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JULY U MODERN Provincetown Bookshop 447 COMMERCIAL STREET Next to Peter Hunt's Phone 473-2 Provincetown Light and Power WILLIAM H. YOUNG Company INSURANCE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Furnishers of Light and Power and Heat Representing the Leading Companies of the World 282 COMMERCIAL PROVINCETOWN. MASS. STREET Losses Adjusted Promptly Telephone 10-2 and 10-4 E. W. Johnston, Superintendent Provincetown,Massachusetts BEHRENDT Oil Colors THE EXHIBITION IS OPEN DAILY FROM 10 A. M. to 6 P. M. ADMISSION 10 CENTS. PFEIFFERS’ SUNDAYS, FREE FROM 2 to 6 P. M. PROVINCETOWN, MASS. Distributors for U. S. Artists’ Supplies Books :-:-:-: ADAMS’ PHARMACY Norman S. Cook, Reg. Pharmacist, Mgr. EITHER THE ATTENDANT AT THE DESK OR A SALESMAN WILL BE GLAD TO FUR PROVINCETOWN NISH ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING SALES Tel. 69 THESEA CHEST A. AUSTIN DUNHAM SEAMEN’S SAVINGS BANK ANTIQU€S Provincetown Mass. Specializing in Prints 436 COMMERCIAL ST., PROVINCETOWN Money Goes on Interest the First of Each Month Tel. 608 TOWN CRIER SHOP Provincetown Art Association AND Incorporated ADVOCATE GIFT SHOP FOUNDED IN 1914 Eighth GIFTS JEWELRY STATIONERY Modern Exhibition July 1st to July 29th RENT YOUR STUDIO OF F. A. DAYS & SONS 1934 F. A. DAYS & SONS GENERAL CONTRACTORS Jury of Selection Coal, Wood, Lumber, Doors, Windows and Blinds, Karl Knaths Lime, Cement, Brick, Building Materials E. Ambrose Webster of All Kinds Agnes Weinrich PROVINCETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS Telephone 41 OFFICERS President-William H. Young. Honorary Vice-Presidents-Frederick J. Waugh, Richard E. Miller, George Elmer Browrme, GerrIt A. Beneker, W. H. W. Bicknell. Director-Mrs. Harold Haven Brown Acting Vice-President--. Eugene W. Watson, YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN Recording Secretary-Stephen Marsh. Corresponding Secretary-Harry N. Campbell. Treasurer-Mrs. Henry J. Winslow. The TRUSTEES Dr. Percival J. Eaton, Mrs. Charles W. Hawthorne, William H. Provincetown Art Association Young, Frank E Potter, Henry J. Winslow, William L'Engle, *Frank Desch, Coulton Waugh, Floyd Clymer, Harry N. Gerrit A. Incorporated Campbell, Beneker, Mrs Harold Haven Brown. CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS Article II. Objects and Purposes. The objects and COMMITTEES purposes of this association shall be to promote and cul- House Ways and Means tivate the fine arts, and to that end to establish and Mrs. Henry J. Winslow, Chairman Mrs. Frank Little, Chairman maintain for the town of Provincetown a permanent collection of paintings and other works of art. Also to LIFE MEMBERS hold exhibitions of paintings and other works of art and *Edwin A. Grozier Mrs.Anna M. Young to promote the advancement of art by means of social William E. Young Mrs. Anne Dunbar intercourse between artists and those interested in the *John D. Adams *Mrs. Emily C.Eaton Dr. Percival J. Eaton Mrs. Henry J. Winslow arts. Henry J. Winslow *Frederick C. Boynton MEMBERS *Rev. Henry Mottett, D. D. Mrs. Caroline Brewster Crooker Conrad W. Crooker Mrs. Frances E. Deland MissSarah S.Munroe Miss Charlotte S. Cullen Section 1. Membership in this association shall be divided as Frank A. Days, Jr. follows: Miss Florence Waterbury FrankA. Days Mrs. Adele Shrenk Rogers a. Associate members-Dues $2.00 per year. Joseph A. Days Mrs. Frank Little b. Contributing members-Dues $5.00 per year. *Howard F. Hopkins Mrs. E. Ambrose Webster C. Sustaining members-Dues $10.00 per year. Mrs. Alice G. Grozier Leslie N. Brock d. Life members-$50.00 Emasnuel Fellman e. Patrons-Any person contributing $100.00 or more. f. Benefactors-Any person contributing $500.00 or more. PATRONS *Miss Elizabeth W. Roberts *Mrs. Florida Duncan BENEFACTORS Mrs. Alice G. Grozier *Deceased Foreword Eighth Modern Exhibition HE casual “gallery visitor” today finds himself in more than the usual dilemma toward establishing a satisfactory explanation The casual ”galleryvisitor” today finds himself usual dilemma toward establishing a satisfac for the varied and seemingly unrelated forms of expressionshown Gallery together under the heading “Modern Art”. The artist himself is PAINTINGS--Large keenly aware of a pressure which a decade ego was practically non-existent except to a few painters whose particular life experi- Evelyn Bodfish Bourne. Purple Cabbage ences had awakened them to it. Thts pressure comes in the f- of a new social consciousness, and with certain artists becomes the Ellen Ravenscroft. A Memory of Nice motivating influence of their work. Art, they feel, thinking upon the experiements of the last fifteen Helen Snipes. Linear Design years,has becometoo far removed from Life. Theeconomic condition of the nineteen-thirtiesno longer allows man to live in a state of Evelyn Bodfish Bourne. Shells withdrawal and whether he wills it or not, he is inevitably forced into e consciousness of a world whose boundaries go far beyond his Per- Memoriam sonalreactions. In He realizes, perhaps for the flrst time, that beyond the exterior abstract beauty of tall smokestacks, or the clear span of bridges, or Pa Hunt. The Harbor the rhythm of machines are the lives of the men who have created them. That these live and these phenomena of our modern civiliza- Pa Hunt. Beachcomber tion are interdependent. That together only, and not separated they represent a nucleus for creative work. Thjs social content has been Pa Hunt. The Wreck translated by certain artists into work so vitally felt, so soundly com- posed and executed. that even the man who is emotionally opposed to Pa Hunt. Canal this formof expression is compelledto admit that here is a work of Art. That social propaganda as Art is believed valid by only a percent- Pa Hunt. Street Scene age of artists is evidenced by the number of canvases and sculptures still being executed which are built upon other subject matter and de- Pa Hunt. Antique Shop pend upon a different set of emotional stimuli, from both artist and observer, for their success. Pa Hunt. Stage Coach With these there is still Nature asthe source of Art. There Is suf- ficient material in hills or sea, in trees moving with dynamic thrusts Pa Hunt. Notre Dame against the sky, in the delicious green of spring foliage, the shapes of houses clustered together, or the line and form of the human face or body. out of these are woven compositions realistic or abstract, ac- cording to the temperament of the artist through which they pass. There are also those painters whose work stems from the roots of Sonia Brown. Girl’s Head (Bronze Sculpture) the post-impressionists. the cubists. the sur-realists, and other schools of the past twenty-five years. Many artists today, beginning with Frank Carson. Largo one of these, have developed new and personal farms of expression Lastly there is the infrequent individual appearing in a period, Oliver Chaffee. Broken Shell and Star Fish who seemingly moves unaffected by the current trend of thought. The ProvincetownModern Exhibition,on a smallscale is fairlyrep- resentativeof these varied modes of artistic expression As to which Frank Carson. Old Aerodrome will be incorporated in the Main Tradition of Art remains far the future to decide. William L’Engle. Wood-cutters Lucy L’Engle. Green Fish House Jido Fujita. Waterfront Fritz Pfeiffer. The Vacant Lot Oliver Chaffee. Still Life E. Ambrose Webster. California Agnes Weinrich. Still Life Fritz Pfeiffer. Vase and Candle Jido Fujita. Pomegranate Doris L. Lewis. Jay J. Wm. Kennedy. In Taormina, Sicily Oliver Chaffee. La Gaude Harold Holmes Wrenn. County Jo Ruby Evelyn Du Gosh. A Cactii Impression Agnes Weinrich. Landscape Ada Gilmore. Catalpah Tree Heinrich Pfeiffer. Pont Neuf Lois Boutemain. Clear Day, Provincetown May M. Hohlen. Over-looking the Harbor Jessie Long. Spring Elizabeth Caliga. Landscape Agnes Weinrich. Leaves Fritz Pfeiffer. On the Dunes Elizabeth Caliga. Still Life A. W. Farham. Studio Karl Knaths. The Cock’s Domain Doris L. Lewis. Spring Progress Lucy L’Engle. Decoration May M. Hohlen. Provincetown Rooftops Tod Lindenmuth. On the Banks Heinrich Pfeiffer. Luxembourg Gardens Howard Gibbs. Mannikins in my Studio Loren MacIver. Bagatelle E. Ambrose Webster. Bermuda Ross Moffett. Dory in the Ice Karl Knaths. Deer A. W.Farham. Strawberry Pickers William L’Engle Two Figures Shelby Shackelford. Workshop Harold Holmes Wrenn. Sam Jessie Long. Lilacs Howard Gibbs. Two Clowns-Downie Bros. R. B. Rogers. Riolama of Hudson’s “Green Show Mansions Tod Lindenmuth. Drying Sails Mildred McMillen. Ship and Shells Ruby Evelyn Du Gosh. T. C. Cafeteria Blanche Lazzell. The Yellow Petunia Anton Van Dereck. Praying Angel. (Models Evelyn Bodfish Bourne. Drawing for ten foot panels) (metal relief) Bess Fromme. Nasturtiums Anton Van Dereck. Praying Angel Agnes Weinrich. Drawing BALCONY C. Hackett. Attic Window Mary H. Tannahill. In a Swamp Ada Gilmore. Quilts Mabel A. Hewit. The Dunes from Race Point, Lucy L’Engle. Pencil Drawing No. 2 Cape Cod Ellen Ravenscroft. Trees in Provincetown Shelby Shackelford. Trees No. 1 Thelma Raybeck Riggs. Castillo della Fuerza Shelby Shackelford. Trees No. 4 Grace Martin Frame. White Cottage Thelma Raybeck Riggs. A Cuban Patio Shelby Shackelford. Trees No. 3 Grace Martin Frame. Studio Window Ellen Ravenscroft. Mother and Child Lucy L’Engle. Pencil Drawing No. 1 Mabel A. Hewit. Moving Day, Provincetown Ellen Ravenscroft. Mountains at Nice Ada Gilmore. Provincetown Grave Yard Ada Gilmore. Mr. and Mrs. Lopes Mary H. Tannahill. Birds Shelby Shackelford. Trees No. 2 LITTLE GALLERY Dorothy Lake Gregory. Storm at Sea Ada Gilmore. A. B. C. Doris L. Lewis. The Road James Floyd Clymer. Fish City Bess Fromme. Jack-in-the-pulpit Agnes Weinrich. Dunes in Autumn Blanche Lazaell. Amarylis Oliver Chaffee. Barmaid and Bottles Mildred McMillen. The Fishermen’s Quarter Oliver Chaffee. Flowers gnes Weinrich. Up Along Charles J. Martin. Truro Landscape Oliver Chaffee. Still Life Oliver Chaffee. Long Point Rosalie Carey. Water-color No. 1 Oliver Chaffee. Provincetown Charles J. Martin. Wellfleet Harbor William L'Engle. Xolchomilco Oliver Chaffee.