Evening star., 1936-12-19
CORCORAN EXHIBIT
Jury IS CHOSEN
Five Prominent Artists to
Pass on Offerings for
Opening March 28.


chosen jury of five nationally proni-
. nent artists to pass on paintings Of
fered for the Fifteenth Biennial Exhi-
bition of Contemporary American Oil
Paintings, which opens at the gallery
March 20 next, 1t was announced to-
day by c. Powell Minnigerode, di-
rector.
The jury, which also will serve as
the Hanging Committee and as judges
of the w. A. Clark prize awards, win
consist of William Glackens Of New
York, chairman; John Steuart Curry
of Kansas and Connecticut, Daniel
CARRIER of Philadelphia and Lumber
VILE, Pa: Richard Lahey of this city
and william M. Paxton of Boston,
Mass.
The jury will hold meetings in New
York City and at the gallery here to
examine work submitted by artists in
every section of the country. 1t Is
expected that more than 1000 paint
kngs will be studied.
Exhibits Important Nationally.
The Corcoran 'biennials" are events
Of great national interest in the world
Of art and are regarded generally as
the most representative exhibitions Of
their kind held in the United States.
The coveted Clark awards, totaling
$4,000, were initiated in 1907 by the
late Senator william A. Clark of
Montana and were later perpetuated
by him through an endowment.
Glackens, a native of Philadelphia,
N well known as figure and land
scape painter and illustrator. He was
o pupil Of the Pennsylvania Academy
Of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, and
also studied in Europe. Beginning his
career as q press and magazine illus
TRAITOR. he went to Cuba to secure
action sketches of the Spanish-Ameri-
can War. He was q member of a
painter group of "realists" known as
The Eight" which included Henri,
Davies, LulkS, Sloan, Prendergast,
Lawson and Shinn. He has received
many important awards and is repre-
sented in a number OF public and
private collections.
Curry, painter. photographer and
sculptor, speciallzes in painting West
ern landscapes with figures and ami
mails. His dramatic prairie scene.
The Line Storm" attracted much
attention at the last biennial. He
S native of Kansas. He was
pupil Of Norton. Reynolds and Shouk-
hieff and has received many awards.
His work is included in a number
OF important collections. He de.
signed some of the murals for the
new Department of Justice Building.
CARRIER Painter and Etcher.
CARRIER specializes in portraits, in
teriors and landscapes with figures.
A painter and etcher, he was a pupil
OF the Cincinnati Art Academy un-
der Nowottny and of the PennSyl-
vania Academy of the Fine Arts. un-
der Anschutz. Among his many
awards was the fourth Clark prize
at the 1910 Corcoran biennial, the
second Clark prize in 1912 and the
first prize IN 1921. His paintings
hang in many galleries. Two of
them. April Landscape" and South
Room-Green Street" are owned by
the Corcoran Gallery. He is a native
OF Indiana
Lahey. formerly of New York. is
principal of the Corcoran School of
Art. He has been a resident of Alex
andria for the past year. His spe-
eialties are Portraits, figures. land
scapes and still-life studies. He was
pupil Of George Bridgman and Rob-
ert Henri and formerly was teacher
at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
and for the Art Students League,
New York. He has received numerous
awards and lis represented in a num-
ber OF public. and private collections.
He Is a native of New Jersey.
Paxton, a pupil of the Ecole Des
Beaux Arts. Paris. under Gerome.
and OF Dennis M. Barker in Boston,
has distinguished himself as q painter
and teacher. He is best known for
his portraits and interiors with fig
ures. many of which hang in noted
collections. The Corcoran Gallery
owns his painting. "The House Maid"
and some of his murals are in the
Army and Navy Club here. He has
received numerous awards.