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
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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. In its place we find artists dog by Hopkins Hensel, quite dif expressing themselves in formal, 1 ferent from his usual manner; the yet very persona , "language with small and delicate watercolor emphasis upon subtle color har mountain scene by Emily M. (Mrs. monies, linear movement and ab Anthony) Wilson, Hobe Sound. stract space relationships.' Franz Bueb, John F. Hawkins, Syl Indication that the trend of the via Chilton, Gilda Lozito were Palm stronger contemporary artists leans Beach artists well know in exhibi towards the non-objective and ab tions here, with characteristic stract is found in the fact that at works. Oliver Carr is a compara least two-thirds of the show is tive newcomer to art circles here, slanted in that direction. Few con and the inclusion of his water col versant at all with art would quar or, "Introspection," was regarded rel with the quality of the work as a definite achievement. Molly manship. However, the overwhelm Wiebenson has one of the most ab ing preponderance of the same stract studies in the show, "Stems type of painting tends to make for and Flowers." monotony and to pose the question Others in the abstract or non- as to whether the resultant show objective classification: Dean Brad is truly a cross-section of art ford Bowman, Kirkville, Mo.; Peri trends today. Apparently, in the Fleischman, Miami; Charles R. opinion of the art committee and Jacobson, New York; Jeannette M. the art director, Henri Dorra, it is Genius, Winter Park; Marjorie a representative cross-section of Phillips, Washington; Stanley Tas- the best available from the work ker, Winter Park; Prudence F. submitted. Vaughan, Miami; Minna Citron, It was interesting to note that New York; Robert S. Draper, Mi the judgment of past jurors was ami; Richard L. Merrick, Coconut backed up when several prize win Grove; John R. Hayes, Palm Beach. ners proved to be repeaters; also Mary Watkins, Rockville, Md., that hints of "illusionistic reality" has a striking, decorative picture, did not prevent several of the few "Amazon," with a hint of Gauguin; representational works in the ex Bernice Cross' "Time" is the only hibition from winning mention. surrealist work, and is below the standard of good painting set by Winner of the $100 William H. the abstracts. "Four Girls" by Donner award for the best oil, as Richard Pfeiffer, Boca Raton, is an it happened, went not to an ab interesting deviation from the non- straction, but to Robert Camp, of objective. Patrick Archer has an Ocala, who took part in the earliest interesting stylized black and white Four Arts shows, for "Bottles," a drawing, "Three Friends," and highly stylized blue and white com Katherine Sturgis, a striking black position in which it is apparent and white "Lobster Gear." that the "emphasis is on subtle color harmonies." The show will remain open to the public during gallery hours, beginning today, through March 29. —E.C.K. The two additional oil winners were pure abstracts: George Greene, Cooperstown, NY, winner of a second prize two years ago, received $60 again for second place with "Masquerade," striking ly decorative in a manner suggest ing Matta: Luke Gwilliam, New York, twice first prize winner be fore, for "White Kites," a large panel in which stress is on draughtsmanship and unusual painting technique. In the special mentions in oil, local painters and a leaning to wards the representational forged to the fore. These were: "Three 1 small work of rare painting texture, by Keith Inger- mann, well-known young local art ist now in Japan: "By the Sea," a large beach picture with figures in fluid graceful simple lines, by Gertrude Schweitzer, prize winner of former years, well known in Palm Beach and New York; "The Lobster," a colorful, modern piece by Jean de Botton, who has been at the Villas: "Abstraction," sheer design in muted colors by Anthony Scornavacca. Coconut Grove, whose "Painting No. XI" is an interest ing variation of the abstract, sug gesting two nuns. Stanley Bate, now of Hudson, NY, a frequent prize winner here, captured the $100 Channing Hare award for the best watercolor, "Witch Hunt," an intriguing com position that at first glance sug gests the .abstract, only on closer study to reveal faces. His delight ful oil painting, "Enmeshed Sun," that might have been inspired by the George Washington Bridge, would probably have at least placed in that category had his watercolor not been a prize win ner. The $50 second prize went to Betty Parsons, who has a New York gallery that features abstract art. Her "Thunder Mountain" is a forceful, heavily colorful picture that combines the abstract with a touch of reality. Two brilliantly decorative, and widely different collages, were among the watercolor special men tions: "Collage" by William Get man. Buffalo, now in Mexico, who also had an oil, and "Daisies" by Richard Banks, young local artist, who also had a fine modern, yet somewhat representational scene, "White Wind." Two great ex tremes were represented in the other two mentions: "Composition 1." a vivid non-objective work by Ulfert Wilkie. professor of art, University of Louisville, long-time exhibitor here, and "Allegheny Dawn," one of the most emotion ally satisfying pieces in the show, a delicate painting that suggested the Japanese, by Sibley Smith. Wakefield. R.I. The 10 pieces of sculpture were strictly modern. First place went to Joseph Benson Bishir, Lake Worth, winner of several prizes both here and at Norton Gallery, for "Refugees." a violently force ful head and hand direct carving; second, to Peter Dadiani, a new comer here, guest of Mrs. Audrey Society or tne Four Arts Palm Beacn, Florida
'EIGHTEENTH CENTURY MASTERPIECES"
December 12, 1952 to January 4, 1953 TAPESTRIES 1 1. EIGHT TAPESTRIES Fetes Italiennes Made at the Manufacture Royale de Beauvais after a design by Francois Boucher, signed and dated 1756 1 Lent by Mrs. Ralph K. Robertson
PAINTINGS 1 2. FRANCOIS BOUCHER Diana, or the Sleeping Huntress Signed. Executed in 1745 Lent by Duveen Brothers, Inc.
3. ANTONIO CANALE called IL CANALETTO Portico with a Lantern An imaginary view 1 Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Salem
4. ANTONIO CANALE called IL CANALETTO The Terrace An imaginary view based on Padua Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Salem 1
5. JEAN-BAPTISTE-SIMEON CHARDIN Still Life Lent by Wildenstein Be Co., Inc.
1 6. JEAN-BAPTISTE-SIMEON CHARDIN Still Life Lent by Wildenstein Bi Co., Inc.
7. FRANCOIS HUBERT DROUAIS 1 Portrait of Mme. Favart Lent by Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher 2 8. JEAN HONORE FRAGONARD The Waterfall Lent by Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jules S. Bache Collection 2
9. JEAN HONORE FRAGONARD A Shady Avenue Lent by Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jules S. Bache Collection 2
10. JEAN HONORE FRAGONARD Shepherd in a Landscape Lent by Wildenstein & Co., Inc. 2 11. JEAN HONORE FRAGONARD The Wooden Bridge Lent by Wildenstein &C Co., Inc.
12. JEAN HONORE FRAGONARD The Pillow Fight Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lehman TAPESTRIES 13. NICOLAS LANCRET The Declaration of Love 1. EIGHT TAPESTRIES Lent by Cleveland Museum of Art, Fetes Italiennes Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection Made at the Manufacture Royale de Beauvais after a design by Francois Boucher, signed and dated 1756 14. HUBERT ROBERT Lent by Mrs. Ralph K. Robertson A Roman Fountain Lent by E. and A. Silberman Galleries
PAINTINGS 15. HUBERT ROBERT Figures and Ruins 2. FRANCOIS BOUCHER Signed Diana, or the Sleeping Huntress Lent by Wildenstein & Co., Inc. Signed. Executed in 1745 Lent by Duveen Brothers, Inc.
3. ANTONIO CANALE called IL CANALETTO DRAWINGS Portico with a Lantern An imaginary view 16. FRANCOIS BOUCHER Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Salem The Presentation in the Temple Lent by Cleveland Museum of Art, 4. ANTONIO CANALE called IL CANALETTO Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. The Terrace An imaginary view based on Padua 17. FRANCOIS BOUCHER Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Salem The Misanthrope One of a set of drawings made for the edition of Moliere's 5. JEAN-BAPTISTE-SIMEON CHARDIN works published in 1734 Still Life Lent by Wildenstein & Co., Inc. Lent by Wildenstein 6i Co., Inc. 18. FRANCOIS BOUCHER 6. JEAN-BAPTISTE-SIMEON CHARDIN Triton and Naiad Still Life Lent by John Nicholas Brown Lent by Wildenstein 8c Co., Inc.
19. JEAN-BAPTISTE-SIMEON CHARDIN 7. FRANCOIS HUBERT DROUAIS Portrait of Mme. Favart The Pantry Lent by Wildenstein &: Co., Inc. Lent by Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher 20. JEAN HONORE FRAGONARD 8. JEAN HONORE FRAGONARD Women at the Fountain The Waterfall Lent by Wildenstein & Co., Inc. Lent by Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jules S. Bache Collection 21. JEAN HONORE FRAGONARD Reading (La Lecture) 9. JEAN HONORE FRAGONARD Lent by Wildenstein 8c Co., Inc. A Shady Avenue Lent by Metropolitan Museum of Art, 22. JEAN HONORE FRAGONARD Jules S. Bache Collection Italian Villa In all likelihood a view of the Pincio in Rome 10. JEAN HONORE FRAGONARD Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lehman Shepherd in a Landscape Lent by Wildenstein & Co., Inc. 23. JEAN HONORE FRAGONARD 11. JEAN HONORE FRAGONARD View of a Park Lent by Dudley Peter Allen Memorial Art Museum, The Wooden Bridge Oberlin College, R. T. Miller, Jr. Fund Lent by Wildenstein & Co., Inc.
24. FRANCOIS HUBERT GRAVELOT 12. JEAN HONORE FRAGONARD One of a series of preliminary sketches to illustrate the The Pillow Fight edition of Voltaire's Theatre published in Geneva in 1786 Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lehman Lent by Library of Congress, Rosenwald Collection 25. FRANCOIS HUBERT GRAVELOT Sketch from the same series as No. 24 Lent by Library of Congress, Rosenwald Collection
26. PIERRE LENFANT Study of Hands Lent by Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Victor Spark
27. JEAN-BAPTISTE OUDRY One of a series of sketches to illustrate "Le Roman Comique" by Scarron Lent by National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection
28. JEAN-BAPTISTE OUDRY Sketch from the same series as No. 27 Lent by National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection
29. HUBERT ROBERT Sketch of an Imaginary Roman Building Lent by Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
30. HUBERT ROBERT The Porch of Santa Maria Maggiore Lent by Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
31. ANTOINE WATTEAU Study of a Woman Lent by Siegfried Kramarsky
32. ANTOINE WATTEAU Woman Reclining Lent by Siegfried Kramarsky
SCULPTURE 33. JEAN-BAPTISTE PIGALLE Head of a Girl, terra-cotta Lent by Wildenstein 6c Co., Inc.
FURNITURE
34. COMMODE, French Lent by Colonel and Madame Jacques Balsan
35. JARDINIERE Lent by Colonel and Mrs. Harold Fowler
36. TWO CONSOLES, French Lent by Mrs. Audrey Emery
37. TWO APPLIQUES Lent by Mrs. Audrey Emery
38. TWO ARMCHAIRS, French Lent by Mrs. Audrey Emery
39. BAROMETER, French Signed Gaufroy, dated 1779 Lent by Mrs. Audrey Emery
THE ART OF
HENRI MATISSE
FEB. 6 TO MAR. I, 1953
SOCIETY OF THE 4 ARTS
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA FOREWORD
As an introduction to the exhibition we quote in part from a state ment made by Henri Matisse in 1951 for the opening of the Chapel of the Rosary at Vence. It is translated by Alfred H. Barr, Jr. and appears as follows in his recent book, "Matisse: His Art and His Public."
"All my life I have been influenced by the opinion current at the time I first began to paint, when it was permissible only to render observations made from nature. All that derived from the imagination or memory was called 'chique' and worthless for the construction of a plastic work. The teachers at the Beaux-Arts used to say to their pupils, 'Copy nature stupidly.'
"Throughout my career I have reacted against this attitude to which I could not submit; this struggle gave rise to the divers alterations of my course during which I searched for means of expression beyond the literal copy — such as divisionism and fauvism.
"These rebellions led me to study each element of construction separately: drawing, color, values, composition; to explore how these elements could be combined into a synthesis without diminishing the eloquence of any one of them by the presence of the others; and to construct with these elements, combining them without reducing their intrinsic quality; in other words to respect the purity of the means.
"Each generation of artists looks differently upon the production of the previous generation. The paintings of the impressionists, constructed with pure colors, proved to the next generation that these colors, while they might be used to describe objects or the phenomena of nature, contain within them, in dependently of the objects that they serve to express, the power to affect the feelings of those who look at them.
"Thus it is that simple colors can act upon the inner feelings with all the more force because they are simple. A blue for instance, accompanied by the shimmer of its complementaries, 19. THE WHITE PLUMES, 1919 acts upon the feelings like a sharp blow on a gong. The same Lent by Minneapolis Institute of Arts, (Dunwoody Fund) with red and yellow; and the artist must be able to sound them when he needs to." ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The Society of the Four Arts wishes to express its appreci ation to the following lenders whose generosity has made the exhibition possible:
Dr. and Mrs. Harry Bakwin Baltimore Museum of Art Mr. and Mrs. LeRay W. Berdeau Cadby-Birch Gallery, New York Mr. Arthur Bradley Campbell Cleveland Museum of Art Mr. and Mrs. John Cowles Chester Dale Collection Mr. Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Mr. C. F. Hellstrom Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lehman Mrs. Alexina Matisse Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride Metropolitan Museum of Art Mr. and Mrs. Max Miller Minneapolis Institute of Arts Museum of Modern Art, New York Norton Gallery of Art Philadelphia Museum of Art Phillips Gallery Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, Jr. E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York 29. THE EGYPTIAN CURTAIN, 1948 Curt Valentin Gallery, New York Lent by Phillips Gallery Anonymous Lenders CATALOGUE
PAINTINGS
1. THE BRIDGE, 1895 Lent anonymously
2. THE FARM, 1896 Lent by E. & A. Silberman Galleries, New York
3. SPANISH WOMAN Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lehman
4. WOMAN, NICE Lent by Mr. Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
5. BELLE ILE, c. 1905 Lent by Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York
6. CUCUMBERS, 1905 Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Max Miller
7. BROOK WITH ALOES, Collioure, 1907 Lent anonymously
8. THE ROSE, c. 1907 r Lent by Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
9. THE EGGPLANTS, 1908 Lent by Mrs. Alexina Matisse
21. TWO RAYS, 1920 10. BATHERS WITH A TURTLE, 1908 Lent by Norton Gallery of Art Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, Jr. 11. THE BATHER, 1909 Lent by Museum of Modern Art, New York (Given anonymously)
12. FLOWERS AND CERAMIC PLATE, 1912 Lent by Mr. and Mrs. LeRay W. Berdeau (Illustrated)
13. THE GOURDS, 1916 Lent by Museum of Modern Art, New York (Given anonymously) (Illustrated) '
14. LORETTE, 1916 Lent by Norton Gallery of Art
15. THE WINDSHIELD, 1917 Lent by Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride
16. WOMAN IN A TURBAN, 1917 Lent by Chester Dale Collection (Illustrated)
17. AQUEDUCT AT MAINTENON, 1918 Lent by Baltimore Museum of Art (Cone Collection)
18. INTERIOR, NICE, 1919 Lent by Philadelphia Museum of Art
19. THE WHITE PLUMES, 1919 Lent by Minneapolis Institute of Arts, (Dunwoody • Fund) (Illustrated) 12. FLOWERS AND CERAMIC PLATE, 1912 Lent by Mr. and Mrs. LeRay W. Berdeau 20. THE CONCERT Lent by Mr. Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
21. TWO RAYS, 1920 Lent by Norton Gallery of Art (Illustrated) 22. INTERIOR WITH A NUDE, c. 1921 Lent by Mr. Arthur Bradley Campbell
23. FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS, 1922 Lent by Cleveland Museum of Art
24. STILL LIFE WITH DAHLIAS, 1923 Lent by Baltimore Museum of Art (Cone Collection)
25. THE PURPLE ROBE, 1937 Lent by Baltimore Museum of Art (Cone Collection)
26. GIRL IN A WHITE GOWN, 1946 Lent by Mr. and Mrs. John Cowles
27. TWO GIRLS WITH RED AND GREEN BACK- GROUND, 1947 Lent by Baltimore Museum of Art (Cone Collection)
28. BLUE INTERIOR WITH TWO GIRLS, 1947 Lent by Mr. Arthur Bradley Campbell (Illustrated)
29. THE EGYPTIAN CURTAIN, 1948 Lent by Phillips Gallery (Illustrated)
mt \ WINGS
30. NUDE, pencil, 1910 Lent by Metropolitan Museum of Art, (Gift of Mrs. Florence Blumenthal) 28. BLUE INTERIOR WITH TWO GIRLS, 1947 Lent by Mr. Arthur Bradley Campbell 31. THE PLUMED HAT, pen and ink, 1919 Lent by Museum of Modern Art, New York, (Given anonymously) 32. HEAD OF A GIRL, pencil Lent by Curt Valentin Gallery, New York
33. VASE OF FLOWERS, pen and ink, 1941 Lent by Curt Valentin Gallery, New York
34. DAHLIAS AND POMEGRANATES, brush and ink, 1947 0 Lent by Museum of Modern Art, New York, r» (Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Purchase Fund)
35. INTERIOR WITH NUDE, ink wash, 1948 Lent by Curt Valentin Gallery, New York u 3 U« « o Oi -0 c 36. HEAD OF A GIRL, ink wash, 1950 Lent by Curt Valentin Gallery, New York O^ § ta & e X g 2 PRINTS
37. SEATED NUDE, linoleum cut, 1906 Lent by Museum of Modern Art, New York, (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. R. Kirk Askew, Jr.)
38. HEAD, THREE-QUARTER VIEW, drypoint Lent by Museum of Modern Art, New York
39. MARGOT IN JAPANESE ROBE, etching, 1914 Lent by Museum of Modern Art, New York
40. HEAD, etching, c. 1915 Lent by Museum of Modern Art, New York, (Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.) 41. THE KIMONO, etching, 1914 Lent by Museum of Modern Art, New York
42. PORTRAIT OF JOAN MASSIA, etching, 1914 Lent by Museum of Modern Art, New York, (Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.)
43. NUDE TORSO, ARMS FOLDED, monotype, 1914 Lent by Museum of Modern Art, New York, (Frank Crowninshield Fund)
44. NUDE, FACE PARTLY SHOWING, lithograph, 1914 Lent by Museum of Modern Art, New York, (Frank Crowninshield Fund)
45. HEAD OF MADAME GALANIS, etching, c. 1915 Lent by Museum of Modern Art, New York
46. THE ARAB BLOUSE, lithograph, 1925 Lent by Museum of Modern Art, New York, (Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.)
47. PORTRAIT OF ALFRED CORTOT, transfer lithograph, 1927-1928 Lent by Museum of Modern Art, New York, (acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest)
48. ILLUSTRATION FROM "FLORILEGES" BY RONSARD, lithograph, 1941-1948 Lent by Cadby-Birch Gallery, New York
16. WOMAN IN A TURBAN, 1917 Lent by Chester Dale Collection 49. ILLUSTRATION FROM "FLORILEGES" BY RONSARD, lithograph, 1941-1948 Lent by Cadby-Birch Gallery, New York 50. ILLUSTRATION FROM "FLORILEGES" BY RONSARD, lithograph, 1941-1948 Lent by Cadby-Birch Gallery, New York
51. ILLUSTRATION FROM "FLORILEGES" BY RONSARD, lithograph, 1941-1948 Lent by Cadby-Birch Gallery, New York
SCULPTURE
52. CROUCHING NUDE, bronze, 1907 Lent by Curt Valentin Gallery, New York
53. TWO NEGRESSES, bronze, 1908 Lent by Dr. and Mrs. Harry Bakwin
54. SEATED NUDE, bronze, c. 1908 Lent by Curt Valentin Gallery, New York
55. HEAD WITH TIARA, bronze, 1931 Lent by Mr. C. F. Hellstrom
I March Ut 1953
Mr. Henri Dorra, Art Director The Society of the Four Arte Pal» Beach, Florida
Bear Mr. Dorrai
On February 2nd you were Kind enough to send Mr. Taylor a copy cf your Pre- Coluabian Fxhlbition catalogue. Could ve ask you to send us a few more, half a dosea if you could spare that nuaberT i'ou are to be congratulated on the 6uccese of he ex hibition snd the inter* has aroused. Many thanks for whatever you can do.
Sincerely yours
Executive Assistant and Secretary to cis Henry Taylor Director & °b> CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES OFFICERS PAINTING AND SCULPTURE COL. HAROLD FOWLER Ihe Society of the Four Arts MRS. PAUL MOORE PRESIDENT FOUR ARTS PLAZA LIBRARY MRS. MARION SIMS WYETH MRS. LORENZO E. WOODHOUSE Falm Beach, tlorida MUSIC HONORARY PRESIDENT MRS. PAULDING FOSDICK MR. JOSEPH F. GUNSTER February 2, 1953 LECTURES VICE-PRESIDENT COL. HAROLD FOWLER BOARD OF DIRECTORS MOVING PICTURES DR. DANIEL J. MCCARTHY MR. HARVEY LADEW VICE-PRESIDENT MRS. LERAY BERDEAU MRS HENRY ITTLESON MR. LERAY BERDEAU MRS. FREDERICK JOHNSON DRAMA MR. WILLIAM L. MCKII MR. ARTHUR B. CAMPBELL MRS. D. J. MCCARTHY MRS. EDWARD F. HUTTON VICE-PRESIDENT MRS. JOSEPH M. CUDAHY DR. MATTHEW T. MELLON MRS. JOSEPH E. DAVIES MR. R. LAURENCE PARISH JUNIOR ACTIVITIES MR. CHARLTON YARNALL MRS. CHARLES S. DAVIS MR. MICHAEL G. PHIPPS MRS. FREDERICK MORRISH VICE-PRESIDENT MRS. HORACE E. DODGE MRS. JOHN S. PILLSBURY JUNIOR MOVIES MRS. WILLIAM H. DONNER MRS. RALPH K. ROBERTSON MRS. CHARLES WILSON MRS. WILLIAM L. MCKIM MRS. WILLIAM T. GRANT MR. ALFRED SLOAN, JR. SECRETARY MR. WILLIAM T. GRANT MRS HAROLD W. SWEATT MEMBERSHIP MRS. FREDERICK E. GUEST MRS. GEORGE C. VANDUSEN MR. MARKHAM C LANG'HAM MR. GEORGE S. ROSS MRS. JOSEPH F. GUNSTER MRS. H. MERCER WALKER MRS. JAMES DE PEYSTER MR. CHANNING HARE DR. GEORGE A WATERMAN TREASURER VICE-CHAIRMAN SIMS WYETH MR. MARION HOUSE MR. JAMES HOLLINGSWORTH ASSISTANT TREASURER MRS. LORENZO E. WOODHOUSE ACCESSIONS MRS. ANN POELLER MRS. M. R. PAGE HUFTY DIRECTOR HOSPITALTIY MRS. HAROLD FOWLER GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS MR. GEORGE S. ROSS GARDEN MRS. FRANK HORTON Mr. Francis Henry Taylor, Director Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, New York Dear Mr. Taylor: It was a great pleasure seeing you in Sarasota. Many thanks for an excellent breakfast. Am sending you a catalogue of our Pre-Columbian exhibition. I shall send you some photographs of the installation. I an also sending a catalogue and some material on my past work to Mr. Rinenart. th kindest regards, Yours sincerely,
HD:w Henri Dorra Enc. Art Director
RECEIVED
IHbCTOR CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES OFFICERS PAINTING AND SCULPTURE COL. HAROLD FOWLER I he Society or the Four Arts MRS. PAUL MOORE PRESIDENT FOUR ARTS PLAZA LIBRARY MRS. MARION SIMS WYETH MRS. LORENZO E. WOODHOUSE MUSIC HONORARY PRESIDENT Falm veach, tlorida 952 MRS. PAULDING FOSDICK MR. JOSEPH F. GUNSTER December 13, 1 LECTURES VICE-PRESIDENT COL. HAROLD FOWLER BOARD OF DIRECTORS DR. DANIEL J. MCCARTHY MOVING PICTURES VICE-PRESIDENT MRS. LERAY BERDEAU MRS. HENRY ITTLESON MR. HARVEY LADEW MR. LERAY BERDEAU MRS. FREDERICK JOHNSON DRAMA MR. WILLIAM L. MCKIM MR. ARTHUR B. CAMPBELL MRS. D. J. MCCARTHY MRS. EDWARD F. HUTTON VICE-PRESIDENT MRS. JOSEPH M. CUDAHY DR. MATTHEW T. MELLON JUNIOR ACTIVITIES MRS. JOSEPH E. DAVIES MR. R. LAURENCE PARISH MR. CHARLTON YARNALL MRS. CHARLES S. DAVIS MR. MICHAEL G. PHIPPS MRS. FREDERICK MORRISH VICE-PRESIDENT MRS. HORACE E. DODGE MRS. JOHN s. PILLSBURY JUNIOR MOVIES MRS. WILLIAM H. DONNER MRS. RALPH K. ROBERTSON MRS. CHARLES WILSON MRS. WILLIAM L. MCKIM MRS. WILLIAM T. GRANT MR. ALFRED SLOAN, JR. SECRETARY MR. WILLIAM T. GRANT MRS. HAROLD W. SWEATT MEMBERSHIP MRS. FREDERICK E. GUEST MRS. GEORGE C. VANDUSEN MR. MARKHAM C. LANGHAM MR. GEORGE S. ROSS MRS. JOSEPH F. GUNSTER MRS. H. MERCER WALKER MRS. JAMES DE PEYSTER TREASURER MR. CHANNING HARE DR. GEORGE A. WATERMAN VICE-CHAIRMAN MR. MARION SIMS WYETH HOUSE MR. JAMES HOLLINGSWORTH MRS. LORENZO E. WOODHOUSE ASSISTANT TREASURER ACCESSIONS MRS. ANN POELLER MRS. M. R. PAGE HUFTY DIRECTOR HOSPITALTIY Mr. Henry Francis Taylor, Director MRS. HAROLD FOWLER GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS The Metropolitan Museum of Art MR. GEORGE S. Ross SAROEN New York 23, New York MRS. FRANK HORTON Dear Mr. Taylor: You might be interested to know that my first exhibition at the Four Arts opened yesterday and made some impression. The paintings loaned by the Metropolitan were particularly appreciated. The work here is most pleasant and I think everything will work out well. With all best wishes for Christmas and the New Year. RECEIVED Yours sincerely, DEC 16 1952
u l HECTOR HD:w Henri Dorra Art Director