Evening star., 1935-03-17
NEW YORK ARTIST
IS CLARK WINNER
Eugene Speicher Painting
Chosen Best Among 428
on Exhibition List.

Eugene Speicher, nationally prom
inent New York artist. has been
awarded first w. A. Clark prize OF
$4,000 and the Corcoran gold meoal
for his painting. Red Moore en-
tered in the Fourteenth Biennial EXhl-
bition of Contemporary American OH
Paintings to be held at the Corcoran
Gallery of Art March "a to May 5,
inclusive, the gallery announced last
night.
Frederick Carl Frieseke, American
artist residing in Paris, won second
Clark prize of 81 500 and the Corcoran
silver medal for his painting, Girl at
Piano
Henry E. Mattson of Woodstock, N.
Y, was given third prize of $1,000 and
the Corcoran bronze medal for The
Beacon"
Kenneth M. Adams of Taos, N. Mex,
received fourth prize of $500 and the
Corcoran honorable mention certifi-
cate for his New Mexico Land
scape."
The awards, keenly coveted in the
world of American art, were an
nounced by C. Powell Minnigerode,
director of the Corcoran Gallery. The
selections we're made by a jury of
noted artists, headed by Jonas Lie OF
New York, which spent most OF the
past week passing on entries tor the
exhibition, experimenting their hang
ing and Judging them for the prize
competition. Other members OF the
jury were George Harding OF Phila-
delphia, Pa: Victor Higgins OF laoS'
N. Mex: Henry Lee McFee of Wood
stock, N. Y. and Richard E. Miller
of ProvincetoWn, Mass.
42S Pictures Selected.
The winning pictures were chosen
from group of 428 paintings by 1853
artists, selected by the jury as
worthy of inclusion in the Corcoran
Gallerys famed biennial art snow.
This is the largest collection ever ap-
proved for one of these events. A
small number of the accepted pic
lures were not entered in the prize
competition.
The first prize winner is a care
fully executed painting OF sturdy
blacksmith, caught in moment OF
leisure beside his anvil. "Red is
seated in a chair in a comfortable, re-
Elective attitude, his arms crossed
and his knees apart. His shirt IS
open at the throat and a solled
leather apron is draped over his lap.
The picture is one with popular IN
terest. as we'll as the technical quail
tiles that appeal to an art jury.
Speicher is not a newcomer to the
Corcoran's biennial exhibitions. He
won second w. a. Clark prize at the
biennial" of 1928, and under rules
of the exhibition this left him eligible
to compete only for first prize, His
painting. Sara Rivers is IN the
permanent collection of the gallery
The cash prizes, aggregating S5,0OO'
are part of the income derived from
a trust fund established by the late
Senator w. A. Clark of Montana Tor
the purpose of perpetuatlng the
awards. The endowment subsequent
ly set up by his widow, and dupllcat-
ing the Senator's gift, provides the
funds for organizing the biennial eX-
hibitions. Surplus income from both
funds is made available to the trus-
tees of the gallery. for purchase, IN
their discretion, of works by Amer
ican artists for the permanent COL
lection of the gallery.
Has Won Many Prizes.
Speicher, who has homes in New
York City and Woodstock, N. Y, was
born in Buffalo, N. Y, April 5, 1883.
He studied art in Buffalo, New York
Citv. and in Europe. He has won
MANY awards since receiving his first
honor, the Proctor prize OF the Ma
tional Academy of Design in 1911.
Among these awards, in addition to
the 1928 second Clark prize. are: The
Isidor portrait prize, Salmagundl
Club, 1918; third Hallgarten prize
National Academy of Design. 1914;
first Hallgarten prize, National Acad-
envy of Design. 1915; silver medal,
Panama Pacific International Exposl-
ton, 1915: Beck gold medal, Penn
svlvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, 1920; third-claSS medal.
1921, and second-clasS medal, l922,
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh. and
Potter Palmer gold medal and $1,000,
Art Institute of Chicago, 1926
He is a member of the National
Academy of Design, New York ina
tional academician, 1920; the Society
OF Portrait Painters, National Arts
Club. Boston Art Club. Century Club,
Institute of Arts and Letters, Inter
national Society of Painters, Gravers
and Sculptors, and the New Society.
Frieseke Previous Winner.
Frieseke, born in Owosso, Mich,
April 7, 1874, also is a veteran ex-
hibitor at the Corcoran shows and
winner of third Clark prize in 1928
and fourth Clark prize in 1908. BY
reason of these previous awards he