M e d a l i n the 1928 C o r c o r a n B i e n n i a l . H e l i v e d t h r o u g h o u t his life i n or near

N e w Y o r k , s u m m e r i n g i n O g u n q u i t , M a i n e , a n d t a k i n g a n occasional t r i p to
C u b a , J a m a i c a , or M e x i c o . H e d i e d i n his h o m e at I r v i n g t o n - o n - H u d s o n o n
A u g u s t 16, 1952.

S u m m e r 1927
46|x6o|
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Bernard Karfiol
C O L L . : purchased f r o m t h e artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Eleventh Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1928, p . 5 1 ,
n o . 132, i l l . (First W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d G o l d M e d a l ) ; A . S. Riggs, " T h e
E l e v e n t h C o r c o r a n B i e n n i a l , " Art and Archaeology, v o l . X X V I , n o . 5 ( N o v . 1928),
p p . 169 ff., i l l . ; American Art Annual, A m e r i c a n F e d e r a t i o n o f A r t s , v o l . X X V (1928),
p . 8 1 , i l l . ; H . C a h i l l , " B e r n a r d K a r f i o l , " Creative Art, v o l . X , n o . 3 ( M a r c h 1932),
p p . 181 ff., i l l . ; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of Paintings, Sculpture and Other Art Objects,
1933, p . 6 1 , n o . 181, i l l . ; A . B u r r o u g h s , Limners and Likenesses, 1936, p p . 183 f., i l l . ; An
Exhibition of Paintings, Water Colors and Drawings by Bernard Karfiol, D e p a r t m e n t o f F i n e
A r t s , Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , P i t t s b u r g h , 1939, n . p . , n o . 14, i l l . ; Contemporary Art: Official
Catalogue, D e p a r t m e n t o f F i n e A r t s , G o l d e n G a t e I n t e r n a t i o n a l E x p o s i t i o n , San
Francisco, 1939-1940, p . 4 2 , n o . 2 0 0 ; C . G . A . The Twenty Fifth Biennial Exhibition of
Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1957, " T h e H i s t o r i c a l S e c t i o n , " p . 15, n o . 11, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1928 28.6

T h i s f a m i l y scene, p a i n t e d a t O g u n q u i t , M a i n e , i n t h e late s u m m e r o f 1927, p o r t r a y s

( f r o m left t o r i g h t ) , K a r f i o l ' s w i f e , M a r g a r e t , his d a u g h t e r , V i r g i n i e , a n d his son,
George.

H e n r y Lee McFee (1886-1953)

H e n r y Lee M c F e e was b o r n i n St. L o u i s , M i s s o u r i , o n A p r i l 14, 1886. He
was w o r k i n g as a surveyor w h e n , at the age o f t w e n t y - o n e , i t became finan-
c i a l l y possible for h i m to take u p the study o f a r t . A f t e r a year at Stevenson's

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H e n r y Lee M c F e e Corner of a Room

A r t School i n P i t t s b u r g h , he w e n t i n 1908 to the A r t Students League School

i n Woodstock, N e w Y o r k , s t u d y i n g u n d e r Birge H a r r i s o n , a n d f o u n d the a r t
colony there so congenial t h a t he r e m a i n e d for twenty-five years, p a i n t i n g
a n d teaching a n d occasionally e x h i b i t i n g i n N e w Y o r k a n d i n n a t i o n a l g r o u p
exhibitions. T h e inclusion o f eight o f his canvases i n the Forum e x h i b i t i o n o f
1916 p r o v i d e d the first comprehensive showing o f his w o r k ; i t was n o t u n t i l
1927 he h e l d his first one-man e x h i b i t i o n . I n the late 30's he settled i n Clare-
m o n t , C a l i f o r n i a , where he served as Professor o f A r t at Scripps College a n d
at the C l a r e m o n t G r a d u a t e School. H i s w o r k was influenced b y the p r o -
gressive trends o f the early T w e n t i e t h C e n t u r y - Post-Impressionism,
F a u v i s m a n d C u b i s m - to the extent t h a t c o n t e m p o r a r y critics considered
h i m experimental a n d an " i n t e l l e c t u a l p a i n t e r . " H e w o n such honors as the
F o u r t h W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize i n the C o r c o r a n B i e n n i a l i n 1928 a n d the
T e m p l e G o l d M e d a l at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s i n 1937.

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H e was a m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y ( A c a d e m i c i a n , 1950) a n d o f the
N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e of A r t s a n d Letters. M c F e e died i n Pasadena, C a l i f o r n i a , o n
M a r c h 19, 1953.

Corner of a R o o m
40 X 3 0 J
S I G N E D , 1.1.: -McFee-
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : The 1936 International Exhibition of Paintings, D e p a r t m e n t o f F i n e A r t s , Carnegie
I n s t i t u t e , P i t t s b u r g h , 1936, n . p . , n o . 78, i l l . ; C . G . A . The Fifteenth Biennial Exhibition of
Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1937, p . 39, n o . 52, i l l . ; A . B u r y , " O i l P a i n t i n g o f
T o d a y , " The Studio, 1938, (Special S p r i n g N u m b e r ) , p . 106, i l l . ; Gardens, Houses and
People, v o l . X I I I , n o . 3 ( M a r c h 1938), i l l . (on c o v e r ) ; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of
Paintings, Sculpture and Other Art Objects, 1939, p . 67, n o . 233, i l l . ; W . S. H a l l , Eyes on
America: the United States as Seen by Her Artists, [ 1 9 3 9 ] , p . 145, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1937 37.2

J o h n R . Grabach (1886- )
J o h n R. G r a b a c h was b o r n i n Greenfield, Massachusetts, i n 1886. H e attended
the A r t Students League i n N e w Y o r k , s t u d y i n g under K e n y o n Cox, George
B. B r i d g m a n a n d F r a n k V . D u M o n d , a n d has for m a n y years t a u g h t at the
N e w a r k School o f Fine a n d I n d u s t r i a l A r t i n N e w Jersey. H e claims to have
h a d over three thousand students i n his l o n g career, m a n y o f w h o m have
become w e l l - k n o w n artists. H e has e x h i b i t e d i n the large n a t i o n a l exhibitions
across the c o u n t r y , w i n n i n g such awards as the Peabody Prize at the Chicago
A r t I n s t i t u t e , the Sesnan G o l d M e d a l at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the
Fine A r t s , a n d the Second W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Silver M e d a l i n the
Corcoran B i e n n i a l o f 1932. H e was elected Associate M e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l
A c a d e m y i n 1961 a n d A c a d e m i c i a n i n 1968. G r a b a c h lives i n I r v i n g t o n , N e w
Jersey, where he is D i r e c t o r o f the I r v i n g t o n A r t M u s e u m Association.

Waterfront - New Y o r k
36x42
SIGNED, 1.1.: John R. Grabach; o n stretcher: Waterfront-New York
C O L L . : p u r c h a s e d f r o m the artist
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1941 41.88

T h e scene depicts w o r k m e n beneath the B r o o k l y n B r i d g e , N e w Y o r k .

Leopold Gould Seyffert (i 887-1956)

L e o p o l d G o u l d Seyffert was b o r n i n C a l i f o r n i a , M i s s o u r i , o n J a n u a r y 6, 1887.
H e studied at the Stevenson A r t School i n P i t t s b u r g h a n d at the Pennsylvania
A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s u n d e r W i l l i a m M e r r i t t Chase. H e w o n t w o E u r o -
pean t r a v e l i n g scholarships w h i c h he u t i l i z e d for study i n France a n d Spain
where he w o r k e d under I g n a c i o Zuloaga. D u r i n g the First W o r l d W a r he
served i n the N a v y a n d a f t e r w a r d w e n t to South A m e r i c a , spending an
extended p e r i o d i n Peru. Back i n the U n i t e d States he t a u g h t briefly at the
A r t I n s t i t u t e o f Chicago (1920), a n d at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design i n
N e w Y o r k , b u t soon devoted f u l l t i m e to p a i n t i n g . A l t h o u g h Seyffert p a i n t e d
decorative a n d flower pieces, he is m a i n l y noted as a p o r t r a i t painter. A m o n g
his sitters were distinguished industrialists, jurists, bankers a n d artists, such
as A n d r e w W . M e l l o n , H e n r y C l a y F r i c k , L e o p o l d Stokowski a n d F r i t z

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Kreisler. H e was the w i n n e r o f m a n y awards, such as the First H a l l g a r t e n
Prize at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design (1918) a n d the C a r r o l l H . Beck
G o l d M e d a l for Portraits (1918) a n d the T e m p l e G o l d M e d a l (1921) at the
Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s . H i s paintings were represented i n
n a t i o n a l a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l exhibitions a n d were i n c l u d e d i n each Corcoran
B i e n n i a l f r o m 1912 to 1943. T h e C o r c o r a n Gallery h e l d a one-man e x h i b i t i o n
of his charcoal portraits i n 1930. Seyffert's w o r k is i n the collections o f such
galleries as the A r t I n s t i t u t e o f Chicago, the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y of the
Fine A r t s , the D e t r o i t A r t I n s t i t u t e , the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , Pittsburgh, and
the M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t . I n 1916 he was elected an Associate
M e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design; an A c a d e m i c i a n i n 1925. H e
died i n N e w Jersey on J u n e 13, 1956.

John G . Johnson 1921

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S I G N E D , l . r . : Leopold Seyffert 1921.
C O L L . : p u r c h a s e d f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Ninth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Dec. 1923-
J a n . 1924, p . 43, n o . 130, i l l . ; R . F. Salade, " T h e J o h n s o n G a l l e r y , P h i l a d e l p h i a , "
The American Magazine of Art, v o l . X V , n o . 5 ( M a y 1924), p . 239, i l l . ; Leopold Seyffert,
Portraits, G r a n d C e n t r a l A r t Galleries, N e w Y o r k , 1925, n . p . , i l l .
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1923 23.12

J o h n G r a v e r J o h n s o n , c o r p o r a t i o n l a w y e r a n d a r t collector, was b o r n i n P h i l a d e l p h i a
i n 1841. H e g r a d u a t e d f r o m the l a w school o f the U n i v e r s i t y o f Pennsylvania i n 1863
a n d was a d m i t t e d to the P h i l a d e l p h i a b a r i n the same year. H e became a specialist i n
c o r p o r a t i o n l a w . O v e r a p e r i o d o f f o r t y years he b u i l t u p one o f the great p r i v a t e a r t
collections i n A m e r i c a w h i c h n o w forms a n i m p o r t a n t p a r t o f the collections i n the
P h i l a d e l p h i a M u s e u m o f A r t . H e d i e d i n P h i l a d e l p h i a i n 1917. A replica o f this
p o r t r a i t n o w hangs i n the offices o f the P h i l a d e l p h i a l a w f i r m k n o w n as Saul, E w i n g ,
R e m i c k a n d Saul.

Myself 1925
27 X 2 4 ; c o m p o s i t i o n b o a r d
SIGNED, 1.1.: Leopold Seyffert/1925
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Tenth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1926, n . p . ,
n o . 198, i l l . ; All Arts ( M a y 1926), p . 30, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1926 26.801

Seyffert p a i n t e d at least seven self-portraits. T h e Chicago A r t Institute and the

D e t r o i t M u s e u m o f A r t each o w n examples.

Randall Davey (i 887-1964)

R a n d a l l D a v e y was b o r n i n East O r a n g e , N e w Jersey, on M a y 24, 1887. H e
studied architecture at C o r n e l l U n i v e r s i t y a n d i m m e d i a t e l y on his graduation
i n 1909 j o i n e d R o b e r t H e n r i ' s classes i n N e w Y o r k . H e traveled to Europe
w i t h H e n r i a n d his students, v i s i t i n g France, H o l l a n d a n d Spain, a n d i n 1911
conducted one o f his classes i n Spain. H e often spent his summers on the N e w
E n g l a n d coast, especially at Gloucester where he p a i n t e d the Portuguese
fisher-folk a n d h a r b o r life. A r o u n d 1918 he w o r k e d for over a year i n Cuba.
H e taught briefly at the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e a n d the Kansas C i t y A r t
I n s t i t u t e , served as instructor at the B r o a d m o o r A r t A c a d e m y i n Colorado
Springs f r o m 1925 to 1930 a n d was Professor i n A r t at the U n i v e r s i t y of N e w
M e x i c o i n 1956. I n 1919 he m o v e d his studio f r o m N e w Y o r k to Santa Fe,
N e w M e x i c o , w h i c h remained his residence u n t i l his death on N o v e m b e r 7,
1964. W h i l e D a v e y used a variety o f media a n d d i d considerable w o r k i n

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 p o r t r a i t u r e , landscape, still life a n d m u r a l decoration, he was best k n o w n for
his scenes o f the race track. O n e o f his paintings was i n c l u d e d i n N e w Y o r k ' s
1913 A r m o r y Show a n d his w o r k w o n awards i n exhibitions at the N a t i o n a l
A c a d e m y o f Design a n d i n other competitive exhibitions. H e was elected an
A c a d e m i c i a n i n 1938, a n d was a m e m b e r o f the Society o f I n d e p e n d e n t
Artists, the N a t i o n a l Association o f P o r t r a i t Painters, a n d the N a t i o n a l
Association o f M u r a l Painters.

Old Sea Captain 1915

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S I G N E D , 1.1.: Randall Davey, o n back o f canvas: OLD SEA CAPTAIN,! Randall Davey
C O L L . : M r s . R o b e r t E. Westcott, N e w Y o r k
R E F . : American Magazine of Art, v o l . 7, no. 8 ( J u n e 1916), p p . 314 ff., i l l . ; American Art
Annual, A m e r i c a n F e d e r a t i o n o f A r t s , 1916, v o l . X I I I , p . 8 4 , i l l . ; L . B r y a n t , American
Pictures and Their Painters, 1925, p . 289, i l l .
G I F T : M r s . R o b e r t E. Westcott, 1916 16.1

T h i s p o r t r a i t o f a n o l d f i s h e r m a n was p a i n t e d at Briars N e c k , Gloucester, w h e r e D a v e y

m a d e studies o f members o f the Portuguese f i s h i n g c o l o n y w h i c h h a d settled there.

Paddock No. 1
20J x 3 o i
S I G N E D , l . r . : Randall Davey
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Fourteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings,
J
935> P- 8 1 , n o . 218
P U R C H A S E : A n n a E. C l a r k F u n d , 1935 35.6

A w a t e r c o l o r b e a r i n g the same t i t l e a n d p r e s u m a b l y a s t u d y for this p a i n t i n g was i n a

p r i v a t e collection i n 1931 w h e n i t was i n c l u d e d i n a n e x h i b i t i o n o f Davey's works at
the A l b r i g h t A r t G a l l e r y i n B u f f a l o . A n i n k d r a w i n g , Paddock No. 1, was e x h i b i t e d at
the R o s w e l l M u s e u m a n d A r t Center, R o s w e l l , N e w M e x i c o , i n 1962/63. I t s present
l o c a t i o n is u n k n o w n .

H e n r y Elis Mattson (1887-1971)

H e n r y Elis M a t t s o n was b o r n i n G o t h e n b u r g , Sweden, o n August 7, 1887.
H e came to A m e r i c a at the age o f nineteen, settling i n Worcester, Massa-
chusetts, where he secured e m p l o y m e n t i n a machine shop. H e tells t h a t he
b o u g h t his first p a i n t box i n 1912 a n d i m m e d i a t e l y began evening classes i n
the Worcester A r t M u s e u m School. H e r e t u r n e d to Sweden i n 1913, b u t his
d r a w i n g teacher there was discouraging a n d advised t h a t he take u p a prac-
t i c a l trade i n the U n i t e d States. T h i s advice he followed, f i n d i n g w o r k as
foreman w i t h the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Harvester C o m p a n y i n C h i c a g o ; however, he
still c o n t i n u e d to p a i n t as t i m e p e r m i t t e d . I n 1916 he w e n t to Woodstock, N e w
Y o r k , for three months of study w i t h J o h n Carlson i n landscape p a i n t i n g , a n d
H e n r y Elis M a t t s o n Rocks he r e m a i n e d there u n t i l his death o n September 8,1971 . H i s first one-man show
was h e l d i n N e w Y o r k i n 1920, a n d his w o r k was i n c l u d e d i n the major
n a t i o n a l a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l g r o u p exhibitions f r o m t h a t t i m e t h r o u g h the 50's.
H e w o n such honors as a Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative P a i n t i n g i n
1935, the First W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d G o l d M e d a l i n the Corcoran
B i e n n i a l o f 1943 for the p a i n t i n g listed below, a n d the Jennie Sesnan G o l d
M e d a l at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s i n 1945. M a t t s o n was
a m e m b e r o f the A m e r i c a n Society o f Painters, Sculptors a n d Gravers,
and was elected A c a d e m i c i a n i n the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1950.

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S I G N E D , 1.1.: Mattson
C O L L . : purchased f r o m t h e artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Eighteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings,
1 9 4 3 , p . 2 7 , n o . i n , i l l . (First W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d G o l d M e d a l ) ; Art Digest,
vol. 1 7 , n o . 1 2 ( M a r c h 1 9 4 3 ) , p . 8 , i l l . ; Magazine of Art, v o l . 3 6 , n o . 4 ( A p r i l 1943),
p . 1 3 6 , i l l . ; C . G . A . The Twenty Fifth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil
Paintings, 1 9 5 7 , " T h e H i s t o r i c a l S e c t i o n , " p . 1 7 , n o . 1 8
PURCHASE: W i l l i a m A . Clark Fund, 1943 43.2

M r . M a t t s o n w r o t e t o t h e G a l l e r y c o n c e r n i n g this p a i n t i n g : " ' T h e R o c k s ' are n o t

a n y special rocks. I p a i n t e d t h e m because I c o u l d express a n element o f strength a n d
r h y t h m o f n a t u r e t h r o u g h t h e m e d i u m o f rocks a n d w a t e r . I t r y t o convey t h e i n n e r
life o f n a t u r e , its u n i t y a n d its wholeness . . . "

Josef Albers (1888- )

Josef Albers was b o r n i n B o t t r o p , Westphalia, G e r m a n y , o n M a r c h 19, 1888.
H e attended the R o y a l A r t School, B e r l i n , f r o m 1913 to 1915, the School o f
A p p l i e d A r t , Essen, f r o m 1916 to 1919, a n d the A r t A c a d e m y , M u n i c h , f r o m
1919 to 1920. H e was connected w i t h the Bauhaus d u r i n g the t h i r t e e n years
of its existence, as a student for three years, as a teacher, a n d as its Assistant
D i r e c t o r for four years. H e w o r k e d there i n m a n y m e d i a , a colleague o f the
equally famous W a l t e r Gropius, L u d w i g Mies v a n der Rohe, Paul Klee,
Laszlo M o h o l y - N a g y a n d Wassily K a n d i n s k y . T h e Bauhaus moved f r o m
W e i m a r to Dessau i n 1925, a n d f i n a l l y to B e r l i n i n 1932. I t was closed b y
H i t l e r late i n 1933. Albers left G e r m a n y at this t i m e t o teach i n the Black
M o u n t a i n College i n N o r t h C a r o l i n a where he r e m a i n e d as Professor o f A r t
u n t i l 1949. F r o m 1950 to i 9 6 0 he served as C h a i r m a n o f the D e p a r t m e n t o f
Design at t h e School o f A r c h i t e c t u r e a n d Design at Y a l e U n i v e r s i t y , a n d is
n o w Professor Emeritus. A l b e r s ' r e p u t a t i o n as a p a i n t e r a n d teacher is w e l l -
k n o w n . H i s p u b l i c a t i o n has been extensive, c u l m i n a t i n g i n 1963 w i t h the
major thesis, Interaction of Color (Yale U n i v e r s i t y Press), illustrated w i t h
o r i g i n a l silk screen prints. H i s paintings a n d p r i n t s have been exhibited
w i d e l y i n Europe, t h e F a r East a n d t h e Americas - he has held more t h a n
one h u n d r e d one-man exhibitions a n d has been i n c l u d e d i n over seven
h u n d r e d g r o u p exhibitions. H e keeps his home a n d studio i n N e w H a v e n ,
Connecticut.

Homage to the Square: " Y e s " 1956

39 J X 3 9 i 5 c a s e m o n
niasonite
S I G N E D , l . r . : A 56"
C O L L . : purchased f r o m t h e artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Twenty Fifth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings,
1957, p . 26, n o . 4 9 , i l l . ( T h i r d W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Bronze M e d a l ) ; Josef
Albers, N o r t h C a r o l i n a M u s e u m o f A r t , R a l e i g h , 1962, p . 34, n o . 2 1 , i l l .
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1957 57.8

Albers began t h e w o r k w h i c h l e d t o his series o f " H o m a g e t o t h e S q u a r e " paintings

d u r i n g t h e s u m m e r o f 1949. W h e n t h e C o r c o r a n a c q u i r e d Homage to the Square: "Yes"
i n 1957, he sent t h e f o l l o w i n g statement a b o u t t h e series: " S e e i n g several o f these
p a i n t i n g s n e x t t o each o t h e r makes i t obvious t h a t each p a i n t i n g is a n i n s t r u m e n t a t i o n
i n its o w n . T h i s means t h a t they a l l are o f different palettes, a n d , therefore, so to speak,
o f different climates. Choice o f t h e colors used, as w e l l as t h e i r order, is a i m e d at a n
i n t e r a c t i o n - i n f l u e n c i n g a n d c h a n g i n g each o t h e r f o r t h a n d back. T h u s , character
a n d feeling alters f r o m p a i n t i n g t o p a i n t i n g w i t h o u t a n y a d d i t i o n a l ' h a n d w r i t i n g ' or,
so c a l l e d , t e x t u r e . T h o u g h t h e u n d e r l y i n g s y m m e t r i c a l a n d quasi-concentric order o f
squares remains t h e same i n a l l p a i n t i n g s - i n p r o p o r t i o n a n d p l a c e m e n t - these same

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squares g r o u p or single themselves, connect a n d separate i n m a n y different ways. I n
consequence, t h e y m o v e f o r t h a n d back, i n a n d o u t , a n d g r o w u p a n d d o w n a n d near
a n d far, as w e l l as, enlarged a n d d i m i n i s h e d . A l l this, t o p r o c l a i m color a u t o n o m y as
a means o f a plastic o r g a n i z a t i o n . " T h i s statement has been f r e q u e n t l y used i n
p u b l i s h e d discussions o f A l b e r s ' w o r k .

Ross E. Moffett (1888-1971)

Ross E. M o f f e t t was b o r n i n Clearfield, I o w a , o n F e b r u a r y 18, 1888. H e
studied at the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e a n d at the A r t Students League i n N e w
Y o r k , a n d w i t h Charles H a w t h o r n e w h o m he followed to Provincetown,
Massachusetts. H e r e he w o r k e d the year r o u n d u n t i l his death on M a r c h 13,
1971, e x h i b i t i n g i n n a t i o n a l exhibitions a n d w i n n i n g such honors as the First
H a l l g a r t e n Prize at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design i n 1921, the F r e n c h
M e m o r i a l G o l d M e d a l at the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e i n 1927, a n d the First
M e d a l awarded b y the San Francisco A r t Association i n 1931. Between 1916
a n d 1943 he was i n c l u d e d i n eleven Corcoran B i e n n i a l E x h i b i t i o n s . H e d i d
considerable w o r k i n graphics as w e l l as o i l . T h e Corcoran held a special e x h i b i -
t i o n of his monotypes a n d lithographs i n 1941 /42. M o f f e t t was a m e m b e r of the
N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (Associate, 1937; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1942), a n d o f the
A m e r i c a n Society o f Painters, Sculptors a n d Gravers.

Provincetown W h a r f
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SIGNED, l.r.: MOFFETT
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Fourteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings,
! 9 3 5 P- 65, n o . 155, i l l .
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P U R C H A S E : A n n a E. C l a r k F u n d , 1935 35.8

M o f f e t t p a i n t e d a n o t h e r e n t i r e l y d i f f e r e n t scene also e n t i t l e d Provincetown Wharf,

present l o c a t i o n u n k n o w n .

Eugen Weisz (1890-1954)

Eugen Weisz was b o r n o n J a n u a r y 3, 1890, i n N a g y - S u r a n y , a small village
i n the n o r t h e r n hills o f H u n g a r y . O r p h a n e d at an early age, he learned to
fend for himself a n d i n 1901 apprenticed w i t h an I t a l i a n artist i n R o m e
where he scraped palettes, d i d o d d jobs a r o u n d the studio, a n d learned to
d r a w . T h i s experience was followed b y a p e r i o d o f service as cabin boy o n
M e d i t e r r a n e a n fishing boats a n d sailor on freighters u n t i l he was h i r e d as
interpreter b y Buffalo B i l l whose W i l d West Show was t o u r i n g Europe i n
1906. H e was b r o u g h t to the U n i t e d States b y the show, a n d for some years
w o r k e d variously as cook, prize-fighter, r a i l r o a d construction w o r k e r - always
sketching a n d d r a w i n g along the way. After service i n the U n i t e d States
A r m y d u r i n g W o r l d W a r I , he was able to concentrate o n his a r t t r a i n i n g ,
e n r o l l i n g i n the Corcoran School o f A r t where he w o n its highest a w a r d , the
G o l d M e d a l , i n 1921. H e continued his studies at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y
o f the Fine A r t s a n d at the A l b r i g h t School o f Fine A r t s i n Buffalo. I n 1924
he j o i n e d the faculty o f the Corcoran School o f A r t , becoming its Vice-
P r i n c i p a l i n 1935, a position he held u n t i l his death. D u r i n g this p e r i o d he
was also a m e m b e r o f the faculties o f T h e George W a s h i n g t o n U n i v e r s i t y a n d
T r i n i t y College. T h e C o r c o r a n Gallery gave h i m his first museum one-man

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show i n 1934 a n d , after his death i n Tucson, A r i z o n a , o n J a n u a r y 3, 1954,
held a m e m o r i a l e x h i b i t i o n o f over eighty o f his paintings, watercolors,
pastels a n d drawings. A t t h a t t i m e m o r e t h a n one h u n d r e d a n d fifty p r o m -
inent artists, m a n y o f w h o m h a d been his students, c o n t r i b u t e d t h e i r works
for an a u c t i o n sale to endow T h e Eugen Weisz M e m o r i a l Scholarship w h i c h
is awarded each year i n the C o r c o r a n School.

Self Portrait 1935

21 X 15
S I G N E D , l . r . : E. W. 55
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Fourteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings,
1935, p . 7 1 , n o . 179; American Art Today, N e w Y o r k W o r l d ' s F a i r , 1939-1940, p . 163,
no. 517, i l l . ; C . G . A . Eugen Weisz Memorial Exhibition (Contemporary American
A r t i s t s Series, n o . 21), 1954, n . p . , n o . 8, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : A n n a E . C l a r k F u n d , 1943 43-14

D w i g h t D a v i d Eisenhower (1890-1969)
D w i g h t D a v i d Eisenhower, t h i r t y - f o u r t h President o f the U n i t e d States a n d
General o f the A r m y , was b o r n i n Denison, Texas, o n October 14, 1890. H e
spent his y o u t h i n Abilene, Kansas, a n d g r a d u a t e d f r o m the U n i t e d States
M i l i t a r y A c a d e m y at West Point, N e w Y o r k , i n 1915. As L i e u t e n a n t General,
he served as C o m m a n d e r - i n - C h i e f o f the A l l i e d E x p e d i t i o n a r y Forces i n
N o r t h A f r i c a i n 1942. H e served as Supreme C o m m a n d e r o f A l l i e d Powers
i n E u r o p e f r o m 1943 to 1945 a n d later as C h i e f o f Staff, U n i t e d States A r m y ,
f r o m 1945 to 1948. H e was a p p o i n t e d President o f C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y i n
1948, a position he held u n t i l 1950 w h e n he was designated as the Supreme
C o m m a n d e r o f A l l i e d Powers ( N A T O ) i n E u r o p e . H e was elected President
of the U n i t e d States, serving t w o terms f r o m 1953 to 1961, after w h i c h he
retired to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. H e d i e d i n W a s h i n g t o n o n M a r c h 28,
1969, a n d is b u r i e d i n A b i l e n e , Kansas. General Eisenhower took u p p a i n t i n g
as a h o b b y t h r o u g h the encouragement o f the p o r t r a i t p a i n t e r Thomas E.
Stephens. H i s first a t t e m p t was made i n 1947, b u t i t was n o t u n t i l he was at
C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y t h a t he devoted m o r e t i m e to his h o b b y . H e presented
his paintings to his friends or to an i n s t i t u t i o n o n l y o n request. H e agreed
w i t h unaffected reluctance to a l l o w a g r o u p o f eighty to be i n c l u d e d i n an
e x h i b i t i o n e n t i t l e d " T h e M e m o r a b l e Eisenhower Y e a r s " h e l d as a benefit
for Eisenhower College at the G a l l e r y o f M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k , i n M a y
and the summer o f 1967 - his o n l y p u b l i c showing.

V i l l a St. Pierre i n Marnes-La-Coquette 1951

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S I G N E D , 1.1.: Eisenhower J1951
C O L L . : the artist
G I F T : the a r t i s t , 1967 67.28

T h i s scene depicts the g a r d e n o f the house i n w h i c h G e n e r a l Eisenhower l i v e d w h e n

he was the A l l i e d Supreme C o m m a n d e r , E u r o p e .

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 Sidney E d w a r d Dickinson ( 1 8 9 0 - )
Sidney E d w a r d D i c k i n s o n was b o r n i n W a l l i n g f o r d , Connecticut, on
N o v e m b e r 28, 1890. H e studied at the A r t Students League u n d e r W i l l i a m
M e r r i t t Chase a n d George H . B r i d g m a n , a n d at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f
Design w i t h Douglas V o l k . K n o w n p r i n c i p a l l y as a figure a n d p o r t r a i t
painter, he has h a d m a n y p r o m i n e n t sitters, i n c l u d i n g such fellow artists as
Eugene H i g g i n s , R a p h a e l Soyer a n d the sculptor, R o b e r t A i t k e n . H e has
h a d a l o n g career as a teacher: at the A r t Students League, the N e w School
of Design, a n d at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design. H e has e x h i b i t e d w i d e l y ,
a n d his honors include the First H a l l g a r t e n Prize at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y
(1924), the Beck G o l d M e d a l at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s
(1924), the First A l t m a n Prize (1936) a n d the Carnegie Prize (1942) at the
N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y . H e is a m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (Associate,
1921; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1927) a n d o f the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters.
H e resides i n Pleasantville, N e w Y o r k .

Portrait of the Artist 1 9 1 5

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S I G N E D , l . r . : SIDNEYE. DICKINSON/1915
C O L L . : p u r c h a s e d f r o m the artist
R E F . : Winter Exhibition, N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design, N e w Y o r k , 1915, p . 32, n o . 2 4 9 ;
C . G . A . Sixth Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec. 1 9 1 6 - J a n .
1917, n . p . , n o . 1 2 0 ; Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, v o l . V I I , n o . 7 ( O c t .
1918), p . 45, i l l .
PURCHASE : Gallery Fund, 1 9 1 6 16.5

D i c k i n s o n has p a i n t e d at least six self p o r t r a i t s . R e p r e s e n t a t i v e examples h a n g i n the

C i t y A r t M u s e u m , St. L o u i s , M i s s o u r i , a n d i n the M u s e u m o f F i n e A r t s , H o u s t o n ,
Texas.

L a u r e n Ford (1891- )
L a u r e n F o r d , christened J u l i a L a u r e n , was b o r n i n N e w Y o r k o n J a n u a r y 23,
1891. She was the daughter o f Simeon F o r d , owner of the G r a n d U n i o n H o t e l
i n Saratoga a n d a famous p u b l i c speaker, a n d J u l i a E l l s w o r t h F o r d , a u t h o r
of books a n d plays for c h i l d r e n . Miss F o r d studied at the A r t Students League
under George B r i d g m a n a n d F r a n k V . D u M o n d a n d i n Europe. She h e l d
her first one-man e x h i b i t i o n i n N e w Y o r k i n 1928, a n d subsequently e x h i b i t e d
a n n u a l l y t h r o u g h o u t the 1930's a n d 1940's. A large e x h i b i t i o n o f her oils,
watercolors, drawings, etchings a n d lithographs was h e l d at the Carnegie
I n s t i t u t e , P i t t s b u r g h , i n 1939, a n d i n the same year the Corcoran showed a
g r o u p o f her etchings a n d drawings. She is the a u t h o r a n d i l l u s t r a t o r o f a
children's book e n t i t l e d The Ageless Story (1939) a n d a considerable v o l u m e
of her illustrations has been published elsewhere. Except for occasional
sojourns i n Europe, Miss F o r d has l i v e d for m a n y years o n her f a r m i n
Bethlehem, Connecticut - an area she has used repeatedly as b a c k g r o u n d for
her paintings.

Choir Practice 1934

13J X 18J; p a n e l
S I G N E D , l . r . : Lauren Ford. 1934-
C O L L . : p u r c h a s e d f r o m the artist
R E F . : C.G.A. The Fourteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings, 1935,
p . 55, no. 119; An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Etchings by Lauren Ford, D e p a r t -
m e n t of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1939, n.p., no. 3 ; Reproductions of

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American Paintings, N e w Y o r k G r a p h i c Society, 1962, p . 78, n o . 6302, i l l . ( i n c o l o r ) ;
Fine Art Reproductions of Old and Modern Masters, N e w Y o r k G r a p h i c Society, 1965,
p. 4 0 0 , n o . 6302, i l l . ( i n color)
P U R C H A S E : A n n a E . C l a r k F u n d , 1935 35.7

Earl K e r k a m (1891-1965)
E a r l Cavis K e r k a m was b o r n i n the D i s t r i c t o f C o l u m b i a o n October 7,
1891. H a v i n g suffered spinal meningitis i n his infancy, he spent a protected
c h i l d h o o d o f l i m i t e d a c t i v i t y w i t h his m a t e r n a l grandparents i n V i r g i n i a . H e
showed a n a t u r a l a p t i t u d e for a r t , w i n n i n g a G o l d M e d a l for d r a w i n g f r o m
the R i c h m o n d Times Dispatch i n 1899. W h e n his parents separated he
adopted his mother's stage-name, K i r k (she p e r f o r m e d i n musical comedy)
and o n her remarriage i n 1903 m o v e d w i t h her to N e w Y o r k . H e r e he
studied at the R a n d School, the A r t Students League, the N e w Y o r k School
of Design a n d w i t h R o b e r t H e n r i , w h i l e w o r k i n g i n an engraving p l a n t to
support his studies. H e entered the t h e a t r i c a l advertising business a n d i n
1911 m o v e d to P h i l a d e l p h i a to supervise the p r o m o t i o n a l activities o f the
Stanley Theaters a n d also to serve as a r t editor a n d cartoonist for p o l i t i c a l
periodicals. A r m y service i n W o r l d W a r I i n t e r r u p t e d this w o r k , b u t i n 1919
he was again w i t h the Stanley Theaters, w o r k i n g i n movie poster design. I n
the m i d d l e 20's he abandoned c o m m e r c i a l a r t to devote himself f u l l t i m e to
p a i n t i n g a n d d r a w i n g , s t u d y i n g at the G r a n d e C h a u m i e r e i n Paris u n t i l the
U n i t e d States stock m a r k e t crash a n d b a n k failures forced a t e m p o r a r y
r e t u r n to A m e r i c a i n 1929. A b o u t this t i m e he reassumed his father's name,
K e r k a m . H e e x h i b i t e d w i t h some r e c o g n i t i o n i n Paris, a n d , after reestablish-
ing himself i n N e w Y o r k i n 1933, h e l d one-man shows almost yearly u n t i l his
death i n J a n u a r y 1965. H e was considered b y his colleagues a "painters'
p a i n t e r , " a n d n u m b e r e d a m o n g his close friends m a n y artists i n c l u d i n g
Franz K l i n e , the de K o o n i n g s , M a r k R o t h k o a n d Jackson Pollock.

Composition with F o r m s of the Head 1964

21 X 16\; canvasboard
S I G N E D , u . r . : Kerkam', o n back, u . L : Formal Relations as I Applied to the Head
C O L L . : E. Bruce K i r k , L a f a y e t t e H i l l , P e n n s y l v a n i a (the artist's son)
R E F . : Earl Kerkam Memorial Exhibition, Washington Gallery of M o d e r n A r t , D.C.,
1966, p . 31
G I F T : E. Bruce K i r k , 1969 1969.9

I n the m i d d l e 1950's K e r k a m began w o r k i n g o n a series o f p a i n t i n g s based o n a

general t h e m e Composition with Forms of the Head. T h i s p a i n t i n g , c o m p l e t e d i n 1964,
m u s t be one o f the latest, i f n o t the last i n this series.

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E d w i n Walter Dickinson (1891- )

E d w i n W a l t e r D i c k i n s o n was b o r n i n Seneca Falls, N e w Y o r k , o n October
11, 1891. H i s boyhood was spent i n Buffalo a n d i n his family's summer home
at Sheldrake o n L a k e Cayuga, an area t h a t often figures i n his later w o r k . I n
1910 he entered P r a t t I n s t i t u t e , N e w Y o r k , a n d d u r i n g the f o l l o w i n g t w o
years c o n t i n u e d his t r a i n i n g at the A r t Students League u n d e r W i l l i a m
M e r r i t t Chase a n d F r a n k V . D u M o n d , s t u d y i n g d u r i n g the summers w i t h
Charles H . H a w t h o r n e at the Cape C o d School o f A r t i n P r o v i n c e t o w n . I n
the fall o f 1913 he r e m a i n e d i n P r o v i n c e t o w n , p a i n t i n g there u n t i l he enlisted
i n the U n i t e d States N a v y i n w h i c h he served as ship r a d i o operator f r o m
1917 to 1919. O n his discharge, he spent a year i n E u r o p e where he j o i n e d
d r a w i n g classes at the Academie de la G r a n d e C h a u m i e r e i n Paris a n d

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E d w i n W a l t e r D i c k i n s o n Still Life with Microscope
traveled i n France a n d Spain. H e settled again i n P r o v i n c e t o w n i n 1920 a n d ,
u n t i l 1944, spent the greater p a r t o f his t i m e there a n d i n nearby Wellfleet. I n
1944 D i c k i n s o n m o v e d his f a m i l y to N e w Y o r k a n d , h a v i n g t a u g h t i n t e r -
m i t t e n t l y previously, n o w entered a n active teaching career - at Cooper
U n i o n f r o m 1945 to 1949, at the A r t Students League f r o m 1945 u n t i l the
present, at the B r o o k l y n M u s e u m A r t School f r o m 1950 to 1958, as w e l l as at
Wellesley College a n d C o r n e l l , C o l u m b i a a n d Boston Universities. O v e r the
years he has done f u r t h e r t r a v e l i n g : to E u r o p e a n d to the Near East w i t h
recent sojourns i n Greece. Dickinson's first one-man show was h e l d i n the
A l b r i g h t A r t Gallery, Buffalo, i n 1927 a n d his first a w a r d , the Second A l t m a n
Prize, was g r a n t e d b y the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design i n 1929. H i s p u b l i c
recognition has g r o w n g r a d u a l l y , w i t h honors i n c l u d i n g the First Prize
P o r t r a i t A w a r d f r o m the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design i n 1949, a G r a n t for
A r t f r o m the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters i n 1954 a n d a F o r d
F o u n d a t i o n G r a n t i n 1959. The Museum of Modern A r t , New York,
showed his w o r k i n its e x h i b i t i o n " R o m a n t i c P a i n t i n g i n A m e r i c a " i n 1943
a n d i n " F i f t e e n A m e r i c a n s " i n 1952, a n d the W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n
A r t h e l d a retrospective e x h i b i t i o n i n 1965. H e is a m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l
A c a d e m y (Associate, 1948; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1950), o f the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f
A r t s a n d Letters a n d o f the A m e r i c a n A c a d e m y o f A r t s a n d Letters. D i c k i n -
son resides i n Wellfleet, Massachusetts.

Still Life with Microscope 1941

32 x 2 8 J
C O L L . : purchased f r o m t h e artist
R E F . : Edwin Dickinson Retrospective, G r a h a m G a l l e r y , N e w York, 1961, n.p., n o . 8 4 ;
New Accessions USA, C o l o r a d o Springs F i n e A r t s Center, 1964, n.p., no. 11, i l l . ;
C.G.A. Bulletin, v o l . 14, no. 1 ( J u l y 1964), p. 5, i l l . ; Edwin Dickinson Retrospective,
W h i t n e y M u s e u m of A m e r i c a n A r t , N e w York, 1965, p. 50, no. 66
G I F T : T h e Friends of the C o r c o r a n , 1963 63.22

K a r l Knaths (1891-1971)
K a r l K n a t h s was b o r n i n E a u Claire, Wisconsin, o n O c t o b e r 2 1 , 1891. H e
spent his early c h i l d h o o d i n M i l w a u k e e a n d f r o m the age o f twelve, after his
father's death, l i v e d w i t h an uncle i n Portage, Wisconsin. I n 1911 he entered
the A r t I n s t i t u t e o f Chicago, a n d i t was w h i l e he was s t u d y i n g there t h a t he
saw the 1913 A r m o r y Show w h i c h h a d traveled f r o m N e w Y o r k . T h i s was his
first exposure to advanced E u r o p e a n a r t , a n d , a l t h o u g h he f o u n d most o f the
w o r k p u z z l i n g , he was strongly attracted to t h a t o f Cezanne. H i s study at the
I n s t i t u t e was i n t e r r u p t e d b y W o r l d W a r I , b u t i n 1919 he again took u p
p a i n t i n g , settling i n P r o v i n c e t o w n , Massachusetts, his h o m e u n t i l his death
o n M a r c h io_, 1971. F r o m the mid-20's his p r i n c i p a l p a t r o n was D u n c a n
Phillips w h o over the years purchased m o r e t h a n t h i r t y - f i v e o f his paintings*
General r e c o g n i t i o n , however, came considerably later. H i s first one-man
show i n N e w Y o r k was h e l d i n 1930. L a t e r i n t h a t decade he p a i n t e d murals
u n d e r the Federal A r t Project at F a l m o u t h , Massachusetts, and Rehoboth
Beach, D e l a w a r e . A f t e r the 1940's he e x h i b i t e d r e g u l a r l y i n one-man a n d
g r o u p exhibitions a n d w o n such awards as the First Prize at the Carnegie
I n s t i t u t e I n t e r n a t i o n a l E x h i b i t i o n i n 1946 a n d the First Prize i n " A m e r i c a n
P a i n t i n g T o d a y " at the M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t i n 1950. I n 1955 a
D o c u f i l m was made i n the C o n t e m p o r a r y A m e r i c a n Artists Series (no. 1) en-
t i t l e d Karl Knaths' Cape Cod. H e was i n c l u d e d i n the e x h i b i t i o n " F o u r A m e r i -
can Expressionists" h e l d at the W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t i n 1959.

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K a r l K n a t h s Net Menders

K n a t h s conducted a yearly class o f a b o u t a m o n t h ' s d u r a t i o n i n the Phillips

Gallery at W a s h i n g t o n f r o m 1938 to 1950, a n d instructed at Bennington
College. H e was elected to the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e of A r t s a n d Letters i n 1955.

Net Menders 1961

401x501
S I G N E D , l . r . : Karl Knaths; i n c r a y o n o n back stretcher: "NET MENDERS" KARL
KNATHS - PTOWN 1961 40x50
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : The Art Quarterly, v o l . X X V , n o . 1 ( S p r i n g 1962), p p . 82, 92, i l l . ; C . G . A . Bul-
letin, v o l . 12, n o . 2 ( M a y 1962), p . 2 1 , i l l .
G I F T : T h e Friends o f the C o r c o r a n , 1961 61.42

A n earlier version o f this subject e n t i t l e d Net Mender, p a i n t e d i n 1957, is i n a p r i v a t e

collection i n F l o r i d a .

Sidney L a u f m a n (1891 - )
Sidney L a u f m a n was b o r n i n Cleveland, O h i o , o n October 29, 1891. After
s t u d y i n g at the Cleveland School o f A r t (1911-1912), the Chicago A r t
I n s t i t u t e (1913-1918), a n d finally at the A r t Students League, N e w Y o r k ,
under R o b e r t H e n r i (1919-1920), he w e n t to E u r o p e where he remained for
over a decade, residing for the most p a r t i n France. H e h e l d his first one-man
show i n Paris i n 1922, a n d his w o r k was i n c l u d e d for several seasons i n the
Salon d ' A u t o m n e . W h e n he r e t u r n e d to A m e r i c a i n 1933, he w o r k e d i n N e w
Y o r k a n d i n Woodstock, w h i c h has r e m a i n e d his home. D u r i n g the m i d d l e
30's he j o i n e d the Easel P a i n t i n g p r o g r a m u n d e r the Federal A r t Project. H e
t a u g h t at the A r t Students League f r o m 1938 to 1950 a n d served as visiting

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lecturer at Brandeis U n i v e r s i t y From 1959 to i 9 6 0 . H e has e x h i b i t e d extens-
ively a n d has w o n such awards as the L o g a n Prize at the Chicago A r t
I n s t i t u t e i n 1932, the Sesnan G o l d M e d a l at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f
the Fine A r t s i n 1951, a n d at least five p r i n c i p a l prizes at the N a t i o n a l
A c a d e m y o f Design between the years 1937 a n d 1963. L a u f m a n was elected
an Associate M e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1939 a n d A c a d e m i c i a n i n
1945-

L a n e i n Winter 1943/44
i5*X2 i 4

S I G N E D , l . r . : SIDNEY LAUFMAN
C O L L . : A m e r i c a n A c a d e m y o f A r t s a n d Letters, N e w Y o r k
R E F . : New Accessions USA, C o l o r a d o Springs F i n e A r t s Center, 1954, n . p . , n o . 17
G I F T : C h i l d e H a s s a m F u n d , A m e r i c a n A c a d e m y o f A r t s a n d Letters, N e w Y o r k , 1953
53-33

J o h n F u l t o n Folinsbee (i892-1972)
J o h n F u l t o n Folinsbee was b o r n i n Buffalo, N e w Y o r k , o n M a r c h 14, 1892.
A t the age o f nine he was sent to the a r t school j u s t opened i n the A l b r i g h t
A r t G a l l e r y a n d later attended the A r t Students League i n N e w Y o r k a n d
the Woodstock School o f A r t , s t u d y i n g u n d e r Birge H a r r i s o n , J o h n Carlson,
F r a n k D u M o n d , J o h n C. Johansen a n d Jonas L i e . I n 1916 he settled near the
artists E d w a r d Redfield, R o b e r t Spencer a n d D a n i e l G a r b e r i n N e w H o p e ,
Pennsylvania, a n d kept a home there u n t i l his death o n M a y 1 o, 1972, a l t h o u g h
for over t h i r t y years he spent l o n g summers i n M a i n e o n M o n t s w e a g Bay
near Wiscasset. H e e x h i b i t e d w i d e l y , a c q u i r i n g t h r o u g h o u t the years
m a n y honors - over ten awards f r o m the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design alone.
H e was represented b y one or m o r e paintings i n each C o r c o r a n B i e n n i a l
between 1916 a n d 1945, w i n n i n g the T h i r d W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d
Bronze M e d a l i n 1921. H i s most recent recognition, the P o r t r a i t M e d a l , was
awarded b y the C e n t u r y Association i n 1966. Folinsbee was a m e m b e r o f the
N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (Associate, 1919; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1928) a n d of the N a t i o n a l
I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters.

G r a y T h a w c.1920
32jX4oi
S I G N E D , 1.1.: John F. Folinsbee-
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the a r t i s t
R E F . : C . G . A . Eighth Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec.
1921-Jan. 1922, p . 22, n o . 4 2 ; Half a Century of American Art, T h e A r t I n s t i t u t e ,
C h i c a g o , [ 1 9 3 9 ] , P- i7> ° - 57
n

P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1921 21.7

Charles Green Shaw (1892- )

Charles Green Shaw, painter, i l l u s t r a t o r , designer a n d w r i t e r , was b o r n i n
N e w Y o r k o n M a y i , 1892, a n d still keeps his residence there. H e graduated
f r o m Y a l e U n i v e r s i t y i n 1914, attended the C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y School o f
A r c h i t e c t u r e i n 1915, a n d followed this w i t h w o r k at the A r t Students League
under T h o m a s H a r t Benton a n d w i t h p r i v a t e i n s t r u c t i o n i n p a i n t i n g w i t h
George L u k s . A f t e r service i n the U n i t e d States A r m y d u r i n g W o r l d W a r I
he traveled i n Europe for a considerable p e r i o d . Since 1919 he has w r i t t e n
children's books, poetry a n d articles for Vanity Fair, The Bookman, a n d Smart

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Set; i t was n o t u n t i l the early 30's t h a t he began to p a i n t professionally. H e

held his first one-man e x h i b i t i o n i n N e w Y o r k i n 1934 a n d has since consist-
ently shown his w o r k . A m e m b e r o f the A m e r i c a n Abstract Artists, he has
exhibited w i t h this g r o u p since 1937. H e was i n c l u d e d i n the e x h i b i t i o n
" A b s t r a c t P a i n t i n g a n d Sculpture i n A m e r i c a , " h e l d at the M u s e u m o f
M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k , i n 1951, a n d i n " G e o m e t r i c A b s t r a c t i o n i n A m e r i c a "
at the W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t i n 1962. Shaw served on the
A d v i s o r y B o a r d o f the M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k , f r o m 1937 to
1941, a n d is a L i f e Fellow i n the I n t e r n a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters
a n d a m e m b e r o f the Federation o f M o d e r n Painters a n d Sculptors.

Night Attack i960

50iX75
S I G N E D , l . r . : SHAW; o n crossbar o f stretcher: Night Attack by Charles Shaw, ig6o
C O L L . : Florence H o l t Brooks, N e w Y o r k
R E F . : C . G . A . Twenty Seventh Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, 1961,
n . p . , n o . 108
G I F T : A n o n y m o u s , 1961 61.23

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Nicholas Vasilieff (i 892-1970)
Nicholas V a s i l i e f f was b o r n o n a f a r m near M o s c o w o n N o v e m b e r 3, 1892.
He studied at the M o s c o w A c a d e m y o f Fine A r t s u n d e r L e o n i d Pasternak,
g r a d u a t i n g i n 1914 w i t h h i g h honors a n d the A c a d e m y ' s G o l d M e d a l a w a r d .
He served i n the First W o r l d W a r , a n d , after the Russian R e v o l u t i o n , t a u g h t
at the M o s c o w A c a d e m y . I n 1920 he m i g r a t e d w i t h his f a m i l y to Constant-
inople a n d soon after m o v e d o n to N e w Y o r k . F o r m a n y years he supple-
m e n t e d his income w o r k i n g first as a baker, later as a house p a i n t e r , u n t i l
f i n a l l y i n 1942 he was able to devote f u l l t i m e to his canvases. A l t h o u g h his
w o r k was shown w i t h the Societe A n o n y m e i n the late 20's, he d i d n o t h o l d a
one-man e x h i b i t i o n i n N e w Y o r k u n t i l 1938. F r o m this t i m e o n his paintings
were i n c l u d e d i n the p r i n c i p a l i n v i t a t i o n a l annuals a n d biennials o f the 40's
and 50's. H e was a w a r d e d the Purchase Prize at the U n i v e r s i t y o f I l l i n o i s i n
1954. V a s i l i e f f w o r k e d also i n m u r a l p a i n t i n g , h a v i n g executed, among
others, the murals i n the Greek O r t h o d o x C h u r c h i n N e w Y o r k . I n later years
he made his home i n Lanesboro, Massachusetts. H e d i e d i n O c t o b e r , 1970.

P i n k Tablecloth c.1950
28J X 42
S I G N E D , l . r . : JV. Vasilieff
COLL. : D r . Bernard Kronenberg, New York
R E F . : C.G.A. The Twenty Third Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings,
1953, n.p., no. 215 (listed as Still Life with Bottle); New Accessions USA, Colorado
Springs F i n e A r t s Center, 1958, n.p., no. 2 0 , i l l .
G I F T : A n o n y m o u s , 1957 57.1

Portrait of Mrs. V. 1956

47iX36
S I G N E D , l . r . : JV. Vasilieff 1956
C O L L . : W . M o n t g o m e r y Jackson, N e w Y o r k
R E F . : C.G.A. Twenty Sixth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, 1959,
n.p., n o . 173; L. Nordness a n d A . S. W e l l e r , Art USA Now, 1962, v o l . 1, p. 6 0 , i l l .
G I F T : W . M o n t g o m e r y Jackson, 1958 58.24

T h i s p a i n t i n g has also been k n o w n as Woman in Red.

M i l t o n Avery (1893-1965)
M i l t o n A v e r y was b o r n i n the upstate village o f A l t m a r , N e w Y o r k , o n
M a r c h 7, 1893. I n 1905 his f a m i l y m o v e d to H a r t f o r d , Connecticut, a n d i t
was here he h a d his o n l y f o r m a l a r t t r a i n i n g i n a life class at the C o n n e c t i c u t
League o f A r t Students. F o r some years he h e l d n i g h t - t i m e j o b s , spending his
days p a i n t i n g i n the Connecticut countryside. I n 1925 he m o v e d to N e w
Y o r k a n d began his professional career. A f t e r his m a r r i a g e i n 1926 to Sally
M i c h e l , a p a i n t e r a n d i l l u s t r a t o r , he w o r k e d w i t h his wife d u r i n g the w i n t e r
m o n t h s i n N e w Y o r k , spending summers i n N e w E n g l a n d or t r a v e l i n g a b o u t
the U n i t e d States a n d Canada. H e visited E u r o p e for the first t i m e i n 1952.
A v e r y h e l d his first one-man show i n N e w Y o r k i n 1928, a n d f r o m t h a t t i m e
e x h i b i t e d steadily. H e was a w a r d e d prizes at the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e (1929),
the Connecticut A c a d e m y o f F i n e A r t s (1930), the B a l t i m o r e M u s e u m o f A r t
(1949), the Boston A r t s Festival (1958), a n d i n Art: USA (1959). A large
retrospective e x h i b i t i o n , c i r c u l a t e d b y the A m e r i c a n F e d e r a t i o n o f A r t s
u n d e r the sponsorship o f the F o r d F o u n d a t i o n , opened at the W h i t n e y
M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t i n i 9 6 0 . A v e r y never t a u g h t , b u t he often h a d
younger artists such as M a r k R o t h k o a n d A d o l p h G o t t l i e b p a i n t i n g w i t h h i m .

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A r o u n d 1950 he began to w o r k i n graphics, a n d over the next ten years
produced some t w o h u n d r e d monotypes. A l t h o u g h seriously i l l after 1960,
A v e r y p a i n t e d u n t i l his death i n N e w Y o r k o n J a n u a r y 3, 1965.

G i r l on a High C h a i r i960
24 X 2 0 ; canvas b o a r d
Signed, l . r . : Milton Avery i960
C o l l . : D r . Louis Wener, Washington, D.C.
G i f t : D r . L o u i s W e n e r t h r o u g h T h e Friends o f the C o r c o r a n , 1970 1970.14

Tirca 1961
22 X 2 8 ; canvas b o a r d
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Milton Avery 1961
C O L L . : J o h n H e n r y Berne, W a r r e n t o n , V i r g i n i a
G I F T : J o h n H e n r y Berne, 1965 65.41.1

T h i s is a p o r t r a i t o f T i r c a K a r l i s , a P r o v i n c e t o w n dealer a n d f r i e n d o f the artist a n d

his wife.

R i c h a r d Lahey ( 1 8 9 3 - )
R i c h a r d L a h e y was b o r n i n Jersey C i t y , N e w Jersey, o n J u n e 23, 1893. H e
developed an interest i n a r t w h i l e still i n h i g h school a n d , o n g r a d u a t i o n i n
1912, enrolled i n the A r t Students League i n N e w Y o r k where he studied for
four years under R o b e r t H e n r i , George B. B r i d g m a n , K e n n e t h Hayes
M i l l e r a n d M a x Weber. F o l l o w i n g service i n the N a v y i n W o r l d W a r I , he
established a studio i n Jersey C i t y a n d soon after began his l o n g teaching
career as a m e m b e r o f the faculty i n the M i n n e a p o l i s School o f A r t (1921).
I n 1923 he was called to the A r t Students League, N e w Y o r k , where he
t a u g h t u n t i l 1935. H e t h e n came to W a s h i n g t o n as P r i n c i p a l of T h e Corcoran
School o f A r t , a post he h e l d u n t i l his r e t i r e m e n t as P r i n c i p a l Emeritus i n
1963. D u r i n g this p e r i o d he was Professor o f Fine A r t s at Goucher College,
B a l t i m o r e , a n d at T h e George W a s h i n g t o n U n i v e r s i t y , W a s h i n g t o n . Lahey
has w o r k e d p r e d o m i n a n t l y as a n easel p a i n t e r w i t h special interest i n the
figure, still life a n d landscape, b u t he has also made a name as a m u r a l i s t ,
p o r t r a i t p a i n t e r a n d caricaturist. H i s first a w a r d , the T u t h i l l Prize at the
Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e i n 1925, was followed b y the C a r o l Beck G o l d M e d a l
for P o r t r a i t u r e f r o m the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s i n 1929, a n d
m a n y others d u r i n g subsequent years. H i s w o r k was i n c l u d e d i n a l l b u t one
B i e n n i a l at the C o r c o r a n between 1930 a n d 1963, a n d the Gallery held one-
man exhibitions o f his paintings, drawings a n d p r i n t s i n 1936, 1944, 1953,
and a retrospective e x h i b i t i o n i n 1963. Together w i t h his wife, Carlotta
Gonzales, also an artist, he has recently completed a m u r a l i n H o n o l u l u ,
H a w a i i , for the A m e r i c a n Battle M o n u m e n t s Commission. D u r i n g the early

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20's he studied for five successive summers i n Europe, b u t for m a n y years his
winters have been spent at his home i n V i e n n a , V i r g i n i a , a n d his summers i n
Ogunquit, Maine.

Carlotta 1943
32§X32i
S I G N E D , u . l . : Richard Lahey
C O L L . : p u r c h a s e d f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Eighteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings,
1943, p . 25, n o . 4 6 ; Richard Francis Lahey, V i r g i n i a M u s e u m o f F i n e A r t s , R i c h m o n d ,
1944, n . p . , n o . 2 4 ; Recent Paintings by Richard Lahey, K r a u s h a a r Galleries, N e w Y o r k ,
1946, n . p . , n o . 12; Second Quarter of the 20th Century, J a c k s o n v i l l e A r t M u s e u m ,
F l o r i d a , 1956, n . p . , n o . 7
P U R C H A S E : A n n a E . C l a r k F u n d , 1943 43.7

M r . L a h e y has often p a i n t e d his w i f e , C a r l o t t a Gonzales ( b o r n i n W i l m i n g t o n , N o r t h

C a r o l i n a , A p r i l 3, 1910; m a r r i e d , 1931), a n artist a n d teacher w h o s t u d i e d at the
Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s i n P h i l a d e l p h i a , a n d at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y
of Design a n d the A r t Students L e a g u e i n N e w Y o r k . She has t a u g h t a r t at G o u c h e r
College, B a l t i m o r e (1940-1942) a n d at the A r t School o f t h e C o r c o r a n G a l l e r y
(1940), a n d has c o l l a b o r a t e d w i t h M r . L a h e y o n j o i n t p a i n t i n g projects as w e l l as
w o r k i n g i n sculpture a n d i l l u s t r a t i o n .

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Yasuo K u n i y o s h i (1893-1953)
Yasuo K u n i y o s h i was b o r n o n September i , 1893, i n O k a y a m a , J a p a n . H e
h a d l i t t l e or no contact w i t h a r t as a boy except i n the usual d r a w i n g classes
i n elementary school; later he studied w e a v i n g a n d dyeing i n a technical
school w h i c h i n c l u d e d m a k i n g designs for textiles. I n 1906 he came to the
U n i t e d States, a n d , after a few months o f o d d jobs i n Seattle, w e n t to Los
Angeles where he attended n i g h t classes at the Los Angeles School o f A r t a n d
Design. I n 1910 he m o v e d to N e w Y o r k a n d again, as t i m e allowed, con-
t i n u e d his a r t t r a i n i n g , first at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design, then at the
I n d e p e n d e n t School r u n b y H o m e r Boss, a n d finally, i n 1916, at the A r t
Students League where he w o r k e d u n d e r K e n n e t h Hayes M i l l e r for four
years. T w o o f his paintings were i n c l u d e d i n the first e x h i b i t i o n o f the Society
o f I n d e p e n d e n t Artists i n 1917, a n d he was i n v i t e d to e x h i b i t w i t h the
Penguin C l u b i n the same year. H i s first one-man show was h e l d i n N e w Y o r k
i n 1922. D u r i n g this p e r i o d he supplemented his income w i t h photography,
p a i n t i n g i n his spare t i m e a n d d u r i n g the summer months at O g u n q u i t ,
M a i n e . I n 1929 he b u i l t a home i n Woodstock, his summer residence u n t i l
his death. H e made t w o extended visits i n E u r o p e , i n 1925 a n d again i n
1928, a n d he also traveled i n the F a r West, i n M e x i c o a n d i n J a p a n . D u r i n g
the 30's he w o r k e d for a b o u t t w o years for the Federal A r t Project's G r a p h i c
Section. F o r m a n y years he t a u g h t at the A r t Students League (1933-1953),
the N e w School for Social Research (1936-1953), a n d the B r o o k l y n M u s e u m
School. H i s w o r k was i n c l u d e d i n the " N i n e t e e n L i v i n g A m e r i c a n s " e x h i b i -
t i o n at the M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k , i n 1929 a n d was shown i n
exhibitions o f n a t i o n a l scope across the c o u n t r y , w i n n i n g such awards as the
T e m p l e G o l d M e d a l at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s i n 1934
a n d the First Prize at the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , P i t t s b u r g h , i n 1944. H e received
a G u g g e n h e i m F o u n d a t i o n Fellowship i n 1935. K u n i y o s h i h a d the distinc-
t i o n o f being the first l i v i n g p a i n t e r to be given a retrospective e x h i b i t i o n at
the W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t (1948). H e was a m e m b e r o f the

Y a s u o K u n i y o s h i Cows in Pasture

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A m e r i c a n Artists' Congress, founded i n 1935, a n d was one o f the founders o f
the Artists E q u i t y Association, serving as its first President f r o m 1947 to 1951.
H e died i n N e w Y o r k o n M a y 14, 1953.

Cows in Pasture! 1923

20 X 30
S I G N E D , l . r . : Y. Kuniyoshi 1923
C O L L . : George B i d d l e , C r o t o n - o n - H u d s o n , N e w Y o r k
G I F T : George B i d d l e , 1964 64.23

I n the early 1920's the cow p l a y e d a p r o m i n e n t role i n K u n i y o s h i ' s w o r k . H e later

w r o t e o f this p e r i o d : " I was p a i n t i n g cows a n d cows at t h a t t i m e because somehow I
felt v e r y near to the cow. Besides I t h o u g h t I u n d e r s t o o d the a n i m a l . Y o u see I was
b o r n , j u d g i n g b y the Japanese calendar, i n a ' c o w y e a r ' [based o n the Z o d i a c ] .
A c c o r d i n g to legend I believed m y fate to be g u i d e d , m o r e or less, b y the b o v i n e
k i n g d o m . Also I was interested i n the c o w because I t h o u g h t i t decorative as w e l l as
u g l y a n d so I p a i n t e d cows constantly u n t i l I was e x h a u s t e d . "

N o r m a n Rockwell (1894
N o r m a n R o c k w e l l was b o r n o n F e b r u a r y 3, 1894, i n N e w Y o r k where he
l i v e d u n t i l about the age o f ten w h e n his f a m i l y m o v e d to nearby M a m a r -
oneck. H e left h i g h school i n his second year to a t t e n d the A r t Students
League, w o r k i n g under George B r i d g m a n a n d T h o m a s F o g a r t y a n d showing
such promise t h a t the League a w a r d e d h i m t w o scholarships. H e began
i l l u s t r a t i n g w h i l e still a student, c o n t r i b u t i n g to Youths'' Companion, Boy's Life,
and St. Nicholas. H i s first cover i l l u s t r a t i o n for the Saturday Evening Post was
p r i n t e d i n M a y 1916, l a u n c h i n g the l o n g series o f magazine covers reflecting
the mores o f the times for w h i c h he is w e l l k n o w n . R o c k w e l l volunteered for
service i n the N a v y i n W o r l d W a r I , his talents being used for the most p a r t
i n the p a i n t i n g o f official p o r t r a i t s . After his first t r i p to Europe for t r a v e l a n d
study i n 1922, he r e t u r n e d to N e w Y o r k to continue his w o r k i n i l l u s t r a t i o n .
H e kept a studio for m a n y years i n N e w Rochelle, N e w Y o r k , spending his
summers i n A r l i n g t o n , V e r m o n t . H e n o w resides i n Stockbridge, Massa-
chusetts. R o c k w e l l is a m e m b e r o f the Society o f A m e r i c a n Illustrators a n d
the Free Lance Artists o f A m e r i c a , a n d was awarded the h o n o r a r y degree o f
D o c t o r o f Fine A r t b y the U n i v e r s i t y o f V e r m o n t i n 1949.

Runaway Train 1916

26JX 2 0 |
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Norman Rockwell-1916
C O L L . : F r a n k B. H a n d , J r . , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .
R E F . : J u l i e n Josephson, " N o r t o n W i n s , " St. Nicholas, v o l . X L I V , n o . 3 ( M a r c h 1917),
p. 429, i l l . ; The Railroad in American Art, W a s h i n g t o n C o u n t y M u s e u m o f F i n e A r t s ,
H a g e r s t o w n , M a r y l a n d , 1968, n . p . , n o . 34
G I F T : F r a n k B. H a n d , J r . , 1965 65.30

T h i s scene was p a i n t e d i n m o n o c h r o m e to i l l u s t r a t e a story i n St. Nicholas, a c h i l d r e n ' s

magazine.

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H a r o l d Weston (i894-1972)
H a r o l d Weston was b o r n i n M a r i o n , Pennsylvania, o n F e b r u a r y 14, 1894.
He states t h a t his p a i n t i n g career began at the age o f eleven w h e n he w o n a
p a i r o f skates as First Prize i n a children's e x h i b i t i o n at Wanamaker's store
i n P h i l a d e l p h i a . H e attended Exeter A c a d e m y , a n d was graduated f r o m
H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y w i t h a B.A. degree magna cum laude. D u r i n g W o r l d W a r I
he served w i t h the Y . M . C . A . , being attached to the B r i t i s h A r m y f r o m 1916
to 1920. H e was sent to I n d i a a n d Persia where he organized a r t clubs,
sketching classes a n d exhibitions for the soldiers a n d made official sketches
for the W a r Office i n L o n d o n . R e t u r n i n g to A m e r i c a i n 1920 b y w a y o f
C h i n a , K o r e a a n d J a p a n , he sequestered himself i n the A d i r o n d a c k s , b u i l d -
ing a studio where he d i d m u c h o f his p a i n t i n g over the years. Lie w e n t to
E u r o p e i n 1926, a n d for four years w o r k e d m a i n l y i n a remote area o f the
F r e n c h Pyrenees. I n 1933 he became interested i n m u r a l p a i n t i n g w h i c h led
to his securing the commission to do t w e n t y - t w o panels for the l o b b y o f the
General Services A d m i n i s t r a t i o n B u i l d i n g i n W a s h i n g t o n , a project completed
i n 1938. A f t e r the Second W o r l d W a r , his career was i n t e r r u p t e d w h e n he was
called to W a s h i n g t o n to organize the Reconstruction Service C o m m i t t e e
(1942-1943) a n d serve as the Executive D i r e c t o r o f F o o d for Freedom
(1943-1947). H e was chosen as one o f five artist delegates f r o m the U n i t e d
States to a t t e n d the First Assembly o f the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Association o f
Plastic A r t s i n V e n i c e i n 1954 a n d later meetings i n V i e n n a ( i 9 6 0 ) a n d
T o k y o (1966), a n d he served as President o f the U n i t e d States Commission
f r o m 1961 to 1967. H e was a p p o i n t e d to the N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l o n the A r t s
and G o v e r n m e n t , serving as V i c e - C h a i r m a n f r o m 1954 to 1961 a n d Chair-
man after 1961. H e was a L i f e M e m b e r o f the W o r l d A c a d e m y o f A r t s and
Sciences a n d a m e m b e r o f the Society o f A m e r i c a n G r a p h i c Artists, the
N a t i o n a l Society o f M u r a l Painters, a n d the Federation o f M o d e r n Painters
and Sculptors. After his first one-man show i n N e w Y o r k i n 1922, Weston
exhibited w i d e l y . H i s w o r k was i n c l u d e d i n eleven Corcoran Biennials
between 1930 a n d 1953. T h e series o f six paintings d e p i c t i n g the b u i l d i n g o f
the U n i t e d Nations center i n N e w Y o r k , purchased b y the Smithsonian to
circulate a m o n g the m e m b e r countries o f the U . N . , were shown i n the
Corcoran i n 1956 i n a retrospective e x h i b i t i o n covering his w o r k f r o m 1922
to t h a t t i m e . H e d i e d i n N e w Y o r k o n A p r i l 10, 1972.

F r u i t Bowl 192 7-1931

24 X 18J
SIGNED, u . l . : WESTON
C O L L . : D u n c a n Phillips, Washington, D.C.
R E F . : Exhibition: Paintings in Oil and Water Color, Etchings and Lithographs by Harold
Weston, M o n t r o s s G a l l e r y , N e w Y o r k , 1928, n . p . , n o . 2 6 ; C . G . A . The Nineteenth
Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1945, p . 23, n o . 7; C . G . A .
Exhibition of Paintings by Harold Weston, Retrospective, 1922-1956, 1956, n . p . , n o . 29
G I F T : D u n c a n P h i l l i p s , 1956 56.31

T h e artist has w r i t t e n the G a l l e r y t h a t Fruit Bowl " w a s o r i g i n a l l y p a i n t e d i n the f a l l

of 1927 at the p r i m i t i v e C a t a l a n farmhouse at Prats de M o l l o , w h e r e we l i v e d o f f a n d
on for over three years, the southernmost t i p o f F r a n c e . . . I n 1931 i t was very s l i g h t l y
r e p a i n t e d a n d resigned w i t h o u t the d a t e ' 2 7 . "

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 Marjorie Acker Phillips (1894- )
M a r j o r i e A c k e r Phillips was b o r n i n B o u r b o n , I n d i a n a , on O c t o b e r 25,
1894. After a p r i v a t e school education she studied at the A r t Students
League under K e n n e t h Hayes M i l l e r , B o a r d m a n Robinson a n d G i f f o r d Beal
f r o m 1915 to 1918, a n d continued her t r a i n i n g i n Paris under the d i r e c t i o n
of A l b e r t A n d r e . Since 1921, w h e n she became the wife o f D u n c a n Phillips,
the founder o f the Phillips M e m o r i a l Gallery i n W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . , she has
carried o n her p a i n t i n g career w h i l e assisting i n the development o f the out-
standing Phillips Collection. She has exhibited at the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e ,
the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s , a n d the
M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k , as w e l l as i n L o n d o n a n d Paris. H e r w o r k
was i n c l u d e d i n eighteen Corcoran Biennials between 1921 a n d 1961. I n
1965 she was given a retrospective e x h i b i t i o n i n the E d w a r d W . R o o t A r t
Center at H a m i l t o n College, C l i n t o n , N e w Y o r k . M r s . Phillips became
D i r e c t o r o f the Phillips Collection o n her husband's death i n 1966 a n d
continues to reside i n W a s h i n g t o n .

Counterpoint 1950
25 x 34
S I G N E D , 1.1.: MARJORIE PHILLIPS '50
C O L L . : T h e Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
R E F . : C . G . A . The Twenty Second Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paint-
ings, 1951, p . 3 1 , n o . 190; C . G . A . Paintings by Marjorie Phillips (Contemporary
A m e r i c a n A r t i s t Series, no. 2 2 ) , 1955, n . p . , n o . 22
G I F T : M a r j o r i e P h i l l i p s t h r o u g h the W o m e n ' s C o m m i t t e e o f the C o r c o r a n , 1956
56.6

Flowers i n L u s t e r V a s e j 1953
i 9 i x 15I
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Marjorie Phillips ' J J
C O L L . : M r s . Francis B i d d l e , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .
R E F . : C . G . A . Selections from the Collection of The Honorable and Mrs. Francis Biddle, 1957,
n . p . , n o . 10
G I F T : K a t h e r i n e H a r r i s o n B i d d l e , 1961 61.43

M a j o r i e A c k e r P h i l l i p s Counterpoint

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 Nicolai Gikovsky (1894- )
N i c o l a i Cikovsky was b o r n i n Pinsk, Russia, o n December 10, 1894. I n spite
of the economic stringencies o f t h a t p e r i o d i n Russia, he h a d well-grounded
art t r a i n i n g , s t u d y i n g f r o m 1910 to 1914 i n the V i l n a A r t School, f r o m 1914
to 1 9 1 8 m the Penza R o y a l A r t School, a n d f r o m 1921 to 1923 i n the Moscow
H i g h e r T e c h n i c a l A r t I n s t i t u t e . H e came to the U n i t e d States i n 1923, and
d u r i n g his early years i n N e w Y o r k supported himself b y p a i n t i n g theatrical
sets a n d c o m m e r c i a l murals. Since his first one-man e x h i b i t i o n i n N e w Y o r k
i n 1930, his w o r k has been i n c l u d e d i n n a t i o n a l i n v i t a t i o n a l shows a n d has
won such awards as the Costigan Prize (1931) a n d the First Purchase Prize
(1932) at the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e , the L a m b e r t Purchase Prize at the
Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s i n 1933, the Ranger F u n d Purchase
Prize (1961) a n d the M a y n a r d Prize for P o r t r a i t i n O i l (1964) at the N a t i o n a l
A c a d e m y o f Design. Between 1930 a n d 1957 he was represented i n thirteen
Corcoran Biennials, w i t h a T h i r d H o n o r a b l e M e n t i o n c i t a t i o n i n 1949 on the
p a i n t i n g listed below. H e was a w a r d e d commissions for murals i n the
D e p a r t m e n t o f I n t e r i o r B u i l d i n g i n W a s h i n g t o n a n d i n Post Offices at
T o w s o n a n d Silver S p r i n g , M a r y l a n d . D u r i n g the 1930's a n d 1940's
Cikovsky d i d considerable teaching - at the C i n c i n n a t i A r t Academy, the
Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e , the C o r c o r a n School o f A r t , a n d at a r t schools i n St.
Paul, M i n n e s o t a , a n d C o l u m b u s , O h i o . H e was awarded a g r a n t by the
N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters i n 1962 a n d was elected an Associate
M e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1968. A l t h o u g h he resided for a period
i n W a s h i n g t o n , Cikovsky n o w divides his t i m e between homes i n N e w Y o r k
and S o u t h a m p t o n , L o n g I s l a n d .

Spring Melody 1948

42x31 J
S I G N E D , l . r . : Nicolai Cikovsky 148
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Twenty-first Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings,
1949, p . 2 1 , n o . 3 1 , i l l . ( T h i r d H o n o r a b l e M e n t i o n ) ; D . D r u m m o n d , " C o r c o r a n
B i e n n i a l Presents C o n g l o m e r a t e P i c t u r e o f U . S . P a i n t i n g , " Art Digest, v o l . 23, no. 11
( M a r c h 1, 1949), p . 18, i l l . a n d v o l . 23, n o . 13 ( A p r i l 1, 1949), p . 38
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1949 49-21

T h e m o d e l Cikovsky used for this p a i n t i n g was a n a r t student a n d f r i e n d , C y n t h i a

B r o w n , w h o often posed for h i m as w e l l as for the Soyer brothers a n d Joseph F l o c h
(see b e l o w , p . 162, Waiting for the Audition b y R a p h a e l Soyer).

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 Franklin Ghenault Watkins (i894-1972)
F r a n k l i n Chenault W a t k i n s was b o r n i n N e w Y o r k o n December 30, 1894,
b u t spent most o f his y o u t h i n K e n t u c k y a n d N o r t h C a r o l i n a . F r o m the
G r o t o n School i n Massachusetts he entered first the U n i v e r s i t y o f V i r g i n i a ,
then the U n i v e r s i t y o f Pennsylvania, a n d w h i l e i n the latter also studied at
the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s . F o r f i n a n c i a l reasons his w o r k
was i n t e r r u p t e d i n 1914 a n d 1915, b u t the f o l l o w i n g year he r e t u r n e d to the
Pennsylvania A c a d e m y where he w o n t w o Cresson T r a v e l i n g Scholarships
i n 1917 a n d 1918 w h i c h he used after W o r l d W a r I (he served i n the N a v y
d u r i n g the W a r ) . After a year i n E u r o p e i n 1923, a n d another nine months
i n Europe a n d N o r t h A f r i c a i n 1926, he settled i n P h i l a d e l p h i a . H e was
suddenly catapulted i n t o p u b l i c recognition o n w i n n i n g the First Prize a n d
the L e h m a n Prize at the Carnegie I n t e r n a t i o n a l E x h i b i t i o n i n P i t t s b u r g h i n
1931. H e h e l d his first one-man show i n N e w Y o r k i n 1934, a n d d u r i n g
subsequent years w o n m a n y honors, such as the First W i l l i a m A . C l a r k
Prize a n d G o l d M e d a l at the C o r c o r a n B i e n n i a l i n 1939 (see p a i n t i n g listed
b e l o w ) , a n d at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s , the C a r o l Beck

F r a n k l i n C h e n a u l t W a t k i n s Summer Fragrance
G o l d M e d a l i n 1941, the T e m p l e G o l d M e d a l i n 1944, a n d the G o l d M e d a l
o f H o n o r i n 1949. H e was given a one-man e x h i b i t i o n at the M u s e u m o f
M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k , i n 1950, a n d a large retrospective e x h i b i t i o n at the
Philadelphia M u s e u m o f A r t i n 1964. I n i 9 6 0 , at the Second I n t e r a m e r i c a n
B i e n n i a l E x h i b i t i o n o f M e x i c o i n M e x i c o C i t y , he was awarded the Salon o f
H o n o r , showing twelve paintings. W a t k i n s t a u g h t t h r o u g h o u t most o f his
active career - at the Philadelphia M u s e u m School a n d , after 1943, i n the
Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s . H e served as A r t i s t i n Residence at
the A m e r i c a n A c a d e m y i n R o m e f r o m 1953 to 1954 u n d e r the F u l b r i g h t
p r o g r a m . H e was a m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters and
o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (Associate, 1951; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1957), a n d was
elected a L i f e M e m b e r o f the A m e r i c a n A c a d e m y i n R o m e i n 1957. His home
was i n Philadelphia, b u t he often spent the summer months on the N e w
Jersey coast. H e died on December 4, 1972 w h i l e t r a v e l i n g i n I t a l y .

S u m m e r Fragrance 1938
39X50|
SIGNED, u.r.: Watkins/'38
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Sixteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings,
1939, p . 49, n o . 122, i l l . (First W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d G o l d M e d a l ) ; F. W a t s o n ,
American Painting Today, A m e r i c a n F e d e r a t i o n o f A r t s , 1939, p . 53, i l l . ; The Art Digest,
v o l . X I I I , n o . 13 ( A p r i l 1, 1939), p . 6, i l l . ; Life, v o l . 6, n o . 18 ( M a y 1, 1939), p . 45,
i l l . ; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of Paintings, Sculpture and Other Art Objects, 1939, p . 97,
n o . 370, i l l . ; Franklin C. Watkins, T h e A r t s C l u b o f C h i c a g o , 1942, n . p . , no. 11;
" P a i n t i n g s b y A r t h u r B. Carles a n d F r a n k l i n C. W a t k i n s , " Philadelphia Museum
Bulletin, v o l . X L I , n o . 208 ( M a r c h 1946), p . 47, n o . 4 8 ; C . G . A . Handbook of the
American Paintings, 1947, p . 87, i l l . ; A . C. R i t c h i e , Franklin C. Watkins, T h e M u s e u m o f
M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k , 1950, p . 46, n o . 2 3 ; C . G . A . The Twenty Fifth Biennial Exhibi-
tion of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1957, " T h e H i s t o r i c a l S e c t i o n , " p . 16,
n o . 16; H . C l i f f o r d , Franklin Watkins, P h i l a d e l p h i a M u s e u m o f A r t , 1964, p . 35, no. 23,
i l l . ; B. W o l f , Franklin C. Watkins, Portrait of a Painter, 1966, p . 80, n o . 23, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1939 39.3

Ben W o l f , i n his m o n o g r a p h o n W a t k i n s , quotes h i m as saying o f this p a i n t i n g :

" J u s t a simple s t i l l life o f flowers a n d f r u i t . I p a i n t e d this i n m y P h i l a d e l p h i a
studio f r o m flowers I b o u g h t a t t h e seashore.
" I d o n ' t k n o w i f it's t r u e or n o t , b u t I always feel t h a t there's a special b r i l l i a n c e -
a n e x t r a color-flavor - to flowers t h a t g r o w near the ocean, as t h o u g h they h a d been
s t u n g b y the salt a i r .
" A f t e r this canvas w o n a n a w a r d at the C o r c o r a n , M a u r i c e Sterne, w h o h a d been
a j u r o r , stopped i n t o see m e . H e p a i d m e a n i n t e r e s t i n g c o m p l i m e n t . H e s a i d : T
d o n ' t t h i n k a n y o n e b u t m y s e l f w o u l d u n d e r s t a n d h o w w e l l t h a t f o r e g r o u n d was
painted.' "

Robert Philipp (1895- )

R o b e r t P h i l i p p was b o r n i n N e w Y o r k o n F e b r u a r y 2, 1895. A t the age o f
fifteen he entered the A r t Students League, s t u d y i n g for four years under
V i n c e n t D u M o n d a n d George B r i d g m a n , a n d , after a short p e r i o d o f w o r k -
i n g o n his o w n , c o n t i n u e d his t r a i n i n g w i t h t w o years at the N a t i o n a l
A c a d e m y o f Design u n d e r Douglas V o l k a n d George M a y n a r d . H e has
e x h i b i t e d w i d e l y a n d has been a repeated a w a r d w i n n e r , h a v i n g taken at
least five prizes at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design since 1922, the First
L o g a n Prize at the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e i n 1936, a n d the Second W i l l i a m A .
C l a r k Prize a n d Silver M e d a l i n the C o r c o r a n B i e n n i a l i n 1939 (see p a i n t i n g
listed b e l o w ) . H e has h a d a l o n g career as a teacher at the A r t Students
League a n d the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design, a n d has been V i s i t i n g Pro-

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fessor o f A r t at the U n i v e r s i t y o f I l l i n o i s . P h i l i p p was elected an Associate o f
the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1935 a n d A c a d e m i c i a n i n 1945, a n d is a Fellow o f
the R o y a l Society o f A r t , L o n d o n . H e keeps his home a n d studio i n N e w
York.

Nude c i 933
41x29!
S I G N E D , l . r . : Philipp; o n back o f canvas, u . r . : Robert Philipp
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Sixteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings,
1939, p . 5 1 , n o . 163, i l l . (Second W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Silver M e d a l ) ; Art
Digest, v o l . X I I I , n o . 13 ( A p r i l 1, 1939), p . 5, i l l . ; Magazine of Art, v o l . 32, n o . 5
(May 1939), p . 295, i l l . ; Life, v o l . 6, n o . 18 ( M a y 1, 1939), p . 45, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1939 39.4

Alice Stanley Acheson (1895- )

Alice Stanley Acheson ( M r s . D e a n Acheson) was b o r n o n A u g u s t 12, 1895,
i n Charlevoix, M i c h i g a n . She is descended f r o m a f a m i l y o f artists - her
p a t e r n a l grandfather, J o h n M i x Stanley, was a w e l l - k n o w n p a i n t e r w h o
specialized i n scenes o f I n d i a n life i n the West, a n d her m o t h e r , Jane Caroline
Stanley, was a watercolorist w h o recorded her extensive travels i n Europe,
N o r t h A f r i c a a n d C e n t r a l A m e r i c a . M r s . Acheson received her first a r t
t r a i n i n g at Wellesley College, a n d later studied at the School o f the M u s e u m
of Fine A r t s , Boston, the Phillips G a l l e r y School i n W a s h i n g t o n , a n d the
C o r c o r a n School o f A r t . She has l i v e d a n d p a i n t e d i n W a s h i n g t o n for m a n y
years, e x h i b i t i n g r e g u l a r l y i n W a s h i n g t o n , N e w Y o r k , a n d i n other cities i n
the U n i t e d States, E u r o p e a n d the N e a r East. She has traveled w i d e l y , a n d
her paintings reflect her m a n y sojourns i n distant places as w e l l as the f a m i l i a r
countryside o f V i r g i n i a a n d M a r y l a n d . T h e C o r c o r a n has h e l d t w o one-man
exhibitions o f her w o r k , i n 1938 a n d i n 1954. M r s . Acheson is a m e m b e r o f
the N a t i o n a l Association o f W o m e n Artists, the Society o f W a s h i n g t o n
Artists, the Artists' G u i l d o f W a s h i n g t o n , a n d the W a s h i n g t o n W a t e r Color
C l u b , a n d has w o n prizes i n g r o u p exhibitions sponsored b y these organ-
izations.

Cove, Maligne L a k e 1948

30x38
S I G N E D , l . r . : Alice Acheson 1948
C O L L . : the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Paintings by Alice Acheson ( C o n t e m p o r a r y A m e r i c a n A r t i s t s Series, n o . 18),
i954> -P-> - 4°> i l h
n n o

G I F T : A l i c e Stanley Acheson t h r o u g h the W o m e n ' s C o m m i t t e e o f the Corcoran,

1956 56.12
M a l i g n e L a k e is located i n Jasper P a r k i n the C a n a d i a n Rockies.

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 Peppino Mangravite (1896- )
Peppino M a n g r a v i t e was b o r n o n J u n e 28, 1896, o n L i p a r i , an island o f f the
coast o f Sicily where his father, a n I t a l i a n N a v a l officer, was stationed at a
penal colony for p o l i t i c a l prisoners. O n e o f the prisoners, an artist, gave h i m
his first p a i n t i n g lessons, a n d these were followed b y classes i n the Scuole
Techniche o n the I t a l i a n m a i n l a n d f r o m 1903 to 1912. W h e n his father
retired i n 1912, the f a m i l y m o v e d to N e w Y o r k . H e r e he c o n t i n u e d his a r t
t r a i n i n g at Cooper U n i o n a n d at the A r t Students League under R o b e r t
H e n r i , w i t h a short p e r i o d o f study i n Europe. H e has l i v e d a n d p a i n t e d
t h r o u g h o u t his life i n N e w Y o r k a n d at his f a r m i n the Adirondacks, w i n n i n g
i n n a t i o n a l a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l exhibitions such honors as the G o l d M e d a l i n
the Sesqui-Centennial Exposition at P h i l a d e l p h i a i n 1926, a Silver M e d a l at
the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e i n 1942, a n d the Eyre M e d a l at the Pennsylvania
A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s i n 1950. H e was a w a r d e d Guggenheim Fellow-
ships i n 1932 a n d 1935, a n d was decorated b y the I t a l i a n G o v e r n m e n t i n
i 9 6 0 for "his contributions to the A m e r i c a n a r t c o m m u n i t y a n d for the
D i s t i n c t i o n he has b r o u g h t to I t a l y . " Since 1926 M a n g r a v i t e has t a u g h t at
Sarah Lawrence College, the Colorado Springs Fine A r t s Center, Cooper
U n i o n , the A r t Students League, the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e , a n d f r o m 1940
to 1954 at C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y as Professor o f P a i n t i n g , f r o m w h i c h position
he r e t i r e d as Professor Emeritus. H e has served as President a n d Trustee o f
the A m e r i c a n Federation o f A r t s a n d as Trustee o f the A m e r i c a n A c a d e m y
i n R o m e . H e has also c o n t r i b u t e d numerous articles o n a r t a n d a r t education
i n professional periodicals. M a n g r a v i t e n o w resides i n West C o r n w a l l ,
Connecticut.

F a m i l y Portrait 1930
24^X30!
SIGNED, l . r . : Mangravite/igjo
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : Recent Paintings by Peppino Mangravite, D u d e n s i n g Galleries, N e w Y o r k , 1931,
n . p . , n o . 1, i l l . ; The Arts, v o l . X V I I , n o . 5 (Feb. 1931), p . 352, i l l . ( e n t i t l e d Mother
and Daughter); Creative Art, v o l . 9, n o . 1 ( J u l y 1931), p . 68, i l l . ( e n t i t l e d Figure Group)',
C . G . A . The Thirteenth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Dec. 1932-
J a n . 1933, p . 67, n o . 164; Catalogue of a Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and
Sculpture Lent from American Collections, T h e A r t I n s t i t u t e , C h i c a g o , 1933, p . 73,
n o . 5 9 6 ; Half a Century of American Art, T h e A r t I n s t i t u t e , C h i c a g o , 1939, p . 32,
n o . 108, i l l . ; Paintings by Peppino Mangravite, T h e Playhouse G a l l e r y , S h a r o n , C o n -
n e c t i c u t , 1958, n . p . , n o . 3 ; Paintings by Peppino Mangravite, Casa I t a l i a n a , C o l u m b i a
P e p p i n o M a n g r a v i t e Family Portrait U n i v e r s i t y , N e w Y o r k , 1958, n . p . , n o . 4
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1932 32.10

T h i s f a m i l y g r o u p includes the artist's w i f e , his d a u g h t e r , N i n a , a n d t h e i r cat, K i k i .

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Zsissly ( M a l v i n M a r r A l b r i g h t ) Deer Island, Maine

Zsissly ( M a l v i n M a r r A l b r i g h t ) (1897- )
Zsissly is the nom de plume o f M a l v i n M a r r A l b r i g h t , the t w i n b r o t h e r o f the
painter I v a n L e L o r r a i n e A l b r i g h t . T h e y were b o r n o n F e b r u a r y 20, 1897,
i n Chicago, I l l i n o i s , sons o f the p a i n t e r A d a m E m e r y A l b r i g h t . T h e y posed
for their father t h r o u g h o u t their c h i l d h o o d a n d h a d their first lessons i n a r t
i n his studio. I v a n t r a i n e d to be a painter, b u t M a l v i n chose sculpture, a n d
studied at the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e , the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine
A r t s , the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e for A r c h i t e c t u r a l E d u c a t i o n i n N e w Y o r k , a n d
the Ecole des Beaux A r t s i n Nantes, France. A f t e r W o r l d W a r I the twins
set u p a studio w i t h their father i n an a b a n d o n e d c h u r c h i n W a r r e n v i l l e ,
near Chicago, a n d as t i m e w e n t o n , b u i l t separate studios a d j o i n i n g the
o r i g i n a l structure. I n the late 20's M a l v i n , too, concentrated o n p a i n t i n g ,
a n d i n subsequent years e x h i b i t e d i n one-man as w e l l as j o i n t exhibitions
w i t h his brother, a n d has been represented i n n a t i o n a l a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l
exhibitions at the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e , the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y , the
Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y a n d the C o r c o r a n . H e was
awarded the Second W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Silver M e d a l i n the
Corcoran's 19th B i e n n i a l i n 1945 (see p a i n t i n g listed below) a n d has been
the recipient o f m a n y other honors. I n 1943 he collaborated w i t h I v a n i n
H o l l y w o o d o n paintings to be used i n a f i l m version o f Oscar W i l d e ' s story
The Picture of Dorian Gray. Zsissly is a m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l Sculpture
Society a n d was elected A c a d e m i c i a n i n the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1952. H e
still resides i n W a r r e n v i l l e , I l l i n o i s , a n d has homes i n Corea, M a i n e , a n d
F o r t Lauderdale, F l o r i d a .

Deer Island, Maine c. 1940

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S I G N E D , 1.1.: -ZSISSLT-
C O L L . : p u r c h a s e d f r o m the artist
R E F . : Painting in the United States, Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , P i t t s b u r g h , 1943, n . p . , n o . 9 3 ;
C . G . A . The Nineteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1945,
p . 3 1 , n o . 162, i l l . (Second W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Silver M e d a l ) ; Art Digest,
v o l . 19, n o . 12 ( M a r c h 15, 1945), p . 5, i l l . ; R . Frost, " T h e C o r c o r a n Carries o n , "
Art News, v o l . X L I V , n o . 4 ( A p r i l 1, 1945), p . 18, i l l . ; American Painting: Second
Quarter of the 20th Century, Jacksonville A r t M u s e u m , F l o r i d a , 1956, n . p . , n o . 11
P U R C H A S E : A n n a E . C l a r k F u n d , 1945 45.5

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R e g i n a l d M a r s h Smoke Hounds
Reginald Marsh (1898-1954)
R e g i n a l d M a r s h was b o r n o n M a r c h 14, 1898, i n Paris where his parents,
b o t h artists, were studying. T h e y r e t u r n e d to the U n i t e d States t w o years
later. M a r s h attended T h e Lawrenceville School a n d Y a l e U n i v e r s i t y , a n d
after his g r a d u a t i o n i n 1920 w e n t to N e w Y o r k , w o r k i n g as a free-lance
illustrator. H i s first regular j o b was w i t h the New Tork Daily News, a n d
between 1922 a n d 1925 he t u r n e d o u t some four thousand drawings for t h a t
paper. T h r o u g h o u t the 20's he also designed curtains a n d stage sets for the
theater. D u r i n g this p e r i o d he studied at the A r t Students League under
J o h n Sloan, George L u k s , George B r i d g m a n , a n d K e n n e t h Hayes M i l l e r
and became identified w i t h the g r o u p o f M i l l e r ' s followers k n o w n as the
14th Street School o f Painters. T h i s g r o u p i n c l u d e d the Soyer brothers,
M o r r i s K a n t o r , Isabel Bishop a n d other y o u n g artists w h o were w o r k i n g i n
the t r a d i t i o n o f the Ash Can School. I n 1925 M a r s h made the first o f m a n y
visits to E u r o p e a n cities to study the O l d Masters, b u t for the most p a r t
d u r i n g subsequent years he r e m a i n e d i n M a n h a t t a n , p a i n t i n g the life o f the
teeming streets, the strippers o f the burlesque theater, a n d the crowds o n the
beaches o f Coney I s l a n d . H e was constantly s t u d y i n g a n d e x p e r i m e n t i n g i n
various m e d i a to i m p r o v e his technique. I n 1935 he executed frescoes i n the
Post Office D e p a r t m e n t B u i l d i n g i n W a s h i n g t o n , a n d i n 1937 a series o f
murals i n the r o t u n d a o f the Customs House i n N e w Y o r k . I n 1943 he was
sent to South A m e r i c a as an artist w a r correspondent for Life magazine. H e
t a u g h t at the A r t Students League f r o m 1935 u n t i l his death. After his first
one-man show i n the W h i t n e y Studio C l u b i n 1924, M a r s h e x h i b i t e d a n n u a l l y
i n N e w Y o r k a n d i n the competitive exhibitions o f the p e r i o d , w i n n i n g
awards at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design, the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e , the
Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s a n d the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s
and Letters, i n c l u d i n g the First W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d the Corcoran
G o l d M e d a l i n the 19th B i e n n i a l h e l d at the G a l l e r y i n 1945. H e was a
m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (Associate, 1937; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1943), o f
the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters (1946), the Society o f A m e r i c a n
G r a p h i c Artists, a n d was a Fellow o f the R o y a l Society o f A r t s i n L o n d o n .
H e died o n J u l y 3, 1954 w h i l e v i s i t i n g friends i n Dorset, V e r m o n t . A m e m o r i a l
e x h i b i t i o n o f his works was h e l d at the W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t
the f o l l o w i n g year, a n d a retrospective e x h i b i t i o n was h u n g i n the G a l l e r y o f
M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k , i n 1964.

Smoke Hounds 1934

36 X 3 0 ; egg t e m p e r a o n masonite
S I G N E D , l . r . : REGINALD MARSH 1934
C O L L . : the artist's estate
R E F . : C . G . A . Bulletin, v o l . 10, n o . 3 ( J u n e 1959), p . 7, i l l . ; American Traditionalists of
the 20th Century, C o l u m b u s M u s e u m o f A r t s a n d Crafts, Georgia, 1963, p . 15, n o . 99
G I F T : Felicia M e y e r M a r s h , 1958 58.26

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J o h n M c L a u g h l i n No. 18
J o h n M c L a u g h l i n (1898- )
J o h n M c L a u g h l i n was b o r n i n Sharon, Massachusetts, o n M a y 2 1 , 1898. H e
attended the R o x b u r y G r a m m a r School a n d Phillips A c a d e m y , Andover,
and o n the o u t b r e a k o f W o r l d W a r I enlisted i n the N a v y . H e afterwards
engaged i n real estate business i n Boston a n d Chicago. I n 1935 he a n d his
wife w e n t to J a p a n to f u r t h e r t h e i r interest i n Japanese language a n d a r t
and, after several years i n the O r i e n t , r e t u r n e d to Boston where they dealt
i n Japanese p r i n t s . D u r i n g this p e r i o d he began to p a i n t , b u t for the most
p a r t he f o u n d the result o f his efforts discouraging. I n W o r l d W a r I I he was
assigned to the M i l i t a r y Intelligence L a n g u a g e School, spending t w o years
i n the C h i n a - B u r m a - I n d i a theater. O n his r e t u r n to the U n i t e d States after
the w a r , he b u i l t a h o m e i n D a n a P o i n t , C a l i f o r n i a , where he has l i v e d u n t i l
recently. H i s studio is n o w located at L a g u n a Beach, a few miles distant.
Since 1946 M c L a u g h l i n has devoted f u l l t i m e to p a i n t i n g . H i s w o r k has been
shown o n the West Coast since 1952 i n g r o u p exhibitions at the Los Angeles
C o u n t y M u s e u m , the San Francisco M u s e u m o f A r t , the Pasadena M u s e u m
of A r t a n d other C a l i f o r n i a museums. H i s first one-man show was h e l d i n the
L o n g Beach M u s e u m o f A r t i n 1960, a n d a retrospective was h e l d i n the
Pasadena A r t M u s e u m i n 1963. I n the m e a n t i m e he was b e c o m i n g k n o w n o n
the East Coast - his w o r k was i n c l u d e d i n the T w e n t y - f i f t h Corcoran
B i e n n i a l i n 1957, i n the W h i t n e y M u s e u m ' s e x h i b i t i o n , " G e o m e t r i c Abstrac-
t i o n i n A m e r i c a , " i n 1962, a n d i n the M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t ' s "The
Responsive E y e " h e l d i n N e w Y o r k i n 1965. H e w o n the T h i r d W i l l i a m A .
C l a r k Prize a n d Bronze M e d a l i n the 1967 C o r c o r a n B i e n n i a l a n d the V i s u a l
A r t s A w a r d f r o m the N a t i o n a l E n d o w m e n t for the A r t s a n d H u m a n i t i e s i n
the same year. A large retrospective o f his paintings covering the p e r i o d
f r o m 1946 to 1967 was e x h i b i t e d i n the C o r c o r a n late i n 1968.

No. 18 1966
60 x 48
S I G N E D ON B A C K , u . l . q u a d r a n t : JOHN McLA UGHLIJV/ TITLE: #18, 1966/OIL ON
CANVAS 160x48
C O L L . : a c q u i r e d f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . John McLaughlin: Retrospective Exhibition 1946-1967, 1968/69, p . 27,
no. 52
G I F T : T h e W o m e n ' s C o m m i t t e e o f the C o r c o r a n , 1969 1969.23

K a y Sage (1898-1963)
K a y Sage ( M r s . Yves T a n g u y ) was b o r n i n A l b a n y , N e w Y o r k , o n J u n e 25,
1898. She spent most o f her y o u t h i n E u r o p e , chiefly i n I t a l y , r e t u r n i n g to
the U n i t e d States for a p r i v a t e school education. A f t e r W o r l d W a r I she
again l i v e d i n E u r o p e , r e m a i n i n g i n I t a l y u n t i l 1937 a n d spending the
f o l l o w i n g t w o years i n France. She d r e w a n d p a i n t e d constantly, for the most
p a r t u n t a u g h t , a l t h o u g h she studied for a few m o n t h s i n 1924 at the Scuola
L i b e r a l e delle Belle A r t i i n M i l a n . She h e l d her first one-man show i n M i l a n
i n 1936, a n d w h i l e i n Paris was i n c l u d e d i n the Salon des Surindependants i n
1938. A t this t i m e she became acquainted w i t h the l e a d i n g painters i n the
Surrealist m o v e m e n t a n d was greatly influenced b y t h e i r w o r k . She came to
N e w Y o r k i n 1939, was followed b y Yves T a n g u y w h o m she m a r r i e d i n 1940,
and i n 1941 they settled i n W o o d b u r y , Connecticut, w h i c h r e m a i n e d her
h o m e u n t i l her death o n J a n u a r y 7, 1963. She was i n c l u d e d i n the I n t e r -
n a t i o n a l Surrealist E x h i b i t i o n h e l d i n N e w Y o r k for the benefit o f F r e n c h

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c h i l d r e n i n 1942, a n d f r o m this t i m e o n she showed i n n a t i o n a l exhibitions

(at the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e , the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , the U n i v e r s i t y o f
I l l i n o i s , a n d the Corcoran) as w e l l as i n g r o u p Surrealist exhibitions i n the
U n i t e d States a n d abroad. A year before T a n g u y ' s death ( i n 1955), a j o i n t
retrospective o f their w o r k was h e l d at the W a d s w o r t h A t h e n e u m i n H a r t -
f o r d , Connecticut. Miss Sage completed h e r last canvas i n 1958 w h e n
cataracts prevented her f r o m c o n t i n u i n g to p a i n t . Thereafter she w o r k e d i n
collage.

A Finger on the D r u m 1940

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S I G N E D , l . r . : Kay Sage '40
C O L L . : the artist
G I F T : t h e Estate o f the A r t i s t , 1963 63.25.1

Study for T h i r d Paragraph 1953

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C O L L . : the artist
G I F T : t h e Estate o f the A r t i s t , 1963 63.25.2

T h i s study was m a d e for t h e canvas Third Paragraph p a i n t e d i n 1953 a n d s h o w n i n t h e

retrospective e x h i b i t i o n o f Miss Sage's w o r k i n i 9 6 0 (Retrospective Exhibition 193J-
1958, C a t h e r i n e V i v i a n o G a l l e r y , N e w Y o r k , A p r i l i 9 6 0 , n . p . , n o . 39, i l l . ) . T h e
l o c a t i o n o f the finished p a i n t i n g is n o t k n o w n .

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A l e x a n d e r B r o o k Peggy Bacon

Alexander Brook ( 1 8 9 8 - )
Alexander Brook, whose parents were Russian, was b o r n on J u l y 14, 1898,
i n B r o o k l y n , N e w Y o r k . A t the age o f twelve he was b e d r i d d e n w i t h infantile
paralysis, a n d d u r i n g the months o f convalescence he d i d his first p a i n t i n g .
L a t e r he studied briefly at the P r a t t I n s t i t u t e , a n d i n 1915 entered the A r t
Students League where he w o r k e d p r i n c i p a l l y under K e n n e t h Hayes M i l l e r
for four years. Shortly after leaving the League he m a r r i e d Peggy Bacon, the
illustrator a n d satirist, a n d they h e l d their first j o i n t e x h i b i t i o n i n N e w Y o r k
i n 1922. F r o m 1924 to 1927 he served as Assistant D i r e c t o r o f the W h i t n e y
Studio C l u b a n d at this p e r i o d d i d considerable w r i t i n g o f a r t c r i t i c i s m .
After w i n n i n g the L o g a n M e d a l a n d Purchase Prize at the Chicago A r t
I n s t i t u t e i n 1929 a n d the A l b e r t C. L e h m a n A w a r d a n d Purchase Prize i n
the I n t e r n a t i o n a l E x h i b i t i o n at the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , P i t t s b u r g h , i n 1930,
he received n a t i o n - w i d e recognition. H i s paintings were i n c l u d e d i n a l l

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the large a n n u a l exhibitions h e l d d u r i n g his active career is prodigious. H e
has l i v e d for the most p a r t i n N e w Y o r k , spending summers for m a n y years
i n Cross R i v e r , N e w Y o r k , b u t he has also p a i n t e d i n Georgia, California and
other areas i n the U n i t e d States. H i s h o m e is at present at Sag H a r b o r ,
L o n g I s l a n d . Brook has t a u g h t i n t e r m i t t e n t l y at the A r t Students League and
is a m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y a n d the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s and
Letters.

Peggy Bacon ( f o r m e r l y e n t i t l e d M y Wife) c.1932

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S I G N E D , l . r . : A. Brook
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Thirteenth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Dec.
1932-Jan. 1933, p . 73, n o . 188, i l l . ; C . G . A . Illustrated Handbook of Paintings, Sculpture
and Other Art Objects, 1933, p . 29, n o . 33, i l l . ; An Exhibition of Paintings by Alexander
Brook, D e p a r t m e n t o f F i n e A r t s , Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , P i t t s b u r g h , 1934, n . p . , n o . 3 9 ;
American Magazine of Art, v o l . X X V I I , n o . 3 ( M a r c h 1934), p p . 134 f., i l l . ; " P a i n t i n g s
b y A l e x a n d e r B r o o k , " The Carnegie Magazine, T h e Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , P i t t s b u r g h ,
v o l . V I I I , n o . 1 ( A p r i l 1934), p p . 16 f., i l l . ; E. Brace, " A l e x a n d e r B r o o k , " American
Magazine of Art, v o l . X X V I I , n o . 10 ( O c t . 1934), p p . 521 ff., i l l . ; A . Burroughs,
Limners and Likenesses, 1936, p . 185, i l l . ; Fine Art Reproductions: Old and Modern Masters,
N e w Y o r k G r a p h i c Society, 1946, p . 202, n o . 5012 A , i l l . ( i n c o l o r ) ; Famous Paintings
and Famous Painters, Dallas M u s e u m o f F i n e A r t s , Texas, 1958, n . p . , n o . 14, i l l . ;
Inaugural Exhibition, O k l a h o m a A r t Center, O k l a h o m a C i t y , 1959, n o . 12, i l l . ; Tenth
Annual Exhibition, M u s e u m o f A r t , O g u n q u i t , M a i n e , 1962, n . p . , n o . 4
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1932 32.12

Peggy Bacon, M r . Brook's f o r m e r w i f e , was b o r n i n R i d g e f i e l d , C o n n e c t i c u t , i n 1895.

She is a p a i n t e r , g r a p h i c artist, i l l u s t r a t o r , cartoonist a n d w r i t e r . Miss Bacon describes
herself i n her book o f caricatures, Off with Their Heads, t h u s : " P i n h e a d , parsimoniously
covered w i t h t h i n d a r k h a i r , o n a short, d u m p y b o d y . S m a l l features, p r o m i n e n t
nose, c h i p m u n k teeth a n d n o c h i n , c o n v e y i n g the sharp, w e a k l o o k o f a l i t t l e r o d e n t .
A b s e n t - m i n d e d eyes w i t h a h a l f g l i m m e r o f o b s e r v a t i o n . P r i m , c r i t i c a l m o u t h a n d
f a i n t c o l o r i n g , Personality lifeless, r e t i r i n g , s n i p p y , q u i e t l y egotistical, lacks v i g o r
and sparkle."

George Picken ( i 898-1971)

George Picken was b o r n i n N e w Y o r k o n October 26, 1898. H i s father, a
photographer, " d a b b l e d " i n p a i n t a n d was finally persuaded to allow his son
to a t t e n d the A r t Students League where he studied for four years. Picken
was i n France d u r i n g W o r l d W a r I , a n d the sketches o f the w o u n d e d i n
hospitals b e h i n d the lines d r a w n d u r i n g this p e r i o d are a v i v i d record o f his
experiences. O n his r e t u r n f r o m E u r o p e he settled i n M a n h a t t a n , m a k i n g the
docks a n d r i v e r life o f the island his special m i l i e u . H e was an etcher a n d l i t h o -
grapher as w e l l as a p a i n t e r a n d completed murals for the U n i t e d States Post
Offices at E d w a r d a n d at H u d s o n Falls, N e w Y o r k , a n d at C h a r d o n , O h i o .
H e began his l o n g teaching career i n the 1930's at the A r t Students League,
a n d t a u g h t f r o m 1943 to 1964 i n the School o f P a i n t i n g a n d Sculpture at
C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y , as w e l l as i n Cooper U n i o n , the B r o o k l y n M u s e u m
A r t School a n d several colleges. H e e x h i b i t e d a n n u a l l y i n N e w Y o r k and i n
n a t i o n a l i n v i t a t i o n a l shows for over f o r t y years, a n d was i n c l u d e d i n ten o f
the C o r c o r a n Biennials after 1935, w i n n i n g the F o u r t h W i l l i a m A . Clark
Prize i n 1943 on the p a i n t i n g listed below. Picken l i v e d i n the Berkshires
at T y r i n g h a m , Massachusetts at the t i m e o f his death on December 28, 1971.
H e was a m e m b e r o f the Federation o f M o d e r n Painters a n d Sculptors, the
Society o f A m e r i c a n G r a p h i c Artists, a n d the A m e r i c a n Association o f
U n i v e r s i t y Professors.

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Convoy 1942/43
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S I G N E D , l . r . : George Picken
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the a r t i s t
R E F . : C . G . A . The Eighteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings,
1943, p . 25, n o . 64, i l l . ( F o u r t h W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d H o n o r a b l e M e n t i o n ) ;
Art Digest, v o l . 17, n o . 12 ( M a r c h 15, 1943), p . 8, i l l . ; Art News, v o l . X L I I , n o . 4
( A p r i l 1, 1943), p . 19, i l l . ; Magazine of Art, v o l . 36, n o . 4 ( A p r i l 1943), p . 137, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1943 43.5

T h i s scene depicts a convoy passing W e l f a r e I s l a n d i n the East R i v e r , N e w Y o r k ,

o n the w a y to L o n g I s l a n d S o u n d d u r i n g W o r l d W a r I I .

Stefan Hirsch (1899-1964)

Stefan H i r s c h was b o r n o f A m e r i c a n parents i n N u r e m b e r g , G e r m a n y , o n
J a n u a r y 2, 1899. H e l i v e d i n Europe u n t i l he was eighteen, g r a d u a t i n g f r o m
the U n i v e r s i t y o f Z u r i c h a n d s t u d y i n g p a i n t i n g o n his o w n i n the p r i n c i p a l
museums o n the continent. Soon after he came to the U n i t e d States he m e t
H a m i l t o n Easter F i e l d a n d w o r k e d w i t h h i m b o t h i n N e w Y o r k a n d w i t h
Field's g r o u p o f students i n M a i n e . H e e x h i b i t e d w i t h the Independents i n
N e w Y o r k i n 1919 a n d 1920 a n d w i t h the Salons o f A m e r i c a t h r o u g h o u t the
1920's. H i s first one-man e x h i b i t i o n was h e l d i n N e w Y o r k i n 1927. H e was
commissioned to execute a large m u r a l i n the a u d i t o r i u m o f the L e n o x H i l l
N e i g h b o r h o o d Association, N e w Y o r k , i n 1934, a n d this w o r k was followed
b y murals i n the D e p a r t m e n t o f Justice B u i l d i n g i n W a s h i n g t o n a n d i n
Federal buildings i n South C a r o l i n a a n d Mississippi. Hirsch's paintings
were shown w i t h some r e g u l a r i t y for over t h i r t y years i n the annuals h e l d i n
the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s , the
W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t a n d the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e . H e was
also represented i n the g r o u p e x h i b i t i o n , "Precisionist Views i n A m e r i c a n
A r t , " organized i n i 9 6 0 b y the W a l k e r A r t Center, M i n n e a p o l i s , a n d seen
also at the W h i t n e y M u s e u m , a n d at museums o n the West Coast. H i r s c h
t a u g h t p a i n t i n g t h r o u g h o u t most of his career - at B e n n i n g t o n College (1934-
1940), at the A r t Students League, N e w Y o r k (1940 to 1942), a n d at B a r d
College, A n n a n d a l e , N e w Y o r k , f r o m 1942 u n t i l his r e t i r e m e n t as Professor

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Emeritus i n 1961. H e traveled repeatedly i n M e x i c o , a n d spent a year at the
U n i v e r s i t y o f Baroda, I n d i a , o n a F u l b r i g h t Fellowship i n 1956-1957. H e
was a m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l Society o f M u r a l Painters, a n d served actively
w i t h such professional groups as the A m e r i c a n A r t Congress, the A m e r i c a n
Association o f U n i v e r s i t y Professors, a n d the C o m m i t t e e o n A r t E d u c a t i o n .
H e died i n N e w Y o r k o n September 29, 1964.

Resting B u r r o s 1934
4 9 § X 62 w ; masonite
S I G N E D , l . r . : Hirsch '34
C O L L . : A n d r e a Pietro Zerega, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .
R E F . : 32nd Annual Exhibition of Paintings, D e p a r t m e n t o f F i n e A r t s , Carnegie I n s t i t u t e ,
P i t t s b u r g h , 1934, n . p . , n o . 59, i l l . ; Stefan Hirsch, Associated A m e r i c a n A r t i s t s , N e w
Y o r k , 1941, n . p . , n o . 1
G I F T : A n d r e a P i e t r o Zerega, 1958 58.33

Charles Wheeler Locke (1899

Charles Wheeler Locke was b o r n i n C i n c i n n a t i , O h i o , o n August 3 1 , 1899.
H e studied at the O h i o Mechanics I n s t i t u t e a n d the C i n c i n n a t i A r t A c a d e m y
before entering the A r t Students League i n N e w Y o r k . H e w o r k e d p r i n c i p a l l y
i n graphics i n his early career, teaching as an assistant to Joseph Pennell at
the A r t Students League f r o m 1922 to 1926 a n d as i n s t r u c t o r i n l i t h o g r a p h y
f r o m 1926 to 1937. H i s illustrations appeared i n the periodicals a n d publica-
tions o f the p e r i o d , a n d his p r i n t s were w i d e l y e x h i b i t e d t h r o u g h o u t the 30's.
I t was n o t u n t i l the 40's t h a t he began to concentrate o n p a i n t i n g , a n d the
first representative one-man show o f his canvases a n d drawings was held i n
N e w Y o r k i n 1945. H i s w o r k is i n c l u d e d i n the collections o f such institutions
as the M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t a n d the W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n
A r t i n N e w Y o r k , i n the C i n c i n n a t i A r t M u s e u m a n d i n the Phillips Collec-
t i o n , W a s h i n g t o n . Locke was elected a n A c a d e m i c i a n o f the N a t i o n a l
A c a d e m y i n 1951. H e has l i v e d for m a n y years i n Garrison, N e w Y o r k .

T h i r d Avenue E l 1943
12 X 16; canvas b o a r d
S I G N E D , 1.1.: C LOCKE 1943
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Nineteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings,
1945, p . 24, n o . 24
P U R C H A S E : A n n a E . C l a r k F u n d , 1945 45.8

Raphael Soyer (1899- )

R a p h a e l Soyer a n d his t w i n b r o t h e r , Moses, were b o r n o n December 25,
1899 i n Borisoglebsk i n the province o f T a m b o v , South Russia. H i s father
was a teacher o f H e b r e w l i t e r a t u r e , a w r i t e r , a n d a n amateur artist. H e en-
couraged his c h i l d r e n to d r a w f r o m early c h i l d h o o d a n d , w h e n the f a m i l y
was forced to leave Russia i n 1912 a n d settled i n N e w Y o r k , three o f the
brothers - R a p h a e l , Moses a n d Isaac - c o n t i n u e d t h e i r p u r s u i t o f art.
R a p h a e l left h i g h school before g r a d u a t i n g to help support the f a m i l y , t a k i n g
free evening classes at Cooper U n i o n for three years, then entering the
N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design where he r e m a i n e d t h r o u g h the spring o f 1922.
H e also studied i n t e r m i t t e n t l y at the A r t Students League under G u y Pene
d u Bois a n d B o a r d m a n R o b i n s o n . T h r o u g h the 20's he was able to p a i n t

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o n l y i n his spare t i m e . H e first e x h i b i t e d i n the Salons o f A m e r i c a show i n

1926 at w h i c h t i m e he came to the a t t e n t i o n o f A l e x a n d e r Brook, t h e n
Assistant D i r e c t o r o f the W h i t n e y Studio C l u b . T h r o u g h Brook he was
i n t r o d u c e d to the C l u b , a n d his paintings were i n c l u d e d i n a l l its exhibitions
a n d have since been shown i n most o f the annuals a n d biennials o f the
W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t w h i c h eventually evolved f r o m the
W h i t n e y Studio C l u b Galleries. Soyer h e l d the first o f m a n y one-man shows
i n N e w Y o r k i n 1929, a n d soon after was able to devote f u l l t i m e to p a i n t i n g
a n d the m a k i n g o f prints, e x h i b i t i n g r e g u l a r l y i n the i m p o r t a n t exhibitions
h e l d i n the U n i t e d States for over t h i r t y years. T h e K o h n s t a m m Prize
a w a r d e d b y the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e i n 1932 has been followed b y m a n y
honors, i n c l u d i n g the T e m p l e M e d a l at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the
Fine A r t s (1943), the T h i r d W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Bronze M e d a l
(1943) a n d the First W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d G o l d M e d a l (1951) i n
C o r c o r a n Biennials (see paintings listed b e l o w ) . A large retrospective e x h i b i -
t i o n was h u n g i n the W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t i n 1967 a n d traveled
to six other museums across the c o u n t r y . N e w Y o r k has r e m a i n e d Soyer's
home since his c h i l d h o o d . H e has spent the summer months o n the coast o f
N e w E n g l a n d a n d i n N e w Y o r k State at C r o t o n - o n - H u d s o n or at South-

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 a m p t o n . Since 1935 he has often t r a v e l e d i n E u r o p e , s t u d y i n g the p a i n t i n g s
i n m u s e u m collections i n m o r e t h a n t h i r t e e n countries. H e has t a u g h t almost
constantly since 1930, i n his o w n classes a n d i n several schools, i n c l u d i n g the
A r t Students League, the N e w School for Social Research a n d the N a t i o n a l
A c a d e m y o f Design. H e has been a m e m b e r o f the A m e r i c a n Society of
Painters, Sculptors a n d Gravers a n d was elected a m e m b e r o f the National
A c a d e m y (Associate, 1949; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1951) a n d o f the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e
of Arts and Letters (1958).

Waiting R o o m c.1940
34iX45i
S I G N E D , 1.1.: RAPHAEL/SO TER
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i -
can A r t , N e w Y o r k , 1940/41, n . p . , no. 149 ( e n t i t l e d A Railroad Station Waiting Room);
52nd Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture, T h e A r t I n s t i t u t e , C h i c a g o ,
1941/42, n . p . , n o . 192 ( e n t i t l e d Railroad Waiting Room); 138th Annual Exhibition of
Painting and Sculpture, Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s , P h i l a d e l p h i a , 1943,
n . p . , n o . 126 ( T e m p l e M e d a l ) ; Art Digest, v o l . 17, n o . 9 (Feb. 1, 1943), p . 9, i l l . ;
C . G . A . The Eighteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1943,
p . 26, n o . 84, i l l . ( T h i r d W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d B r o n z e M e d a l ) ; Art Digest,
vol. 17, n o . 12 ( M a r c h 15, 1943), p . 8, i l l . ; Magazine of Art, v o l . 36, no. 4 ( A p r i l
1943), p . 137, i l l . ; Juliana Force and American Art, a Memorial Exhibition, Whitney
M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , N e w Y o r k , 1949, p . 71, n o . 116; O . W . L a r k i n , Art and
Life in America, editions 1949, i 9 6 0 a n d 1966, p . 433, i l l . ; The Iron Horse in Art, F o r t
W o r t h A r t Center, Texas, 1958, n . p . , n o . 101, i l l . ; Paintings and Sculpture from the
American National Exhibition in Moscow, W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , N e w
Y o r k , 1959, p . 11 ( i l l u s t r a t e d i n Russian ed. n o . 2 4 ) ; W . H . Pierson a n d M . D a v i d s o n ,
Arts of the United States, a Pictorial Survey, i 9 6 0 , p . 360, n o . 3388, i l l . ; W . K . G u t m a n ,
J . K l e i n a n d R . Soyer, Raphael Soyer, [ 1 9 6 1 ] , p . 78, i l l . ( e n t i t l e d R.R. Station Waiting
Room); L . G o o d r i c h , Raphael Soyer, W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , N e w Y o r k ,
1967. P- 77» - 4P> i l l -
n o

P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1943 43.4

T h i s scene represents the i n t e r i o r o f the 125th Street S t a t i o n o f the N e w Y o r k C e n t r a l

R a i l r o a d i n N e w Y o r k . A l i t h o g r a p h e n t i t l e d R.R. Waiting Room d e p i c t i n g the c e n t r a l
figure i n this p a i n t i n g came to the G a l l e r y i n the F r a n k B. B r i s t o w Bequest.

Waiting for the Audition c.1950

30 X 2 4 i
S I G N E D , l . r . : Raphael Soyer
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Twenty Second Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paint-
ings, 1951, p . 34, no. 230, i l l . (First W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d G o l d M e d a l ) ; Art
Digest, v o l . 25, no. 14 ( A p r i l 15, 1951), p . 9, i l l . ; C . G . A . Twenty Fifth Biennial Exhibi-
tion of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1957, " T h e H i s t o r i c a l S e c t i o n , " p . 17,
no. 22
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1951 51.16

T h e artist has i d e n t i f i e d the figures i n this scene as the p a i n t e r Joseph F l o c h , a n d

Cynthia Brown, a model.

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 Hobson Pittman (i 900-1972)
H o b s o n P i t t m a n was b o r n near T a r b o r o , N o r t h C a r o l i n a , on J a n u a r y 14,
1900. W h e n his parents died i n 1918 he m o v e d to Pennsylvania to live w i t h
a sister. H e attended the Rouse A r t School i n T a r b o r o for four years, a n d
later entered the Pennsylvania State College, transferring to Carnegie
I n s t i t u t e o f T e c h n o l o g y i n 1924, a n d to C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y i n 1925. H e
traveled i n Europe i n 1928, a n d again i n 1930 a n d 1935, t h o r o u g h l y studying
museum collections. H e began his l o n g teaching career i n 1931 at the
Friends C e n t r a l D a y School i n Philadelphia a n d today, f o r t y years later,
continues to lecture at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s , the
Philadelphia M u s e u m School a n d the Pennsylvania State U n i v e r s i t y .
P i t t m a n held his first one-man show i n Philadelphia i n 1928. K n o w n par-
t i c u l a r l y for his i n t e r i o r views o f homes i n the South a n d for his flower pieces,
he exhibited over the years i n m a n y n a t i o n a l a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l e x h i b i -
tions, w i n n i n g prizes a n d medals f r o m such institutions as the Pennsylvania
A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s , the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , a n d the Butler I n s t i t u t e o f
A m e r i c a n A r t ; he was awarded a G u g g e n h e i m F o u n d a t i o n Fellowship i n
1956. H e was represented i n twelve Corcoran Biennials between 1935 a n d
1967, receiving the F o u r t h W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize i n 1947 a n d the Second
W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Silver M e d a l i n 1953 o n the p a i n t i n g listed below.
H e was a member o f the I n t e r n a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters a n d
the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (Academician, 1953). P i t t m a n resided i n B r y n M a w r ,
Pennsylvania, u n t i l his death on M a y 5, 1972.

Veiled Bouquet 1948,1950/51

29^x24!
S I G N E D , u . r . : Hobson Pittman
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Twenty Third Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Painting, 1953,
n . p . , n o . 167, i l l . (Second W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Silver M e d a l ) ; American Paint-
ing: Second Quarter of the 20th Century, J a c k s o n v i l l e A r t M u s e u m , F l o r i d a , 1956, n . p . ,
n o . 8 ; Hobson Pittman, Retrospective Exhibition, His Work Since 1920, N o r t h C a r o l i n a
M u s e u m o f A r t , R a l e i g h , 1963, p . 56, n o . 39, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : A n n a E . C l a r k F u n d , 1953 53.3

T h i s p a i n t i n g was first s h o w n i n the C a r n e g i e I n s t i t u t e ' s Painting in the United States

e x h i b i t i o n i n 1948 u n d e r the t i t l e Poppies in a Pink Vase. I n 1950/51 P i t t m a n m a d e
m a n y changes i n the p a i n t i n g , r e c o n s t r u c t i n g t h e general design a n d assigning the
H o b s o n P i t t m a n Veiled Bouquet t i t l e Veiled Bouquet.

Fred Conway (1900- )

F r e d C o n w a y was b o r n i n St. Louis, M i s s o u r i , on August 24, 1900. A t the
age o f eighteen he entered the St. Louis School o f Fine A r t s i n W a s h i n g t o n
U n i v e r s i t y a n d , after four years, c o n t i n u e d his t r a i n i n g at the J u l i a n A c a d -
emy a n d the Academie M o d e r n e i n Paris. H e spent four months i n T u n i s
before r e t u r n i n g to Missouri i n 1923 to teach d r a w i n g a n d p a i n t i n g i n the
St. Louis School o f Fine A r t s , where he still holds the position o f Professor o f
A r t . Since the late 20's he has exhibited r e g u l a r l y i n local a n d n a t i o n a l
competitive exhibitions a n d has w o n such awards as the Sesnan G o l d M e d a l
at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s , First Prize i n the H a l l m a r k
C o m p e t i t i o n i n 1949, a n d the Second W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Silver
M e d a l i n the Corcoran's T w e n t y - f i r s t B i e n n i a l E x h i b i t i o n (see p a i n t i n g
listed b e l o w ) . H e has executed m u r a l paintings i n p u b l i c buildings i n m a n y

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cities o f the M i d d l e W e s t — i n the First N a t i o n a l Bank, Tulsa, O k l a h o m a ,
the M a y o C l i n i c , Rochester, M i n n e s o t a , the Barnes H o s p i t a l , St. L o u i s — a n d
i n 1956 w o n the G o l d M e d a l for M u r a l P a i n t i n g f r o m the A r c h i t e c t u r a l
League, N e w Y o r k . C o n w a y resides i n St. Louis, M i s s o u r i .

Witchery 1948
3 7 J X 32^; encaustic o n c o m p o s i t i o n b o a r d
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Fred Conway
R E F . : C . G . A . The Twenty-first Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings,
1949, p . 2 1 , n o . 34, i l l . (Second W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Silver M e d a l ) ; D .
D r u m m o n d , " C o r c o r a n B i e n n i a l Presents C o n g l o m e r a t e P i c t u r e o f U . S . P a i n t i n g , "
Art Digest, v o l . 23, n o . 13 ( A p r i l 1, 1949), p . 9, i l l . ; New Accessions USA, C o l o r a d o
Springs F i n e A r t s Center, 1950, n . p . , n o . 2 2 ; C . G . A . Bulletin, v o l . 3, n o . 4 ( M a y
1950), p . 20, i l l . ; C. E. B u c k l e y , " F o u r C o n t e m p o r a r i e s , " C . G . A . Bulletin, v o l . 3,
n o . 3 ( J a n . 1951), p p . 21 ff., i l l . ; American Painting: Second Quarter of the 20th Century,
J a c k s o n v i l l e A r t M u s e u m , F l o r i d a , 1956, n . p . , no. 3
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1949 49.19

T h e a r t i s t said o f this p a i n t i n g : " M y actors are always the same i n m y p a i n t i n g s

t h o u g h the scene changes. I t ' s m a g i c , the s u p e r n a t u r a l , h y p n o t i s m a n d the occult.
I t ' s n o t r e p r e s e n t a t i o n a l , it's i n n e r v i s i o n . T h e p a i n t i n g represents a fairy-tale c o u r t
b e i n g h y p n o t i z e d b y a d a n c e r " (The Sunday Star, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C , M a r c h 27,
1949)-

Rico L e b r u n (1900-1964)
R i c o L e b r u n (christened Federico) was b o r n i n Naples, I t a l y , o n December
10, 1900. A l t h o u g h b o t h parents were b o r n i n I t a l y , his father was o f French
descent a n d his m o t h e r , Spanish. L e b r u n attended the N a t i o n a l T e c h n i c a l
School a n d the N a t i o n a l T e c h n i c a l I n s t i t u t e i n Naples u n t i l 1917, a n d served
one year i n the I t a l i a n a r m y i n W o r l d W a r I , followed b y t w o years i n the
navy. H e studied at the I n d u s t r i a l I n s t i t u t e a n d the Naples A c a d e m y o f Fine
A r t s a n d w o r k e d i n fresco p a i n t i n g u n t i l , i n 1922, he became a designer i n a
stained-glass factory i n Naples. W h e n this factory opened a b r a n c h i n
Springfield, I l l i n o i s , i n 1924, L e b r u n was made foreman a n d instructor. I n
1925 he m o v e d to N e w Y o r k , w o r k i n g p r i n c i p a l l y i n c o m m e r c i a l illustration
a n d , after a p e r i o d o f three years (1930-1933) i n I t a l y concentrating o n the
study o f fresco p a i n t i n g , r e t u r n e d to N e w Y o r k to pursue this m e d i u m . H e
received Guggenheim Fellowships for t w o successive years (1935-1937) a n d
t a u g h t m u r a l composition a n d fresco p a i n t i n g at the A r t Students League.
After a controversy w i t h the W P A over the m u r a l he was commissioned to
execute i n the Pennsylvania Station Post Office A n n e x i n N e w Y o r k , L e b r u n
m o v e d to C a l i f o r n i a i n 1938. H e made his home i n the Santa B a r b a r a - L o s
Angeles area, a n d , except for a sojourn o f a year a n d a h a l f i n M e x i c o
(1952-1954), a year as V i s i t i n g Professor o f A r t at Y a l e U n i v e r s i t y (1958)
a n d a year as artist-in-residence at the A m e r i c a n A c a d e m y i n R o m e (1959),
he r e m a i n e d p r i n c i p a l l y o n the West Coast, teaching a n d e x h i b i t i n g locally
a n d , as t i m e w e n t o n , n a t i o n a l l y a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y w i t h increasing recog-
n i t i o n . H i s first one-man show was held i n Santa Barbara i n 1940; the first i n
N e w Y o r k i n 1944; a n d his w o r k was i n c l u d e d i n such g r o u p exhibitions as
the M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t ' s Americans 1942: 18 Artists from 9 States and
Romantic Painting in America, 1943, American Painting Today at the M e t r o p o l i t a n
M u s e u m o f A r t i n 1950, the Venice Biennale o f 1950, a n d the 2 n d , 3 r d , a n d
7th I n t e r n a t i o n a l Bienal at Sao Paulo, B r a z i l (1953, 1954 a n d 1963). I n 1961
L e b r u n was i n v i t e d to p a r t i c i p a t e i n the T a m a r i n d L i t h o g r a p h i c Workshop

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p r o g r a m a n d executed several series o f prints i l l u s t r a t i n g such texts as

Dante's Inferno a n d Brecht's Threepenny Novel supplementing his vast o u t p u t
of drawings. D u r i n g the last t w o years o f his life he w o r k e d also i n sculpture.
H e was granted the A w a r d o f M e r i t b y the A m e r i c a n A c a d e m y o f A r t s a n d
Letters i n 1952, was elected m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d
Letters i n i 9 6 0 , a n d was n a m e d A c a d e m i c i a n i n the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n
1963. H e was awarded his t h i r d G u g g e n h e i m Fellowship i n 1962. L e b r u n
died i n his home at M a l i b u , California, on M a y 9, 1964.

Night Figures # 2 1961

7 8 f x 1 o8f
S I G N E D , l . r . : Lebrun '61
C O L L . : p u r c h a s e d f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Twenty Eighth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, 1963,
n . p . , n o . 8 1 , i l l . ; C . G . A . Bulletin, v o l . 14, n o . 1 ( J u l y 1964), p . 18, i l l . ; Rico Lebrun
Memorial Exhibition, T h e A m e r i c a n A c a d e m y o f A r t s a n d L e t t e r s , N e w Y o r k , 1965/66,
n . p . , n o . 3, i l l . ; Rico Lebrun {1900-1964), Los Angeles C o u n t y M u s e u m o f A r t , 1967,
p. 43, n o . 38
G I F T : T h e F r i e n d s o f the C o r c o r a n , 1963 63.1

Dines Garlsen (i 901-1966)

Dines Carlsen, son o f the artist E m i l Carlsen (see p. 14), was b o r n i n N e w
Y o r k on M a r c h 28, 1901. A p u p i l o f his father, he early showed great
proficiency i n p a i n t i n g a n d was e x h i b i t i n g i n large i n v i t a t i o n a l shows w h e n
o n l y fifteen years o l d . I n 1916 one o f his still lifes was i n c l u d e d i n the 91st
A n n u a l E x h i b i t i o n o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y , a n d another i n the S i x t h
B i e n n i a l o f the Corcoran (see p a i n t i n g listed b e l o w ) . H e w o n the T h i r d H a l l -
garten Prize at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1919, a n d the Second H a l l g a r t e n
Prize i n 1923. A l t h o u g h best k n o w n for his still lifes, he also p a i n t e d local
scenes i n M a i n e , M e x i c o , a n d the Southwest, a n d e x h i b i t e d r e g u l a r l y for

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over t h i r t y years b o t h i n g r o u p exhibitions a n d one-man shows. H e was
elected an Associate M e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1922, a n d A c a d -
emician i n 1941. H e l i v e d for m a n y years i n Falls V i l l a g e , Connecticut, a n d
h a d a home i n S u m m e r v i l l e , South C a r o l i n a . Carlsen died on October 1,
1966, i n St. Luke's H o s p i t a l , N e w Y o r k .

The B r a s s Kettle 1916

2 0 j X 24J
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Dines Carlsen/ig 16
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Sixth Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Dec.
1916-Jan. 1917, n . p . , n o . 148
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1916 16.6

T h e a r t i s t was fifteen years o l d w h e n this was p a i n t e d .

Philip Evergood (i901-1973)

P h i l i p Evergood was b o r n P h i l i p Blaski i n the N e w Y o r k studio o f his artist
father, M e y e r Evergood Blaski, a n A u s t r a l i a n , o n October 26, 1901. His
m o t h e r came f r o m a w e a l t h y English f a m i l y w h i c h undertook the responsi-
b i l i t y o f her son's education i n E n g l a n d . Prepared at E t o n , he entered
T r i n i t y H a l l College, C a m b r i d g e , w h i c h he left i n his second year to study
art at the Slade School i n L o n d o n . I t was d u r i n g this p e r i o d t h a t his father
legally assumed the surname Evergood. I n 1923 P h i l i p rejoined his f a m i l y i n
N e w Y o r k a n d c o n t i n u e d his studies at the A r t Students League. H e went to
Europe again i n 1924, s t u d y i n g briefly at the J u l i a n A c a d e m y i n Paris a n d
at the British A c a d e m y i n R o m e , b u t w o r k i n g independently for the most
p a r t u n t i l his r e t u r n to A m e r i c a i n 1926. H e held his first one-man show i n
N e w Y o r k i n 1927. After f u r t h e r study i n France a n d Spain i n 1930 a n d
1931, he settled p e r m a n e n t l y i n the environs o f N e w Y o r k . D u r i n g the 30's
he w o r k e d w i t h the Public W o r k s o f A r t Project a n d its successor the Federal
A r t Project o f the W P A . Evergood first e x h i b i t e d i n the W h i t n e y Museum's
Biennials i n 1934, a n d thereafter was i n c l u d e d i n most o f these shows. H e
was represented i n the i m p o r t a n t n a t i o n a l a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l competitive
exhibitions o f the 40's a n d 50's, w i n n i n g such awards as the C a r o l H . Beck
G o l d M e d a l at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s a n d the Second
Prize at the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e i n 1949, the Second W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize
and Silver M e d a l at the C o r c o r a n B i e n n i a l i n 1951 (for Sunny Side of the
Street, listed b e l o w ) , the G r a n t for P a i n t i n g f r o m the A m e r i c a n A c a d e m y o f
A r t s a n d Letters i n 1956, a n d the Pennsylvania Academy's T e m p l e G o l d
M e d a l i n 1958. H e was given a comprehensive retrospective at the W h i t n e y
M u s e u m i n i 9 6 0 w h i c h was subsequently shown i n six other museums.
Evergood was a Fellow of the I n t e r n a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e of A r t s a n d Letters a n d a
member o f the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters, a n d was a f o u n d i n g
m e m b e r o f the Artists E q u i t y Association. H e m o v e d f r o m N e w Y o r k to
Connecticut i n 1952, a n d resided i n Bridgewater at the t i m e o f his death
on M a r c h 11, 1973.

Sunny Side of the Street 1950

50 X 36J; egg-oil-varnish e m u l s i o n w i t h m a r b l e dust a n d glass o n canvas
S I G N E D , l . r . : Philip Evergood, 50
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Twenty Second Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paint-
ings, 1951, p . 18, n o . 7 1 , i l l . (Second W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Silver M e d a l ) ; Art

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P h i l i p E v e r g o o d Sunny Side of the Street
Digest, v o l . 25, n o . 14 ( A p r i l 15, 1951), p . 9, i l l . ; Art News, v o l . 50, n o . 3 ( M a y 1951),
p. 42, i l l . ; New Accessions USA, C o l o r a d o Springs F i n e A r t s Center, 1952, n . p . , no. 17,
i l l . ; C . G . A . Masterpieces of The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1959, p . 63, i l l . ; J . I . H . B a u r ,
Philip Ever good, W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , N e w Y o r k , i 9 6 0 , p . 67, no. 4 1 , i l l .
P U R C H A S E : A n n a E . C l a r k F u n d , 1951 5i-!7
M r . E v e r g o o d w r o t e the G a l l e r y t h a t this canvas " w a s p a i n t e d over a p e r i o d o f
six m o n t h s . I t was developed o u t o f the impressions I got f r o m a d i n g y N e g r o section
i n B r o o k l y n n o t far f r o m Pacific Street w h e r e I was t e m p o r a r i l y l i v i n g i n the w i n t e r o f
1949 a n d s p r i n g o f 1950. T h e r e , sick people, m a i m e d people a n d sad people a b o u n d e d .
O n one side o f the street there was g e n e r a l l y a p a t c h o f s u n l i g h t . A c r i p p l e d w o m a n
always sat at a w i n d o w i n t h a t p a t c h a n d a b l i n d m a n a t n o o n g e n e r a l l y f u m b l e d his
w a y o u t o f a d a n k odious h a l l w a y (scratched a n d c h a l k m a r k e d b y kids) to the w o r l d
o f noise, aggression, s u n l i g h t a n d danger. K i d s were always everywhere o n r o l l e r
skates. U n c o l l e c t e d garbage was everywhere a n d gave o f f a sour smell. W i t h i n this
f r a m e w o r k people existed, s m i l e d , l a u g h e d a n d were m o s t l y k i n d t o one a n o t h e r . . .
As to the t i t l e o f m y p i c t u r e . T h e w o r d s o f t h a t e a r t h y great folksong w h i c h gives us
the 2 0 t h c e n t u r y A m e r i c a n r h y t h m k e p t s i n g i n g i n m y ears:
' I f I never h a d a cent I ' d be r i c h as Rockefeller,
G o l d dust at m y feet o n the S u n n y Side o f the S t r e e t ' . "

The Letter i960

30 X 24
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Philip Evergood; I.e.: LX\IV
C O L L . : J o h n H e n r y Berne, W a r r e n t o n , V i r g i n i a
G I F T : J o h n H e n r y Berne, 1965 65.41.2

T h e artist said t h a t the LX\IV p a i n t e d o n the t h i g h o f the f i g u r e indicates the date of

the p a i n t i n g - A p r i l i 9 6 0 .

Isabel Bishop (1902

Isabel Bishop ( M r s . H a r o l d G. W o l f f ) was b o r n i n C i n c i n n a t i , O h i o , on
M a r c h 3, 1902. She spent her c h i l d h o o d i n D e t r o i t , a t t e n d i n g the W i c k e r A r t
School f r o m 1917 to 1918. F r o m the age o f fifteen she has l i v e d i n N e w Y o r k ,
where she studied at the N e w Y o r k School o f A p p l i e d Design a n d at the A r t
Students League under K e n n e t h Hayes M i l l e r a n d G u y Pene duBois, t a k i n g
occasional trips abroad. She established her studio o n West 14th Street (later
on U n i o n Square) a n d was soon i d e n t i f i e d w i t h the g r o u p o f M i l l e r ' s students
k n o w n as the 14th Street School o f Painters, w o r k i n g closely w i t h its m e m -
bers, R e g i n a l d M a r s h , the three Soyer brothers, a n d M o r r i s K a n t o r . Since
her first N e w Y o r k show i n 1932 she has been represented i n the exhibitions
of c o n t e m p o r a r y a r t organized b y the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y , the Pennsylvania
A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s , the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e , the W h i t n e y M u s e u m
of A m e r i c a n A r t , a n d the M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k . She has been
i n c l u d e d i n twelve C o r c o r a n Biennials since 1930, a n d was awarded the
T h i r d W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Bronze M e d a l i n 1945 o n the p a i n t i n g
listed below. A special e x h i b i t i o n o f her drawings was held i n the Corcoran
i n 1938. I n 1941 she studied engraving w i t h Stanley W i l l i a m H a y t e r at the
N e w School for Social Research a n d has achieved considerable recognition
i n this m e d i u m . Miss Bishop is a m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (Associ-
ate, 1940; A c a d e m i c i a n , 1941), the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters
(1944), a n d the Society o f A m e r i c a n G r a p h i c Artists, a n d is a Fellow o f the
R o y a l Society o f A r t s , L o n d o n . She m a i n t a i n s her studio o n U n i o n Square,
N e w Y o r k , a n d resides i n Fieldston, N e w Y o r k .

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Isabel Bishop Two Girls Outdoors

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Two G i r l s Outdoors 1944
30 X 18; c o m p o s i t i o n b o a r d
S I G N E D , l . r . : Isabel Bishop
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Nineteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings,
1945, p . 25, n o . 36, i l l . ( T h i r d W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Bronze M e d a l ) ; American
Painting: Second Quarter of the 20th Century, J a c k s o n v i l l e A r t M u s e u m , J a c k s o n v i l l e ,
F l o r i d a , 1956, n . p . , n o . 1; 25th Anniversary Loan Exhibition, M i d t o w n Galleries, N e w
Y o r k , 1957, n . p . , n o . 4 ; Paintings by Isabel Bishop I Sculpture by Dorothea Greenbaum, N e w
Jersey State M u s e u m , T r e n t o n , 1970, p . 17, n o . 8
P U R C H A S E : A n n a E. C l a r k F u n d , 1945 45.6

A p e n a n d wash d r a w i n g a n d a n e t c h i n g o f this subject are i n the Corcoran's collec-

t i o n . A n o t h e r u n r e l a t e d e t c h i n g b e a r i n g the same t i t l e was issued i n 1958.

Eric Isenburger (1902

E r i c Isenburger was b o r n o n M a y 17, 1902 i n F r a n k f u r t a m M a i n , Germany,
where he studied i n the c i t y a r t school u n t i l 1925. After a year i n Barcelona,
he established a studio i n V i e n n a , s u p p o r t i n g himself b y p a i n t i n g stage sets
for the V i l n a G r o u p T h e a t r e . H e m o v e d to B e r l i n a r o u n d 1931. O n the last
day o f his first one-man e x h i b i t i o n there i n 1933 the Nazis took over, a n d ,
since his w o r k was designated "degenerate a r t , " he was forced to escape to
France. H e r e he r e m a i n e d for eight years, e x h i b i t i n g i n the Paris Salons a n d
i n other g r o u p shows as w e l l as i n a n i n v i t a t i o n a l one-man e x h i b i t i o n i n
Stockholm. H e a n d his wife were l i v i n g i n their c o u n t r y home i n the south
of France w h e n they were i n t e r n e d i n a detention camp near Marseilles.
T h r o u g h the efforts o f his b r o t h e r i n A m e r i c a a n d A l f r e d H . Barr, J r . , then
director o f the M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k , they were released a n d
came to the U n i t e d States i n 1941. H i s first one-man show i n N e w Y o r k a few
months later was a decided success, a n d he has since e x h i b i t e d regularly,
w i n n i n g three awards at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y (1945, 1957 a n d 1963), the
T h i r d Prize at the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e (1947), the M e d a l o f H o n o r i n the
Pepsi Cola A r t C o m p e t i t i o n (1948), a n d the First W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize
and G o l d M e d a l at the C o r c o r a n B i e n n i a l i n 1949 (see p a i n t i n g listed below).
H e has traveled i n I t a l y , M e x i c o a n d Guatemala, a n d has p a i n t e d o n the
N e w E n g l a n d coast, a l t h o u g h he has m a i n t a i n e d his studio i n N e w Y o r k .
Elected a m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1957, he has served on its
C o u n c i l since 1964 a n d is presently a m e m b e r o f its faculty.

R o m a n t i c Figure 1948
50 X 40
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Isenburger
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : Art News, v o l . X L V I I , n o . 6 ( O c t . 1948), p . 17, i l l . (as Figure)', C . G . A . The
Twenty-first Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1949, p . 27,
no. 77, i l l . ( F i r s t W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d G o l d M e d a l ) ; American Artist, v o l . 13,
no. 1 ( J a n . 1949), p p . 2 4 - 7 , i l l . ; D . D r u m m o n d , " C o r c o r a n B i e n n i a l Presents
C o n g l o m e r a t e P i c t u r e o f U . S . P a i n t i n g , " Art Digest, v o l . 23, n o . 13 ( A p r i l 1, 1949),
p. 9, i l l . ( o n c o v e r ) ; T . B. Hess, " W a s h i n g t o n Sees the Census," Art News, v o l .
X L V I I I , n o . 2 ( A p r i l 1949), p . 28, i l l . ; Britannica Book of the Tear, p u b l i s h e d b y
Encyclopedia Britannica, C h i c a g o , 1950, p . 528, i l l . ; C. E. B u c k l e y , " F o u r C o n t e m -
p o r a r i e s , " C . G . A . Bulletin, v o l . 3, n o . 3 ( J a n . 1951), p p . 21 ff., i l l . ; C . G . A . Twenty
Fifth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1957, " T h e H i s t o r i c a l
S e c t i o n , " p . 17, n o . 21
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W h e n i n t e r v i e w e d at the t i m e the a r t i s t received F i r s t Prize for this p a i n t i n g i n the
T w e n t y - f i r s t B i e n n i a l , he s a i d : " I t r i e d to achieve a c e r t a i n m o v e m e n t o f f o r m
p a t t e r n a n d color a n d at t h e same t i m e keep a feeling o f rest a n d t r a n q u i l i t y a b o u t the
w o r k . " H i s w i f e , J u l a , posed for the figure d u r i n g J u n e o f 1948 i n W o o d s t o c k , N e w
York.

M i m i DuBois Bolton (1902- )

M i m i DuBois B o l t o n was b o r n o n December 12, 1902 i n G r a v l o t t e , Alsace-
L o r r a i n e . She was b r o u g h t to the U n i t e d States as a c h i l d a n d grew u p i n
Wisconsin where she studied j o u r n a l i s m at M a r q u e t t e U n i v e r s i t y . She
w o r k e d for several years as reporter a n d feature w r i t e r i n M i l w a u k e e , m o v i n g
to N e w Y o r k i n 1930 to w r i t e for Nomad Magazine. She began her studies i n
art at this t i m e at the A r t Students League. W h e n she came to W a s h i n g t o n
i n 1934 she enrolled i n the Corcoran School o f A r t a n d w o r k e d under
R i c h a r d L a h e y , K e n n e t h Stubbs a n d Eugen Weisz u n t i l 1940, a n d later
under K a r l K n a t h s at the Phillips Gallery. She has r e m a i n e d i n W a s h i n g t o n
a n d has taught i n the Corcoran a n d at her o w n studio. H e r w o r k has been
i n c l u d e d i n g r o u p exhibitions, a n d she has held one-man shows i n W a s h i n g -
t o n , N e w Y o r k , M i a m i a n d B a l t i m o r e . T h e C o r c o r a n organized an e x h i b i -
t i o n o f her paintings ( W a s h i n g t o n Artists E x h i b i t i o n N o . 20) i n the fall o f
1963-

T h e Cathedral 1955
2ifX39|
SIGNED, l.r.: M D B '55
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Tenth Annual Area Exhibition, Dec. 1955-Feb. 1956, n . p . , n o . 7
P U R C H A S E : A n n u a l A r e a E x h i b i t i o n Purchase F u n d , 1955 56.9

A d o l p h Gottlieb (1903- )
A d o l p h G o t t l i e b was b o r n i n N e w Y o r k o n M a r c h 14, 1903. H e attended the
A r t Students League i n 1920, studying under J o h n Sloan a n d R o b e r t H e n r i
a n d , after about t w o years o f study a n d travel i n Europe, he r e t u r n e d to N e w
Y o r k to continue his t r a i n i n g at the Parsons School o f Design, the A r t
Students League, Cooper U n i o n a n d the E d u c a t i o n a l A l l i a n c e A r t School.
H e w o n the Dudensing N a t i o n a l C o m p e t i t i o n i n 1929 a n d h e l d his first one-
m a n show i n N e w Y o r k the f o l l o w i n g year. I n 1935 he was one o f the f o u n d -
i n g members o f a g r o u p o f N e w Y o r k avant-garde artists k n o w n (somewhat
confusingly) as " T h e T e n . " T h i s g r o u p , whose members changed f r o m year
to year b u t w h i c h r e g u l a r l y i n c l u d e d I l y a Bolotowsky, Lee G a t c h , E a r l
K e r k h a m a n d M a r k R o t h k o , e x h i b i t e d together a n n u a l l y u n t i l 1940. H e
w o r k e d for the W P A Federal A r t Project d u r i n g the 30's, p r i n c i p a l l y i n easel
p a i n t i n g , leaving the Project i n 1937 to spend a year i n the desert near
Tucson, A r i z o n a . H e r e t u r n e d to N e w Y o r k i n 1938. D u r i n g this p e r i o d he
first w e n t to Gloucester, Massachusetts to p a i n t w i t h M i l t o n A v e r y d u r i n g
the summer. I n 1939 G o t t l i e b w o n the U.S. Treasury n a t i o n w i d e m u r a l
c o m p e t i t i o n a n d was commissioned to execute a m u r a l i n the Post Office at
Y e r r i n g t o n , Nevada. H e began to p a i n t i n his " p i c t o g r a p h " style i n the early
40's, a n d developed the " I m a g i n a r y Landscapes" i n the 50's. T h e first i n his
" B u r s t Series" was p a i n t e d i n 1957. Gottlieb's e x h i b i t i o n record is prestigious
not o n l y i n this c o u n t r y b u t also i n Europe, South A m e r i c a a n d the F a r East.

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 T h e catalogue a c c o m p a n y i n g the large retrospective e x h i b i t i o n organized
j o i n t l y b y the W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t a n d the Solomon R.
G u g g e n h e i m M u s e u m i n 1968 (shown later i n the Corcoran) publishes
complete lists o f his one-man shows a n d the g r o u p exhibitions a n d annuals
i n w h i c h he p a r t i c i p a t e d u p to t h a t date, as w e l l as a f u l l b i b l i o g r a p h y
covering his career. T h e first showing o f his recent w o r k i n the m e d i u m o f
sculpture was held i n the U n i v e r s i t y o f M a r y l a n d A r t G a l l e r y i n 1970. H e
n o w resides i n N e w Y o r k a n d i n East H a m p t o n , L o n g I s l a n d .

S m a l l B u r s t 1961
37 X 2 4 ; o i l o n paper m o u n t e d o n canvas
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Bulletin, v o l . 16, no. 2 ( M a y 1967), p . 15, i l l . ( i n c o r r e c t l y i l l u s t r a t e d
upside-down)
G I F T : T h e W o m e n ' s C o m m i t t e e o f the C o r c o r a n , 1966 66.12

V i c t o r Gandell (1903- )
V i c t o r Candell was b o r n i n Budapest, H u n g a r y , o n M a y 11, 1903. H e came
to the U n i t e d States at the age o f eighteen. L a r g e l y self-taught, he began his
career as a professional artist i n N e w Y o r k i n 1924. H e resided i n Paris f r o m
1928 to 1931, j o i n i n g the g r o u p o f painters k n o w n as "Les Surindependants,"
e x h i b i t i n g w i t h t h e m a n d w i t h other experimental groups. O n his r e t u r n to
N e w Y o r k , he w o r k e d w i t h the W h i t n e y A r t Project a n d later w i t h the Fine
A r t s Section o f the W P A d u r i n g the 30's, a n d was commissioned i n 1939 to
p a i n t an outdoor m u r a l for the I r a q b u i l d i n g at the N e w Y o r k W o r l d ' s Fair.
H e received an a w a r d i n the Artist as Reporter e x h i b i t i o n organized by the
M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k , i n 1940, a n d f r o m t h a t t i m e to the
present has been represented i n n a t i o n a l competitive exhibitions a n d
annuals a n d has regularly held one-man shows i n N e w Y o r k a n d other cities
(the first held i n N e w Y o r k i n 1943). H e has t a u g h t extensively - i n the
B r o o k l y n M u s e u m School o f A r t f r o m 1946 to 1954 a n d at Cooper U n i o n
since 1954, as w e l l as p r i v a t e l y i n his o w n studio - a n d was a co-founder i n
1959 a n d director o f the Provincetown, Massachusetts, W o r k s h o p . Candell's
w o r k is i n c l u d e d i n the collections o f the M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t , the
W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d
Letters, the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , the M u n s o n - W i l l i a m s - P r o c t o r I n s t i t u t e ,
a m o n g m a n y others. H e maintains his home a n d studio i n N e w Y o r k .

Forest T h e m e 1954
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S I G N E D , l . r . : Candell 54
C O L L . : a c q u i r e d f r o m the artist
R E F . : New Accessions USA, C o l o r a d o Springs F i n e A r t s Center, i 9 6 0 , n . p . , no. 15
G I F T : H e l e n M e r e d i t h Norcross, 1959 59.8

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M a r k R o t h k o Mulberry and Brown

M a r k Rothko (1903-1970)
M a r k R o t h k o was b o r n M a r c u s R o t h k o v i t c h i n Dvinsk, Russia, o n Sept-
ember 25, 1903. I n 1913 his f a m i l y b r o u g h t h i m to P o r t l a n d , O r e g o n , where
he spent his y o u t h . H e entered Y a l e U n i v e r s i t y i n 1921, b u t abandoned
academic t r a i n i n g to study p a i n t i n g i n 1923. A l t h o u g h he w o r k e d briefly
w i t h M a x W e b e r at the A r t Students League i n 1925, he can, o n the whole,
be considered self-taught. H e first e x h i b i t e d i n 1929 w h e n he was i n c l u d e d i n
a N e w Y o r k g r o u p show selected b y B e r n a r d K a r f i o l . H i s first one-man
e x h i b i t i o n was held i n 1933, a n d d u r i n g the 30's he e x h i b i t e d w i t h " T h e
T e n " (of w h i c h he was co-founder) a n d w i t h other avant-garde groups. H e
w o r k e d w i t h the W P A Federal A r t Project i n 1936 a n d 1937. After his first
substantial one-man e x h i b i t i o n i n 1945 at Peggy Guggenheim's A r t o f T h i s
C e n t u r y gallery, N e w Y o r k , his r e p u t a t i o n steadily c l i m b e d . H e was rep-
resented i n the a n n u a l exhibitions o f the W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t
a n d i n such exhibitions at N e w Y o r k ' s M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t as Abstract
Painting and Sculpture in America (1951), / j Americans (1952), Modern American
Painters and Sculptors (1954), Modern Art in the U.S. (1955/56) a n d The New
American Painting (1958/59). T h e last three were c i r c u l a t e d i n Europe. H e
also p a r t i c i p a t e d i n the Venice Biennale i n 1948 a n d 1958. Retrospectives
have been held i n N e w Y o r k a n d i n other cities i n the U.S. as w e l l as i n
L o n d o n . R o t h k o d i d considerable teaching t h r o u g h o u t his career a n d , i n
1948, was a co-founder, along w i t h W i l l i a m Baziotes, A d o l p h G o t t l i e b ,

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R o b e r t M o t h e r w e l l a n d Barnett N e w m a n , o f the "Subjects o f the A r t i s t s "
school i n G r e e n w i c h V i l l a g e , N e w Y o r k . A b i b l i o g r a p h y covering his career
a n d w o r k , complete t h r o u g h 1961, c a n be f o u n d i n the catalogue Mark
Rothko b y Peter Selz, published b y t h e M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k ,
i n t h a t year. R o t h k o c o m m i t t e d suicide i n his M a n h a t t a n studio o n F e b r u a r y
25, i 9 7 ° -

M u l b e r r y and B r o w n 1958
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S I G N E D O N B A C K , u . r . : MARK ROTHKO/1958 #77
C O L L . : Charles a n d Susan B u c k w a l t e r , N e w Y o r k
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1966 66.17

T h i s p a i n t i n g was i n c l u d e d i n t h e e x h i b i t i o n The Disappearance and Reappearance of the

Image c i r c u l a t e d i n E u r o p e t h r o u g h o u t 1969 b y t h e S m i t h s o n i a n I n s t i t u t i o n . I t was
s h o w n i n six museums i n R u m a n i a , Czechoslovakia a n d B e l g i u m , a c c o m p a n i e d b y
a n i l l u s t r a t e d catalogue p r i n t e d i n t h e l a n g u a g e o f each c o u n t r y .

Balcomb Greene (1904- )

B a l c o m b Greene was b o r n i n N i a g a r a Falls, N e w Y o r k , o n M a y 22, 1904.
Son o f a M e t h o d i s t minister, he a t first t h o u g h t o f f o l l o w i n g i n his father's
footsteps, b u t o n g r a d u a t i o n f r o m Syracuse U n i v e r s i t y he w e n t t o Europe to
study a b n o r m a l psychology i n Paris a n d a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f V i e n n a under
F r e u d . H e took f u r t h e r graduate w o r k at C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y i n 1927 a n d
t a u g h t English a t D a r t m o u t h College f r o m 1928 to 1931. I t was a t the close
of this p e r i o d t h a t he began to p a i n t seriously, w o r k i n g for a year i n Paris
where he h e l d his first one-man show i n 1932. O n his r e t u r n to N e w Y o r k i n
1933 he c o n t i n u e d his p a i n t i n g , for some t i m e s u p p o r t i n g his f a m i l y b y
w r i t i n g . H e w o r k e d w i t h the Federal A r t Project o f the W P A i n the m i d d l e
30's. I n 1936 he was elected c h a i r m a n o f the n e w l y f o r m e d g r o u p o f painters,
the A m e r i c a n Abstract Artists, a n office to w h i c h he was re-elected i n 1938
a n d 1940. A t this t i m e he began graduate w o r k i n a r t history at N e w Y o r k
U n i v e r s i t y , receiving his M . A . degree i n 1943, after w h i c h he t a u g h t history
of a r t a t the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e o f Technology, P i t t s b u r g h , u n t i l 1959. Greene
h e l d his first one-man e x h i b i t i o n i n N e w Y o r k i n 1947, a l t h o u g h he h a d
been seen i n m a n y large g r o u p exhibitions earlier, such as the W h i t n e y
Museum's Abstract Painting in America i n 1935. H e was i n c l u d e d i n t h e
V e n i c e Biennale i n 1948, a n d i n New Images of Man, organized b y t h e
M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k , i n 1959. T h e W h i t n e y M u s e u m h e l d a
retrospective o f his w o r k i n 1961 w h i c h was later circulated b y the A m e r i c a n
Federation o f A r t s t h r o u g h o u t the c o u n t r y . H e divides his t i m e between the
home a n d studio he b u i l t overlooking the sea a t M o n t a u k Point, L o n g
I s l a n d , a n d his a p a r t m e n t a n d studio i n N e w Y o r k .

The Window 1961/62

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S I G N E D , l . r . : Balcomb Greene; ON S T R E T C H E R , u . c . : THE WINDOW 1961-62
C O L L . : R o y C. M a r k u s , L o s Angeles, C a l i f o r n i a
G I F T : t h e Estate o f R o y C. M a r k u s t h r o u g h T h e Friends o f the C o r c o r a n , 1965
65.18.2

A n earlier version o f this subject was p a i n t e d i n 1949/50 a n d is presently i n t h e

artist's c o l l e c t i o n .

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E d m u n d M i n o r Archer (1904- )
E d m u n d M i n o r A r c h e r was b o r n i n R i c h m o n d , V i r g i n i a o n September 28,
1904. H e studied a r t i n R i c h m o n d a n d later attended the U n i v e r s i t y o f
V i r g i n i a . I n 1922 he left the university to study at the A r t Students League i n
N e w Y o r k under A l l e n T u c k e r , K e n n e t h Hayes M i l l e r a n d B o a r d m a n
R o b i n s o n . T h e years 1925 a n d 1926 were spent a b r o a d i n travel a n d study,
and, o n his r e t u r n to the U n i t e d States, he established his studio i n R i c h -
m o n d , accepting commissions for portraits a n d developing his o w n personal
style. I n 1930 he was a p p o i n t e d assistant c u r a t o r o f the newly organized
W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t i n N e w Y o r k , resigning as associate
c u r a t o r i n 1940 to devote f u l l t i m e to p a i n t i n g . H e served w i t h the U n i t e d
States A r m y d u r i n g W o r l d W a r I I f r o m 1942 to 1944, a n d o n his discharge
came to W a s h i n g t o n as instructor i n the C o r c o r a n School o f A r t a n d as a
m e m b e r o f the faculty o f T h e George W a s h i n g t o n U n i v e r s i t y , positions he
held u n t i l his r e t i r e m e n t i n 1968. Archer's first one-man show was held i n
Boston i n 1929, a n d f r o m t h a t t i m e he has been represented consistently i n
the major local a n d n a t i o n a l exhibitions i n the c o u n t r y . H e was awarded the
T h i r d W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Bronze M e d a l i n the T w e l f t h Corcoran
B i e n n i a l i n 1930. H e served for a b r i e f t i m e i n the 20's o n the Board o f
C o n t r o l o f the A r t Students League a n d is a F e l l o w o f the I n t e r n a t i o n a l
I n s t i t u t e of A r t s a n d Letters. H e n o w resides i n R i c h m o n d , V i r g i n i a .

Waiting for the Departure 1932

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S I G N E D , l . r . : Edmund Archer
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : 128th Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s , P h i l a d e l p h i a ,
1933, p . 22, n o . 154 (listed as At the Window); Edmund Archer, W a r w i c k Galleries,
1933, n . p . , n o . 13 (listed as At the Window); Century of Progress Exposition, C h i c a g o A r t
I n s t i t u t e , 1934, p . 73, n o . 518, i l l . ; American Magazine of Art, v o l . X X V I I , n o . 1
(Jan. 1934), p . 14, i l l . (listed as Waiting for the Procession); Edmund Minor Archer,
V i r g i n i a A r t i s t Series N o . 4 , V i r g i n i a M u s e u m o f F i n e A r t s , R i c h m o n d , 1938, n . p . ,
no. 8, i l l . ; A . L o c k e , The Negro in Art, 1940, p p . 140 a n d 169, i l l . ; C . G . A . Artists of
Washington and Vicinity, 1947, p . 6, n o . 2 ( H o n o r a b l e M e n t i o n )
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1951 51*27

T h i s scene, p a i n t e d i n R i c h m o n d , V i r g i n i a , depicts the c o m m o n pastime o f w a t c h i n g

t h e streets f r o m w i n d o w sills. I t was a w a r d e d the F i r s t Prize a n d P o p u l a r Prize w h e n
e x h i b i t e d a t the N o r f o l k M u s e u m o f A r t s a n d Sciences i n 1950.

M a x K a h n (1904- )
M a x K a h n was b o r n i n Russia i n 1904. H e was b r o u g h t to Peoria, I l l i n o i s ,
i n 1907 where he spent his y o u t h . H e received a B.S. degree f r o m B r a d f o r d
College i n Peoria a n d soon after w e n t to Paris, s t u d y i n g sculpture w i t h
E m i l - A n t o i n e Bourdelle a n d Charles Despiau a n d d r a w i n g w i t h O t h o n
Friesz. O n his r e t u r n to this c o u n t r y he c o n t i n u e d his w o r k i n sculpture at the
Beaux A r t s , N e w Y o r k , a n d later took u p l i t h o g r a p h y u n d e r Francis C h a p i n
at the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e . D u r i n g the 30's he was connected w i t h the
Federal A r t Project o f I l l i n o i s . H e has t a u g h t t h r o u g h o u t his career, especi-
ally i n the field o f graphics: at the J o h n H e r r o n A r t I n s t i t u t e , Indianapolis,
the Escuela U n i v e r s i t a r i a de Bellas Artes i n M e x i c o , the Chicago A r t
I n s t i t u t e (1944-1959), a n d at the U n i v e r s i t y o f Chicago (1959 to the present).
His first one-man show was held i n the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e i n 1943, a n d he

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has since e x h i b i t e d w i d e l y , b o t h n a t i o n a l l y a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y . K a h n has
been a w a r d e d m a n y prizes for his lithographs a n d woodcuts, a n d w o n the
T h i r d W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Bronze M e d a l i n the C o r c o r a n B i e n n i a l
o f 1959 o n the o i l listed below. H e maintains his studio a n d home i n Chicago.

We Gather Together
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S I G N E D , l . r . : Max Kahn
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Twenty Sixth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, 1959,
n . p . , n o . 92, i l l . ( T h i r d W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Bronze M e d a l )
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1958 58.35

A n t o n Refregier (1905- )
A n t o n Refregier was b o r n i n Moscow, Russia, o n M a r c h 20, 1905. H e
studied sculpture w i t h M a r i e Wassilieff i n Paris before c o m i n g to the U n i t e d
States i n 1920. P r i o r to b e g i n n i n g his professional career i n N e w Y o r k i n
1928, he studied at the R h o d e I s l a n d School o f Design f r o m 1921 to 1925 a n d
w o r k e d i n d r a w i n g w i t h Hans H o f m a n n i n M u n i c h . H e designed stage
settings i n N e w Y o r k a n d w o r k e d i n the m u r a l p r o g r a m o f the W P A d u r i n g
the 30's. H i s career was w e l l launched i n 1941 w h e n he w o n a n a t i o n a l
c o m p e t i t i o n to design twenty-seven murals for the R i n c o n H i l l s Post Office
i n San Francisco. T h i s project w i t h its controversial subject m a t t e r was
finally completed i n 1948 after m u c h p o l i t i c a l interference a n d c r i t i c i s m .
Refregier held his first one-man e x h i b i t i o n i n N e w Y o r k i n 1942, a n d ,
a l t h o u g h he is best k n o w n for his murals, his easel paintings have achieved
widespread recognition. H e is represented i n the M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f
A r t , the W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , the M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t ,
N e w Y o r k , the W a l k e r A r t Center, M i n n e a p o l i s , a n d the M u s e u m o f
M o d e r n Western A r t i n Moscow. H i s works have been i n c l u d e d i n g r o u p
exhibitions at the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , the U n i v e r s i t y o f I l l i n o i s , the C o r c o r a n
G a l l e r y a n d i n other n a t i o n a l a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l competitive a n d i n v i t a t i o n a l
exhibitions. Refregier was one o f the founders o f the A m e r i c a n Artists'
School i n N e w Y o r k i n 1946 a n d has t a u g h t there as w e l l as i n several
universities as v i s i t i n g instructor. H e served as Associate Professor o f A r t at
B a r d College f r o m 1962 to 1964. H e has l i v e d i n Woodstock, N e w Y o r k , for
m a n y years.

Children i n T r e e i960
40 X 2 0 ; casein o n masonite
SIGNED, u.r.: A. Refregier I960
C O L L . : J o h n H e n r y Berne, W a r r e n t o n , V i r g i n i a
G I F T : J o h n H e n r y Berne, 1965 65.41.3

T h i s p a i n t i n g is based o n sketches m a d e o f the artist's c h i l d r e n , B r i g i t a n d A l e k s a n d r e ,

w h e n t h e y w e r e y o u n g a n d r o m p i n g i n t h e i r f a v o r i t e tree i n his o r c h a r d a t W o o d -
stock.

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Jessalee Blane Sickman (1905- )
Jessalee Blane Sickman was b o r n i n Denver, Colorado, o n August 17, 1905.
After she was graduated f r o m the U n i v e r s i t y o f Colorado, she came East,
s t u d y i n g w i t h R i c h a r d L a h e y at Goucher College a n d later at the Corcoran
School o f A r t . She has t a u g h t for m a n y years - at the U n i v e r s i t y o f Colorado,
the W a r r e n ton C o u n t r y School i n V i r g i n i a , a n d f r o m 1943 to 1963 at the
Corcoran School as instructor o f p a i n t i n g a n d d r a w i n g . H e r w o r k was
exhibited i n the Corcoran Biennials a n d A r e a E x h i b i t i o n s t h r o u g h o u t the
40's a n d 50's, a n d she has held numerous one-man shows i n the W a s h i n g t o n
area. M r s . Sickman's pen a n d i n k portraits have been published i n the
Forum a n d Golden Book magazines. She resides i n W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .

T h e Landlady 1945
20 X 13J
SIGNED, l.r.: JBS
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : " T h e Seventh A n n u a l A r e a E x h i b i t i o n , " C . G . A . Bulletin, v o l . 5, n o . 4 ( N o v .
1952), n . p . , n o . 97, i l l . ( T h e A r t s C l u b Purchase P r i z e ) ; The Corcoran School of Art,
1961-1962, n . p . , i l l .
P U R C H A S E : 7 t h A n n u a l A r e a E x h i b i t i o n Purchase F u n d , 1952 52.32

Lois M a i l o u Jones (1905- )

Lois M a i l o u Jones ( M r s . V e r g n i a u d Pierre-Noel) was b o r n i n Boston,
Massachusetts, o n N o v e m b e r 3, 1905. She studied at the School o f the
M u s e u m o f Fine A r t s , Boston, f r o m 1923 to 1927, supplementing her t r a i n i n g
there w i t h w o r k at the Boston N o r m a l A r t School a n d w i t h summer classes
at H a r v a r d a n d C o l u m b i a Universities, finally e a r n i n g an A . B . Degree i n
A r t E d u c a t i o n at H o w a r d U n i v e r s i t y i n W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . O n a traveling
fellowship, she studied at the J u l i a n A c a d e m y a n d L a G r a n d e Chaumiere i n
Paris d u r i n g 1937 a n d 1938. H e r e x h i b i t i o n record has been very active; her
w o r k was first shown i n the Paris Salons o f 1938 a n d 1939, a n d since then she
has been i n c l u d e d i n m a n y o f the p r i n c i p a l competitive g r o u p exhibitions i n
this c o u n t r y - the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s , the N a t i o n a l
A c a d e m y o f Design, the I n s t i t u t e o f M o d e r n A r t , Boston, a n d the Baltimore
M u s e u m o f A r t . F r o m its i n c e p t i o n i n 1942, she has been i n c l u d e d i n the
Negro A r t A n n u a l held i n A t l a n t a U n i v e r s i t y , Georgia, w i n n i n g at least six
prizes i n these exhibitions. T h e C o r c o r a n selected her w o r k for the Biennials
held i n 1939 a n d 1951, a n d she has been represented i n several o f its Wash-
i n g t o n A r e a exhibitions. As first Negro m e m b e r o f the Society o f W a s h i n g t o n
Artists, she has e x h i b i t e d r e g u l a r l y w i t h this g r o u p . She has held over
twenty-five one-man shows i n the U n i t e d States, Europe, South A f r i c a a n d
the West Indies. Miss Jones has received consistent recognition for her
achievement i n a r t . She was chosen as " W o m a n o f the Y e a r " b y the N a t i o n a l
C o u n c i l o f Negro W o m e n i n 1946; was a w a r d e d the D i p l o m e de l ' O r d r e
N a t i o n a l au grade de Chevalier i n 1954 b y the G o v e r n m e n t o f H a i t i where a
n u m b e r o f her paintings have been acquired for the collection o f the Palais
N a t i o n a l ; was elected to the R o y a l Society o f the A r t s , L o n d o n ; received an
H o n o r a b l e M e n t i o n c i t a t i o n i n the Paris Salon o f 1966; a n d has recently been
given a research g r a n t b y H o w a r d U n i v e r s i t y (where she has served as
professor o f design a n d watercolor p a i n t i n g since 1930) to study a n d record
c o n t e m p o r a r y visual Black A r t s , covering A f r o - A m e r i c a n a r t a n d the w o r k

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of artists i n H a i t i a n d i n eleven countries i n South Africa. Miss Jones makes
her home i n W a s h i n g t o n , D . C .

Pont L o u i s Philippe, P a r i s 1958

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C O L L . : p u r c h a s e d f r o m the artist
R E F . : " T h e T h i r t e e n t h A n n u a l Area E x h i b i t i o n of W o r k by Artists o f Washington &
V i c i n i t y , " C . G . A . Bulletin, v o l . 10, n o . 2 ( N o v . 1958), n . p . , n o . 41
P U R C H A S E : 13th A r e a E x h i b i t i o n Purchase F u n d , 1958 58.37

George L . K . Morris (1905- )

George L o v e t t K i n g s l a n d M o r r i s was b o r n i n N e w Y o r k on N o v e m b e r 14,
1905. After p r e p a r i n g at the G r o t o n School, he entered Yale U n i v e r s i t y ,
t a k i n g extra-curricular courses i n d r a w i n g a n d p a i n t i n g at the Y a l e School

George L . K . M o r r i s Indian Composition

of A r t . D u r i n g the summer o f 1927 he attended the Fontainebleau School o f
A r t i n France, a n d , after g r a d u a t i o n f r o m Y a l e i n 1928, studied at the A r t
Students League i n N e w Y o r k under J o h n Sloan a n d K e n n e t h Hayes M i l l e r
and later at the Academie M o d e r n e i n Paris u n d e r F e r n a n d Leger a n d
Amedee Ozenfant. A t this t i m e he m e t m a n y o f the leading artists o f the
School o f Paris w h o strongly influenced his w o r k . H e held his first one-man
show i n N e w Y o r k i n 1933. A f o u n d i n g m e m b e r o f the A m e r i c a n Abstract
Artists i n 1936, he has e x h i b i t e d r e g u l a r l y w i t h this g r o u p as w e l l as i n the
annuals o f the W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , the Carnegie Institute, the
Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s ( w i n n i n g the T e m p l e G o l d M e d a l i n
1967) a n d i n Corcoran Biennials. T h e C o r c o r a n held a large restrospective
e x h i b i t i o n o f his paintings a n d sculpture i n 1965. M o r r i s has done con-
siderable w r i t i n g a n d has served as editor for a n u m b e r o f periodicals such as
the Bulletin o f the M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k , the French art
magazine Plastique, a n d the Partisan Review. I n 1957, w h i l e president o f the
A m e r i c a n Abstract Artists, he edited The World of Abstract Art, describing the
significance o f the movement. H e t a u g h t at the A r t Students League f r o m
1943 to 1944 a n d held the post o f artist-in-residence at St. John's College i n
A n n a p o l i s f r o m 1960 to 1961. W h e n n o t t r a v e l i n g a b r o a d , he divides his t i m e
between homes i n N e w Y o r k a n d Lenox, Massachusetts.

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C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . George L . K. Morris, a Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture,
1930-1964, 1965, p . 19, n o . 2 4 ; C . G . A . Bulletin, v o l . 16, n o . 1 (Sept. 1966), p . 13,
ill.
G I F T : T h e F r i e n d s o f the C o r c o r a n , 1965 65.21
M o r r i s p a i n t e d a series o f canvases e n t i t l e d Indian Composition. H e w r o t e to the G a l l e r y
of this version, " T h i s I considered the c l i m a x to a l o n g a n d obstinate series . . . "

Burgoyne Diller (i 906-1965)

Burgoyne D i l l e r was b o r n i n N e w Y o r k o n J a n u a r y 13, 1906. H e spent his
y o u t h i n M i c h i g a n where for t w o years he attended M i c h i g a n State College.
I n 1928 he w e n t to N e w Y o r k to study at the A r t Students League, a n d i t was
there t h a t he later w o r k e d w i t h Hans H o f m a n n w h o became a close friend
and greatly influenced his p a i n t i n g . D i l l e r was a dedicated abstractionist
w h o p a i n t e d i n successive styles f r o m Expressionism, C u b i s m , Neoplasticism
to H a r d - E d g e . H i s c o n t r i b u t i o n to the development o f abstract a r t i n the
U n i t e d States was n o t fully recognized u n t i l late i n his career. H i s influence
on a n d support o f such artists as Stuart Davis, Arshile G o r k y a n d W i l l e m
de K o o n i n g d u r i n g the years w h e n he was active i n local relief programs a n d
later w h e n he served as head o f the m u r a l division o f the W P A Federal A r t
Project i n the m i d d l e a n d late 30's cannot be m i n i m i z e d . D u r i n g W o r l d
W a r I I he acted as State supervisor o f the N e w Y o r k W P A W a r Services A r t
U n i t u n t i l he j o i n e d the U n i t e d States N a v y . I n 1946 he was appointed to
the faculty o f B r o o k l y n College, a post he held u n t i l his death o n J a n u a r y
30, 1965. H i s w o r k was shown r e g u l a r l y i n Europe as w e l l as i n this country.
I n 1962 he was awarded a F o r d F o u n d a t i o n Purchase Prize i n the T w e n t y -
eighth Corcoran B i e n n i a l (see p a i n t i n g listed b e l o w ) . H e b u i l t a studio i n
1945 at A t l a n t i c H i g h l a n d s , near Sandy H o o k , N e w Jersey, where he spent
as m u c h t i m e as his heavy schedule i n N e w Y o r k allowed.

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C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Twenty Eighth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings, 1963,
n . p . , n o . 36, i l l . ( F o r d F o u n d a t i o n Purchase A w a r d ) ; C . G . A . Bulletin, v o l . 13, no. 2
( M a y 1963), p . 3 1 , i l l . ; New Accessions USA, C o l o r a d o Springs F i n e A r t s Center,
1964, n . p . , n o . 12
G I F T : T h e F o r d F o u n d a t i o n , 1962 62.32

U m b e r t o Romano (1906
U m b e r t o R o m a n o was b o r n i n Salerno, I t a l y , on F e b r u a r y 26, 1906. H e
came to the U n i t e d States i n 1914 a n d subsequently studied i n the N a t i o n a l
A c a d e m y o f Design i n N e w Y o r k (1922-1926). A Pulitzer T r a v e l i n g Fellow-
ship granted i n 1926 made possible a year o f w o r k at the A m e r i c a n A c a d e m y
i n R o m e . H e held his first one-man show i n N e w Y o r k i n 1928, a n d i n 1930
was a w a r d e d b o t h the Peabody Prize at the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e a n d the
Louis C o m f o r t T i f f a n y F o u n d a t i o n M e d a l i n N e w Y o r k . I n the f o l l o w i n g
years he has received honors repeatedly i n n a t i o n a l a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l
competitions. A l t h o u g h best k n o w n for his figure a n d p o r t r a i t p a i n t i n g , he
has also been active as an illustrator a n d m u r a l painter. H e began his long
teaching career i n the summer o f 1933 w h e n he opened the R o m a n o School
of A r t i n East Gloucester, Massachusetts, w h i c h he still heads. F r o m 1934 to
1940 he served as director o f the A r t School o f the Worcester A r t M u s e u m ,
b u t since 1941 he has operated his o w n w i n t e r school i n N e w Y o r k . Elected
A c a d e m i c i a n i n the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1957, he has been a member o f the
Academy's C o u n c i l a n d served as first vice-president i n 1967. R o m a n o lives
i n N e w Y o r k d u r i n g the w i n t e r a n d spends his summers i n Provincetown,
Massachusetts.

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C O L L . : M r . a n d M r s . J o h n H e n r y Berne, W a r r e n t o n , V i r g i n i a
R E F . : Contemporary American Painting - The Arts Around Us, B i r m i n g h a m M u s e u m o f
A r t , A l a b a m a , 1962, p . 9 ; New Accessions USA, C o l o r a d o Springs F i n e A r t s Center,
1962, n . p . , n o . 14, i l l .
G I F T : M r . a n d M r s . J o h n H e n r y Berne, i 9 6 0 60.31

L u d w i g Sander (1906- )
L u d w i g Sander was b o r n i n N e w Y o r k on J u l y 18, 1906. H e graduated f r o m
N e w Y o r k U n i v e r s i t y w i t h a B.A. degree a n d studied at the A r t Students
League f r o m 1928 to 1930. H e w o r k e d i n Europe i n 1931 a n d 1932, first i n
Paris, followed b y t w o semesters w i t h H a n s H o f m a n n i n M u n i c h . I n 1932
he w e n t w i t h his friend V a c l a v V y t l a c i l to Positano, I t a l y , where they j o i n e d
a g r o u p o f A m e r i c a n painters w h o were e x p e r i m e n t i n g w i t h non-objective
art. W hen he r e t u r n e d to N e w Y o r k the f o l l o w i n g w i n t e r he f o u n d other
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artists w o r k i n g i n the same d i r e c t i o n a n d settled i n the 10th Street area

where R e u b e n N a k i a n , the de Koonings, Arshile G o r k y a n d their friends
were developing w h a t was later n a m e d " A b s t r a c t Expressionsim" and
" A c t i o n P a i n t i n g . " A l t h o u g h his first one-man show was held i n 1930, his
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w o r k has been i n c l u d e d i n i m p o r t a n t g r o u p exhibitions i n the U n i t e d States,

France a n d G e r m a n y i n recent years. Five o f his paintings were e x h i b i t e d i n
the Corcoran's T h i r t i e t h B i e n n i a l i n 1967. Sander was the recipient o f the
L o n g v i e w F o u n d a t i o n A w a r d i n 1959, the N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l o f A r t s A w a r d
i n 1967, a n d a G u g g e n h e i m F o u n d a t i o n Fellowship i n 1968. H e has t a u g h t
i n t e r m i t t e n t l y - at Colorado College f r o m 1951 to 1953; at B a r d College
f r o m 1956 to 1958; a n d at the U n i v e r s i t y o f Pennsylvania G r a d u a t e School
i n 1966. H e keeps his studio i n N e w Y o r k , b u t spends at least h a l f the year at
Sagaponack, L o n g I s l a n d .

Manitou V I 1967
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S I G N E D O N B A C K , u . r . i Sander 1967/"MANITOU VI"
C O L L . : purchased f r o m t h e artist
R E F . : Arts Magazine, v o l . 4 3 , n o . 5 ( M a r c h 1969), p . 68
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1968 68.11

Gyorgy Kepes (1906- )

G y o r g y Kepes was b o r n i n Selyp, H u n g a r y , o n O c t o b e r 4, 1906. H e studied
at the R o y a l A c a d e m y o f Fine A r t i n Budapest f r o m 1924 to 1928 a n d was a
m e m b e r o f the H u n g a r i a n avant-garde g r o u p , Munka, u n t i l 1930 w h e n he
gave u p p a i n t i n g to w o r k w i t h L a z l o M o h o l y - N a g y i n B e r l i n a n d L o n d o n o n
f i l m , stage a n d e x h i b i t i o n design. H e came to the U n i t e d States i n 1937 to
head the L i g h t a n d Color D e p a r t m e n t o f the I n s t i t u t e o f Design i n Chicago.
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 D e n t o n a n d at B r o o k l y n College i n N e w Y o r k , he was a p p o i n t e d professor o f
V i s u a l Design at the Massachusetts I n s t i t u t e o f Technology, C a m b r i d g e , i n
1946, a position he still holds. Kepes h e l d his first one-man show i n the
U n i t e d States i n Chicago i n 1939 a n d has since e x h i b i t e d r e g u l a r l y i n Boston,
N e w Y o r k , Chicago, San Francisco a n d i n I t a l y , G e r m a n y a n d H o l l a n d . H i s
w o r k has been i n c l u d e d i n n a t i o n a l a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l g r o u p exhibitions held
at the W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t , the M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t , N e w
Y o r k , the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e , the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , the U n i v e r s i t y o f
I l l i n o i s a n d the Corcoran as w e l l as i n Europe. Kepes has published extens-
ively i n magazines a n d periodicals a n d is the a u t h o r o f Language of Vision
(1944), a n d The New Landscape (1956); he is the editor o f several publications
i n the V i s i o n a n d V a l u e Series, i n c l u d i n g Visual Arts Today ( i 9 6 0 ) a n d the
three volumes o f 1965 e n t i t l e d The Education of Vision, Structure in Art and
Science, a n d The Nature and Art of Motion. H e was the recipient o f a Guggen-
h e i m F o u n d a t i o n Fellowship i n 1960-1961 a n d is a Fellow o f the A m e r i c a n
A c a d e m y o f A r t s a n d Sciences a n d a m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f
A r t s a n d Letters. H e lives i n C a m b r i d g e , Massachusetts.

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C O L L . : purchased f r o m t h e artist
R E F . : New Accessions USA, C o l o r a d o Springs F i n e A r t s Center, 1962, n . p . , n o . 13
G y o r g y Kepes Nature Fabric G I F T : T h e Friends o f the C o r c o r a n , 1961 61.41

Robert F r a n k l i n Gates (1906- )

R o b e r t F r a n k l i n Gates was b o r n i n D e t r o i t , M i c h i g a n , o n October 6, 1906.
H e studied at the D e t r o i t School o f A r t s a n d Crafts, at t h e A r t Students
League o f N e w Y o r k , a n d f r o m 1930 to 1932 at the Phillips Gallery A r t
School, W a s h i n g t o n , under C. L a w W a t k i n s . D u r i n g the summer o f 1938
he w o r k e d w i t h H e n r y V a r n u m Poor a t the Colorado Springs Fine A r t s
Center. H e has been active i n t h e teaching field since 1934, serving as
assistant director o f the Phillips G a l l e r y A r t School f r o m 1938 to 1942 a n d as
a m e m b e r o f the faculty o f A m e r i c a n U n i v e r s i t y since 1946. H i s watercolors
and paintings have been i n c l u d e d i n n a t i o n a l exhibitions such as American
Painting Today organized b y the A m e r i c a n Federation o f A r t s i n 1939, the
A m e r i c a n section o f the N e w Y o r k W o r l d ' s F a i r e x h i b i t i o n i n 1939/40, the
competitive c o n t e m p o r a r y A m e r i c a n p a i n t i n g e x h i b i t i o n i n the M e t r o p o l i t a n
M u s e u m o f A r t i n 1950, a n d i n the U n i v e r s i t y o f I l l i n o i s annuals. H e has
been represented i n seven C o r c o r a n Biennials since 1947, a n d one-man
exhibitions were h u n g i n the G a l l e r y i n 1954 a n d 1962. Gates has traveled
and p a i n t e d i n the V i r g i n Islands a n d the F a r West as w e l l as i n the m o u n -
tains o f West V i r g i n i a . H e resides i n W a s h i n g t o n .

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R E F . : C . G . A . The Fifteenth Area Exhibition of Works by Artists of Washington & Vicinity,
1962, n . p . , n o . 29, i l l . ( T h e C o r c o r a n G a l l e r y o f A r t Prize)
P U R C H A S E : 15th A r e a E x h i b i t i o n Purchase F u n d , 1962 62.10

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R i c h a r d Haines (1906- )
R i c h a r d Haines was b o r n on a f a r m near M a r i o n , I o w a , o n December 29,
1906. As a y o u n g m a n , he apprenticed i n a greeting c a r d c o m p a n y i n
M i n n e a p o l i s , studying p a i n t i n g , d r a w i n g a n d m u r a l design as t i m e allowed
i n the M i n n e a p o l i s School o f A r t . H e w o n the V a n d e r l i p p T r a v e l i n g
Scholarship i n 1933 w h i c h made possible a p e r i o d o f study at the Ecole des
Beaux A r t s i n Fountainebleau. O n his r e t u r n to M i n n e a p o l i s he again
w o r k e d i n c o m m e r c i a l a r t u n t i l he j o i n e d the W P A p r o g r a m , w i n n i n g ,
between 1935 a n d 1941, nine m u r a l competitions i n p u b l i c b u i l d i n g projects.
D u r i n g W o r l d W a r I I he w o r k e d i n camouflage a n d i n plaster p a t t e r n -
m a k i n g at the Douglas A i r c r a f t C o r p o r a t i o n i n California, c o m b i n i n g his w a r
w o r k w i t h teaching m u r a l p a i n t i n g at the C h o u i n a r d A r t I n s t i t u t e . H e has
remained i n California, leaving C h o u i n a r d to serve as director o f the Otis A r t
I n s t i t u t e at Los Angeles i n 1954. Haines held his first one-man show i n Los
Angeles i n 1948. H e has been a consistent e x h i b i t o r on the West Coast a n d
has also been represented i n the East i n g r o u p exhibitions at the M e t r o -
p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t , the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s , the
Carnegie I n s t i t u t e a n d the Corcoran, receiving the T h i r d W i l l i a m A . C l a r k
Prize a n d Bronze M e d a l i n the Twenty-second B i e n n i a l i n 1951 (see p a i n t i n g
listed below). W h i l e best k n o w n as a m u r a l i s t a n d a painter i n oils, he has
also w o r k e d i n the field o f graphics a n d has made cartoons for tapestries
w h i c h were woven i n Aubusson, France. Haines lives i n Santa M o n i c a
C a n y o n where he maintains t w o studios, one for m u r a l w o r k a n d the other
for easel p a i n t i n g .

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C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : Painting in the United States, 1949, C a r n e g i e I n s t i t u t e , P i t t s b u r g h , 1949, n . p . ,
n o . 216, i l l . ; C . G . A . The Twenty Second Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American
Oil Paintings, 1951, p . 2 1 , n o . 92, i l l . ( T h i r d W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d B r o n z e
M e d a l ) ; Art Digest, v o l . 25, n o . 14 ( A p r i l 15, 1951), p . 10, i l l . ; New Accessions USA,
C o l o r a d o Springs F i n e A r t s Center, 1952, n . p . , n o . 18, i l l .

T h e artist provides the f o l l o w i n g i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t this w o r k : " T h e t h e m e o f this

p a i n t i n g , Prodigal Son, concerns the r e t u r n o f a person to his c o m m u n i t y after a l o n g
p e r i o d o f absence. T h e s t r u c t u r e o f the p a i n t i n g is i n t e n d e d to s u p p l y the e m o t i o n a l
b a c k g r o u n d for this i d e a , a n d the a r r a n g e m e n t a n d gestures o f the figures are c o m -
ments t h a t f u r t h e r d e v e l o p the d r a m a t i c s i t u a t i o n o f the story. T h e color is selected
a n d r e l a t e d so as to give b o d y to the s t r u c t u r e a n d m e a n i n g to the t h e m e . " H a i n e s
also p r i n t e d a l i t h o g r a p h o f the same subject w h i c h w o n the A r t i s t s ' C o u n c i l Prize i n
the T w e l f t h A n n u a l D r a w i n g a n d P r i n t E x h i b i t i o n o f the San Francisco A r t Associ-
a t i o n i n 1948.

I . Rice Pereira (1907-1971)

I . Rice Pereira was b o r n Irene Rice on August 5, 1907, i n Chelsea, Massa-
chusetts, a suburb o f Boston. H e r f a m i l y m o v e d to N e w Y o r k w h e n she was
still a c h i l d . She studied dress design at the T r a p h a g e n School w h i l e a t t e n d -
i n g h i g h school, a n d , i n 1927, enrolled i n the A r t Students League where,
along w i t h fellow students D a v i d S m i t h a n d Burgoyne D i l l e r , she was
strongly influenced b y J a n M a t u l k a . I n Paris i n 1931, she studied for a short
t i m e at the Academie M o d e r n e under Amedee Ozenfant, b u t soon left to

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travel i n Switzerland, I t a l y a n d N o r t h A f r i c a , spending some t i m e i n the

Sahara Desert. She r e t u r n e d to N e w Y o r k i n 1932, a n d b y 1935 was occupied
w i t h the Design L a b o r a t o r y o f the W P A ' s Federal A r t Project where she
t a u g h t p a i n t i n g , composition a n d design synthesis. I n the late 30's she began
to experiment w i t h various m e d i a , using metals, glass, p a r c h m e n t a n d even
phosphorescent p a i n t to achieve her geometric abstractions i n l i g h t a n d
space. She h e l d over fifty one-man exhibitions after her first i n 1933 (at the
M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k , i n 1946; at the W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f
A m e r i c a n A r t i n 1953; at the C o r c o r a n G a l l e r y i n 1956), a n d her w o r k is
w e l l k n o w n i n Great B r i t a i n , Europe a n d South A m e r i c a , as w e l l as i n the
U n i t e d States. Five o f her paintings were i n c l u d e d i n the Corcoran Biennial
i n 1969. D u r i n g the fifteen years before her death, M r s . Pereira published
extensively i n the fields o f aesthetics a n d metaphysics a l t h o u g h she also
actively pursued her p a i n t i n g . I n December o f 1970 she m o v e d f r o m her
home i n N e w Y o r k C i t y to Spain where she d i e d i n M a r b e l l a o n J a n u a r y 11,
I97I-

The Circumnavigation of the Sphering of the Poles 1964

56 X 50
S I G N E D , l . r . : /. RICE PEREIRA
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist

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R E F . : C . G . A . 31st Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, 1969, n.p.,
n o . 49, i l l . ( i n color)
G I F T : T h e Associates o f the C o r c o r a n , 1969 1969.24

Walter T a n d y M u r c h (1907-1967)
W a l t e r T a n d y M u r c h was b o r n i n T o r o n t o , Canada, o n August 17, 1907. H e
attended the T o r o n t o T e c h n i c a l H i g h School, where he was i n i t i a t e d i n t o
w o o d w o r k i n g a n d machine-shop techniques a n d i n a r c h i t e c t u r a l d r a w i n g .
I n 1925, he entered the O n t a r i o College o f A r t . T w o years later he took a
j o b as designer o f stained glass i n N e w Y o r k a n d c o n t i n u e d his a r t t r a i n i n g at
n i g h t i n the A r t Students League for a year a n d , for another semester, at the
G r a n d C e n t r a l School o f A r t under A r s h i l e G o r k y . G o r k y became a close
personal f r i e n d a n d t w o a d d i t i o n a l years o f study i n his studio greatly i n -
fluenced M u r c h ' s d i r e c t i o n . F r o m 1931 u n t i l the early 50's, M u r c h sup-
p o r t e d his f a m i l y w i t h free-lance i l l u s t r a t i o n a n d c o m m e r c i a l a r t , p a i n t i n g
decorative murals for p u b l i c a n d p r i v a t e buildings, executing advertising
commissions, designing covers for periodicals - a l l this t i m e , however,
p a i n t i n g o n his o w n as t i m e p e r m i t t e d . E v e n t u a l l y , c r i t i c a l recognition made
c o m m e r c i a l w o r k unnecessary, a l t h o u g h he t a u g h t at P r a t t I n s t i t u t e , at N e w
Y o r k a n d Boston Universities, a n d finally at C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y . H e held
his first professional one-man show i n N e w Y o r k i n 1941 a n d was i n c l u d e d i n
i m p o r t a n t annuals a n d biennials f r o m the mid-40's o n (his w o r k appeared
i n nine Corcoran Biennials between 1945 a n d 1963). H e was shown i n
special g r o u p exhibitions such as Twentieth Century Still Life at the M u s e u m

W a l t e r T . M u r c h The Birthday
of M o d e r n A r t , N e w Y o r k , i n 1950, i n American Painting, 1754-1954 at the
M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m of A r t i n 1954, i n The New Decade, Thirty-Jive American
Painters and Sculptors at the W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t i n 1955, a n d
i n Forty Key Artists of Mid-Twentieth Century at the D e t r o i t I n s t i t u t e o f Arts i n
1965. A large retrospective was organized b y the R h o d e I s l a n d School o f
Design i n 1966 w h i c h was e x h i b i t e d i n eight m a j o r museums, i n c l u d i n g the
Corcoran i n 1967. M u r c h died o n December 11, 1967 i n N e w Y o r k where
he h a d l i v e d t h r o u g h o u t his career.

The Birthday 1963

27 X 2 9 ; canvas b o a r d
C O L L . : R o y C. M a r k u s , Los Angeles, C a l i f o r n i a
R E F . : Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m -
e r i c a n A r t , N e w Y o r k , 1964, n . p . , n o . 89, i l l . ; Vogue, v o l . 142, n o . 8 ( N o v . 1, 1963),
pp. 72 ff., i l l . ( i n c o l o r ) ; C . G . A . Bulletin, v o l . 16, n o . 1 (Sept. 1966), p . 17, i l l . ;
Walter Murch, a Retrospective Exhibition, M u s e u m o f A r t , R h o d e I s l a n d School o f
Design, Providence, 1966, n . p . , n o . 54, i l l .
G I F T : T h e Estate o f R o y C. M a r k u s t h r o u g h T h e F r i e n d s o f the C o r c o r a n , 1965
65.18.3

A s t u d y for this p a i n t i n g i n m i x e d m e d i a o n p a p e r is i n the c o l l e c t i o n o f the W h i t n e y

Museum of American A r t , New York.

Marjoree Deo (1907- )

M a r j o r e e Deo ( M r s . M . R o b e r t Deo) was b o r n M a r j o r e e Nee i n Escanaba,
M i c h i g a n , o n August 27, 1907. After g r a d u a t i n g f r o m the U n i v e r s i t y o f
Wisconsin w i t h a B.A. degree, she studied p a i n t i n g at the Phillips Gallery
u n d e r K a r l K n a t h s a n d at A m e r i c a n U n i v e r s i t y u n d e r J a c k T w o r k o v a n d
Boris M a r g o . She h e l d her first one-man show i n Chicago i n 1942 a n d has
since e x h i b i t e d r e g u l a r l y i n W a s h i n g t o n , N e w Y o r k a n d F l o r i d a as w e l l as i n
the M i d d l e West. H e r w o r k has been i n c l u d e d i n b o t h regional a n d n a t i o n a l
j u r i e d exhibitions - at the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s , the
D e t r o i t I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s , the B u t l e r I n s t i t u t e o f A m e r i c a n A r t , Youngstown,
O h i o , a n d at the C o r c o r a n (the B i e n n i a l o f 1963 a n d twelve W a s h i n g t o n
A r e a E x h i b i t i o n s i n w h i c h she was a w a r d e d prizes i n 1947, 1951 a n d 1958).
She has traveled extensively, a n d her paintings reflect her experiences i n
C a r i b b e a n a n d M e d i t e r r a n e a n countries a n d , most recently, i n Spain a n d
Portugal. A l t h o u g h l o n g a resident o f W a s h i n g t o n , D . C , M r s . Deo n o w
divides her t i m e between homes i n T a m w o r t h , N e w H a m p s h i r e , a n d Sarasota,
Florida.

Foliage 1962
48 X 4 0 ^ ; masonite
SIGNED, l . r . : Deo
C O L L . : a c q u i r e d f r o m the a r t i s t
R E F . : C . G . A . Twenty-eighth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, 1963,
n.p., n o . 34
P U R C H A S E : 1963 (exchanged for a n earlier w o r k ) 63.10

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A a r o n Bohrod (1907- )
A a r o n B o h r o d , son o f emigrants f r o m Bessarabia, was b o r n i n Chicago on
N o v e m b e r 2 1 , 1907. H e has spent m u c h o f his life i n Chicago, studying there
at Crane College, followed b y t w o years at the A r t I n s t i t u t e (1927-1929). H e
attended the A r t Students League o f N e w Y o r k f r o m 1930 to 1932, w o r k i n g
under B o a r d m a n Robinson, R i c h a r d L a h e y a n d J o h n Sloan, a n d r e t u r n e d
to Chicago i n the early 30's d e t e r m i n e d to present t h a t area i n the same
m a n n e r as Sloan p a i n t e d the life o f N e w Y o r k a n d its environs. T w o Guggen-
h e i m Fellowships awarded i n 1936 a n d 1937 p r o v i d e d the o p p o r t u n i t y for
extensive t r a v e l t h r o u g h o u t the U n i t e d States. H e was engaged i n the
Federal A r t Project o f the W P A , a n d , d u r i n g W o r l d W a r I I , w o r k e d as
artist correspondent i n the South Pacific a n d i n G e r m a n y a n d France
(1943-1945). B o h r o d held his first one-man e x h i b i t i o n i n N e w Y o r k i n 1935.
D u r i n g his l o n g career he has w o n m a n y awards i n c l u d i n g eight f r o m the
Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e between 1933 a n d 1947, a n d f r o m the Carnegie
I n s t i t u t e , the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s , the M e t r o p o l i t a n
M u s e u m o f A r t , the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y o f Design, a n d the A m e r i c a n
A c a d e m y o f A r t s a n d Letters. H e was awarded the Second W i l l i a m A . C l a r k
Prize a n d Silver M e d a l at the C o r c o r a n B i e n n i a l i n 1943 (see p a i n t i n g listed
below). I n 1953 he began to develop his precise trompe-V ceil technique, a style
i n w h i c h he is still p a i n t i n g . H e was elected a n Associate M e m b e r o f the
N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1951; A c a d e m i c i a n i n 1953. Since 1948 B o h r o d has
served as artist-in-residence at the U n i v e r s i t y o f Wisconsin a n d maintains
his home a n d studio i n M a d i s o n , Wisconsin.

Wilmington Evening 1942

24 X 3 2 ; gesso p a n e l
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Aaron Bohrod
C O L L . : p u r c h a s e d f r o m the artist
R E F . : 46th Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, C h i c a g o A r t I n s t i t u t e ,
1942, n . p . , n o . 19; C . G . A . The Eighteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American

18g
 Oil Paintings, 1943, p . 29, n o . 159, i l l . (Second W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Silver
M e d a l ) ; Art Digest, v o l . 17, n o . 12 ( M a r . 15, 1943), p . 8, i l l . ; Art News, v o l . X L I I ,
no. 4 ( A p r i l 1, 1943), p . 19, i l l . ; Magazine of Art, v o l . 36, n o . 4 ( A p r i l 1943), p . 137,
i l l . ; American Painting: Second Quarter of the 20th Century, J a c k s o n v i l l e A r t M u s e u m ,
F l o r i d a , 1956, n . p . , n o . 2; Aaron Bohrod, a Retrospective Exhibition, 1929-1966, Madison
A r t Center, W i s c o n s i n , 1966, n . p . , n o . 41
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1943 43.3

Prentiss Taylor (1907- )

Prentiss T a y l o r was b o r n o n December 13, 1907 i n W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . H e
studied at the N a t i o n a l School o f A r t i n W a s h i n g t o n , w i t h Charles W .
H a w t h o r n e i n P r o v i n c e t o w n , Massachusetts, at the A r t Students League o f
N e w Y o r k , a n d at the C o r c o r a n School o f A r t . H e early became interested i n
the field o f graphics a n d has a t t a i n e d i n t e r n a t i o n a l recognition for his w o r k
i n l i t h o g r a p h y . H e held his first one-man show i n 1927 at the A r t s C l u b ,
W a s h i n g t o n , a n d has been represented i n n a t i o n a l exhibitions at the
Carnegie I n s t i t u t e , the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e , the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f
the Fine A r t s , the M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t , the W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f
A m e r i c a n A r t a n d the C o r c o r a n Gallery, as w e l l as i n i n t e r n a t i o n a l traveling
exhibitions. H i s watercolors a n d lithographs were shown i n the Corcoran i n
1935. T a y l o r has done considerable w o r k a n d has published i n the field o f a r t
therapy, serving i n the psychotherapy d e p a r t m e n t at St. Elizabeth's H o s p i t a l ,
W a s h i n g t o n , f r o m 1943 to 1954, a n d i n recent years at Chestnut Lodge,
R o c k v i l l e , M a r y l a n d . H e has lectured a n d instructed i n p a i n t i n g at A m e r i c a n
U n i v e r s i t y since 1955. H e is an Associate M e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y
and m e m b e r o f the Society o f A m e r i c a n G r a p h i c Artists a n d the Society o f
W a s h i n g t o n Printmakers (president). T a y l o r lives i n A r l i n g t o n , V i r g i n i a .

L a Parapluie de m a Tante 1951

23i><36i
S I G N E D , l . r . : Prentiss Taylor 1951
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : " T h e S i x t h A n n u a l A r e a E x h i b i t i o n , " C . G . A . Bulletin, v o l . 5, n o . 1 ( N o v . 1951),
n.p., n o . 190 ( H o n o r a b l e M e n t i o n ) ; American Painting: Second Quarter of the 20th
Century, J a c k s o n v i l l e A r t M u s e u m , F l o r i d a , 1956, n . p . , n o . 10
P U R C H A S E : 6 t h A n n u a l A r e a E x h i b i t i o n Purchase F u n d , 1951 51.60
T h e setting o f this p a i n t i n g is a d e m o l i t i o n area i n N e w O r l e a n s across the street f r o m
the St. L o u i s C e m e t e r y N o . 1. I n the artist's w o r d s , " W i t h the t i t l e , La Parapluie de
ma Tante ( M y A u n t ' s U m b r e l l a ) I have h a d the pleasure o f g i v i n g a text-book phrase
to a n u n t e x t - b o o k , t h o u g h perhaps B i b l i c a l , a l l e g o r y . . . a n a l l e g o r y o f sin, d e a t h a n d
the o r d e r l y c a r r y i n g o n o f r o u t i n e . O n e side o f the street is w a l l e d b y the cemetery,
and b y a slight d o u b l e v i s i o n one sees those p i g e o n holes o f i n d e f i n i t e rest i n peace, the
'ovens,' as such t o m b s are k n o w n i n N e w O r l e a n s . T h e w o m e n r u n f r a n t i c a l l y d o w n
the perspective t o the v a n i s h i n g p o i n t o f the u n k n o w n as t h e y flee the scourge t h a t
has befallen t h e m . T h e telephone l i n e m a n , w i t h m a l e d e t a c h m e n t , goes o n w i t h his
repair w o r k . "

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H e r m a n M a r i l (1908- )
H e r m a n M a r i l was b o r n H e r m a n Becker i n B a l t i m o r e o n O c t o b e r 13, 1908.
A t the age o f eighteen he took his mother's m a i d e n name, M a r i l , i n the belief
t h a t , since there was a n already established American painter named
M a u r i c e Becker, he c o u l d better establish his o w n artistic i d e n t i t y b y this
action. H e was g r a d u a t e d i n 1926 f r o m the B a l t i m o r e Polytechnic I n s t i t u t e ,
a n d i n 1928 f r o m the M a r y l a n d I n s t i t u t e College o f A r t , t h e r e u p o n establish-
ing his studio i n B a l t i m o r e . D u r i n g the Depression years he w o r k e d w i t h the
Federal Public W o r k s o f A r t Project. H i s first assignment, a m u r a l d e p i c t i n g
the historic p o r t o f B a l t i m o r e , was selected for the n a t i o n a l e x h i b i t i o n o f
W P A w o r k h e l d i n the C o r c o r a n G a l l e r y a n d the M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t ,
N e w Y o r k , i n 1934. H e h e l d his first one-man show i n 1934 i n W a s h i n g t o n ,
a n d t h a t year he also spent his first summer o n Cape C o d . H e has since
summered a n n u a l l y o n the Cape at P r o v i n c e t o w n . He began his l o n g
teaching career i n 1936 i n the summer courses at the C u m m i n g t o n School o f
the A r t s , Massachusetts. A f t e r service i n the A r m y f r o m 1942 to 1945, he
t a u g h t at the K i n g - S m i t h School a n d the W a s h i n g t o n W o r k s h o p o f the A r t s .
In 1946 he was a p p o i n t e d i n s t r u c t o r i n p a i n t i n g at the U n i v e r s i t y o f M a r y -
l a n d where he is still a m e m b e r o f the faculty. H e continues to e x h i b i t
r e g u l a r l y i n b o t h N e w Y o r k a n d W a s h i n g t o n . H e was represented i n ten
C o r c o r a n Biennials between 1935 a n d 1961, a n d a one-man e x h i b i t i o n o f his
w o r k was h e l d i n the G a l l e r y i n 1961. A comprehensive retrospective
e x h i b i t i o n was organized b y the B a l t i m o r e M u s e u m o f A r t i n 1967. Maril
m a i n t a i n s his home a n d studio i n B a l t i m o r e .

Low T i d e 1958
24x40
S I G N E D , l . r . : HERMAN MARIL
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : " T h e F o u r t e e n t h A n n u a l A r e a E x h i b i t i o n , " C.G.A. Bulletin, v o l . 11, no. 1
(Nov. 1959), n.p., no. 7 3 ; New Accessions USA, Colorado Springs F i n e A r t s Center,
i 9 6 0 , n . p . , no. 16, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : 14th A n n u a l A r e a E x h i b i t i o n Purchase F u n d , 1959 59-63

J o h n E d w a r d Heliker (1909- )
J o h n E d w a r d H e l i k e r was b o r n o n J a n u a r y 17, 1909, i n the r u r a l section o f
Yonkers, N e w Y o r k . A t the age o f fourteen he d r o p p e d o u t o f h i g h school to
pursue a course o f self-instruction i n a r t b y c o m m u t i n g d a i l y to N e w Y o r k to
copy masterpieces i n the M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t . I n J a n u a r y o f 1927
he enrolled i n the A r t Students League, s t u d y i n g d r a w i n g w i t h K i m o n
Nicolaides, T h o m a s H a r t Benton and Boardman Robinson and painting
w i t h K e n n e t h Hayes M i l l e r - the extent o f his f o r m a l a r t t r a i n i n g w h i c h was
i n t e r r u p t e d b y his family's move to a f a r m i n S t o r m v i l l e , N e w Y o r k , near
Poughkeepsie, i n early 1929. H e l i k e r h e l d a one-man show o f his drawings i n
N e w Y o r k i n 1936, a n d o f his paintings i n 1940. W i t h the w i n n i n g o f the
First W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d G o l d M e d a l i n the Seventeenth C o r c o r a n
B i e n n i a l i n 1941 (see p a i n t i n g listed below) came f i n a n c i a l independence a n d
i n v i t a t i o n s to p a r t i c i p a t e i n such g r o u p exhibitions as Artists for Victory at the
M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t (1942) a n d Painters under Forty at the W h i t n e y
M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t (1943), a n d subsequent a n n u a l exhibitions h e l d at
the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e , the Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s , the

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J o h n E . H e l i k e r Vermont Farm

U n i v e r s i t y o f I l l i n o i s , the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y a n d the W h i t n e y M u s e u m . H e
has been represented i n seven C o r c o r a n Biennials. A large retrospective
e x h i b i t i o n o f his w o r k was held i n the W h i t n e y M u s e u m i n 1968. His
awards have i n c l u d e d the O b r i g Prize at the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y i n 1948, the
U n i v e r s i t y o f I l l i n o i s ' purchase a w a r d i n 1949, the P r i x de R o m e f r o m the
A m e r i c a n A c a d e m y i n R o m e for 1948/49, a G u g g e n h e i m Fellowship i n 1951,
a g r a n t f r o m the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters i n 1957, a n d the
A w a r d o f M e r i t f r o m the A m e r i c a n A c a d e m y o f A r t s a n d Letters i n 1967.
Since his first year o f p a i n t i n g i n I t a l y i n 1948/49 he has m a d e m a n y trips to
Europe, spending l o n g sojourns i n I t a l y a n d Greece. H e l i k e r has vacationed i n
M a i n e since his teens a n d i n 1958 purchased a summer home o n C r a n b e r r y
I s l a n d near M t . Desert. H e has t a u g h t p a i n t i n g at C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y
since 1947 a n d lives d u r i n g the academic season i n N e w Y o r k .

Vermont F a r m 1940
16 X 2 0 J
S I G N E D , l . r . : J. E. HELIKER./40.
C O L L . : p u r c h a s e d f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Seventeenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings,
1941, p . 49, n o . 117, i l l . (First W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d G o l d M e d a l ) ; Art Digest,
v o l . 15, n o . 13 ( A p r i l 1, 1941), p . 12, i l l . ; Art News, v o l . X L , n o . 4 ( A p r i l 1, 1941),
p . 39, i l l . ; C . G . A . Handbook of the American Paintings, 1947, p p . 90 f., i l l . ; C . G . A .
Twenty Fifth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, 1957, " H i s t o r i c a l
S e c t i o n , " p . 16, n o . 17
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1941 41.86

T h i s f a r m is located i n t h e W i n o o s k i V a l l e y i n n o r t h - c e n t r a l V e r m o n t w h e r e H e l i k e r
spent seven summers a n d one w i n t e r , w o r k i n g the f a r m as w e l l as p a i n t i n g .

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Lee Jackson (1909- )
Lee Jackson was b o r n i n N e w Y o r k o n F e b r u a r y 2, 1909. H e studied at the
A r t Students League a n d w i t h J o h n Sloan a n d George Luks. After his first
one-man show i n N e w Y o r k i n 1941, w h i c h b r o u g h t h i m c r i t i c a l acclaim, he
exhibited r e g u l a r l y i n n a t i o n a l g r o u p exhibitions - at the Pennsylvania
A c a d e m y o f the Fine A r t s , the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e , the U n i v e r s i t y o f
I l l i n o i s , the W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t a n d the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y
of Design where he w o n the T h o m a s B. Clarke Prize i n 1951 a n d the Prize
for P a i n t i n g i n O i l i n 1961. H e was represented i n six C o r c o r a n Biennials i n
the 40's a n d 50's. A Guggenheim Fellowship was a w a r d e d to h i m i n 1941
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'to continue p a i n t i n g the life o f his native N e w Y o r k C i t y . " H e t a u g h t i n the
School for A r t Studies i n N e w Y o r k f r o m 1947 to 1948 a n d i n the College o f
the C i t y o f N e w Y o r k f r o m 1948 to 1954. Jackson's paintings are located i n
collections across the c o u n t r y , i n c l u d i n g those o f the M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m
o f A r t , the B u t l e r I n s t i t u t e o f A m e r i c a n A r t , Y o u n g s t o w n , O h i o , the
W a l k e r A r t Center, M i n n e a p o l i s , a n d the Los Angeles M u s e u m o f A r t . H e
kept his home a n d studio i n N e w Y o r k for m a n y years, b u t after a p e r i o d o f
p a i n t i n g i n Spain, he has settled i n W a t e r M i l l , N e w Y o r k , w h i c h w i l l be his
p e r m a n e n t address i n the U n i t e d States between f u r t h e r sojourns i n Spain.

F a l l Practice 1943
1 5 X 2 2 ; composition board
SIGNED, l . r . : JACKSON
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . The Nineteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings,
1945, p . 26, n o . 6 2 ; Sport in Art from American Collections Assembled for an Olympic Tear,
Sports I l l u s t r a t e d a n d the A m e r i c a n F e d e r a t i o n o f A r t s , N e w Y o r k , 1955, n . p . ,
no. 59, i l l . ; Sports in Art, G r a n d C e n t r a l A r t Galleries, N e w Y o r k , 1965, n . p . , n o . 18
P U R C H A S E : A n n a E. C l a r k F u n d , 1945 45.7

T h e scene depicts F o r d h a m f o o t b a l l players at p r a c t i c e w i t h the u n i v e r s i t y b u i l d i n g s

i n the b a c k g r o u n d .

Loren M a c l v e r (1909- )
L o r e n M a c l v e r was b o r n L o r e n N e w m a n i n N e w Y o r k o n F e b r u a r y 2,
1909. I n later years she adopted her mother's m a i d e n name for professional
use. Except for attendance d u r i n g a season o f weekend classes i n the A r t
Students League at the age o f ten, she has h a d no f o r m a l a r t t r a i n i n g . Paint-
i n g has always been her d r i v i n g interest, however, a n d after her m a r r i a g e to
the poet L l o y d Frankenberg i n 1929 she has pursued i t seriously. I n the 30's
she p a i n t e d i n N o r t h T r u r o o n Cape C o d as w e l l as i n N e w Y o r k , a n d f r o m
1936 to 1939 w o r k e d w i t h the Federal A r t Project o f the W P A . H e r first
p u b l i c recognition came at this t i m e w h e n her w o r k was h u n g i n g r o u p
exhibitions i n N e w Y o r k a n d the M u s e u m o f M o d e r n A r t purchased a p a i n t -
i n g for its collection. She held her first one-man e x h i b i t i o n i n N e w Y o r k i n
1938. A f t e r a year's sojourn i n K e y West, F l o r i d a (1939/40), she r e t u r n e d to
N e w Y o r k , a n d , d u r i n g the 40's, as her w o r k became k n o w n t h r o u g h further
one-man shows a n d p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n g r o u p exhibitions, she received lucrative
c o m m e r c i a l commissions - designing the l i g h t i n g a n d decor for four M u s e u m
of M o d e r n A r t Coffee Concerts i n 1941, i l l u s t r a t i n g for magazines, executing
greeting cards, posters, a n d m u r a l decoration for steamship lines. O n e - m a n
exhibitions have been h e l d i n the M . H . D e Y o u n g M e m o r i a l M u s e u m , San

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L o r e n M a c l v e r The Street

Francisco (1950), the Phillips Collection, W a s h i n g t o n (1951 a n d 1965),

the W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t (a retrospective i n 1953 w h i c h was
shown also i n Dallas, DesMoines a n d San Francisco), a n d the Corcoran
Gallery (1958). H e r w o r k was represented i n six Corcoran Biennials between
1947 d ; 6 3 , w i n n i n g i n 1958 the First W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d G o l d
a n IC

M e d a l o n the p a i n t i n g listed below. She received a F o r d F o u n d a t i o n G r a n t

i n i 9 6 0 , the F r a n k G. L o g a n M e d a l at the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e i n 1962, a n d
the U r b a n a Purchase Prize at the U n i v e r s i t y o f I l l i n o i s i n 1963. She was
elected m e m b e r o f the N a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d Letters i n 1959. Since
her first extended travels i n Europe i n 1948, Miss M a c l v e r has r e t u r n e d often
to France. H e r home a n d studio have r e m a i n e d for m a n y years i n Greenwich
Village, New York.

T h e Street 1956
24}x8i
S I G N E D , 1.1.: Maclver
R E F . : C . G . A . Twenty Fifth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings,
1957, p . 3 1 , n o . 153, i l l . ( F i r s t W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d G o l d M e d a l ) ; The American
Vision, A m e r i c a n F e d e r a t i o n o f A r t s , W i l d e n s t e i n , N e w Y o r k , 1957, n . p . , n o . 54, i l l . ;
Time, v o l . L X I X , n o . 3 ( J a n . 2 1 , 1957), P- 54> iU- ( c o l o r ) ; A . E l i o t , Three Hundred
m

Tears of American Painting, 1957, p p . 220 ff., i l l . ( i n c o l o r ) ; C . G . A . Loren Maclver

( C o n t e m p o r a r y A m e r i c a n A r t i s t s Series N o . 31), 1958, n . p . , n o . 17, i l l . ; Ameryka,
n r . 9, cena 5, 1959, p p . 3 2 - 3 , i l l . ( i n color)
P U R C H A S E : W i l l i a m A . C l a r k F u n d , 1957 57.7

W i l l i a m H o w a r d Galfee (1909- )
W i l l i a m H o w a r d Calfee was b o r n i n W a s h i n g t o n , D . C , o n F e b r u a r y 7,
1909. A t first interested p r i n c i p a l l y i n sculpture, he studied at the Ecole des
Beaux-Arts i n Paris u n d e r Paul L a n d o w s k i a n d at the C r a n b r o o k A c a d e m y
o f A r t i n B l o o m f i e l d H i l l s , M i c h i g a n , u n d e r C a r l M i l l e s . After teaching
briefly i n Tennessee i n 1935, he w o r k e d o n projects i n the Fine A r t s Section o f
the U n i t e d States Treasury D e p a r t m e n t (1936-1941) p a i n t i n g murals a n d
executing sculpture for p u b l i c buildings. I n spite o f a n exacting teaching
career - c h a i r m a n o f the D e p a r t m e n t o f Sculpture a n d P a i n t i n g at A m e r i c a n
U n i v e r s i t y f r o m 1945 to 1954 a n d still a d j u n c t professor o f sculpture there;
v i s i t i n g instructor i n m u r a l p a i n t i n g i n P o r t au Prince, H a i t i ; instructor o f
p a i n t i n g at H o o d College, Frederick, M a r y l a n d , a n d at the U n i v e r s i t y o f
California, Berkeley; teacher o f sculpture at the Phillips Collection, Wash-
i n g t o n , D . C - he has h a d a n active e x h i b i t i o n record, b o t h i n one-man
shows a n d p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n n a t i o n a l g r o u p exhibitions, i n c l u d i n g those o f the
Pennsylvania A c a d e m y o f the F i n e A r t s , the M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t ,
the W h i t n e y M u s e u m o f A m e r i c a n A r t a n d the C o r c o r a n Gallery. A n

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e x h i b i t i o n o f his sculpture was h e l d at the C o r c o r a n i n 1962. Calfee has
homes i n W a s h i n g t o n a n d i n Dorset, V e r m o n t .

Fates 1949
28 J X 4 6 ! ; t e m p e r a
C O L L . : p u r c h a s e d f r o m the artist
R E F . : An Exhibition of Paintings by William H. Calfee, T h e B a l t i m o r e M u s e u m o f A r t ,
1950, n . p . , n o . 13; " T h e S i x t h A n n u a l A r e a E x h i b i t i o n , " C . G . A . Bulletin, v o l . 5,
n o . 1 ( N o v . 1951), n . p . , n o . 34
P U R C H A S E : 6 t h A n n u a l A r e a E x h i b i t i o n Purchase F u n d , 1951 51.58

D a v i d Silvette (1909- )
D a v i d Silvette was b o r n i n P i t t s b u r g h , Pennsylvania, o n M a y 28, 1909. H e
studied w i t h his artist-father, Ellis M . Silvette, a n d w i t h Charles W . H a w -
thorne a n d Cecilia Beaux. H i s first p u b l i c recognition came w i t h the w i n n i n g
of the T h i r d W i l l i a m A . C l a r k Prize a n d Bronze M e d a l i n the Corcoran's
T h i r t e e n t h B i e n n i a l (1932/33) o n the p a i n t i n g listed below. H e w o r k e d w i t h
the W P A Federal A r t Project i n the late 30's a n d has since followed a career
of p o r t r a i t p a i n t i n g i n R i c h m o n d , V i r g i n i a . H i s w o r k is i n m a n y private
collections a n d i n p u b l i c collections such as the V a l e n t i n e M u s e u m , R i c h -
m o n d , the V i r g i n i a State C a p i t o l , Y a l e U n i v e r s i t y , the U n i v e r s i t y o f
V i r g i n i a , a n d the V i r g i n i a M i l i t a r y I n s t i t u t e . H e has l i v e d for m a n y years
in Richmond.

Thornton Nye of Wytheville 1931

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S I G N E D , l . r . : David Silvette/-1931
C O L L . : p u r c h a s e d f r o m the artist
R E F . : C . G . A . Thirteenth Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Dec. 1932-
J a n . 1933, p . 39, n o . 5 1 , i l l . ( T h i r d W i l l i a m A . C l a r k P r i z e a n d B r o n z e M e d a l ) ; Art
Digest, v o l . V I I , n o . 5 (Dec. 1, 1932), p . 3, i l l . ; Art and Archaeology, v o l . X X X I V ,
n o . 1 ( J a n . 1933), p p . 35 f., i l l . ; American Magazine of Art, v o l . X X V I , n o . 2 (Feb.
1933), p . 64, i l l . ; Creative Art, v o l . X I I , n o . 2 (Feb. 1933), p . 139, i l l .
P U R C H A S E : G a l l e r y F u n d , 1932 32.8
T h o r n t o n N y e o f W y t h e v i l l e , V i r g i n i a , was almost a d w a r f a n d his h e a d was so h u g e
t h a t he h a d to w a l k s l o w l y for fear o f o v e r - b a l a n c i n g . O n his d e a t h i n 1935 his b o d y
w e n t t o the Boston M e d i c a l I n s t i t u t e for scientific e x a m i n a t i o n .

W i l l i a m W a l t o n (1909- )
W i l l i a m W a l t o n was b o r n o n August 20, 1909 i n Jacksonville, I l l i n o i s . H e
graduated f r o m the U n i v e r s i t y o f Wisconsin School o f J o u r n a l i s m i n 1931
a n d subsequently w o r k e d as a staff w r i t e r for various newspapers a n d
magazines. As a w a r correspondent he served w i t h the U n i t e d States forces
i n E n g l a n d , N o r m a n d y a n d G e r m a n y a n d after the w a r continued to w o r k
for the press i n Paris, V i e n n a , Prague a n d other E u r o p e a n capitals. I t was
not u n t i l 1949 t h a t W a l t o n t u r n e d f r o m w r i t i n g to p a i n t i n g w h i c h he h a d
practiced sporadically t h r o u g h o u t his j o u r n a l i s t i c career. H i s t o t a l f o r m a l a r t
t r a i n i n g has consisted o f a year i n a college a r t course a n d a m o n t h o f
criticism w i t h K a r l K n a t h s i n 1950. H e held his first one-man e x h i b i t i o n i n
the Corcoran i n 1952 a n d has since shown i n W a s h i n g t o n a n d N e w Y o r k a n d
i n a n u m b e r o f n a t i o n a l g r o u p exhibitions i n c l u d i n g three C o r c o r a n Bien-
nials. H i s w o r k is represented i n p u b l i c a n d p r i v a t e collections such as the

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Fogg A r t M u s e u m a n d the Phillips Collection i n W a s h i n g t o n . H e was a
m e m b e r o f President Kennedy's C o u n c i l o n Pennsylvania Avenue i n 1962
and was a p p o i n t e d C h a i r m a n o f the U n i t e d States Commission o f Fine A r t s
i n 1963. H e resides i n W a s h i n g t o n .

Eclipse 1964
5 8 x 5 8 ; polymer on cotton duck
S I G N E D , l . r . : Walton; o n b a c k , t.c. o f stretcher: Eclipse Walton 1964
C O L L . : the artist
G I F T : A n o n y m o u s , 1965 65.23

R i c h a r d W . Dempsey (1909- )
R i c h a r d W . Dempsey was b o r n i n O g d e n , U t a h , o n September 14, 1909.
His y o u t h was spent i n O a k l a n d , C a l i f o r n i a , where he attended the Sacra-
m e n t o J u n i o r College (1929-1931), the C a l i f o r n i a School o f A r t s a n d Crafts
(1932-1934) a n d the Students A r t Center (1935-1940). H e h e l d his first
one-man show i n O a k l a n d i n 1935, followed b y three i n San Francisco before
he left for W a s h i n g t o n , D . C , i n 1941 to take a position as d r a u g h t s m a n w i t h
the Federal Power Commission. H e has since carried o n a double career:
t h a t o f a n i n d e p e n d a n t creative artist c o m b i n e d w i t h a n active career as a
c o m m e r c i a l artist. H e has served as chief o f the Graphics B r a n c h o f the
General Services A d m i n i s t r a t i o n a n d continues w i t h the same agency as
V i s u a l I n f o r m a t i o n Specialist. H e has e x h i b i t e d w i d e l y i n b o t h one-man a n d
g r o u p exhibitions i n the U n i t e d States a n d i n H a i t i , J a m a i c a , South A m e r i c a
and South A f r i c a , w i n n i n g such honors as a m e d a l i n the G o l d e n Gate
Exposition at San Francisco i n 1940, a J u l i u s Rosenwald Fellowship for a
series o f paintings o f outstanding A m e r i c a n Negroes i n 1946, a n i n v i t a t i o n
f r o m the G o v e r n m e n t o f H a i t i to visit a n d p a i n t i n H a i t i i n 1951, a Purchase
A w a r d at the A t l a n t a U n i v e r s i t y G a l l e r y o f A r t , Georgia, i n 1951, a n d a
Purchase A w a r d i n the C o r c o r a n Gallery's T e n t h A n n u a l A r e a E x h i b i t i o n
i n 1959 (see p a i n t i n g listed b e l o w ) . A retrospective e x h i b i t i o n o f fifty-six oils
and watercolors was h e l d at H o w a r d U n i v e r s i t y , W a s h i n g t o n , i n 1968.
Dempsey maintains his home a n d studio i n T a k o m a Park, M a r y l a n d .

L a n d s E n d 1959
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S I G N E D , 1.1.: dempsey
C O L L . : purchased f r o m the a r t i s t
R E F . : " T h e Fourteenth A n n u a l Area E x h i b i t i o n of W o r k by Artists of Washington &
V i c i n i t y , " C . G . A . Bulletin, v o l . 11, n o . 1 ( N o v . 1959), n . p . , n o . 2 2
P U R C H A S E : 14th A n n u a l A r e a E x h i b i t i o n Purchase F u n d , 1959 59-58

T h i s was p a i n t e d w h i l e D e m p s e y was v a c a t i o n i n g o n C a p e C o d , a f a v o r i t e area for

his s u m m e r holidays.

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 Jacob K a i n e n (1909- )
Jacob K a i n e n was b o r n i n W a t e r b u r y , Connecticut, o n December 7, 1909.
H e studied at the A r t Students League w i t h K i m o n Nicolaides a n d a t the
N e w Y o r k School o f I n d u s t r i a l A r t before g r a d u a t i n g f r o m the P r a t t I n s t i t u t e
School o f A r t i n 1930. H e attended the N e w Y o r k U n i v e r s i t y School o f
A r c h i t e c t u r e f r o m 1936 to 1938 a n d George W a s h i n g t o n U n i v e r s i t y f r o m
1944 to 1946. H e was a w a r d e d the A m e r i c a n Philosophical Society G r a n t i n
1955 for study i n Europe. K a i n e n began his career i n the G r a p h i c D i v i s i o n
o f the W P A i n N e w Y o r k a n d has since w o n wide-spread recognition i n the
field o f graphics as w e l l as p a i n t i n g . H e has e x h i b i t e d i n the Carnegie
I n s t i t u t e , the Chicago A r t I n s t i t u t e , the D e t r o i t I n s t i t u t e o f A r t s a n d the
M e t r o p o l i t a n M u s e u m o f A r t , a m o n g m a n y other institutions. H i s prints
have been shown i n government sponsored exhibitions i n I t a l y , a n d his
paintings were s i m i l a r l y circulated t h r o u g h o u t L a t i n A m e r i c a i n 1961/62 as
p a r t o f a c o n t e m p o r a r y A m e r i c a n p a i n t i n g e x h i b i t i o n . T h e C o r c o r a n Gallery
has h e l d three exhibitions o f his w o r k : etchings a n d lithographs i n 1949; a
g r o u p o f his works i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h three W a s h i n g t o n artists i n 1956; a n d
seventeen o f his oils i n 1963. H e was o n the staff o f the Smithsonian I n s t i t u -
t i o n for m a n y years, serving as C u r a t o r o f the D i v i s i o n o f G r a p h i c A r t s
f r o m 1946 to 1966 a n d as C u r a t o r o f the D e p a r t m e n t o f Prints a n d D r a w i n g s
i n the N a t i o n a l Collection o f Fine A r t s f r o m 1966 to 1969. H e still acts as
Special Consultant to the collection. I n 1970 a n d 1971 he t a u g h t at the
U n i v e r s i t y o f M a r y l a n d . H e was f o r m e r l y a member o f the E d i t o r i a l B o a r d
o f the Smithsonian Journal of History a n d since 1950 has a u t h o r e d a n u m b e r o f
publications, the most recent being The Etchings of Canaletto (1967). K a i n e n
keeps his home a n d studio i n W a s h i n g t o n .

Here and Now 1958

28 X 36
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C O L L . : purchased f r o m t h e a r t i s t
R E F . : " T h e T h i r t e e n t h A n n u a l Area E x h i b i t i o n o f W o r k b y Artists o f Washington &
V i c i n i t y , " C . G . A . Bulletin, v o l . 10, n o . 2 ( N o v . 1958), n . p . , n o . 4 2 , i l l .
P U R C H A S E : 13th A n n u a l A r e a E x h i b i t i o n Purchase F u n d , 1958 58.21

Mother and Children 1965

43i><55
SIGNED, u.r.: Kainen
COLL. : purchased f r o m t h e a r t i s t
REF.: C . G . A . The Seventeenth Area Exhibition: Artists of Washington and the Adjacent
Area, 1965, n . p . , n o . 22 ( T h e A n n a H y a t t H u n t i n g t o n Prize)
J a c o b K a i n e n Mother and Children GIFT: T h e F r i e n d s o f the C o r c o r a n , 1966 66.2

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 Index o f Paintings and Artists
* indicates illustration

Abbey, Edwin Austin, 7 Book of Verse, A, A l l e n T u c k e r , 6 8 *

Abstraction No. 4a, G. S. Price, 9 4 * B o r i e , A d o l p h e , 98
A c h e s o n , A l i c e Stanley, 149 Brass Kettle, The, D i n e s Carlsen, 166
Adirondacks, R o c k w e l l K e n t , 115* B r o o k , A l e x a n d e r , 157
Adirondack Winter, J a m e s N . R o s e n b e r g , B r u c e , E d w a r d , 104
95 B r u c e , P a t r i c k H e n r y , 108
After Lunch, M a u r i c e Sterne, 102* B r u s h , George de Forest, 21
A l b e r s , Josef, 128 Budding Oak, The, W i l l a r d L e r o y
A l b r i g h t , M a l v i n M a r r (see Zsissly) Metcalf, 34*
Charles Sheeler and Nina Allender, M o r t o n Building by the Water, P a u l W a y l a n d
L i v i n g s t o n S c h a m b e r g , 108 B a r t l e t t , 64
A n s h u t z , T h o m a s Pollock, 2 B u n d y , J o h n E l w o o d , 16
Apollo and Daphne, J o h n Singer Sargent, B u r r o u g h s , B r y s o n , 76
28
Apples and Roses, H e n r y B a i n b r i d g e Calfee, W i l l i a m H o w a r d , 194
M c C a r t e r , 63
Camellias, A d o l p h e B o r i e , 98
April Landscape, D a n i e l G a r b e r , 106
C a n d e l l , V i c t o r , 173
A r c h e r , E d m u n d M i n o r , 176
Canton Street, F r e d e r i c C l a y B a r t l e t t , 89
Artist and His Family, The, J o h n
Cape Porpoise, C h a u n c e y Foster R y d e r ,
Christen Johansen, 97*
75
Artist's Mother and Father, The, I r v i n g
Ramsay Wiles, 48* Carlotta, R i c h a r d L a h e y , 141*

At Ticino's, George B i d d l e , 122* C a r l s e n , D i n e s , 165

Autumn, J u l i a n A l d e n W e i r , 9 * C a r l s e n , E m i l , 14

A v e r y , M i l t o n , 139 C a r l s o n , J o h n F a b i a n , 95
Cascade Falls, J a m e s N . R o s e n b e r g , 94

Peggy Bacon, A l e x a n d e r B r o o k , 158* Cathedral, The, M i m i D u B o i s B o l t o n ,

Baker, S a m u e l B u r t i s , 112 171

Banana Tree, E . A m b r o s e W e b s t e r , 77 Chair, The, R o b e r t F r a n k l i n Gates, 184

B a r n a r d , E d w a r d H e r b e r t , 18 Chase, H a r r y , 11

B a r t l e t t , F r e d e r i c C l a y , 88 Children in Tree, A n t o n Refregier, 177

B a r t l e t t , P a u l W a y l a n d , 64 Choir Practice, L a u r e n F o r d , 131

Beach, P a u l W a y l a n d B a r t l e t t , 64 Chrysanthemums I I , N a n W a t s o n , 98

Beaux, C e c i l i a , 57 C i k o v s k y , N i c o l a i , 146
Circumnavigation of the Sphering of the
Before Sunrise, A r t h u r B o w e n Davies, 51
Poles, The, I . R i c e P e r e i r a , 186*
Bellows, George Wesley, 109
City by the Sea, P a u l W a y l a n d B a r t l e t t ,
Benson, F r a n k W e s t o n , 56 64
Berlin Abstraction, M a r s d e n H a r t l e y , 9 9 * Cityscape, P a u l W a y l a n d B a r t l e t t , 64
Betts, L o u i s , 89 Cliff, The, P a u l W a y l a n d B a r t l e t t , 64
B i d d l e , George, 120 Cliffs, P a u l W a y l a n d B a r t l e t t , 64
Birthday, The, W a l t e r T a n d y M u r c h , Cliff Shadows, W a l t e r E l m e r Schofield,
188* 72
Bishop, Isabel, 168 Coastal Village, P a u l W a y l a n d B a r t l e t t ,
Black Ice on Calabaugh Pond, George 64
B i d d l e , 121 Composition with Forms of the Head, E a r l
Boathouse, Winter, Harlem River, Ernest K e r k a m , 132*
Lawson, 88* Convoy, George P i c k e n , 159*
Boats in Harbor, T h e o d o r e R o b i n s o n , 7 C o n w a y , F r e d , 163
B o h r o d , A a r o n , 189 Corner of a Room, H e n r y Lee M c F e e ,
Bolton, M i m i DuBois, 171 125*

199
Cornish Landscape, Charles A d a m s P i a t t , Fishing Boats, P a u l W a y l a n d B a r t l e t t , 64
4 6 Flood, B r o r J u l i u s Olsson N o r d f e l d t , 101
Cottage on the Creek, P a u l W a y l a n d Flowers in Luster Vase, M a r j o r i e A c k e r
B a r t l e t t , 64 P h i l l i p s , 145
Counterpoint, M a r j o r i e A c k e r P h i l l i p s , Flying Shadows, K e n y o n C o x , 2 3 *
145*
Foliage, M a r j o r e e D e o , 188
Cove, Maligne Lake, A l i c e Stanley
A c h e s o n , 149 Folinsbee, J o h n F u l t o n , 137

Cows in Pasture, Y a s u o K u n i y o s h i , 143* F o r d , L a u r e n , 131

C o x , K e n y o n , 22 Forest, P a u l W a y l a n d B a r t l e t t , 64

Creation, U m b e r to R o m a n o , 182 Forest Theme, V i c t o r C a n d e l l , 173

Creek, The, H o b a r t N i c h o l s , 78 Forms, P a t r i c k H e n r y Bruce, 109*

Forty-two Kids, George Wesley Bellows,
109*
Dahlias and Asters, Charles Sheeler, 117*
Foster, B e n , 11
D a v e y , R a n d a l l , 126
Frankincense, A r t h u r B o w e n Davies, 51
Davies, A r t h u r B o w e n , 50
Fries, Charles A r t h u r , 18
D a v i s , Charles H a r o l d , 28
Frieseke, F r e d e r i c k C a r l , 91
Dawn, ( R i c h a r d ) H a y l e y L e v e r , 96
Fruit Bowl, H a r o l d W e s t o n , 144
Dawn Over Pacific, Del Mar, California,
L o u i s M i c h e l Eilshemius, 6 2 *
D e a r t h , H e n r y G o l d e n , 60 Galley is Leaving, A, Charles W a l t e r
Stetson, 32
D e C a m p , J o s e p h R o d e f e r , 32
G a r b e r , D a n i e l , 106
Deer Island, Maine, Zsissly, 151*
Gates, R o b e r t F r a n k l i n , 184
Demeter and Persephone, B r y s o n
B u r r o u g h s , 76 G a u l , W i l l i a m G i l b e r t , 19

D e m p s e y , R i c h a r d W . , 196 G a y , W a l t e r , 29

D e o , M a r j o r e e , 188 Girl in Brown, J a m e s Jebusa S h a n n o n ,

50
Dewing, Thomas Wilmer, 3
Girl on a High Chair
D i c k i n s o n , E d w i n W a l t e r , 133
M i l t o n A v e r y , 140*
D i c k i n s o n , S i d n e y E d w a r d , 131 Girl with Red Hair, A l f r e d H e n r y
D i l l e r , B u r g o y n e , 180 M a u r e r , 75
Disagreement, L o u i s Charles M o e l l e r , Giverny Landscape, F r e d e r i c k C a r l
21* Frieseke, 92
D o u g h e r t y , P a u l , 100 Glackens, W i l l i a m J a m e s , 81
D o v e , A r t h u r G a r f i e l d , 105 Charles C. Glover, E d m u n d Charles
Dressing Room, F r e d e r i c k C a r l Frieseke, T a r b e l l , 55
92 Golden Blaze, H a n s H o f m a n n , 107*
Dutch Landscape, George H i t c h c o c k , 1 G o t t l i e b , A d o l p h , 171
Grabach, J o h n R., 125
Early Morning, J o h n N o b l e , 9 0 * General Ulysses S. Grant, A d o l f o
Eclipse, W i l l i a m W a l t o n , 196 M u l l e r - U r y , 63
Eilshemius, L o u i s M i c h e l , 61 Gray Thaw, J o h n F u l t o n Folinsbee, 137
Eisenhower, D w i g h t D a v i d , 130 Great Mother, The, A r t h u r B o w e n
Davies, 51 *
E v e r g o o d , P h i l i p , 166
Greene, Balcomb, 175
Fall Practice, Lee J a c k s o n , 193 G r i f f i n , W a l t e r , 46

Family Portrait, P e p p i n o M a n g r a v i t e , G r o l l , A l b e r t L o r e y , 68
150* Ground Swell, E d w a r d H o p p e r , 113*
Fantasy, H e n r y G o l d e n D e a r t h , 60 Group of Friends, R o b e r t Lee
Fates, W i l l i a m H o w a r d Calfee, 195 M a c C a m e r o n , 67
Fields and Pastures, E d w a r d H e r b e r t
B a r n a r d , 19 H a i n e s , R i c h a r d , 185
Figures on the Beach, P a u l W a y l a n d H a l l o w e l l , George H a w l e y , 83
B a r t l e t t , 64 Terae Hara, George B i d d l e , 120
Finger on the Drum, A, K a y Sage, 156* Harbor, The, P a u l W a y l a n d B a r t l e t t , 64
First Theme, B u r g o y n e D i l l e r , 182* Harbor of New Tork, The, H a r r y Chase,
Fisherman s Daughter, The, Charles
9
12
Webster H a w t h o r n e , 86* Harbor Scene, P a u l W a y l a n d B a r t l e t t , 64

2 0 0
Harbor Scene, ( R i c h a r d ) H a y l e y L e v e r , Landlady, The, Jessalee B l a n e S i c k m a n ,
96* 178
H a r t l e y , M a r s d e n , 99 Landscape, J o h n Francis M u r p h y , 14
H a s s a m , C h i l d e , 37 Landscape, J o h n Francis M u r p h y , 14
H a w t h o r n e , Charles W e b s t e r , 86 Landscape, J a m e s N . R o s e n b e r g , 95
H e l i k e r , J o h n E d w a r d , 191 Landscape, Charles Sheeler, 118
H e n r i , R o b e r t , 64 Landscape with Figures, M a u r i c e B r a z i l
Prendergast, 3 7 *
Here and Now, J a c o b K a i n e n , 197
Lands End, R i c h a r d W . Dempsey, 196
Hill to Hill, A r t h u r B o w e n Davies, 51
Lane in Winter, S i d n e y L a u f m a n , 137
H i r s c h , Stefan, 159
L a u f m a n , Sidney, 136
H i t c h c o c k , George, 1
L a w s o n , Ernest, 87
H o f m a n n , H a n s , 107
Layette, The, T h e o d o r e R o b i n s o n , 4 *
Homage to the Square: " Yes", Josef A l b e r s ,
128* L e b r u n , R i c o , 164
H o p p e r , E d w a r d , 112 Letter, The, P h i l i p E v e r g o o d , 168
Housatonic in Winter, The, H o b a r t Letter, The, G a r i M e l c h e r s , 41
N i c h o l s , 78 L e v e r , ( R i c h a r d ) H a y l e y , 96
House Maid, The, W i l l i a m M c G r e g o r L e v i n s o n , A . F., 115
Paxton, 78* L i e , J o n a s , 104
Life on the East Side, J e r o m e M y e r s , 71 *
Indian Composition, George L . K . M o r r i s , Lily Pond, P a u l W a y l a n d B a r t l e t t , 64
180*
L i n t o n , F r a n k B e n t o n A s h l e y , 83
Indian Girl in White Ceremonial Blanket,
Robert H e n r i , 66* L o c k e , Charles W h e e l e r , 160
Low Tide, H e r m a n M a r i l , 191
Interior with Figure, S a m u e l B u r t i s
Baker, 112 L u k s , George B e n j a m i n , 68
In the Land of Promise — Castle Garden, Luxembourg Gardens, W i l l i a m James
Charles F r e d e r i c U l r i c h , 3 1 * Glackens, 8 2 *
I s e n b u r g e r , E r i c , 170
M a c C a m e r o n , R o b e r t Lee, 67
J a c k s o n , Lee, 193 M a c l v e r , L o r e n , 193
J o h a n s e n , J o h n C h r i s t e n , 96 M a n g r a v i t e , P e p p i n o , 150
John G. Johnson, L e o p o l d G o u l d Manitou VI, L u d w i g Sander, 183*
Seyffert, 126 M a r i l , H e r m a n , 191
Jones, L o i s M a i l o u , 178 M a r s h , R e g i n a l d , 153
Josephine and Mercie, E d m u n d Charles Match-Me-If-You-Can, E. Ambrose
Tarbell, 54*
W e b s t e r , 77*
Josephine Knitting, E d m u n d Charles
Maternity, G a r i Melchers, 43*
Tarbell, 54*
M a t t s o n , H e n r y Elis, 127
M a u r e r , A l f r e d H e n r y , 72
K a h n , M a x , 176 s
May Night, W i l l a r d L e r o y M e t c a l f , 34*
K a i n e n , J a c o b , 197
M c C a r t e r , H e n r y B a i n b r i d g e , 63
K a r f i o l , B e r n a r d , 122
M c F e e , H e n r y Lee, 123
Kent, Rockwell, 114
M c L a u g h l i n , J o h n , 155
K e p e s , G y o r g y , 183
Meditation, L o u i s M i c h e l Eilshemius,
K e r k a m , E a r l , 132
61*
Kitty, A b r a m Poole, 111
M e l c h e r s , G a r i , 40
K n a t h s , K a r l , 135
M e r y m a n , R i c h a r d S., 111
Lucy Krohg, Jules Pascin, 120*
M e t c a l f , W i l l a r d L e r o y , 33
K u n i y o s h i , Y a s u o , 142
Mill in Winter, The, E d w a r d W i l l i s
R e d f i e l d , 80
Lady with a Mask, T h o m a s W i l m e r Mimosa Tree, W a l t e r G r i f f i n , 46
Dewing, 3*
C. Powell Minnigerode, J o h n C h r i s t e n
L a h e y , R i c h a r d , 140
J o h a n s e n , 97
Land and the Sea, The, P a u l D o u g h e r t y ,
100 M o e l l e r , L o u i s Charles, 20
M o f f e t t , Ross E . , 129

201
Monadnock, Charles H e r b e r t W o o d b u r y , Edmund Burke Osborne, Charles W e b s t e r
61 H a w t h o r n e , 86
Moonlight on a Calm Sea, E m i l Carlsen, Overlooking the Valley, E d w a r d W i l l i s
15* R e d f i e l d , 80
Morning Haze, J o h n F a b i a n C a r l s o n , 95 Oyster Gatherers of Cancale, The, J o h n
M o r r i s , George L . K . , 179 Singer Sargent, 2 4 *

M o s e r , J a m e s H e n r y , 17
Mother and Child, George de Forest Paddock No. 1, R a n d a l l D a v e y , 127
B r u s h , 21 * Madame Edouard Pailleron, J o h n Singer
Mother and Children, J a c o b K a i n e n , 197* Sargent, 2 6 *

Mother Reading, George de Forest B r u s h , Parapluie de ma Tante, La, Prentiss

22 T a y l o r , 190

Mulberry and Brown, M a r k R o t h k o , 175* James Parmelee, G a r i M e l c h e r s , 44

M u l l e r - U r y , A d o l f o , 63 Pascin, Jules, 119

M u r c h , W a l t e r T a n d y , 187 Path by the River, J o h n E l w o o d B u n d y ,

16
M u r p h y , J o h n Francis, 13
P a x t o n , W i l l i a m M c G r e g o r , 77
My Daughter, F r a n k W e s t o n Benson,
Peace, F r e d e r i c k C a r l Frieseke, 9 2 *
57*
My Wife, A l e x a n d e r B r o o k (see Peggy Penelope, G a r i M e l c h e r s , 4 1 *
Bacon) Pereira, I . R i c e , 185
M y e r s , J e r o m e , 70 Pet Bird, The, J u l i a n A l d e n W e i r , 10
Myself, L e o p o l d G o u l d Seyffert, 126 Edith Pettit, A d o l p h e B o r i e , 9 8 *
P h i l i p p , R o b e r t , 148
Nature Fabric, G y o r g y Kepes, 184* P h i l l i p s , M a r j o r i e A c k e r , 145
Net Menders, K a r l K n a t h s , 136* P i c k e n , George, 158
New Mexico, L o u i s M i c h e l Eilshemius, Picking Cotton, W i l l i a m G i l b e r t G a u l ,
62 20*
New York Window, The, C h i l d e H a s s a m , Picking Poppies, R o b e r t W i l l i a m
40* V o n n o h , 36
N i c h o l s , H o b a r t , 78 P i c k n e l l , W i l l i a m L a m b , 16
Night Attack, Charles G r e e n S h a w , 138* Picturefrom Thibet, The, E m i l Carlsen,
Night Figures, R i c o L e b r u n , 165* 16

No. /<9,John M c L a u g h l i n , 155* Pile Driver and Docks, P a u l W a y l a n d

Bartlett, 64*
N o b l e , J o h n , 89
Pink Tablecloth, N i c h o l a s Vasilieff, 139
No-Man's Land, Arizona, A l b e r t L o r e y
G r o l l , 68 P i t t m a n , H o b s o n , 163

N o r d f e l d t , B r o r J u l i u s Olsson, 100 P i a t t , Charles A d a m s , 45

Northeast Headlands - New England Pompton Plains, New Jersey, J u l i a n

Coast, C h i l d e H a s s a m , 3 9 * Walbridge Rix, 1

Notre Dame de Paris, R o b e r t W i l l i a m Pont Louis Philippe, Paris, L o i s M a i l o u

V o n n o h , 36* Jones, 179
November Autumn, A l l e n T u c k e r , 68 Poole, A b r a m , 111
Nude, R o b e r t P h i l i p p , 149 Portrait of the Artist, Sidney E d w a r d
D i c k i n s o n , 131
Portrait of Miss de L . , J u l i a n A l d e n
Obweebetuck, J u l i a n A l d e n W e i r , 9 W e i r , 10*
Jeremiah O'Connor, R i c h a r d S. Portrait of Mrs. V., N i c h o l a s Vasilieff,
M e r y m a n , 111
139
Old House at Easthampton, Childe Bessie Potter, R o b e r t W i l l i a m V o n n o h ,
H a s s a m , 40
36
Old Sea Captain, R a n d a l l D a v e y , 127
Prendergast, M a u r i c e B r a z i l , 37
On the French Coast, P a u l W a y l a n d
Price, C. S., 93
B a r t l e t t , 64
Prodigal Son, R i c h a r d H a i n e s , 185
On the Ohio, T h o m a s Pollock A n s h u t z ,
Provincetown Wharf, Ross E . M o f f e t t ,
129
Open Sea, The, F r e d e r i c k J u d d W a u g h ,
48
Railway Yards - Winter Evening, Charles
Open Window, The, F r a n k W e s t o n
Benson, 57 R e i f f e l , 55

202
Red Boat, The, R o b e r t Spencer, 103* Simplon Pass, J o h n Singer Sargent, 28
R e d f i e l d , E d w a r d W i l l i s , 79 Sita and Sarita, C e c i l i a Beaux, 5 9 *
Red House and Barn, H e n r y B a i n b r i d g e Sloan, J o h n , 84
M c C a r t e r , 63 John Sloan, R o b e r t H e n r i , 6 6 *
Refregier, A n t o n , 177 Small Burst, A d o l p h G o t t l i e b , 173*
R e i f f e l , Charles, 55 Smithy, The, G a r i M e l c h e r s , 42
Resting Burros, Stefan H i r s c h , 160 Smoke Hounds, R e g i n a l d M a r s h , 153*
River Landscape, W i l l a r d L e r o y M e t c a l f , South Room - Green Street, D a n i e l G a r b e r ,
34 107*
Sara Rivers, Eugene Speicher, 116* Soyer, R a p h a e l , 160
Rix, Julian Walbridge, 1 Speicher, Eugene, 116
Road to Center Bridge, The, E d w a r d Spencer, R o b e r t , 103
Willis Redfield, 8 1 * Spring Landscape, E d w a r d W i l l i s
Road to Concarneau, The, W i l l i a m L a m b R e d f i e l d , 81
P i c k n e l l , 17* Spring Landscape, J o h n H e n r y
Road to Lumberville, E d w a r d W i l l i s T w a c h t m a n , 12
R e d f i e l d , 80 Spring Melody, N i c o l a i Cikovsky, 146*
Robinson, Theodore, 4 Stars and Dews and Dreams of Night,
Rocks, H e n r y Elis M a t t s o n , 128* A r t h u r B o w e n D a vies, 51 *
R o c k w e l l , N o r m a n , 143 Sterne, M a u r i c e , 101
R o m a n o , U m b e r t o , 182 Stetson, Charles W a l t e r , 31
Romantic Figure, E r i c Isenburger, 170 Still Life, F r a n k W e s t o n Benson, 57
Rosenberg, James N , 94 Still Life, E d m u n d Charles T a r b e l l , 55
R o t h k o , M a r k , 174 Still Life with Microscope, E d w i n W a l t e r
D i c k i n s o n , 135*
Runaway Train, N o r m a n R o c k w e l l , 143
R y d e r , C h a u n c e y Foster, 75 Storm, The, Jonas L i e , 105
Street, The, L o r e n M a c l v e r , 194*
Student, The, I r v i n g R a m s a y W i l e s , 49
Sage, K a y , 155
Study for Third Paragraph, K a y Sage, 156
Sails on the Bay, P a u l W a y l a n d B a r t l e t t ,
64 Study of Two Trees, W a l t e r G r i f f i n , 46
St. Fere, E d w a r d B r u c e , 104* Sub-Zero, H o b a r t N i c h o l s , 7 8 *
Salon in the Musee Jacquemart-Andre, Summer, B e r n a r d K a r f i o l , 123*
Walter Gay, 29* Summer Fragrance, F r a n k l i n C h e n a u l t
Sander, L u d w i g , 182 W a t k i n s , 148*
Helene Sardeau, George B i d d l e , 121* Summer Pastoral, Charles H a r o l d D a v i s ,
28
Sargent, J o h n Singer, 24
Summer Sky, P a u l W a y l a n d B a r t l e t t , 64
Sawyer, W e l l s Moses, 59
Sunny Side of the Street, P h i l i p E v e r g o o d ,
S c h a m b e r g , M o r t o n L i v i n g s t o n , 108
166*
Schofield, W a l t e r E l m e r , 72
Sunset in the Litchfield Hills, B e n Foster,
Seascape, P a u l W a y l a n d B a r t l e t t , 6 4 11
Seamstress, The, Joseph Rodefer D e Sylvia, E d w i n A u s t i n A b b e y , 8 *
Camp, 32*
Symons, George G a r d n e r , 4 4
Seated Nude, R o b e r t H e n r i , 66
Self Portrait, R o b e r t W i l l i a m V o n n o h ,
36* T a r b e l l , E d m u n d Charles, 53
T a y l o r , Prentiss, 190
Self Portrait, E u g e n Weisz, 130
Third Avenue El, Charles W h e e l e r
Seyffert, L e o p o l d G o u l d , 125
L o c k e , 160
S h a n n o n , James Jebusa, 50
Thornton Nye of Wytheville, David
Shaw, Charles G r e e n , 137 Silvette, 195
Sheeler, Charles, 117 Three Nudes in Woods, L o u i s M i c h e l
Charles Sheeler and Nina Allender, M o r t o n Eilshemius, 62
L i v i n g s t o n S c h a m b e r g , 108 Tirca, M i l t o n A v e r y , 140
S i c k m a n , Jessalee Blane, 178 Too Late, Charles A r t h u r Fries, 18
Silver Grey - Misty Autumn View, R o b e r t Trees, P a u l W a y l a n d B a r t l e t t , 64
W i l l i a m V o n n o h , 36
Trial of Queen Katharine, The, E d w i n
Silvette, D a v i d , 195 Austin Abbey, 7

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T u c k e r , A l l e n , 67 Window, The, B a l c o m b Greene, 175
T w a c h t m a n , J o h n H e n r y , 12 Winter at Snug Rock, W e l l s Moses
Sawyer, 60
Two Girls Bathing, L o u i s M i c h e l
Eilshemius, 62 Winter Landscape, R o b e r t W i l l i a m
V o n n o h , 36
Two Girls Outdoors, Isabel Bishop, 170*
Wissatoquoik River Drive, George
Two Heads, A l f r e d H e n r y M a u r e r , 75*
H a w l e y H a l l o w e l l , 83
Witchery, F r e d C o n w a y , 164
U l r i c h , Charles F r e d e r i c , 30
Woman ofFinistere, A b e l George
Umbrella Mender, James H e n r y M o s e r , W a r s h a w s k y , 117
18*
Woman with a Veil, T h e o d o r e R o b i n s o n ,
Umbrian Mountains, The, A r t h u r B o w e n
4*
Davies, 5 3 *
Woman with Black Cat, George B e n j a m i n
U.S.A., A r t h u r G a r f i e l d D o v e , 106* Luks, 70*
W o o d b u r y , Charles H e r b e r t , 60
Valley of the Seinefrom Giverny Heights, Woods and Pasture, P a u l W a y l a n d
T h e o d o r e R o b i n s o n , 6* B a r t l e t t , 64
Vasilieff, N i c h o l a s , 139 Woods in Winter, J o h n F a b i a n Carlson,
Veiled Bouquet, H o b s o n P i t t m a n , 163* 95
Vermont Farm, J o h n E d w a r d H e l i k e r , Woodstock Snow Landscape, A . F .
192* L e v i n s o n , 115*
Villa St. Pierre in Marnes-La-Coquette,
D w i g h t D a v i d Eisenhower, 130 Yeats at Petitpas, J o h n Sloan, 8 4 *
V o n n o h , R o b e r t W i l l i a m , 35 Yoke of Oxen, George B i d d l e , 121
Young Woman in Kimono, A l f r e d H e n r y
Waiting for the Audition, R a p h a e l M a u r e r , 74*
Soyer, 162* Yvonne, L o u i s Betts, 89
Waiting for the Departure, E d m u n d
M i n o r A r c h e r , 176
Zsissly ( M a l v i n M a r r A l b r i g h t ) , 151
Waiting Room, R a p h a e l Soyer, 162*
Edward C.Walker, G a r i M e l c h e r s , 41
W a l t o n , W i l l i a m , 195
W a r s h a w s k y , A b e l George, 116
Waterfall, The, J o h n H e n r y
T w a c h t m a n , 12*
Waterfront - New York, J o h n R .
Grabach,125
Watkins, F r a n k l i n Chenault, 147
W a t s o n , N a n , 97
W a u g h , F r e d e r i c k J u d d , 47
W e b s t e r , E . A m b r o s e , 76
We Gather Together, M a x K a h n , 177
Weir, Julian Alden, 9
Weisz, E u g e n , 129
Western Industrial, Charles Sheeler,
118*
W e s t o n , H a r o l d , 144
Where Long Shadows Lie, George
G a r d n e r Symons, 4 5 *
Mrs. Henry White, J o h n Singer Sargent,
26*
White Jug, The, E m i l Carlsen, 15
Wild Weather, F r e d e r i c k J u d d W a u g h ,
47*
W i l e s , I r v i n g R a m s a y , 48
Mabel Linton Williams, F r a n k B e n t o n
A s h l e y L i n t o n , 83
Wilmington Evening, A a r o n B o h r o d ,
189*

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The Board of Trustees of The Corcoran Gallery of A r t 1973

Mrs. Philip A m r a m
James Biddle
Frederick M . Bradley
M r s . J . Garter B r o w n
Chester C a r t e r
R o b e r t B. E i c h h o l z
D a v i d E. Finley
L e e M . Folger
Charles C. G l o v e r , J r . , E m e r i t u s
Gordon Gray, Emeritus
John H . Hall, Jr.
George E . H a m i l t o n , J r . , President
H u g h N . Jacobsen
Freeborn G. Jewett, Jr.
M r s . Graeme K o r f f
D a v i d L l o y d Kreeger
Mrs. John A. Logan
M r s . W a l t e r S. Salant
B. Francis Saul, I I
A d o l p h J . Slaughter
Corcoran Thorn, Jr.
Mrs. Wynant Vanderpool, Jr.
Mrs. Brainard H . Warner, I I I
J . Burke Wilkinson
Stanley W o o d w a r d

Niles W . B o n d , Secretary
R o b e r t L . Walsh, J r . , Treasurer
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