Evening star., 1932-11-23
GEORGE LUKS WINS
CORCORAN AWARDS
New York Artist Receives
Gold Medal and So, 600 for
"Woman With Black Cat"


the Thirteenth Biennial Exhibition Of
Contemporary American Oil Paintings
of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, which
opens December 4, the gallery an
nounced today.
| The second William A. Clark prize
of $1,500, accompanied by the Corcoran
silver medal, was given to John r.
Grabach OF Irvington, N. j., for his
painting Spring Planting"
The third Clark prize of 81, 900 and
the Corcorsn bronze medal went to
David Silvette Of Richmond, Va, for
his work, Thornton Nye of wythe-
VILE"
The fourth Clark prize of $500 and
the Corccran honorable mention cer-
tificate were won by N. C. Wyeth of
Needham, Mass, and Chadds Ford, Pa.
for his entry, In a Dream I Meet
Gen. Washington"
Jury of Critics.
The awards were made by a Jury OF
distinguished artists and art critics,
headed by Clifford Beal, noted New York
painter. and including Wayman Adams
of New York City, j. H. Gest of Cincin-
natl, Ohio; Ernest Lawson, New York
City; Edward w. Redfield Of New Hope,
Pa, and Charles Rosen of Woodstock,
N. Y. Mr.. Adams was called away before
the work of the jury was completed
| and Mr.. Rosen substituted for him,
| The prize pictures and the remainder
OF group of 345 paintings by 28l art
lists that were passed for the exhibition
by the jury, will be on view at private
showing Saturday night, December s.
at 8 o'clock. Several thousand cards
OF invitation have been issued for the
opening private view.
The exhibition will be open to the
public, beginning December 4, at 2
o'clock, and continuing through Janu-
airy Is next, it was announced by C..
| Powell Minnigerode, secretary and d.
rector of the gallery.
The William A. Clark prize awards
900 endowment by the late Senator
Clark of Montana. In addition to these
prizes the Corcoran Gallery has avail
able a fund established by Senator
Clark's widow in 1927 to meet expenses
Of holding the biennial exhibitions. The
surplus from these two funds may be
used, in the discretion of the trustees,
for the purchase of works of art by
American artists. The Corcoran Gallery
Will have an option Of one week after
opening of the exhibition for the pur-
CIldSe Vi any UT all Oh the prize pictures.
Popular Prize Offered.
Besides the Clark awards there will
be popular prize of 5000 for the pic
| ture receiving the greatest number of
votes IN popular referendum of visi-
tors during the week Of January g.
| The jury of awards met'in New York
City and at the Corcoran Gallery to
pass on pictures submitted for the ex-
hibition. They completed the inspec-
ton late yesterday and the decision was
announced at the gallery this morning
The entries we're confined to original
oil paintings, by living American artists,
not before publicly exhibited In WASH
| ington." The jury also supervised hang
| ing Of the approved works.
| In order to provide room for the
biennial show, it was necessary to clear
from the American section of the gall
| lery the permanent collection of paint
| ings by native artists. A large number
| of these works have been installed in
galleries In the west wing on the Sec
ond floor. These permanent pictures
were selected with a view to showing
the trend of American painting since
| early days and, more particularly, to
exhibit simultaneously with the collec-
ton of current work, the paintings of
artists who have. in the past, received
| the w. A. Clark awards.
The hours of public exhibition dur
| ing the biennial will be from 2 to 5
o'clock on Sundays, from noon to 4:30
| o'clock on Mondays and from 8 O'Clock
| in the morning to 4:30 O'Clock in the
afternoon on other days. The gallery
will be closed, however, on Sunday and
Monday, December rs and 26. On
Monday, January 2, a New Year holi
day. the hours will be from q. to 5
| o'clock.
Luks Widely known.
| Of this years prize winners, only Mr.
Luks is known personally to the jury.
He is widely known for his paintings, a
number of which have received medals
and a representative group of which
| hang in noted galleries of this coun-
try. In 1916 he won the fourth william
A. Clark prize of $500 and the Cor
coran honorable mention certificate.
Among other prizes he has received are
the Temple gold medal, Philadelphia
Academy of Fine Arts, 1918; Hudnut
prize, New York Water Color Club. 1916,
and Locust Club gold medal, Philadel-
phia, 1927. He is represented in the
Metropolitan Museum, New York; Mil
waukee Art Institute, Detroit Art In
stitute, Cleveland Museum, Phillips Me-
mortal Gallery here, the New York
Public Library and elsewhere. He Is a
member of the New York Water Color
Club, American Society Of Painters,
Sculptors and Gravers, etc.
Mr. Grabach also has won a number
of awards in the past, including the
| Peabody Prize of the Art Institute OF
Chicago. 1924: the Sesnan Gold Medal
of the Pennsylvania Academy Of Fine
Arts. 1927, and the Preston Harrison
Prize of the Los Angeles Museum. His
works hang in the Art institute of Chi
cago. the Vanderpoel Art Association,
Chicago; the John Heron Art Institute,
Indianapolis, and the Corcoran Gallery
of Art here. He is a member OF the
American Federation of Arts, the North
Shore Art Association and other organ
izations.
Third prize of this exhibition, like
that of the last, went to a Richmond,
Va, artist, Mr.. Silvette. Two years
ago the third prize winner was Edmund
Archer, whose studio also is in the Vir-
ginia capital.
Mr.. Wyeth is a specialist in murals.
His awards include the Panama-Pacf1c
Exposition gold medal, 1915; the Beck
prize of the Philadelphia Water Color
Club, 1910, and the bronze medal of
the Washington Society of Artists, 1881
His murals may be seen in the Mis-
souri, State Capital, the Reading Museum
Of Fine Arts, the New York Public
Library and in numerous noted banks.
hotels and other buildings. He is a
member of the Society Of Illustrators,
New York; holds a fellowship of the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and
is a member also of the Wilmington
Society of Fine Arts and the American
Federation of Arts.