Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Florida Artists Groups

FOURTH Alii.jUAL Exn ! BITIoN FtoniJo ,q"ii,t Gno,p NATToNAL

MAY, ,nu8*

DESCENT

from the

CROSS

t'*X[prL, rg54

Louis M. Freund

First Shoum und,er the au.spices of the SARASOTA ART ASSOCIATION Sarasota, Florida and circuited by the FIORIDA ARTIST GROUP, INC.

rl I orewopo Fo: the fcurth

successive year

the Florida Artist Group has held its annual Sym-

posium and Annual Exhibition, this year uncier the auspices of the Sarasota

Art

Associa-

tion. From the exhibition 26 paintings are to be made available throughout the succeeding year to art inslitutions and art departments o{ universities and colleges for brief

showings ircm month to month.

In keeping with the grcup's established practlce an art personality cf first standing in America was invited to serve as sole itiror and as one of tl-re speakers of the Symposium.

This year Homer Saint-Gaudens, whose long record as the distinguished director of the Carnegie InsiiLule is known to everycne iCentrfied with art, was invited and consented to serve. TLe present collction of 26 paintings is made up of the 24 iiems selected by Mr. Saint-Gaudens with the additicn of numbers 8 and 14, cne of whic}i will be chosen for tf,e Stetson University Purchase Prize.

Mr. Saint-Gaudens named the painting, "Descent From the Cross," by Louis Freund, as the Roliins College Purchase Prize, No. 9 in.this catalog, and also designated four paintings {or Special Mention, "Terra Cotta" by Minerva Walker Goldsmitl'r, "Toad Stools and India-n Pipes" by Lillian B. Hamilton, "The Red Table" by Helen Sawye4 and 'TLe Woodsman" by Alice Simmons.

A third Purchase Prize may be awarded by the Florida Union of the University of Florida, Gainesviile, after the showing of the exhibition to be held under the auspices of the Florida Union in the course of the present tour.

SYMPOS!UM On the afternoon of Friday, April 24, selections and awards were announced by Saint-Gaudens in a happy speech that played around the difficulties confronting a sole juror in an effort to justly represent all phases of art apparent in the large coliection of 102 paintings from which it was his problem to pick 24 for circuit and awards.

A panel discussion was held on the subject "Is there any substitute for the Jury

Mr.

System?" Jerry Farnsrvorth, distinguished American painter, served as moderator and called upon a panel of eight tc express their views on this subject. Participating were Clayton Charles, Head of the Art Department of the University of Miami, Dixie Cooley, watercolorist of Tarpon Springs, Don Emery, painter of Daytona Beach, George S. Hill, painter and Head of the Hill School of Art, St. Petersburg, Marian Murray, Assistant Director at the Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Reginald Poland, Director of the Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, Oliver Smith, painter of Tarpon Springs, and Douglas Stewart, Sarasota painter, and President of the Cape Cod Art AssociationByanis, Mass., where Ire spends his summers.

ADDRESS On Saturday morning, under the honorary chairmanship of Dr. John Richard Craft, Director of the Columbia Museum, Columbia, S.C., the principal address of the occasion was given by Carl Hoity, guest instructor at the University o{ Florida, Gainesville.

Mr. Holtv's address. e philosophical discourse bearing on many pltases o[ modern painting, lreld-the attentibn o[ an audience of 125 for an hour and a half. These sessions were held in the patio gallery of the Sarasota Art Association.

Opportunity to examine the 102 paintings composing the .exhibition, brought forward mich valgable comment trnd particular s_tress was laid on the fact that an organization of 113 exfiibiting members hid so nearly attained 100% representation. trt is felt that something of a record was established with this evidence of membershi,p intere-st.

A single entr! was called from each of the 113 members throughout ttre State. The respon'se, I02"entries, was gratifying to the officers who organized the exhibition.

CATATOGUE Fourth Annual Circuited Exhibition

of the "

FTORIDA ARTIST GROUP '".

Artist 1. Howard J. Ahrens

Medium

Title

Price

Sundaq Dinner

oil

350

Neglected,

oil

65

wc

250

Plaqing Hookeq

wc

100

The Curious

wc

125

Jacksonville

2. Ris Armstrong Sarasota

3. E. Zabriskie Banta

Old World

Ha.rbor

Tarpon Springs

4, Rotrert Chase Sarasota

5. Shirley Clement Sarasota

LANDSCAPE

(watercolor)

Alida Conover o

Artist

Title

6. Ethel W. Clonts

Medium

Price

The Passing of Pierrot

oil

200

Landscape

wc

100

cas'n

100

St. Petersburgh

7. Alida Conover Dunedin

B. Sallie Boyd Dillard

Street

in

la.maica

Sarasota

STREET

IN JAMAICA

TERRA COTTA

Sallie Boyd Dillard

Minerva Walker Goldsmilh 4

(watercolor and ink)

Tiile

Artist

9. Louis

Freund

DeLand

10. Stanley

Goddard

Descent from

the

Cross

Unabridged

Sarasota

11. Minerva W. GoldsmithTerra Cotta

Medium Price 750 oil 250 oil wc and ink 100

West Palm Beach

12. Lillian B. Hamilton Toad Stook and lndian Pipes Sarasota

13. loan

Hutson

Autumn Glow

wc oil

Jacksonville

TOAD STOOLS and INDIAN

PIPES

Lillian B. Hamilton

(watercolor)

125 300

Artist

Mediun'r oil

Title

14. Guy lohnson

Still Life

15. Betty Warren Jones

lu,dq Waiting

16. Mimi Kramer

Another World

oil oil

Erserglades

cas

Trophies

oii

Lou Tida

wc

7

Newpori

Sarasota

Price 200 500

N.F.S.

Sarasota

17.

Hilton

Leech

n

I/D

Sarasota

18. Helen A. Ord Dunedin

19. Joel Reichard

Silver Springs

20. Andrew Sanders

250

,

L75

tr' .'i'

St. Morq's

f,ouache'l:

The Red Table

oil

t;"

I50

Sarasota

21. Helen Sawyer

400

Sarasota

STILL LIFE 7

Guy Johnson

?:llq$]

'l:

;Xii

It@lI

i::-i

eLs

;;,*:,,1:Y;

tqjl0l

6r{

Kri

TROPHIES

(oil) Helen A. Ord 6

JUDY WAITING

Betty Warren Jones

Iitle

Artist

22. Alice Simmons

Medium

Price

Tl'te Woodsman

oiI

150

Homestead on the Grtll

wc

250

Nigl'ft Mqsterq

WC

i25

wc

150

oil

200

Sarasota

23. Oliver Smith Tarpon Springs

24. Chester J. Tingler Coral Gables

Birds and Brahmas Englewood I 26. Prudence F. Vaughan Still Li,fe u;i,th Lantern

25. Lois Bartlett TracY Miami

ili# ffi+

STILL LIFE WITH LANTERN

Prudence F. Vaughan

THE RED TABLE

Helen Sawyer, N.A.

THE FI.ORIDA

ART!sT

GROUP -its

signifi,catTce &s a factor

in the art actiaity of Florida

"To stimulate the develoDment of hieh standards o{ creative art in the Staie of Florida" is the purpdse of the or'qanization as stated in the charter by which on June 30th,'1949, the Flolidi'Artist Group was established as

a non-profit, educational corporation.

.

several oost-war vears widelv known artists of the State, and Ieade-rs in the fleid of art education, liad recognized that much could be done'to arouse thiti interest of the Florida public in good art, and to carry to the public at large knowledge of Florida's contlibution to the cievelopment oi contemporary art in America. Il was felt that progresji aionq these the medium of an olganized Group lirnited Iines could be attained through 'iculptors and print-makers who had gained in membership to painters, recognition in'state, regional or lational exhibitions' Seventy leading painters of the State made immediate response to the initial propbsal of ig49. There has been moCest g;c,w.h each year si rce. with a'present membership of 113 .(as of ihe date of the Fourth Annual

Fol

Symposium).

MEMBERSHIP It is hopefl that individuals and institutions in sympathy with the aims of the organization may be disposed to aid the d-evelopment of the group's Drogram'by taking sustaining memberships. in ordel that the costs of operaiior'rruy be covered without increase of the modcst dues charged the exhibiting members. Annual dues, Exhibiting L{embers, $5. Sustaining Nlembels, $25.

THE WOODSMAN

Alice Simm::rs 10

THE FTORIDA ARTIST GROUP

Or ganization

and personnel

Execuflve â‚Źonrnnittee

ol the Florida Artist Group, lnc.

President-HILTON LEECH, Director, Amagansett Schoc'l of Art, Sarasota, Sec'y.-Treas. and Director-RALPH H. McKELVEY. HUGH F. McKEAN, President, Rolli,ns College,Winter Park.

HELEN SAWYER, N.A. LOUIS FREUND, Dept, of Art, Stetson Llni'oersitq, DeLond.

Past Presidents HOLLIS H. HOLBROOK E. R. HUNTER WILLIS F. WOODS Circuit Direclor ELDEN ROWLAND Membersh.ip Committee Regional Chairmen CLAYTON CHARLES, Head, Dept. of Art, Uni,oersitq of Miami.

LOUIS FREUND, Dept, of Art, Stetson Unioersitq, DeLand.

EDMUND LEWANDOWSKI, Dept. of Art, F.S.U., Tallahassee.

REGINALD POLAND, Director, Norton Gallerq and School cf Art, West Palm Beach.

STUART PURSER, Head, Dapt. of Art, Uni,Dersitr4 of Florida, Cainesaille.

ROBERT B. SPRAGUE, Director, Sprague School of Art, St. Petersburg.

Sustaining Members Hilton Leech Minerva Walker Goldsmith Helen F' McKelvey Mary E' lohnston Helen Sawver

AUTUMN GLOW

THE FTORIDA

Exhibiting L[embers

ARTIST GROUP

Franklin Adams Joseph Adams Howard J. Ahrens Elsa

Lillian B. Hamilton Frank S. Hawkins

Anshutz i

Ris Armstrong Judy Shepherd Axe

Albert E.

Backus

E. Zabriskie

Max

Faye M. Henthorne

Helen Frank Protas

George S. Hill Polly Knipp Hill Hollis H. Holbrook Charles A. Holder

Stuart R. Purser

Billy Price Hosmer Victoria Hutson Huntley Joan Hutson

Banta

Warren Baumgarten Bernd-Cohen

William H. Boughton

Ru Israels

Elsinore M. Budd

A. Skavakis

Robert E. Carson Clayton Charles

Betty Warren Jones

Robert Chase

Shirley Clement M. S. Clinedinst Ethel W. Clonts Stella Coler

J.

Russell

Alida Dixie

Conn

Covey

Harrison W.

Covington

Dressler Wayman Eaton

William James

'

Barbara Warren Ebersole

Edwards Don J. Emery William

Helen Sawyer

Jerry

,:i,z

i Jeannette M. Genius Stanley Goddard

Katharine Merrill Alan Miller George Milton e\Awrence R. McCoy

P.

,. .'

. i,:..

.rr

R.. Mclntosh

Hugh' F. McKean

;Helen Stagg McKim Anna Neagoe Lois Niemeier

Minerva Walker Goldsmith ' Helen Ord Hunter Gill Griffith Niki Parton Genevieve

Hamel

Wells M. Sawyer Gertrude Schweitzer

Syd Solomon

Leech

R. Hj:frAcKelvey t:i

Elden Rowland Henry Saltzman Andrew D. Sanders

Oliver Smith

lva McCullough

Farnsworth

E. George Rogers

Paul Laessle

Farnsworth Charles R. McCurry

Elsie Freund Louis Freund ' George E. Fox

Reed

Reichard

Elsa Selian

Grace Mack George Mandus Richard L. Merrick

Marioree Deo Sallie Boyd Dillard

M.

Marcel Sessler Mary Shiras

Laura E. Lock

E. Fairfax Davenport

Bertha

Joel W.

Bruce E. Johnstone George R. Kaiser, Jr. Florence Kawa Janei Reid Kellogg Mimi l(rcmer

Dorothy Sherman Leech Edmund Lewandowski

Coo-lgy

Arihur

Jegart

Gladys C. Randolph

Guy D. Johnson

Hilton

Conover

Reginald Poland Julius Protas

Tibor C.

Pataky

L2

Alice Simmons Harold B. Slingerland

Rose H. Spitzer

Robert B. Sprague Ben Stahl Jean Stannard Douglas G. Stewart Dudley R. Stokes Larry Stults Stanley Tasker

Marion Terry Chester

J.

Ting ler

Lois Bartlett Tracy Eleanor Treacy Prudence F. Vaughn Richard G. Wedderspoon Reynold Weidenaar Edumund E. Weyhe Eugene White Loran F. Wilford Robert Willson James Mallory Willson

Harold W. Yates Jane Ziegler