The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-07
Carnegie Exhibit
 Unusual Display

i Pittsburgh, April 6.-The jury for | the twenty-hrst International Exhibi- | ton Of Contemporary Paintings at | Carnegie Institute, held it's final meet l of American pictures for the exhibl-
 tion, which will open here April 27-
 The jury has been active since early
 in the year. meeting in Lond on, Janu-
 ary 2425, in Paris, Jan. 27-2S, and i New York March 31. At the meetings l abroad 130 representative European l paintings were selected for the exhibi- ! ton, and all Of them preceded the l jury to Pittsburgh. They are now
 waiting to be hung on the walls of the ] spaciou sgalleries at Carnegie, which i virtually are reserved throughout the year for the International.
 Out of some 500 American paintings | submitted, the jury today chose 15O | to uphold the standard of this coun- | try in art com petition with the works | of European artists. Heretofore artists were permitted to show more than one picture. This year exhibits are confined to single works, thus allow 1 ing a much broader representation | European members of the jury were Mrs. Laura Knight, of London,
 and Lucion Simon of Paris. The | American members were Charles H Woodbury of Boston, and Charles c. Curran of New York city. John W. Beatty, director of fine arts of Car ! negie Institute, presided at the New Y ork and Pittsburgh meetings, that | which he has had supervision in his l experience of twenty-six years as di- rector. Abroad the presiding officer was Homer Saint-Gaudens, assistant met in London and Paris, MT. Saint Gaudens spent three months in Europe searching studios and gal iaries for the best works of contemp- orary artists to submit to the jury. Mrs. Knight was the first woman to serve on the international jury, the only other woman who has served being an American, Miss Cecilia Beaux of New York city. Mrs. Knight, one of the ablest painters in England, is the wife of Harold Knight, who is himself a well known English artist.
 was awarded honorable mention at
 Her painting '"The Green Feather" the Carnegie Institute, International in 1912.
 member of the jury, is one of the most
 eminent and powerful of modern
 French painters. His painting Even
 ing in a Studio" was awarded first
 purchased fby the Institute for its permanent collection. He has been frequent contributor to the Interna-
 tional since 1898, and in 1913 he had what was termed the tone man
 show being represented by 25 can vases. He is now on his first visit
 to this country.
 MT. Woodbury occupies a distin- S
 painters and was twice honored by
 his fellow artists by election to the
 International jury, serving the last
 time in 1921. He is represented in the Carnegie permanent collection. his
 marine paintings having given him a high place in American art.
 MT. Curran also is distinguished in American art. He is a member of the National Academy and has frequently served on the Academy's jury of Award.
 Pittsburgh is the only city in Am erica whcih has an annual interna- tional exhibition of paintings, and the
 only other city in the world is Venice.
 The Pittsburgh exhibition has been
 held each year since 1896, with the exception of the five years of the war. Nearly all the great modern European painters have been intro duced to America through the Pitts
 burgh International The exhibit will continue until June 15, and under the Carnegie endowment will be free to the peODle.'