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Art Museum News and NotesAuthor(s): Burt WassermanSource: Art Education, Vol. 16, No. 2, Symposium on the Conference Theme: Vision in Art inPeople to People (Feb., 1963), pp. 23-25Published by: National Art Education AssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3190382 .

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BURT WASSERMAN

art museum news and notes

A Look Back in Recent History If a show ever had a shaking impact upon the artists

of this country, it was certainly "The Armory Show," organized by Alfred Stieglitz and presented in 1913. The exhibition was a massive exposure of such move- ments as Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, and Cubism as well as such artists as C6zanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse, Picasso, and Braque. Response to the show in reviews, articles, and editorials was enormous and frequently derisive. Today, many of the pieces in that original show are virtually considered "old masters."

This year the Munson-William-Proctor Institute of Utica (New York) has created, as far as possible, the Armory Show. The exhibition may be seen at the Institute from February 17 to March 31. Staff members of the Institute have worked for over a year to

pull the show together. The job involved tracing the location of the various objects listed in the original catalogue. All together, some 225 paintings were tracked down and borrowed (from sources in Europe and America) to be placed on view in Utica.

When the show closes, it will be kept intact, packed, and shipped to the Sixty-ninth Regiment Armory (site of the eventful 1913 exhibition) in New York City where visitors may see this Fiftieth Anniversary presentation from April 6 through 28. In New York City, the show will be sponsored by the Henry Street Settlement.

Did You Know?

So often, people driving through Northern New York on their way to Montreal miss out on seeing one of the best stopoff points along the road, the art

gallery in the Feinberg Library at the State University College at Plattsburgh. The exhibition program there is among the best offered regularly under the auspices of a college.

Currently, and until March 3, a show titled "Major Work in a Minor Scale" is on view. The exhibition was selected by Thomas Messer, the director of the

Guggenheim Museum, and includes paintings by con-

temporary European painters. While no work is over 18" x 24", the creative intensity and expression of the

Burt Wasserman is an associate professor of art at Glassboro State College in Glassboro, N.J.

artists represented is compactly and convincingly conveyed.

The present show will be followed, from March 12

through 24, with a collection of recent paintings, draw-

ings, prints, sculpture, and ceramics by all of the eight members of the Plattsburgh State College Department of Art.

Art for Rent

If you have ever wondered what art by children other than those in your own locale or children other than your own looks like, answers can be supplied by the various traveling exhibitions of children's art circulated by the Smithsonian Institution. Typical of the shows that may be rented are "Paintings by young Africans," "Hawaiian Children's Art," and "Paintings and Pastels of Toyko Children." These shows and others come out of their crates matted, labeled, and

grommeted, ready for hanging. For further informa-

tion, rental fees, and a complete list of exhibitions that are available, write to the Traveling Exhibition

Service, Smithsonian Institution, Washington 25, D. C.

Another place from which works of art may be rented is the Circulating Library of Paintings. The

library consists of a very large collection of original paintings by artists of established reputation. Included are examples by contemporary American and Euro-

pean artists. Rental of each work is based upon its value. While many of the pictures are worth thousands, they may be rented for as little as $8 per month. The works in the collection are insured in transit and

during the rental term. If one wishes to purchase a

painting, the rental fees are subtracted from the price. While paintings are rented to people anywhere in the United States, selections must be made in the library's gallery. For further information and a list of available

works, direct your request to the Circulating Library of Paintings, 33 East 74 St., New York 21, N.Y.

One last note on loan materials: The Montclair (New Jersey) Art Museum maintains a free lending collection of over 900 art objects and artifacts past and present from countries all over the world. These "minishows" are sent out in portable cases which open up to become handsome exhibition fixtures. Diagrams and instructions accompany each case, together with information about the exhibit. Special materials are

prepared dealing with such themes as North American

Indians, Sculpture, Pottery, Transportation, Animals,

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Costumes, and Customs. Bulletin board materials and

posters relating to the loan objects may also be borrowed. Requests for loans or for further information may be made in person or by writing to Lending Department, Montclair Art Museum, South Mountain Ave., Montclair, N.J. or by phoning: Pilgrim 6-5555.

To Show Your Creative Work

Fifth Annual Religious Art Festival (Photography, Painting, and Sculpture) April 18-28. Entries due by March 27. Write for prospectus and entry forms to

Religious Arts Festival, 50 Plymouth Ave. N., Roch- ester 14, N.Y. (Open to residents of all states)

Annual May Oil Show (Oil Paintings) May 2-29. Write to Sioux City Art Center, 617 Douglas St., Sioux City, Iowa. (Open only to residents of Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Minnesota)

Forty-Fifth Toledo Artists Annual (Painting) May 5-26. Entries due by April 13. Write to Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio. (Open only to residents of Toledo, Ohio)

Jewelry International '63 (All Jewelry Media) April 16-May 7. Entries due March 31. Write to William Benson, Director of Exhibitions, State University Col- lege, Division of the Arts, Plattsburgh, N.Y. (Open to all jewelry craftsmen regardless of residence)

Shows Worth Seeing Two museums play host annually to the Northwest

Printmakers International Exhibition. Since February 6 and until March 10, the show may be seen at the Seattle (Washington) Art Museum. The exhibition then moves to the Portland (Oregon) Art Museum. The show will be on view there from March 15 through April 11.

The Junior Gallery of the Minneapolis (Minnesota) Institute of Arts is presenting a fascinating exhibition of "Eskimo Prints and Sculptures" until March 17. This might well make a most rewarding field trip for elementary school youngsters in the area. In addition, the Institute's excellent and comprehensive collection places it among the foremost museums in the country. Major works of art from both the Orient and the West are included. They date from 2000 B.c. to the

present. Especially noteworthy are works by El Greco, Rembrandt, Poussin, Van Dyck, Chardin, Goya, Degas, and Matisse. The three-dimensional world is not overlooked. Distinguished examples of Greek and Roman sculpture and ancient Chinese artifacts are also part of the Institute's permanent collection.

Recent creative work by local talent is on view in the "Artists of Southern Ohio" show at the Dayton Art Institute for a month, from February 16 to March 17. Incidentally, the Winter-Spring Sunday Musicales

at the Institute really fill out a visit to the museum. The concerts take place every Sunday at 4:00 P.M. The series will end on March 31.

Free concerts every Sunday at 2:30 P.M. are a regular feature at the New York Historical Society in New York City. Their series, too, will end on March 31.

A little further downtown from the Historical Soci- ety in New York City is the Whitney Museum. From February 12 until March 17, they will offer a one-man show by one of the New York School's more durable and original action painters, James Brooks. While Brooks' reputation has not been as great as De Koon- ing, Rothko, or Pollock, perhaps this retrospective at the Whitney will help bring Brooks' work to art critics' attention. I find it rather interesting that the work of many painters in the mid-1950's and early 1960's often bears strong resemblance to Brooks' output of the late 1940's and the early 1950's. By the way, visitors may find the gallery talks provided by the Whitney each Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 P.M. quite helpful in arriving at insights into the work of this important contemporary artist.

A special exhibition of more than 70 manuscript illustrations from the George Wildenstein collection, one of the finest private collections of its kind, will be on view, for the first time to the public, until March 3, at the Cloisters in New York City. The illuminations, brought from Mr. Wildenstein's home in Paris, repre- sent the largest selection ever to be exhibited from this famous collection. The jewel-like pictures, prized for their elegance and meticulous craftsmanship, were used to illustrate the texts of both religious and secular works. All are complete scenes in themselves. Some occupy an entire page, while others are placed along the borders of engrossed copy and within initial capi- tal letters. The show, organized by Margaret Freeman, curator of the Cloisters, is a memorable one.

New Englanders who do not often get to New York City should not miss "Aspects of Twentieth Century Painting," if they can possibly get to the Worcester (Massachusetts) Art Museum by April 7. The show, a loan exhibition from the Guggenheim Museum, includes choice examples by Chagall, Mir6, Picasso, Giacometti, Hofmann, Modigliani, and Feininger. An illustrated catalog with text by Daniel Catton Rich, director of the Worcester Museum, has been published as a reference guide to the show.

A selection of pieces from New York's Modern Museum show, "Young Americans 1962," may be seen from February 21 to March 14 at the Hopkins Center of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The show is circulated by the American Federation of the Arts.

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Until March 3, the 158th Annual Exhibition of Water Colors, Prints, and Drawings will be on view at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Phila-

delphia. The show is cosponsored by the Philadelphia Water Color Club. The jury of selection for the show included Adolf Dehn, Sidney Goodman, and Romas Viesulas. Slated next at the Academy (the oldest art







school in the United States) from March 16 through April 14 is the Annual Fellowship Exhibition of Paint-

ing, Sculpture, and Graphics. Throughout February and March, the Society of

American Graphic Artists will present their annual "100 Prints of the Year" at the Associated American

Gallery in New York City.













books in review books in review books in review books in review

Rug Weaving. Lewes, Klares and Hutton, Helen, New- ton Centre 59, Mass. Charles T. Branford Co., 1962, 160 pages, $6.50. The title is very appropriate-the book attempts to

teach rug weaving, using a practical approach. Chap- ters 1 through 7 describe the process in much detail, with Chapter 9 giving details of the 54 rugs pictured and described. Throughout the book are excellent

diagrams and drawings showing techniques. A page inserted at the front gives sources for materials on this side of the Atlantic. Those listed in the appendix are all sources in England. The appendix also contains instructions and drawings for constructing a homemade loom.

The use of English words and terms seems a bit

quaint to us here in America, though the glossary ex- plains these terms very well. The first three and part of the fourth chapters are concerned with details for the beginner in weaving and seem to be thorough. The information on rug construction is adequate and interesting.

Both teachers and students will find this to be a valuable resource in rug weaving techniques.

Ruth E. Harris, Department of Fine Arts, East Tennessee State College, Johnson City, Tenn.

Pictorial Art, Everyman's Dictionary of. Compiled and edited by William Gaunt, New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1962, 2 Volumes, 392 pages each, $6.50 each. One might question why the art educator, art stu-

dent, art critic, and art librarian have not in the past felt a great need for information organized as it appears in these publications. Perhaps it follows that when there is a felt need for specific material, it is developed.




























This dictionary contains biographies of artists, art form and media, descriptions of famous works, gal- leries and museums, periods and schools of painting, style and theory, and technical terms. To fulfill its title of dictionary it must approach its subjects alphabetically, and, therefore, the 729 illustrations in each volume, including 7 pages in full color, can only break the monotony of the words and give the occasional visual reference rather than having value as a book of the history of painting.

Since these books are arranged alphabetically, the

pages have strange bedfellows. A typical sequence follows: Art Nouveau; Ashcan School; Asselyn, Jan; Atelier; Audubon, John James; Australian Art; and

Avercamp, Hendrik; or Diptych; Disputa (del Sacra- mento); Distemper; Divisionism; and Dix, Otto. The definitions of the subjects selected are pertinent, but sometimes lengthy for the dictionary form.

You may question the material selected to be cover- ed and the choice of paintings to be reproduced. You may question the emphasis on painting at the expense of the other arts. In any event you will be interested in seeing these two volumes.

Helen Cynthia Rose, Supervisor of Art Education, Richmond, Virginia.

Design Motifs of Ancient Mexico. Jorge Encisco, New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 1953, 153 pp., $1.85. Design Motifs of Ancient Mexico by Jorge Encisco

is an excellent, yet, inexpensive collection of Pre- Columbian designs. It contains approximately seven hundred black and white motifs drawn from the art of the Aztec, Maya, Totonac, Zapotec, Olmec, and Toltec cultures of Ancient Mexico.

The book has a few pages of preliminary notes and some identifications as to the source of the designs.




























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