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! Contemporary Art Society Annual Report 1962-63 ! Contemporary Art Society Annual Report 1962-63 V] Contemporary On cover: M. Mlllares: Blanco, Rojo y Negro Art Society Annual Report 1962-63 i - 7 Chairman's Report 1963 was able to join us on this occasion. Over 1,000 Contemporary Art Society My Report deals with the Society's activities for people attended and it was the most successful Tate Gallery the year 1962 and also with 1963 up to the evening party that we have ever given. We were Millbank present date. It has been a period of great honoured at the Whitechapel Gallery by an London SW1 activity. informal visit by Her Royal Highness Princess Our two buyers for 1962 were Lord Croft and Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon. Patron: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Alan Bowness. They bought over 40 works, and We are extremely indebted to John Sainsbury, Queen Mother from our funds we were able to allot them £2000 Alan Bowness, Lord Croft and Bryan Robertson Executive Committee: each. I am sure that members would be interested for acting as a sub-committee and for choosing Whitney Straight CBE MC DFC (Chairman) to know that as soon as the pictures that we have those painters who, it was felt, should be asked Anthony Lousada (Vice Chairman) bought reach our offices, they are in many cases to contribute. A total of 18,000 people visited Peter Meyer (Honorary Treasurer) almost immediately sent out on loan to colleges, the exhibition at the Tate and over 20,000 at the G. L. Conran (Honorary Secretary) exhibitions and other places, pending their Whitechapel. We sold over 9,000 of what we Sir Colin Anderson eventual allocation in the normal way. We have hope you will agree was an extremely attractive Raymond Mortimer, CBE been very much impressed this last year by the catalogue. Eardley Knollys growing interest and demand for these works. A selection from the exhibition is now in Man­ Eric Newton In many cases we receive a contribution from chester and will later go to Glasgow and Hull. Sir John Rothenstein, CBE those to whom we loan these pictures, and this After this, due to the kindness of the British Mrs Oliver Parker helps our funds. Petroleum Company, it will visit Zurich during Dr Alistair Hunter On March 17th, 1962, members visited Lady the British Trade Fortnight. This is the first time Derek Hill Aberconway's magnificent collection in North that a CAS exhibition has been taken abroad. We Bryan Robertson, OBE Audley Street and we are most grateful to her are extremely grateful to British Petroleum for The Hon Michael Astor for allowing so many of us the privilege. On 7th their imaginative and generous sponsorship Lord Croft July, members spent a very enjoyable day in the which made this possible. Alan Bowness country. In the late morning. Lord Faringdon We have purchased £3,000 worth of pictures James Melvin very kindly took us around his house, Buscot from the Exhibition and are providing grants to Mrs Elizabeth Heygate Park, in Berkshire. Afterwards some were a total of £1,000 to assist member Galleries. John Sainsbury invited to visit Mr Peter Stucley at the Old Quite recently we held a successful evening party Pauline Vogelpoel, MBE (Organising Secretary) Parsonage nearby, and others saw William to view the Ivon Hitchens Retrospective Exhibi­ Morris's house at Kelmscot. In the afternoon The tion. Over 650 people attended. Hon Mr and Mrs Michael Astor entertained Dr Widdup, who died recently, but was for many large numbers of guests to a delicious tea at years a member of the CAS, left us his entire Bruern Abbey and here again members were able collection of over 300 pictures, also his private to see a fine collection of pictures and the house house - subject to certain conditions. This and gardens. collection, which is a most impressive one, Another most interesting collection seen on includes fine examples of the works of many of November 7th was that of our Treasurer, Mr the most important British painters. Peter Meyer, and his wife in Alexander Square. In March we held the first of our architectural Here again members very much enjoyed seeing visits when we saw the Yorke, Rosenberg and these pictures, the house, and meeting their hosts. Mardall's new building in Fetter Lane. Mr To all these hosts for their generosity many, Rosenberg kindly arranged for his own pictures many thanks. to be on view. We are grateful to the partners of this firm for having devoted a Saturday morning We held two successful evening parties during to show us around their new building. After 1962. One for the Francis Bacon exhibition and lunch at the Forum Restaurant, which was the other for the Arts Council's Kokoschka opened especially for us, we saw the Golden exhibition. Well over 700 people attended each Lane housing estate, and are grateful to Messrs party. We are delighted that members supported Chamberlin, Powell and Bon for having arranged these occasions so loyally because in doing so, with the Corporation of London for us to visit not only do they enjoy themselves, but they help this interesting development. to swell our picture-buying coffers. I am glad to say that despite the increase in fees, In October, the Organising Secretary took thirty the membership of the Society has steadily fortunate members on a memorable three-week increased - but not at anything like the rate I trip to Mexico. Whilst there, the group were would have hoped. I do ask you, therefore, to well looked after by officials of the Bellas Artes assist us in any way you can to obtain even Museum as well as by the Director General of greater support for cur work. Tourism and the British Council's representatives. We are most grateful to the Trustees of the Tate This trip proved as successful as the American Gallery and to Sir John Rothenstein for their trip and though more ambitious and expensive kind and continual hospitality, also, of course, we are happy to say that it was not run at a loss. to the Trustees of the Whitechapel Gallery and 1963 has so far been extremely active. Our buyers to Mr Bryan Robertson for providing our this year are Mrs Heygate and Mr James Melvin. exhibition with such a splendid setting. Once again we have been able to allocate them I close in paying the warmest tribute to Miss £2,000 each. Pauline Vogelpoel and her assistant, Miss By far the most important event in our recent Ballantyne, for their work during the course of history has been the organisation of a simul­ the year. Miss Vogelpoel has worked tirelessly taneous exhibition 'British Painting in the 60Y to promote the interests of the Society, and I at the Tate and Whitechapel Galleries. We held trust that you will agree with me that her efforts an evening preview party at the Tate Gallery, have met with a very considerable measure of and were most honoured that our Patron, Her success. Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Honorary Treasurer's Report for 1963 Annual List of purchases for the year 1962 General Meeting I should start by reminding members that in Buyer: Lord Croft Eileen Agar Partners 1962 we had two Meetings and presented two Karel Appel Tetes over de Landscape (gouache) sets of Annual Accounts, so that now, for the Gillian Ayres Tachiste (print) first time, I have caught up with the Chairman Gillian Ayres Circles on Dark Blue Ground and can present accounts covering the year which Prunella Clough Two monotypes he deals with in his Report. Corneille 'El Puerto 1961' Last year we increased our subscriptions, but William Crozier Fallen Man 1962 this was only done half way through the year Lawrence Dawes Conjunction of Planets and even so the results did not materialise as (gouache) quickly as we had anticipated, largely due to Derek Hirst 'Shangri-la 3' members' habitual reluctance to reply promptly Peter Lanyon Dark Beach (gouache) to the notices we send them, coupled with the Bengt Lindstrom Personage fulminant (gouache) inevitable difficulties involved in changing Bank­ M. Millares Blanco, Rojo y Negro 1961 (gouache) ers Orders, etc. The result is that subscriptions John Piper White Church, Suffolk (lithograph) only rose from £4,478 to £5,164 and the full John Plumb Derwent effect of the change will not be seen until the Alan Reynolds Moth Barn (lithograph) year we are now in. Ceri Richards Le Poisson d'or (lithograph) With regard to the remainder of our income, Keith Vaughan Standing figure there was a slight increase in bequests and dona­ John Wells Rock Forms, 1961 tions and also in the interest earned by our Brett Whiteley Untitled painting 1962 reserves, but this was more than offset by the Allen Jones The Third Big Bus Kalinowski Enclume des Caracteres (collage) reduced proceeds of parties. I think members Buyer: Alan Bowness Bernard Cohen Shepherds 1961 will all agree that our parties were no less success­ Leon Kosso.ff Building site near St Pauls (drawing) ful in 1962 than in the previous year, but then Lucebert Mad People the proceeds were swollen by the unusual and Kenneth Martin Linear Construction (Brass and unexpected profit made on the New York trip. wood) All in all therefore, our income was only about Edward Middleditch Near Monte Jaque (drawing) £600 higher than in 1961. Otto Piene Red Smoke Drawing William Scott Still life 1956 (gouache) Our expenses as usual have risen but on this Ian Stephenson Burnt Penumbra occasion only by £128 and even this figure is not Austin Wright 'Scoop' (sculpture) a strictly accurate one, in that £69 of it is attri­ butable to an under estimate in the cost of the Annual Report, coupled with an increased Purchased jointly by both buyers figure to allow for a possible slight deficiency in the current year's estimate.
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