New Britain herald., 1922-04-07
CHOOSE PICTURES
 FOR EXHIBITION
Jury for TWenty-First Exposition
 Selects American Paintings

Pittsburgh, April 7,-Thc jury for the twenty-frst International EXhihi- tion or Contemporary Paintings at Carnegie Institute, held it's final meet Ing today, and selected the last group Of American pictures for the exhib- ton, which will open here April 27. The jury has been active since early In the year, meeting in London !, January 24-25 in Paris Jan.2 TIPS, and New York March 3l. At the meet lngs abroad 30 representative Europ- can paintings were selected for the exhibition, and all of them preceded the jury to Pittsburgh. They are ] now waiting to be hung on the walls Of the spacious galleries at Carnegie which virtually are reserved through out the year for the International. Choose i5O. Out of some 500 American paint ings submitted, the jury today chose 50 to uphold the standard of this country in art competition with the works of European artists. Hereto lore artists were permitted to show more than one picture. This year $, thus allowing much broader repre- SC ntation.
 European members of She jury were Mrs. Laura Knight, of London, and Lucion simon of Paris. The .Ameri- can members were Charles W. Wood bury of Boston, and Charles C. Cur ran, of New York city. John w. Beatty, director of fine arts of Carn- gie Institute, presided at the New York and Pittsburgh meetings, that today being the twenty-first oyer which he has had supervision in his experience of twenty-six years ns di- rector. Abroad the presiding officer was Homer Saint-Gaudens, assistant | director at Carnegie. Before the jury | met in London and Paris, MT. Saint | Gaudens spent three months in Europe searching studios and galler- ies for the best works of contempor- ary artists to submit to the jury.
 First Woman Jurist
 Mrs. Knight was the first woman to serve on the international jury, the only other woman who has served being an American. Miss Cecilia
  Knight, one of the ablest painters :n England is the wife of Harold Knight, who is himself well known English artist. Her painting "The Green Feather" was awarded honorable mention at the Carnegie Institute h. ternational :n 1912.
 Other Foreign Member.
 Lucien Simon, the other foreign member of the jury, is one of the most eminent and powerful of mod ern French painters. His painting, "Evening in a Studio," was awarded first prize in 1905 at Carnegie, and later purchased by the Institute for its permanent collection. He has been frequent contributor to the In ternatonal since 1898, and in 1913 he had what was termed the "one man show, being represented by 25 canvasses. He is now on his first visit to this country.
 Mir. Woodbury occupies a distin- guished position among American painters and was twice honored by his fellow artists by election 10 the jury. serving the last time in 1921 He is represented. in the Carnegie permanent collection, 1is marine paintings having given him l high place in American art.
 Mir. Curan also is distinguished in American art. He is member of he National Academy and has fre- luently served on the Academy's jury ,f award
 Pittsburgh's Exhibition.
 Pittsburgh is the only city in ,merica which has an annual inter ational exhibition of paintings, and he only other city in the world is ,enice. The Pittsburgh exhibition as been held each year since 1896, ,ith the exception of the five years Of ! he war. Nearly all the great mod Tn European painters have been m reduced to America through the International The ex- ibit will continue until June 15. and nder the Carnegie endowment will be free to the people"
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