1957 Chicago Artists No-Jury Exhibition, from February 12 Through February 26, 1957 / Sponsored by the Art Institute of Chicago
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1957 Chicago Artists sponsored by The Art Institute of Chicago and Chicago Art Organizations in cooperation with the Honorable Richard ]. Daley Mayor of the City of Chicago F E B R U A R Y 2 6, 19 57 NORTH EXHIBITION HALL · NAVY PIER CHICAGO, I LLI NO IS I CITY OF CHICAGO OFFICE OF THE MAYOR RICHARD J . D ALE Y MAYOR Down through the years, the city of Chicago - heartland of the Midwest and the "nation's most exciting city"- has attracted and encouraged artists and inspired artistic talent and the result has been an important contribution to our cultural growth and development. The Art Institute, artists' organizations, clubs devoted to the stimulation of creative art, our art galleries, and our many schools and academies for the arts, have all played a significant role in this development. The No-jury Ex hibition is an impressive demonstration not only of our city's present artistic vigor, but of our community's sensitivity to new ideas. As Mayor, I share the pride of our people generally in the artistic leadership which gives recognition to the great and varied talents of the many artists who live and create in Chicago. Chicago has long been the home of creative a1·t, and as Mayor I believe strongly in lending my support to all of the cultural endeavors in our community. It is in this spirit that the city has joined with the artists and the Art Institute of Chicago in helping to arrange this exhibition for the artists of Greater Chicago. RICHARD J. DALEY MAYOR THE 1957 CHICAGO ARTISTS NO-JURY EXHIBITION is probably the largest exhibition of art ever held in the mid-west. It was open to all artists, residing in Illinois within 100 miles of Chicago, without the limitations imposed by jury selection. It is unique in several respects: it has the recognition and support of the Art Institute, the major art museum in the mid-west; it offers prizes totaling $8,825, contributed by the Art Institute, and awarded by a distinguished jury of awards; and the Art Institute is selecting its next annual Chicago and Vicinity Exhibition from the works on display. Represented in the exhibition are artists of all schools of thought and all degrees of prominence, from recognized leaders in the contemporary art world to those who pursue their art careers in their spare time. Exhibitions such as this bring recognition to all artists by the public, which, in the final analysis, is the most important of all art juries. The extraordinary response of Chicago artists to the invitation to exhibit is conclusive proof of the need for no- jury exhibitions, and for a permanent municipal gallery in which these exhibitions may be held. I wish to thank Mayor Richard]. Daley for his interest in the exhibition and for his sympathetic understanding of the problems facing the creative artists of our city. I wish also to thank the Art Institute, its Board of Trustees and staff, the distinguished group of ladies and gentlemen who served on our committees, and the participating artists and art organi- zations who have made possible this splendid demonstration of art in a democratic society. ARNOLD MAREMONT \ 1957 Chicago Artists NO-JURY EXHIBITION committees: MARY BORNARTH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DR. FRED RAPPAPORT GLEN BUTLER MAYOR RICHARD J . DALEY HARPER RICHARDS DAVID CHAPMAN H onorcl r !J Chainnan JOHN W. ROOT MRS. DAVID CHAPMAN ARNOLD H. MAREMONT , MRS. JAMES R. R USSELL BURTON CH ERRY Cltairntau. LEE SCHOOLER JAY DOBLI N VICTOR M. PERLMUTTER, WM. M. SPENCER CAL DUNN Director MRS. WM. M. SPENCER WINSTON ELTING LEIGH BI,OCK HERMAN SPERTUS MRS. LOUIS EDIDIN MELVIN BROIIBY BETTY J. STEARNS LILLIAN H. FLORSHEIM MilS. ABEL F AGEN MRS. HAROLD E . STRAUSS RICHARD FLORSHEIM EVEIIETT D. GRAFF MRS. W. S. WHITE, JR. MRS. JULES FRIEDLANDER WILLIAM E. HARTMAN DR. ERNEST ZEISLER HOWARD HAAS GEOIICE HOLLOWELL MRS. ERNEST ZEISLER JAMES MURRAY HADDOW EARL~; LUDCIN HOMER P. HARGIIAVE SAMUEL A. MARX HAROLD HAYDON EVERETT MCNEAR SPONSORING ART ORGANIZATIONS MICHAEL HIGGINS MRS. ALFRED S HAW BARNET HODES All Illinois Society of the Fine Arts PATRICK HOY American Institute of Architects ADVISORY COMMITTEE SUSAN KARSTROM American Jewish Arts Club Art Directors' Club of Chicago DR. LUDWIG BACHHOFER MRS. ROBERT P . KILBERT University of Chicago MARILEW KOGAN Art Institute Alumni Association Art League News DONALD BAUM EARL KRIBBEN Artists Equity Roosevelt University MRS. EARL KRIBBEN Artists Guild of Chicago DR. THOMAS M. FOLDS E RWIN G. KUMMER Northwestern University Association of-chicago P ainters S I GMUND KUNSTADTER DR. ANN M. L ALLY and Sculptors MRS. JACK LAWSON Board of Education Chicago Soci~ty of Artists SAMUEL LICHTMAN DANIEL CATTON RICH Cordon Club HOMER J. LIVINGSTON Art Institute of Chicago Evanston Art Center MRS. SAMUEL A. MARX DR. MIES VAN DEl\ ROHE Maywood Arts Club ALICE MASON Illinois Institute of TcchnolO!!Y Midwest Designer Craftsmen DAVID MAYER, JR. 1\E V. NOIIMAN WEYAND, S.J. Momentum MRS. DAVID MAYEH, JR. Loyola University Musarts Club of Chicago MRS. JOHN METZI::NilEIIG North Shore Art Guild ALMA MOHGAN SPONSORING COMMITTEE Northwest Art League MRS. ALBERT NEWMAN JAMES W. ALSDORF Old Town Ar t Center JOHN NUVEEN MRS. JAMES W. ALSDORF Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts WALTER H . PAEPCKE MRS. PAUL ANDERSON Park Ridge Art League MRS. WALTER H. PAEPCKE JACOB M. ARVEY Perspec tive PETER PASSUNTINO MRS. FRED DIESEL Re naissance Society JOSEPH V. PERRIN MRS. TIFf'ANY BLAKE Society for Contemporary American Art MRS. ALBERT POTTS M R S. LEIGH BLOCK Society of Typographic Arts ROBERT W. PURC ELL PIERRE BLOUKE Southside Community Art Center Most of the works in this exhibition are for sale. Interested per- sons may obtain information by applying to the sales force or information clerk in the galleries . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. The paintings in this exhibition are hung in alphabetical order be- ginning with the letter "K" which was chosen by lot. Within the limits of this plan, some adjustments were made to insure the best possible display. Sculpture is displayed in accordance with available space for best presentation. A more loosely organized alphabetical plan was followed. MAYOR RICHARD J. DALEY MRS. FORD BENTLEY ARNOLD H. MARE.MONT MRS. PIERRE BLOUKE SAMUEL A . .MARX MRS. CARL R. BUHL MISS VIRGINIA CAVANAGH MARY BORNARTH DANIEL BRENNER MRS. JAMES COMINOS MEJ,.VIN BRORBY MRS. JOHN COOK RICHARD FLORSHE IM MRS. JOHN R. DOOLITTLE HAROLD HAYDON MISS HELEN DOUGLAS B. F. JONES The 1957 Chicago MISS HAZEL DUNCAN MARILEW KOGAN Artists No-Jury Exhibition KATHARINE KUH MRS. WILLIAM FORT, SR. acknowledges with grateful PETER POLLACK MRS. BERNARD GAVZER appreciation the DANIEL CATTON RICH MRS. ROBERT GRONNER BURR ROBBINS contributions of time, talent, MRS. T. GEORGE HARRIS ELIZABETH RUPPRECHT and energy to the following M R S . PAUL HAY WILLIAM SAYLES M I SS LUCILLE HECHT persons who cooperated LEE SCHOOL ER in the presentation of BE TTY J. STEARNS MRS .• MARSHALL HOLLEB this exhibition: FRED SWEET MRS. CHARLES D. MCDANIEL NANCY THOMPSON MRS. HOKE NORRIS MYRTLE E. T ODES MRS. DALE O'BRIEN MRS. GEORGE B. ROGERS VOLUNTEER HOSTESSES MRS. ARTHUR SHAFTON AND SALES FORCE MISS JOY STEIN MRS. JOSEPH P . ANTONOW MISS DELORES SUSRAL MRS. DUANE BAILEY MRS. CARLTON ZUCKER pr~zes THE MR. AND MRS. FRANK G. LOGAN ART INSTITUTE THE PAULINE PALMER PRIZE of one hundred and fifty MEDAL and Prize of fifteen hundred dollars for purchase dollars for a print. or an award for an oil painting or sculpture which has not previously received a cash award. THE PAULINE PALMER PRIZE of one hundred and fifty dollars for a drawing. THE MR. AND MRS. FRANK G. LOGAN ART INSTITUTE THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE SCHOOL OF THE MEDAL and Prize of one thousand dollars, for purchase ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO PRIZE of one hundred dol- or an award, for an oil painting or sculpture which has lars, either for purchase or award, for a work in any not previously received a cash award. medium. THE PAULINE PALMER PRIZE of seven hundred and fifty THE MUNICIPAL ART' LEAGUE PRIZE of one hundred dol- dollars for a painting. lars for a work (preferably portraiture) in any medium. Awarded by a committee of three members of the Muni- THE PAULINE PALMER PRIZE of seven hundred and fifty cipal Art League. dollars for sculpture. THE CLYDE M. CARR PRIZE of one hundred dollars for a THE WILLIAM H. BARTELS PRIZE of five hundred dollars meritorious work in any medium. for a painting in oil or water color by a Chicago artist. THE WILLIAM AND BERTHA CLUSMANN PRIZE of one TH'E MR. AND MRS. FRANK H. ARMSTRONG PRIZE of three hundred dollars for a painting in oil or water color. hundred dollars for an oil painting by a woman painter, THE RENAISSANCE PRIZE of one hundred dollars for a resident of the Chicago district, executed not more than work in any medium. two years prior to the date of the exhibition. THEM. SINGER AND SONS PRIZE of one hundred dollars THE MR. AND MRS. JULE F. BROWER PRIZE of three for a painting by an artist who has not previously ex- hundred dollars for an oil painting executed within two hibited at the Art Institute. years of the date of the exhibition, by an artist who is a resident of Chicago and who has reached the age of THE WILLIAM H. TUTHILL PRIZE of one hundred dollars forty years at the time of the exhibition. for a meritorious work in water color. THE ROBERT RICE JENKINS MEMORIAL PRIZE of fifty LINDE AIR PRODUCTS COMPANY AWARD of three hun- dollars, donated by Mr.