New-York tribune., 1922-11-22
Laymen, Painters, Sculp.
tors Join to Hold Annual
Exhibit; To Popularize
WorkDone byAmericans
Show Expected to
Open About Jan. I
To Be Held ON DorneFloor
of Terminal; {; Next i'm Size
Here to Metropolitan

business men and directors of art mu-
scums in various parts of the country,
on the one hand, and many OF the lead
ing artists and sculptors, on the other,
for the operation Of great art ex-
hibition and sales gallery covering the
| entire dome floor Of Grand Central
Station has been effected here, 1t was
announced yesterday. It's purpose is
TO popularize the work Of American
artists.
Among the lay members who will
| insure the maintenance OF the gallery
are Mrs. Joseph II. Choate, Irving T.
Bush, John G. Agar, Mrs. Willard
Straight, Miss Helen Frck, L. A. Os-
| borne, v'ce-president of the Westing-
house Company, Walter L. Clark and
Charles l.. Hutchinson, president of
the Chicago Art Institute. Altogether
there are hundred Heading the list
Of artists who have joined the project
are John s. Sargent and Daniel Ches-
ter French.
Station To Be Altered
Completed, the gallery of the Asso-
citation of Painters, Sculptors and Lay
men will be the largest in New York
OUTSIDE Of the Metropolitan Museum,
having floor space of $4,000 square
feet and 1,500 linear feet Of picture
| hanging space. Through the co-opera-
ton of the New York Central Railroad
Company, which is spending S52 900
in alterations to fit the galleries, all
will be ready for the first exhibition
about January l. Entered by elevators
on Vanderbilt Avenue, just north of
Forty second Street. the galleries, rum
ming the length of the building on the
latter street, will incorporate fifteen
separate exhibition rooms, q sales
room, storage and packing rooms.
No one will benefit by the undertak-
ing except the artist, it is stated,
while the following novel working plan
will be carried out. Artists, in becom-
ing members of the association, agree
| to Ornate one work of painting or
sculptaie eackE year for three years.
| These donations become the property
of the lay members, who will apportion
them among themselves according to
first choice, and SO on Every lay
member will thus receive one work of
art for his support of the association,
while the artist, on his hand, has the
privilege of perpetually exhibiting
some example of his work. ANY profit
accruing from the sale OF pictures will
apply toward reducing the nominal
commission which will be charged the
artist in each case. But the lay mem-
bers have contributed sufficient funds
for the establishment of the project.
Well known Backers
Among the we1l known names Of
these lay members or financial hackers
are the following:
| Felix Warburg, Paul Warburg, Mrs
Oakes Ames, Boston; Miss Mabel
Choate, DR.. R. C. Cabot, Boston; Henry
Phipps, J. S. Ph;nps, John Hill Nor
gan. trustee Bro 'lyn Museum; Dr..
Alexander G. Hum hreve. 0residsr' of
Stevens Institute; William Goodman,
trustee Art institute, lh.cago, .,.....l
Chicago; H. B. Thayer, president Bell
Telephone Company; Walter Clifford,
vice president Bell Telephone Com
rany; Frank G. Logan, vice president
Art Institute, Chicago; Thomas B. Clark,
+ ew York; Miss Helen Frick, Rufus
Patterson, Edward B. Butler, trustee
Art Institute; Mrs. Harry Payne
Bingham, Mrs. Willard Straight, Cen
eral Butler Ames, Boston; James
Parmelee, Corcoran Galleries, Wash
ington; Miss Lucy NJ. Taggart, trustee
indianapolis Museum; William h.
Bixby, presiden. of St. Louis Art Mu-
scum; Wallace D. Simmons, st. Louis;
Mrs. Charles Heber Clark, Philadel-
phia; Morris r. Bockius, Philadelphia,
and August Heckscher, of Heckscher
Foundation.
The sales gallery will be in charge
of two experts, Irwin S. Barrie and
Frank w. Purdy Mr.. Barrie will have
charge of the picture section and Mr..
| Purdy the sculpture.