Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09
PLANS COMPLETED
FOR ART EXHIBITION
Prospectus Sent Out for Dis.
play of Contemporary
American Oil Paintings.

The prospectus Of the twelfth biennial
exhibition of contemporary American
oil paintings has been compiled by the
administrative staff Of the Corcoran
Gallery Of Art and this, together with
accompanying entry card, is now being
mailed to American artists throughout
the country.
This event, which Is generally con-
sidered one of the outstanding events
of the realm Of art in the United States,
is this year scheduled to last from
November 80, 1880, until January IL,
1881. In the organization thereof, the
committee in charge announces, 1t will
be the effort of the gallery to maintain
and to make the exhibition as thor
oughly representative as possible. The
professional jury which will pass on
the entrants and later decide on the
prizes is not to be limited as to the
number OF paintings it may accept and
every picture accepted will be shown
in the exhibition and included in the
special catalogue.
The jury. invited by the gallery to
pass on pictures, to serve as hanging
committee and to decide on the be-
Clark awards" Is constituted IS follows:
Members Of Committee.
Daniel CARRIER, chairman: Childe
Hassarn, Leon Krol1, Charles Hopkinson
and w. Elmer Schofield. No one Of
them needs identification to the public.
each being among the leaders in his
special field The director Of the gal
lery, G. Powell Minnigerode, will serve
as an ex-offlcio member Of both hang
ing committee and jury. The special
A. HNa n1A ~ he A1I1{ frV4
is composed Of James Parmelee, vice
president Of the gallery, chairman; Mr..
Minnigerode and r. M. Kaufman.
AS usual, there will be press view
and vanishing day Saturday. Novem-
Der 20. and that evening will be held
the opening private view, for holders
of invitations only. The display will
be open to the public from Sunday.
November so, until Sunday, January IL,
both dates inclusive.
The william A. Clark prize awards
First--Two thousand dollars ($2, OO0),
to be accompanied by the Corcoran
gold. medal. Second--Fifteen hundred
dollars 1900, to be accompanied by
the Corcoran silver medal. Third
One thousand dollars $4,000, TO be
accompanied by the Corcoran bronze
medal. Fourth-Five hundred dollars
($500), to be accompanied by honorable
mention certificate.
Conditions Of Awards.
These prizes will be awarded without
regard to subject, TO the painters of the
jury, painted by different artists, hung
and properly entered in the exhibition,
under the following conditions:
"A picture which has already received
q prize in any other exhibition In not
eligible to compete for prize Of the
same, or Of less value in this exhibition.
No painting will be considered in prize
competition unless completed within two
years of the opening day of the exhi-
bition. No artist may receive the same
prize more than once, nor may he COM
already received at q Corcoran Gallery
exhibition. The Corcoran Gallery Is to
have an option of one week after the
opening of the exhibition for the pur-
chase of any or all of the prize pic
lures. Work by members of the jury,
as in the past, are not to be consid-
cred !. in competition for the above
awards.
Through the trust funds established
by the late Senator w. A. Clark and
his widow, the expenses Of organising
tAACoC 0ACAAAA0A CAAAA0AOAOAAn 80 WCtA - oAAN
amount necessary for furnishing the
wv. A. Clark Prize Awards" have been
fund established by Sem
ator Clark, in 1921, supplying the prize
awards, and that established by Mrs.
Clark, in 1927, meeting the expenses OF
organizing the exhibitions. The sur
plus income from both Of these elldow-
ments may be used in the discretion Of
the trustees for the acquisition Of
works Of art by American artists. There
fore, the biennial exhibitions Of the Cor
coran Gallery are the joint enterprise
of Senator and Mrs. Clark.
296 Paintings Sold.
From the IL exhibitions, heretofore
held, 296 paintings were Sold repre-.
senting, roundly, the sum of $500, 900,
which has been turned over to Amer
lean painters.
AS has been the case with the last
four or i've exhibitions, q popular prize
of 5000 will be determined by the vote
Of visitors to the display during the
week beginning Monday, December 20
and will be awarded to that artist whose
picture receives the greatest number Of
votes. The purpose thereof Is to stimu-
late interest and to encourage the pub
lie at large TO study the exhibition.
Each visitor on entering the gallery viii
be given ballot and, furthermore, every
picture In the exhibition vii be eligible.
Pictures submitted from Washington
should be sent by exhibitors direct to
the gallery on or before November 10.