Evening star., 1940-08-18
Work of D. g..
Artists Shown
At n. Y. Fair
Current Exhibition
Held Superior to
Last Years
Bv Florence s. Bergman.

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New York Worlds Fair of 1910, is
a better exhibition than last years
display of contemporary art in the
same building However, is is diff1-
cult to compare them, for the 1889
effort was a single mammoth show,
assembled in the most laborlous
manner. with not entirely happy
results, by 400 jurors throughout
the United States. This years eX-
hibition is operated under the aus
pices of the New York City w. P. A.
Art Project, of which Andrew Nc
Mahon is director. and Joseph A.
Danvsh, formerly regional director
of the Art Project in II Western
States. is immediate supervisor.
E. Holger Cahill, director Of the Ma
tional w. P. A. art program, is IN
technical charge of exhibits. Hence,
with a so much smaller group re-
sponsible, the exhibition is more
homogeneous The american Art
Today" building was contributed by
the Worlds Fair Corporation to the
New York City w. P. A. Art Project,
with its galleries completely rede-
corated. and its exterior refurbished.
Actually Living American Art
is not one show, but many. The
w. P. A. show will be changed COM
pletely several times during the per-
iod of the fair. 1t is estimated
that more than 5000 works will
have been shown by the end of the
season. In addition to the Govern
ment art, there are frequently
changing exhibitions by national
and local professional artists Or
ganizations, in a block of galleries
assigned to them.
Showing i'm Pairs.
These group guest exhibitors have
been showing in pairs. each pair oc-
cupying the galleries about 18 days.
They include the Society of Amer
lean Etchers and Honolulu Print
makers: Allied Artists of America
and New York Watercolor Club;
New York chapter, American Art
lists Professional League. and Amer
lean Abstract Artists; the National
Academy and American Water Color
Society (to end of july; National
Sculpture Society and Sculptors'
Guild, Inc. now showing; National
Society of Mural Painters and Mural
Artists Guild or United Scenic Art
lists; National Association of Wom-
en- Painters and Sculptors and New
York Society of Women Artists,
and United American Artists and
Harlem Artists Guild.
The majority of these organiza-
tions have washington artists in
their membership; hence, Washing
tonians who visit the Fair and the
american Art Today building. will
be interested in looking for District
OF Columbia representation. For in
stance, the National Capital was we'll
represented in the beautiful exhi-
bition Of the National Academy. bv
Charles Bittinger, who showed
Home Of Robert E. Lee" and by
Edward Bruce, 'Mists on the Kla-
math"
The following artists from the
District of Columbia w P. A.
Project have been represented in the
exhibition of Government-spons
art in recent weeks: Watercolorists.
Frank Aston c'Rhode Island Land
ScapeD and Nelson Rosenberg
EARN in the Bay: and sculptors,
Charles Umlauf cProtection.
scale model for a cast stone fountain
for Cook County Hospital. and
ceramic, Mother and Child"D and
Mario Ubaldi, C"Education, wood
sculptueD
The exhibition which contained
the above works was opened at the
American Art Today building the
last week OF July. 1t includes so
oils, so watercolors. 20 sculptures
and few mosaics. The District of
Columbia and 20 States are repre-
sented. Approximately one-third of
the Project work is by New York
City artists; the remainder is assem-
bled by the national exhibition sec
ton of the w. P. A. Art Program
IN Washington.
Gallery for MuraIs.
Visitors receive good impression
OF the exhibitions from the main
gallery, large enough to accom-
modate 400 people, and Illuminated
by the huge window fronting the
entrance of the building. This
gallery is devoted to murals: some
completed works, cartoons, panels
and details which have been
approved by the New York City
Art Commission, and all these
murals either have been installed
or are in process of completion in
public buildings in New York and
elsewhere.
One of the most beautiful works
IS the detail. "Elector of Mainz,"
from Edward Lanings series of
murals, entitled The Story of the
Recorded Word installed last April
in the New York Public Library.
Fifth avenue and Forty second
street main building. There are four
panels and two lunettes in the Sc
ries. The decoration of this space
on the third floor of the library
was one Of the most coveted COM
missions available. Mr. Laning, who
gained national attention through
his work for the Government art
projects, is one of the most prom
Using young artists brought out
under the national sponsoring OF
art
Other striking items noticed in
this main gallery include Harold
Lehmans simple and monumental
"Driller," for Riker's Island Peniten-
tiary mess hall; and Eric Moses
Primitive and Modern Medicine"
cartoons for murals for Lincoln's
Sketches and details for Guy Nc
Coy's History of Silk" for Brook
lyn Girls Industrial High School
auditorium show marked Oriental
influence One of the handsomest
designs is Emelio Amero's ceiling
decoration in fresco for Bellevue
Hospital entrance lobby; it treats
abstractly the sun and moon, fruits
and shells. Victorian Head" by
Frances CriSS, a portable mural