I fffl'i2 ;t1 WEST 53RD STREET, NEW YORK TELEPHONE! CIRCLE 7-7470 FOR RELEASE Saturday or Sun­ day, September 12 or 13,1936 The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, announces th irst exhibition of its 1936-37 season, Hew Horizons in American Art, which fell open to the public Wednesday, September 16 and will remain on view through Monday, October 12. The exhibition will consist of out­ standing work done since August 1935 by artists throughout the country on the in the fields of painting, oils, viatercolors, sculpture, prints, posters, photographs, drawings and s ovor al hundr od watercolor plates. It will include / .. objects and will fill three and one-half floors of the Museum. The exhibition has been directed by Miss Dorothy C. Miller, Assistant Curator of .Painting and Sculpture of the Museum of Modern Art. The selections have been made without regard to regional representation, although many projects throughout the country will be included. Holger Cahill, Director of the Federal Art Project, believes that the support and stimulation of an interested public is as ne- cessar;/ to the artist as is a responsive audience to the actor. In his foreword to the catalog of Hew Horizons in American Art, he makes this clear. "An attempt to bridge the gap between the American artist and the American public has governed the entire program of the Federal Art Project," Mr. Cahill states. "For the first time in American art history a direct and sound relationship has been established between the American public and the artist. Community organizations of all kinds have asked for his work. In the discussions and interchange between the artist and the public concerning , easel paintings, prints, and sculptures for public buildings; through the arrangements for allbcatios of art in many forms to schools and libraries, an ac­ tive and often very human relationship has been created. The artist has become aware of every typo of community demand for art, and has had the prospect of increasingly larger audiences, of greatly exten­ ded public Interest. Now horizons have come Into view. American ar- •tists have discovered that they have work to do In the world.

"The organization of fcha Fro joet has proceeded on the principle that it is not the oolitary genius but a sound general movement which maintains art as a vital, functioning part of any cultural scheme. Art 7*

[$ not a matter of rare, occasional masterpieces; it is not merely decorative, a sort of unrelated accompaniment to life. In a genuine sonse it should have use; it should bo interwoven tfith the very stuff

and toxturo of human experience, intensifying that experience, making it more profound, rich, clear, and coherent. This can bo accomplished only if the artist is functioning freely in relation to society, and if society VJants what he is able to offer. "It is fortunate that, under government auspices, an opportun­ ity for the development of significant nov; tendencies has boon provid- i ed during these crucial times. The outcome is full of promise for the future. Certainly there is no dearth of genuine talent in this coun- try-^talent of a rich order. Under the most difficult circumstances American artists have shovm themselves ready to.attack now problems and to make fresh adaptations. They are growing in 3taturo and in power. They have the technique, the discipline, and the impulse to carry American art to now heights. The question for the future is whether they may continue to maintain that sound relationship with a viide public which has been shown to be essential for a living art." The Federal Art Project was organized undor Mr. Cahillfs dir­ ection in August 1935. It employs throughout the country a total num­ ber of 5,300 artists and art teachers. Of this number 49$ are in the creative arts, at work upon murals, sculpture, easel painting and graphic arts. The rest arc employed in art education and applied art3, including the Index of American Design. To date, 434 murals have been completed and 55 are in progress, with sketches for many others under way. The Index of American Design, which is making a record in water- color and black-and-white drawings of all typos of original American dosign in the useful arts, has completod 3,500 plates.

Among tho objects to be shown in Now Horizons in American Art, the exhibition opening September 16 at the Museum of Modern Art, will bo 48 oil paintings, 66 watercolors, 52 prints and about 40 works (paintings and sculpture) by children. The oldest artist represented in the exhibition is William Somraorj 70, of Ohio; the youngest, Dolores Wright, 6, of . The following artists are included in the exhibition; Muralo Charles Alston, NEW YORK Dmitri Kcssel, NEW YORK prancOG Avery, NEW YORK Karl Knaths, MASSACHUSETTS Raincy Bennett, ILLINOIS Benjamin Knotts, NEW YORK •jjucionno Bloch, NEW YOftK Edward Laning, NEW YORK Edgar Britton, ILLINOIS Guy MacCoy, NEW YORK James Brooko, NEW YORK Abraham Lishinsky, NEW YORK IAlfred Crimi, NEW YORK Eric MOso, NEW YORK Wyatt Davis, NEW YORK Hestor Miller Murray, ILLINOIS [Philip Evergood, NEW YOHK James lUchacl Newell, NEW YORK Soymour Fogcl, NEW YORK William C Palmer, NEW YORK Arshilo Gorky, NEW YORK AnatOl Shulkin, NEW JERSEY Ralf Henrickson, ILLINOIS Mitchell $iporin, ILLINOIS Emanuel Jacobson, ILLINOIS Max Spivak, NEW YORK Edwin Boyd Johnson, ILLINOIS Elizabeth Tracy, MASSACHUSETTS Karl Kolpe, ILLINOIS John Wallcy, ILLINOIS

Group of NOVJ York Artists Designing Murals for Williamsburg federal Housing Pro.joct Ilya Bolotov;sky Paul Kclpc Harry Bowden William do Kooning Byron Browne Jon Matulka Francis Criss Gcorgo Mcfteil Stuart Davis Albert Swindon ftalcomb Greene

Oil Paintings

Aaron Bohrod, ILLINOIS Hc3tcr-Miller Murray, ILLINOIS Pedro Corvantcjr, NEW MEXICO John iUchols, NEW YORK Allan Rohan Crito, MASSACHUSETTS Jane Ninas, LOUISIANA Stuart Davis, NEW YORK Henry Allon Nord, CALIFORNIA Joseph Do Martini, NEW YORK Joseph Pandolfini, NEW YORK Emmet Edwards, NEW YORK Igor Pantuhoff, NEW YORK Donald Porbes# NEW YORK Gregorio Prostopino, NEW YORK Karl Fortess, NEW YORK Red Robin, COLORADO Loon Garland, ILLINOIS Ivllsha Rcznikoff, NEW YORK Howard Gibbs, MASSACHUSETTS William Schwartz, ILLINOIS Louis Gugliolmi, NEW YORK Chorlcc Sebrco, ILLINOIS James Guy, NEW YORK Claire Silbcr, LOUISIANA Marsden Hartley, NEW YORK Joseph Stolla, NEW YORK HUairo Hilcr, CALIFORNIA Elizabeth Terrell, NEW YORK Loon Kelly, PENNSYLVANIA Manuel Tologian, NEW YORK Gcorgina Klitgaard, NEW YORK Eugene Trentham, COLORADO Karl Knaths, MASSACHUSETTS Eumpoi Usui, NEW YORK Lawrence Lobduska, NEW YORK Frodo Vidar, NEW YORK Julian Levi, NEW YOjRK Dorothy Varian, NEW YORK Jack Levine, MASSACHUSETTS Joseph Vavak, ILLINOIS William Littloficld, MASSACHUSETTS Arnold Wilfcz, NEW YORK Lorcn Maclvor, NEW YORK Robert Woolsoy, CALIFORNIA Austin Mocklom, NEW YORK Edgar Yacgor, MICHIGAN Roland Moussoau, NEW YORK Karl Zerbo, MASSACHUSETTS Watcrcolors, Gouaches, Pastels, etc.

Caarlos Barrows, NEW MEXICO Oronzo Gasparo, NEW YORK Rainoy Bonnett, ILLINOIS Isoldo Thcrcsc Gilbert, MASS. Cameron Booth, MINNESOTA Albert Gold, RHOD£ ISLAND Jack Grcitzor, OHIO Raymond Broinin, ILLINOIS Julian Levi, NEW YORK Lester Bridaham, MASSACHUSETTS Edward Lewandowski, WISCONSIN Bob Brown, MINNESOTA Richard Merrick, FLORIDA Samuol J. Brown, PENNSYLVANIA Ann Michalov, ILLINOIS Glenn Chamborlain, IOWA Hestor Miller Murray, ILLINOIS Louis Nisanoff, NEW YORK Joseph Do Mors, CALIFORNIA Glenn Poarco, PENNSYLVANIA Helen Blackmur Dickson, MASSACHUSETTS Albert Pearson, ILLINOIS Carlos Dyer, CALIFORNIA George Post, CALIFORNIA Stuart Edio, NEW YORK Arnold Pyle, IOWA Stanford Fenolle, MINNESOTA Thomas Flavell, PENNSYLVANIA 4. Watercolors, Gouaches, Pastels, etc, (continuation) Andrdo Roxroth, CALIFORNIA Ruf ino Tamsyo, NEV/ YORK Lootor Schwartz, ILLINOIS Elizaboth Terrell, NEV'/ YORK William Earl Singor, ILLINOIS David Van Raalto, NEW YORK William Sommor, OHIO Joseph Vavak, ILLINOIS John Stonvall, ILLINOIS Frode Vidar, NEW YORK Elinor Stono, CALIFORNIA John Wallcy, ILLINOIS Francos Strain, ILLINOIS Karl Zorbe, MASSACHUSETTS Richard Sussman, NEW YORK Gro.phic Arts Project Maxine Albro, CALIFORNIA Geno Kloss, NEW MEXICO Giuseppe Amato, ILLINOIS Yasuo Kuniyoshi, NEW YORK Ralph Austin, CALIFORNIA Lawrence Kupforman, MASSACHUSETTS Charles Barrows, NEW MEXICO Luclcn Labaudt, CALIFORNIA F. G. Becker, NEW YORK Blancho Lazell, MASSACHUSETTS Jolan Gross Bottelhoim, OHIO Charlos Locke, NEW YORK Arnold Blanch, NEW YORK Nan Lurlo, NEW YORK Julius Bloch, PENNSYLVANIA Kyra Markham, NEW YORK Redman Byron, CALIFORNIA James Marshall, UTAH Goorge Constant, NEW YORK Hugh Miller, NEW YORK Hubert Davis, NEW YORK Arthur Murphy, CALIFORNIA Mabel Dwight, NEW YORK M. Lois Murphy, NEW YORK Horatio C. For John, PENNSYLVANIA Charles E. Pont, NEW YORK Anton Refregior, NEW YORK Erail Ganso, NEW YORK Dorothy Rutka, OHIO Charles R. Gardner, PENNSYLVANIA Raymond Skolfiold, NEW YORK Harry Gottlieb, NEW YORK Raphael Soyer, NEW YORK Blanche Grambs, NEW YORK Harry Sternberg, NEW YORK John W. Gregory, MASSACHUSETTS William H. Trahor, COLORADO Joseph Vogel, NEW YORK Nils Gron, CALIFORNIA Julius Woiss, NEW YORK John P. Hoins, NEW YORK Richard Hood, PENNSYLVANIA Eli Jacobi, NEW YORK Sculpture

Partocino Barola, HEW MEXICO Jo so' Ruiz do Rivera, NEW YORK Samuel Cashwan, MICHIGAN Hugo Robua, NEW YORK Eugenie Gorshoy, NEW YORK Fingal Rosenquist, PENNSYLVANIA Aaron Goodolman, NEW YORK Concotta Scaravaglione, NEW YORK

Index of American Dosign

ILLINOIS Ann Buckley Harry" G. Aberdeen Gordona Jackson Wellington Blewitt Bertha Semplo Roberta Elvis Gerald Transpota James Vail Lyman Young LOUISIANA COLORADO Ray Price I^audo Fiorentino-Vallo* L. A. Vorboko

CONNECTICUT MARYLAND La-jronco Flynn Lillian Causoy Jerome Hoxie John Matulis MASSACHUSETTS Martin Partyka Lucille Chabat Prod Woiss Suzanno Chapman George Constantino DELAWARE Larry Foster James M. Law son Anne Gcr Ernest Towers, Jr. Lucille Gilchrist Gould White Helen Gilman Joseph Goldberg DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Elizabeth Moutal Kabul Ritter Lawronco Potorson Si Josephine Sterling I. Selmor-Larsen Alfred H. Smith Irving I, Smith