The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1913-11-15
GEORGE BAKER WINS
PRIZE FOR RICHMOND
PAINTERS At EXHIBIT
(Continued from Page H.

Dudley G. Watson, Chicago Art Insti-
tute, and J. Edgar Forkner, Seattle,
Wash
This years exhibit has forty-six
artists whose works mum bering 1872
are in the gallery. More artists than
ever are represented in the collection
and larger number of pictures are in
the galleries than ever before. Inter
est in the annual exhibit is growing
in the opinion of many who attended
last evening.
Sixty-two pieces of arts and crafts
work are on display. The articles
vary from jewelry to pottery, most of
highly original and unique designs
Laud Mrs. Johnston.
The exhibit will be opened to the
public until December 1. At last even
1ng's reception resolutions were
adopted commencing the work of
Mrs. M. F. Johnston, who had been
president of the association for six
teen years. The resolutions are as
follows:
The directors of the Art association
on the occasion of the retirement of
Mrs. NJ. F. Johnston, who has SO long
been its president, feel that an ex-
preston is due from them or appercia-
alton of the remarkable service which
has been rendered by her not only to
the association, but to our entire COM
munity.
Outside of Richmond, in distant
parts OF our country and even abroad,
this city is known and distinguished
chiefly because it has been the
leader in a movement to bring what is
best in contemporary art to the knowl-
of hn o1n ir, I1oy-
tiles, and particularly because the
study of art has been especially insti-
tuted and established here in connec-
ton with our common school and high
school educational system. 1t is now
some seventeen years since the first
annual exhibit was held in this city
This is believed to be the first eXhi-
b1tion of the kind held in a city of this
size, and since that time these exhi-
bltiOns have been continued regularly
improving in character, increasing in
number during the year until we now
have eight or nine annually, affording
a means Of instruction and inspiration
to artists, which few, If any, other
cities of the size can furnish This
work has been done almost exclu-
sive1y by our retiring president, Mrs
Johnston, and the amount of detail
anu Iduol IufOIN Su III preparing tu6S6
exhibitions can not be easily appreci-
ated by those who are not Intimately
connected with the work
In addition to this it is under her
leadership that a permanent art gal
lery of twenty-four excellent paintings
has been already secured and paid for,
furnished in great part by the liberal
ity of Mr. Daniel G. Reid. and the as
sociation at the present time is en-
tirely free from debt. The consider
able expenses attending these exhi-
billions being met as they occurred.
Besides this a great deal is due to
Mrs. Johnston in securing the favor
able action of the board of education
in devoting the three admirable rooms
in the high school to the use of this
gallery and these exhibits and in max
ing instruction in art part of the
education of the youth of this city.
1t was with great regret that the
association accepted her resignation,
and with profound gratitude for the ad-
mirable work she has accomplished.
BY order of the board of directors.
WILLIAM DUDLEY FOULKE,
MRS. PAUL COMSTOCK,
MRS. J. f. CATHELL,
Committee