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1 He Society Or the Four Arts MRS CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES OFFICE.. PAINTING AND SCULPTURE COL. HAROLD FOWLER 1 he Society or the Four Arts MRS. PAUL MOORE PRESIDENT FOUR ARTS PLAZA LIBRARY MRS. MARION SIMS WYETH MRS. LORENZO E. WOODHOUSE HONORARY PRESIDENT ralm peach, Florida MUSIC MRS. PAULDING FOSDICK MR. JOSEPH F. GUNSTER April U, 1953 LECTURES VICE-PRESIDENT COL. HAROLD FOWLER BOARD OF DIRECTORS DR. DANIEL J. MCCARTHY MOVING PICTURES VICE-PRESIDENT MRS. LERAY BERDEAU MRS. FREDERICK JOHNSON MR. HARVEY LADEW MR. LERAY BERDEAU MRS. D. J. MCCARTHY DRAMA MR. WILLIAM L MCKIM MR. ARTHUR B. CAMPBELL DR. MATTHEW T. MELLON MRS. EDWARD F. HUTTON VICE-PRESIDENT MRS. JOSEPH M. CUDAHY MR. R. LAURENCE PARISH JUNIOR ACTIVITIES MRS. JOSEPH E. DAVIES MR. MICHAEL G. PHIPPS MRS. FREDERICK MORRISH MR. CHARLTON YARNALL MRS. CHARLES S. DAVIS MRS. JOHN S. PILLSBURY VICE-PRESIDENT MRS. HORACE E. DODGE MRS. RALPH K. ROBERTSON JUNIOR MOVIES MRS. WILLIAM T. GRANT MR. ALFRED SLOAN, JR. MRS. CHARLES WILSON MRS. WILLIAM L. MCKIM MR. WILLIAM T. GRANT MRS. HAROLD W. SWEATT MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY MRS. FREDERICK E. GUEST MRS. GEORGE C VANDUSEN MRS. JOSEPH F. GUNSTER MRS. H. MERCER WALKER MR. C. MARKHAM LANGHAM MR. JAMES HOLLINGSWORTH MR. CHANNINO HARE DR. GEORGE A. WATERMAN MRS. JAMES DE PEYSTER TREASURER MRS. HENRY ITTLESON MR. MARION SIMS WYETH VICE-CHAIRMAN HOUSE MRS. ANN POELLER MRS LORENZO E. WOODHOUSE DIRECTOR ACCESSIONS MRS. M. R. PAGE HUFTY HOSPITALTIY MRS. HAROLD FOWLER GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS MR. GEORGE S. ROSS .ARDEN Mr. Francis Henry Taylor, Director [ MRS. FRANK HORTON The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 28, New York RECEIV1- Dear Mr. Taylor: Just a line to inform you that the Board of Control of the State of Florida have recommended me for the position of Associate Director of the Ringling Museum. The appointment will be made nt-CIOR official on the 24th of this month and will become effective on the 1st of September. I believe there are great possibilities in the Ringling Museum and I am looking forward to what promises to be an active and, I trust, rewarding phase of my career. I should like to say how grateful I am for the part you played in this. Very sincerely, HD:w Henri Dorra Art Director Society of the Four Arts ch, Florida rch 30, 1953 RfcCElV At iS53 ncis Henry Taylor, Director UiHJaCTOH The {Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 28, New York or: I h ve to be in Nev; York on the afternoon of April 7th to take my citizenship examination. Is there you on the morning of that day to discue .1 ice to e. • i to no fir; ' the rd of the , r. Hollis Rinehart informed me t y were definitely i ited in me for Bor. I spent roblems with 1 found the interview most profitable. i to return t e the 13th and 14th of April and discuss wit! 'rs of rd plans for new Depart , L likelihood to conclude the deal. I 1 ready written to Mr. Callisen to ask for an ful I am for the aa >ce i connection with the first two steps in my museum career. a kindest regard , Yours sincerely, Henri Dorra CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES PAINTING AND SCULPTURE MRS. PAUL MOORE COL. HAROLD FOWLER I he Society or the Four Arts LIBRARY PRESIDENT FOUR ARTS PLAZA MRS. MARION SIMS WYETH MRS. LORENZO E. WOODHOUSE MUSIC HONORARY PRESIDENT Falm Beach, Florida MRS. PAULDING FOSDICK MR. JOSEPH F. GUNSTER March 7, 1953 LECTURES VICE-PRESIDENT COL. HAROLD FOWLER BOARD OF DIRECTOR. DR. DANIEL J. MCCARTHY MOVING PICTURES VICE-PRESIDENT MRS. LERAY BERDEAU MRS. FREDERICK JOHNSON MR. HARVEY LADEW MR. LERAY BERDEAU MRS. D. J. MCCARTHY DRAMA MR. WILLIAM L. McKlM MR ARTHUR B. CAMPBELL DR. MATTHEW T. MELLON MRS. EDWARD F. HUTTON VICE-PRESIDENT MRS. JOSEPH M. CUDAHY MR. R. LAURENCE PARISH JUNIOR ACTIVITIES MRS. JOSEPH E. DAVIES MR. MICHAEL G. PHIPPS MR. CHARLTON YARNALL MRS. CHARLES S. DAVIS MRS. JOHN S. PILLSBURY MRS. FREDERICK MORRISH VICE-PRESIDENT MRS. HORACE E. DODGE MRS. RALPH K. ROBERTSON JUNIOR MOVIES MRS. WILLIAM T. GRANT MR. ALFRED SLOAN, JR. MRS. CHARLES WILSON MRS. WILLIAM L. MCKIM MR. WILLIAM T. GRANT MRS. HAROLD W. SWEATT SECRETARY MRS. FREDERICK E. GUEST MRS. GEORGE C VANDUSEN MEMBERSHIP MRS. JOSEPH F. GUNSTER MRS. H. MERCER WALKER MR. C. MARKHAM LANGHAM MR. JAMES HOLLINOSWORTH MR. CHANNING HARE DR. GEORGE A. WATERMAN MRS. JAMES DE PEYSTER TREASURER MRS. HENRY ITTLESON MR. MARION SIMS WYETH VICE-CHAIRMAN HOUSE MRS. ANN POELLER MRS. LORENZO E. WOODHOUSE DIRECTOR ACCESSIONS MRS. M. R. PAGE HUFTY HOSPITALTIY MRS. HAROLD FOWLER GROUNDS AND BUILDING. Mrs. Cecily B. Kerr MR. GEORGE S. ROSS CARDEN Executive Assistant to the Director RECEIVED MR8. FRANK HORTON Metropolitan Kuseum of Art Fifth Avenue New York, New York . IHbUlOH Dear Mrs. Kerr: Many thanks for your letter. Am sending you a half dozen catalogues of our Pre-Columbian show and, in addition, one catalogue of each of the other shows and a newspaper clipping concerning the competitive Annual Exhibition which opened yesterday. please remember me to Mr. Taylor. Shall be in New York towards the end of April and am very much looking forward to seeing you. With kindest regards, Sincerely yours, HD:w Henri Dorra Art Director 15th ANNUAL EXHIBITION CONTEMPORARY PAINTING AND SCULPTURE MAR. 7, 1953 - MAR. 29, 1953 SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS PALM BEACH OILS WATERCOLORS AND OTHER MEDIA Patrick Archer John R. Hayes Stanley Bate John Hawkins 30—The Three Friends 41—Paris Night 1—Enmeshed Sun ltS—Last Rites for a City Annette Krauss Richard Banks 42—Night 31—Daisies Dean Bradford Bowman Hopkins Hensel 32—White Wind 2—The Survivors Gilda Lozito 17—Chinaman 43—Midnite Stroll Stanley Bate 44—Earth's Bloom Robert Camp 33—Witch Hunt 3—Bottles Keith Ingermann Betty B. Parsons 4—Still Life with Oranges 18—Three Bowls Franz Bueb 45—Chromatic Scherzo 34—Mimi 46—Thunder Mountain Minna Citron Charles R. Jacobson E. Maximilian Buckland Gertrude Schweitzer 5—Map of Cockaigne 19—Composition No. 202 35—A Poem 47—Violinist 20—Composition No. 212 Sibley Smith Bernice Cross Oliver Carr 48—Allegheny Dawn 6—Time 3 6—Introspection Richard L. Merrick 21—Construction No. 6 Sylvia Chilton Katherine Sturgis 49—Lobster Gear Peter Dadiani 37—Maiden 7—Untitled Molly Wiebenson Richard Pfeiffer Minna Citron 22—Four Girls 50—Stems and Flowers Jean de Botton 38—North Window 8—The Lobster Ulfert S. WUke Dorothy S. Friedman Marjorie Phillips 51—Composition No. 1 39—Forest Interior 52—Composition No. 2 Robert S. Draper 2 3—Nasturtiums 9—Summer City William Getman Emily M. Wilson Gertrude Schweitzer 40—Collage No. 24 53—Blue Ridge Mountains Peri Fleischman 24—By the Sea 10—A Woman 11—Fishnet and Bottle Anthony Scornavacca SCULPTURE 2 5—Abstraction Joseph Benson Bishir Ann Norton* Jeannette M. Genius 26—Painting No. IX 1—Refugees (stone) 6—Torso (marble) 12—Passage Peter Dadiani Ouida Romanoff Stanley Tasker William Getman 2—Brown Torso (stone) 7—Caryatids (wood) 27—Inside-Outside 13—Abstraction 3—Black Torso (stone) 8—Rosewood Madonna (wood) Prudence F. Vaughan Jose de Creeft* George S. Greene Don Seiler 28—Still Life 4—Mother and Child (wood) 14—Masquerade 9—Seated Figures (ceramic) Luke Gwilliam Mary Watkins Arthur Newcomb John H. Tripp 15—White Kites 29—Amazon No. 2 5—Discussion Group (wood) 10—Primitive Figure (ceramic) Not in Competition JUDGE OF AWARDS Mr. Perry T. Rathbone, Director City Art Museum of St. Louis PRIZES William H. Donner, Jr. 1st Prize Oil Painting £ 1 0 0 John Elliott Memorial 1st Prize Sculpture g 1 0 0 Channing Hare 1st Prize Water Color £ 1 0 0 Additional Prizes and Certificates of Award Contributed by The Society of the Four Arts Palm Beach Non-Objective Art Dominates Contemporary Painting Exhibit The Society of the Four Arts' Emery, for "Black Torso," an an­ 15th Annual Exhibition of Con­ gular stone carving in contrast to temporary Painting and Sculpture the smooth simplicity of his opened Friday afternoon to the ac­ 'Brown Torso." His oil abstraction, claim of art authorities but to "Untitled," was one of the first to lesser enthusiasm from many in be sold from the show. the crowd of members gathered The rest of the sculpture ranged for the preview tea who found the from the entirely recognizable, but pronounced non-objective trend a very simple small "Primitive Fig­ bit overwhelming. ure" by John H. Tripp, Palm Tribute to the strict standards Beach, to the large, stunning mar­ maintained by the committee on ble "Torso," a non-competitive en­ admissions in culling 63 entries try by Ann (Mrs. Ralph H.) Nor­ from more than 400 was found in ton, illustrative of her new style, the praise accorded the caliber of an impressive and lovely piece. the accepted works by Perry T. Other varying extremes are to be found in Jose de Creeft's (non­ Rathbone, director of the City Art competitive) rough-hewn wooden Museum of St. Louis. "Mother and Child;" Arthur New- At the conclusion of his task of comb's very polished wood abstrac- ] choosing seven prize winners and tion; Don Seller's obviously Moore- seven honorable mentions, Mr. inspired "Ceramic Figures;" and Rathbone said; Ouida Romanoff's excellently ex­ "This exhibition is of such con­ ecuted "Madonna" and "Caryatids" sistently high quality that the in wood. awarding of the prizes was diffi­ Attracting much favorable com­ cult. By and large, the show is ment was the charming little at­ characterized by originality of ex­ mospheric "Night" watercolor by pression and remarkable technical Annette Krauss, young local artist; accomplishment. Illusionistic rep­ the delightful, decorative "China­ resentation of reality scarcely fig­ man" painting featuring a Pekinese ures.
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