Evening star., 1943-03-10
Painting by Madison
Wins First Prize at
Corcoran Biennial
Awards Are Announced:
Public Display OF
Gallery Opens March Il

Henry MattSon of Woodstock
N. Y, who won third prize in the
Corcoran Biennial Exhibition of
Contemporary American Oil Paint
.Ines eight years ago returned to the
exhibition to take first prize of So .000
and the Corcoran Gold Medal this
year, the Corcoran Gallery of Art
announced today.
The selections Of MI. MattSOn S
Rocks" and three other prize pic
lures were announced after five
members Of the committee of selec-
ton had been deliberating on the
decision for a week The IS 900 worth
of awards offered through the W. A.
Clark Fund and the medals will be
officially presented to the four VIM
ming artists If they can attend the
private showing of the exhibition
on Saturday, March 20, The public
will get its first view on Sunday,
March 81.
Second prize Of the Corcoran Sill
Yer Medal and $500 went to Aaron
B0hrod, instructor at Southern Hi
nois State Normal University. for
his Wilmington Evening" town
street scene. MI BOhrod is a former
pupil Of John Sloan. Boardman
Robinson and Richard Lahey. prin-
Cipal Of the COrCoran School of Art
and chairman Of the committee Of
selection
Third Prize TO New Yorker.
Third prize of the Corcoran
Bronze Medal and 81 900 was award
ed to Raphael Soyer. teacher and
artist Of New York, for his waiting
Room picture of a railroad station
interior. The Honorable Mention
Certificate and $500 was won by
another New Yorker George Picken.
His Convoy" a picture of ships
sailing past Welfare Island. N. Y. 10
join a convoy. is the only one in the
prize winning group to show a war
time influence. This is in spite Of
the fact that all of the pictures
competing for prizes in the contest
were painted within the last two
years.
The public will have chance to
vote for its favorite picture in the
exhibition during the week Of April
l9. The artist painting the canvas
chosen by public ballot during that
week will be awarded the 5000 pop
ular prize" offered from funds set
up by the late Senator W. A. Clark S
wife, Mrs Anna E Clark. to furnish
the expenses of the exhibition The
: Clark prizes and also money avail
. able for the purchase OF American
. art works made by the gallery come
from 100000 fund left by the
Senator.
. c, Powell Minnigerode director of
. the gallery. paid special tribute
to the five members Of this years
selection committee as one Of the
. strongest and best that the gallery
: has ever had" He also prophesied
that the merit and artistic quality
OF this years exhibition would strike
. the public as the highest in the 49,
year history of the biennial contest.
Painted for Exhibit.
Mr.. Mattson's work, Rocks" was
painted especially for this eXhibi-
ton, Mr.. Minnigerode said. and has
never before been shown. Another
landscape Of Mr.. Mattson's is on
display at the White House. and he
has pictures at the Metropolitan
Art Museum Of New York. the Wor-
. cester (MaSsD Museum, the Whit
ney Museum of Art, New York. and
other Well-known institutions.
- The work of the second-prize VIM
ner, Mr.. Bohrod, who is 36 years old.
is also represented in numerous gal
lerles. Mr Soyer. third prize. was
@~born in Russia. His picture. Wait
ing Room, has also won the Temple
Gold Medal OF the Pennsylvania
Academy OF Fine Arts.
s Mr. Picken, winner of the honor
able mention prize. also is well rep
resented in American museum col
Elections.
: The other members Of the COM
e:mittee OF selection. besides MI
s Lahey and Mr Minnigerode. eX
: off1cio, are Jon Corbino. Edward
j Hopper and Bernard Karfiol of New
RI York and Jerry Farnsworth OF
= Truro Mass.