HONOLULU ACADEMY OF ARTS News Bulletin and Calendar

VOLUME XIV JUNE, 1952 NO. 6

"Madonna and Child B etiveen SaintJ Michael and A11g11Jtine" B y Luca Signorelli (1441?-1523) K reJJ Collection.

HONOLULU ACADEMY OF ARTS Philip E. Spalding, President; Theodore A. Cooke, Treasurer 25th Anniversary Season H O N O L U LU AC AD EM Y O F ARTS _N E W S B U L L ET I N A N D CAL E N DAR

The Kress Collection found permanent homes in American in­ stitutions. The political development of the United States from a colonial status to For the most part, logically enough, the great private collections have been that of a great power within the short given, more or less intact, to museums space of less than two hundred years is with which the name of the collector­ a phenomenon with which every school­ donor has thus become inextricably asso­ child is intimately familiar. The equally ciated, as has Mr. Mellon's with the Na­ remarkable growth of American cultural tional Gallery, for example. The subject institutions in general and of American of these lines, however, is not the gen­ art museums in particular, however, is eral tradition but rather the exception, generally less well-appreciated. It is ob­ as represented by the vast collection be­ viously beyond the scope of these pages gun by Mr. Samuel H. Kress and con­ to discuss this matter at length; it must be sufficient to recall here the fact that tinued within recent years by the Foun­ dation which bears his name, under the the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the National Gallery in Wash­ leadership of his brother, Mr. R. H. ington-two of the world's most impor­ Kress. tant and influential institutions of their In the public mind the Kress Collec­ kind - are only eighty-two and eleven tion, like Mr. Mellon's, is usually thought years old, respectively, while their Euro­ of in connection with the National Gal­ pean counterparts look back upon a his­ lery where the paintings and sculpture tory of centuries. Furthermore, it is also identified with the Kress name have be­ important to remember in this connec­ come familiar to art lovers throughout tion that the Metropolitan and the Na­ the world. Careful observers of Amer­ tional Gallery are only two of a large ican museums will have noticed, how­ number of art museums which have been ever, that the National Gallery has not established in practically every sizeable been the only recipient of Kress gifts. city throughout the land, with the result Individual paintings given by the Kress that the artistic heritage of the European Foundation are to be found in museums and Asiatic past has become part of the in a great many parts of the United immediate cultural opportunity of mil­ States, a case in point being the Ma­ lions of American citizens living today. donna and Child with Saint Joseph and The unparalleled growth of the Amer­ Saint John the Baptist by the Venetian ican museum owes its being to a number artist of the sixteenth century, Vincenzo of contributing factors, but no single one Catena, which has been a Kress gift on of these has been of more intrinsic signi­ exhibition in the Academy since 1938. ficance to it than the generosity of pri­ Within recent months, however, the vate collectors. In almost every Amer­ Kress Foundation's program of assist­ ican museum the gift of private collec­ ance to American museums has been tions can be shown to be the nucleus broadened even further, in a manner and about which the museum's development to an extent unparalleled in history, to has been charted, and names like Mor­ plan for the establishment of Kress Col­ gan, Altman, Frick, Mellon, Widener, lections of groups of paintings in the Bache, Dale, Pillsbury, Kress and many museums of twenty American cities from others have become familiar to art lovers the East Coast to Hawaii, and the Hono­ everywhere as donors of great monu­ lulu Academy of Arts is one of the first 2 ments of the history of art which have to be so honored. The collection selected HO NOLULU ACADEMY OF ARTS NEWS BULLETIN AND CALENDAR

" Madonna and Child" by Segna di Bon,1vent11ra, Sienese Schoo l, active 1298-1331. Kress Collection. 3 "St. Jerome Peni­ tent Kneeling in the WilderneJS" by Lorenzo Lotto, Venetian S choo l, C. 1480-1 556. Kress Co llection.

for exhibition here has been installed in pictures to be exhibited represent the the newly renovated galleries six and flowering of the great Italian schools of seven, where it will be on public view painting of Siena, Florence, Perugia, Mi­ after the sixth of this month. lan, Bergamo, and Venice, the collection The importance of the Kress Collec­ being especially rich in Venetian paint­ tion to the Academy and to the people ing of the sixteenth century. A number of Hawaii can scarcely be overestimated. of the paintings are world famous, and To anyone familiar with the Academy, their authors include such names as Gio­ it is obvious that the collection is the vanni Bellini, Andrea del Sarto, Luca most valuable single contribution that Signorelli, Lorenzo lotto, J acopo Tinto- . 4 has ever been made to this museum. The retto, and Paolo Veronese. The period HONOLULU ACADEMY OF ARTS NEWS BULLETIN AND CALENDAR illustrated by the work of these artists Discount Corporation, Ltd., Mr. Isami Doi, ranges from the fourteenth through the Mr. and Mrs. Francis X. Dolan, Mr. Yuji sixteenth centuries-the very foundation Furuta, Mr. Hiroshi H. Hamada, Mr. Er­ nest Hayase, Mrs. C. J. Henderson, Mr. upon which all Western art since that and Mrs. Gaylord Hensold, Mrs. Tsuru time has developed. In the paintings the Hirakawa, Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. John­ pervasive religious tradition inherited ston, Miss Stella M. Jones, Mrs. George P. Kimball, Mrs. Oliver Kinney, Mr. Frederic from the Middle Ages joins hands with Kono, Mr. and Mrs. Harold K. H. Lee, 6th the new philosophy of humanism which grade Lincoln School, Mr. Harry F. Lucas, was the contribution of Renaissance man Miss Erny Matsushige, Mrs. Annie M. C. to the history of ideas. And finally these Moran, Mrs. K. Morita, Mr. Louis Mor­ ganella and Family, Mrs. W. F. Neukirch, pictures document, with remarkable Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S. Neves, Mrs. Masao thoroughness and consummate beauty, Nishi, Mr. Harry S. Nomura, Mrs. N. Oki, the great creative genius of Renaissance Miss Alice Oumae, Mrs. Edwin C. Pendle­ Italy to which modern man owes so vast ton, Mr. William Ponte, Mrs. Arthur E. Restarick, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Rich­ an intellectual and spiritual debt. ards, Mrs. W. F. Robertson, Mr. and Mrs. A reception on the evening of June 0. A. Schoening, Dr. Alfred A. Strauss, sixth will mark the first viewing of the Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Suga, Miss Mee Lin Tom, Mrs. William Twigg-Smith, Mr. Da­ Kress Collection, on which occasion Mr. vid Urcia, Mr. K. Ushiroda, Mrs. S. Ushi­ R. H. Kress will represent the Founda­ roda, Mrs. Eric T. Wakefield, Miss Jane L. tion. All members of the Academy are Winne, Mrs. James Zerbe. cordially invited to attend and to bring their friends. At the time of the opening, Activities for Members a handbook illustrating each picture in Wednesday Programs: the collection together with notes as to attribution and history of the paintings "The Shady Garden" and the use of prepared by Dr. William E. Suida, emi­ tropical plants recently imported for this nent art-historian and · Curator of Re­ purpose will be discussed by Mansfield search for the Samuel H . Kress Founda­ Page Claflin, landscape architect, on tion, will be available for purchase at a June 4 at 10:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. moderate fee. Designed by Mr. Joseph On July 2 at 10:30 a.m., and again at Feher of the Academy staff, this publi­ 8: 00 p .m., Miss Loraine Kuck will speak cation will remain on sale at the Infor­ on "Japanese Private Gardens." Miss mation Desk. Kuck is the author of several books on ROBERT P. GRIFFING, JR. this popular subject, available in the Academy's library. Additional Donors to the At 10:30 a.m. on July 9, and repeated Academy's Anniversary Fund at 8:00 p.m., Mrs. Sadasuko Terasaki, exponent of the Ikenobo School, will The Academy is deeply grateful for demonstrate "Japanese Flower Arrange­ contributions to the twenty-fifth anniver­ ment." sary fund received from the following "Hawaiian Archaeology" will be the donors since the May issue of the Bulle­ subject of a lecture by Dr. Kenneth P. tin: Emory, of the Bernice P. Bishop Mu­ Mrs. L. 0. Alexander, Mr. John J. Allen, seum staff, on July 16 at 10:30 a.m. and Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Bradley, Miss Faith at 8:00 p.m. Bradley, Mrs. J. J. Carney, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore C. H. Char, Mrs. Bertha E. Clyde, Films will illustrate recent archaeo­ Mrs. E. F. Cushnie, Miss Mary M. Damon, logical research. 5 HONOLULU ACADEMY OF ARTS NEWS BULLETIN AND CALENDAR

Tour of Kress Collection: composer, Tchaikovsky, is announced A special gallery tour of the Kress for Friday, July 25, at 8:00 p.m. Mem­ Collection of Italian Painting, conducted bers may be accompanied by escorts and by Jean Charlot, has been scheduled for by their children of 12 years or over. June 18 at 10:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Please use the Kinau Street entrance All morning activities are for members for all evening activities listed above. only. However, escorts may accompany Annual Meeting: members to any of the evening pro­ grams. A supper at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 25, will open the Annual Meeting July Film: of the membership, after which reports "Song of My Heart," a film based on will be read and officers for the coming the life and music of the great Russian year elected.

" The D escent from the Cross" by Pa olo Caliari, called Il Veronese, 1528-1588. Kress Collection. H ONO LUL U ACADEMY OF ARTS NEWS BULLETIN AND CALENDAR

The Academy is very happy to an­ Wade McVay, Mrs. Michael Markiewiez, nounce that the guest speaker that eve­ Mrs. Satoru Matsuyama, Mr. Robert Melt­ ning will be Dr. Grace L. McCann Mor­ zer, Mrs. John Moodie, Mrs. Randolph G . ley, distinguished director of the San Moore, Mrs. James F. Morgan, Jr., Mrs. Franklin T. Opperman, Mrs. Ivy W. Parks, Francisco Museum of Art. Mr. W. M. Paul, Mrs. Maxwell M. Perry, Guest privileges for the supper are Miss Wayne Peters, Mrs. John H . Peyton, limited to members of the family or es­ Mrs. R. Eugene Platt, Mrs. Arthur W. Rad­ corts. Reservations accompanied by cash ford, Mrs. Horace M. Robinson, Mr. Joe or check ( $2. 50 per person) must be in Robinson, Mrs. John G. Ross, Mrs. Estelle the Membership Off ice not later than Q. Rubin, Mrs. Alton R. Storslee, Mrs. E. White Sutton, Jr., Mrs. Richard C. Sutton, 4:00 p.m. Friday, June 20. Mrs. Harold I. Tateishi, Mrs. John C. Walker, Mrs. George R. Walsh, Mrs. Rob­ Members Who Have Joined ert E. Warne, Mrs. Conrad 0 . White, Mrs. Frederick J. Wiswell, Mrs. Will S. Wood, Since March 1, 1952 Mr. and Mrs. Elwood C. Zimmerman. CONTRIBUTING - Mrs. Katherine F. EDUCATIONAL-Mrs. John W. F. Johnson, Mrs. Malcolm MacNaughton. Chang, Mrs. Frederick A. Clowes, Miss Or­ TRANSFER TO CONTRIBUTING - rel Davis, Mrs. Lorraine F. Fitzsimmons, Mrs. Ralph J. Borden, D r. Charlotte M. Miss Betty Greve, Mr. Ronald J. Harlan, · Florine, Miss Erny Matsushige. Mrs. Helen Marion Lewis, Miss Dorothy Long, Dr. Norman Meller, Miss Tamae Mi­ TRANSFER TO ANNUAL-Mrs. Har­ yajima, Miss Mary Jo Muffly, Miss Marie old M. Bitner, Mr. Kenneth P. Emory. Nakanishi, Mr. Harry F. Slottag, Jr., Mr. ANNUAL-Mrs. Francis A. E. Abel, Robert W. Sparks, Mrs. Grace D. Williams. Mrs. Doyle C. Alexander, Mrs. Rufo Zan­ dueta Alhambra, Mr. Harry A. Baldwin II, Mrs. Rex Blackburn, Mrs. Arch W. Brown, " Artists of Hawaii" Mr. and Mrs. Philip D . Carr, Mrs. Lorraine T. Carson, Mrs. Yen Pui Chang, Mrs. Jean Exhibition Charlot, Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Chock, Mrs. James C. Choy, Mrs. Forest M. Clin­ The Exhibition Committee of the gan, Mrs. John S. Coonley, Mrs. John Academy is sponsoring an exhibition of O'Brien Cullen, Miss Ruth G. Dale, Com­ work by artists living in Hawaii, to be mander Theodore H. Davie, Mr. and Mrs. held from July 10 to 27. Entries must F. Tip Davis, Jr., Mrs. Bayard H . Dilling­ be brought to the museum on June 19, ham, Mrs. Richard A. Duncan, Mr. Bill 20 and 21. Fong, Mrs. Robert Fricke, Mr. Jack Gillett, Dr. Maurice Gordon, Mrs. Peter Grasel, Artists are invited to submit work in Mrs. Arthur M. Gurfein, Mr. and Mrs. the fields of sculpture and painting (in­ James Duncan Hague, Mrs. Ernest H. Hara, cluding watercolor and pastel) for con­ Mrs. Ruth M. Hitchcock, Mrs. Alan E. Hol­ sideration by a Jury of Selection. royde, Mrs. Frank Kanoho, Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Kellett, Miss Doris Elizabeth Copies of the Rules of Entry are now Kemper, Mrs. Richard H. King, Mrs. Frank available at the Beretania Street in­ M. Kreidler, Mrs. Harold McCarthy, Mr. formation desk.

7 June and July 13-8: 00 p.m. - Harpsichord recital by Gertrud K. Roberts. Activities For members only: JUNE 2-10:30 a.m.-"Japanese Private Gar­ dens," lecture by Miss Loraine Kuck. Public Programs: 2-8 :00 p.m.-Above lecture repeated. *t 1-4:00 p.m.-Piano recital by Madge 9-10:30 a.m.-Japanese Flower Arrange­ . Goto. ment. Demonstration by Mrs. Sada­ 6-8:00 to 10 :30 p .m.-Opening-perma­ suko Terasaki. nent exhibition of the Kress Collection 9-8 :00 p.m.-Above demonstration re­ of Italian Painting. peated. *t 7-8 :30 -a.m.-Registration, Summer Cre­ 16-10:30 a.m.-"Hawaiian Archaeology," ative Art Classes for Children. lecture by Dr. Kenneth P. Emory. 12-8:00 to 10 :00 p.m.-Reception open­ 16-8 :00 p.m.-Above lecture repeated. *t ing exhibition of work by art students 25-8:00 p.m.-Film: "Song of My Heart" of University of Hawaii and Art School Life of Tchaikovsky. * t of the Academy. Escort privileges. For members only: * 4-10 :30 a.m. - "The Shady Garden," t Use the Kinau Street entrance. talk by Mansfield Page Claflin. 4- 8 :00 p.m.-Above lecture repeated. *t lune and July 18-10:30 a.m.-Gallery tour of the Kress Exhibitions Collection of Italian Painting, con­ ducted by Jean Charlot. To June 8-Buddhist Art. 18-8: 00 p.m.-Above tour repeated.* t June 10 to 29-Woodcuts by Martin Ba­ 25-6:30 p.m.-Annual Meeting of Mem­ rooshian, lent by Charles D. Childs bership (Supper). Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts. JULY June 12 to 29-W ork by art students of Public programs: University of Hawaii and Art School 3-4 :00 to 6 :00 p .m.-Opening-exhibi­ of the Academy. tion of paintings by Max Ernst and July 1 to 27-Chinese Engravings. Dorothea Tanning. July 3 to 27-Paintings by Max Ernst and 10-8:00 to 10:00 p.m.-Opening-"Art­ Dorothea Tanning. ists of Hawaii" exhibition. July 10 to 27-"Artists of Hawaii."

HOURS OF ADMISSION-Free at all times: Open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m. EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT-The lending collection of objects, framed color reproductions and slides, is available to all teachers. Schools wishing appointments for visiting the Academy for talks by staff members may make them by calling the Educational Office. PRINT ROOM AND REFERENCE LIBRARY-Open during Academy hours. Mrs. Arthur E. Restarick, MEMBERSHIP Secretary, has her office in the building. R. P. GRIFFING, JR., Director ]. FEHER, Designer MARVELL A. HART, Editor

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