Evening star., 1951-04-01

lpal of the gallery's own art school.
Entries from New York and
California took the top four prizes
and the gallery's medals, but a
large number of Washington art
lists are represented in the show.
There are 271 paintings in all,
and 35 are by local artists. A
number. of others were contributed
by artists from rearby Virginia
and Maryland.
The show will be on public view
through May 13.
Soyer Wins Top Prize.
Raphael Soyer of New York who
won the gallery's third prize in
1943, was awarded the exhibi-
tons top w. A. Clark Prize of
$4,000 and the Corcoran Gold
Medal for a painting entitled
waiting for the Addition. -
The second prize of 81 500 and
the Silver Medal went to Philip
Evergood, also of New, York. A
Californian. Richard 9Haines of
Los Aneeies, took third honors of
81 900 and the Corcoran Bronze
Medal. Kay Sage, of New York,
received the fourth prize and the
Corcoran Honorable Mention Ger
ltif1cate.
Richard Lahey, principal Of the
Corcoran School of Art, earned
second honorable mention. Third
honorable mention was bestowed
on Sidney Laufman, another New
Yorker.
Charles c. Glover. jr.. president
of the gallery's trustees, unveiled
the winning entries before the
large gathering of gallery men,
bers last night.
Paintings Covered.
For the first time individual
curtains covered the winning
paintings, which were hung on a
special screen erected In the spa
cious center section Of the gallery's
second floor. Mr.. Glover, with
Gallery Director Hermann Warner
Williams, jr.. stood on a raised
platform beneath the screen,
which afforded the gathering a
better view than in past years.
Attendance Limited.
Only gallery members, their
guests and exhibiting artists were
invited to last nights opening, an
other departure from past prac-
|tice, when a large number of invi-
|tations were issued to area art
enthusiasts.
This year, as in past exhibitions,
the public will be invited to cast
ballots to indicate preferences in
the show.
Visitors will have an extensive
choice, although gallery officials
consider the show generally more
conservative than some in the
past. ~ ~
There again are numerous
works of the abstract school, some
lof which undoubtedly will mystify
the uninitiated. Visitors also will
find some conservative efforts that
might almost pass for photo
graphs.
Realistic Landscape.
Luigi Lucioni's Birch Process
SION In the center room, lis one
of this latter type which. gallery
experts feel sure will be a top
Ivote-getter with the general pub
Ilic. a landscape. it has q startling
third dimensional realism. 'Cape
Cod Morning" by the well-known
Edward Hopper, is another which
WIFI appeal to lovers of the un-
Ambiguous.
II On the opposite end of the
scale are such works as Theodore
| EStamos' Portal to Mountains
in. which some may find it diff
cult to pick out even the noun
Itairs: or Edward Millman's Bone
Blossoms" a work of garish COL
lors and considerable mystery.
e One large canvas will delight
admirers of surrealism - James
Apostles Something, Somewhere,
Sometime, Somehow" It's myriad
Igrotesuue, bowed figures, carrying
broken wooden doors while great
I1land grasping doorless door,
knob reaches up in the foreground,
win be remembered in Nightmares.
The winning paintings are not
so extreme, nor are most of the
Others in the varied show.
Members Of the jury of selection
and award were n Mr.. Hopper,
chairman: John C. Johansen,
Eugen Weisz. Lloyd Goodrich and
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