Milford chronicle., 1955-07-15
Prominent Artists
Named For RehObOth
Cottage Tour

Representative paintings Of four
teen prominent eastern artists will
be featured in the sixth annual Re-
hobofh Cottage Tour cf Art TO be
held in Rehoboth Beach. August
and 4. The carefully selected
paintings will be displayed as an
integral part Of the furnishings in
each OF the distinguished cottages
which are being opened for the tour
Besides the paintings. one of the
fourteen homes will be used as a
Photographic salon, with prize
photographs exhibited by members
Of the Rekeboth Camera Club.
Artists include such local fayo-
rites as Jack Lewis, of Bridgeville /:
Mrs. ]. Townsend Tubbs. of Reho-
both; and Howard Schroeder OF
Pilot Town Road, Lewes- Featured
for the first time. will be such
nationally known figures as Char
lotte Sternberg, Of Darien, Con-
necticuts whose egg tempera paint
ings are in great demand. Chen
Chi, famous Chinese watercolorist,
whose work was recently honored
as "The Watercolor of the Year" !:
and Jackson Wander Bogart, Of AL
len, Maryland. specializing in wood
manteI and wall panels.
Mrs. Montgomery r. Budd, chair
man of the 1855 Cottage Tour,
points out that this is probably the
finest opportunity for summer resi-
dents TO see contemporary art in
home settings. "The high caliber of
the artists who have agreed to show
their work, plus the outstanding
homes and cottages being opened
for the Tour, surpasses all our ex-
pectations. People with only a cur
sorry interest in art and home deco
ration will be amply repaid for the
Tour. while more serious students
of art will be pleased at the fine
array of talent obtained. and by the
splendid decor of the homes and
cottages opened" Mrs. Budd said.
Following is brief summary of
the careers of the artists exhibit
ing:
Gwen tMrs. John G.) Anderson
began doing watercolors during the
war She painted on the Bahama
Islands, Haiti. Cuba. on several
trips, and then spent months in
Europe doing series of some SIS
paintings. She has won awards in
Florida, Illinois. washington, d. c.,
and Virginia shows. Her style is
purely realistic and always archi-
Gt sn@ nj
lecture. its influence has never left
her. Georgetown and Alexandria
are treasure chests for her. Her
paintings include such diverse
scenes as a market in Spain; Tower
Bridge in London; Spanish Steps
in Rome: Interior of a Fishing
Shack on the Chicago River; a mar
ket in Nassau: and Notre Dame
Cathedral, Paris.
Jackson Wander Bogart of Allen,
Maryland. has utilized wood to de-
velop an entirely new type OF di-
mensional picture. Specializing in
mantels and wall panels, he has ex-
ecuted commissions for the houses
of Mr.. and Mrs. Gary Black, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Nichols, and Mr..
Alfred G. Vanderbilt in Baltimore.
His work also is in the homes of
prominent sportsmen In Connect
cut and on Long Island. Surround
ed by water and marshes, he has
a wifd-fowl sanctuary
which furnishes him the models he
loves to carve and paint
Margaret Fl. Callahan, born ir
Chicago, and influenced by the Art
Institute there, has lived for over
twenty years in Wilmington. She
Is a member Of the Wilmington So
ciety of Fine Arts, and a charter
member of the Studio Group. and
has exhibited att botn places. Her
studies at the Pennsylvania Acade-
my Summer School. Wilmington Art
Academy, and at the Studio Group
with most intensive
work in London, where she worked
two seasons at the Heatherley
School.
Chen Chi of New York. is one of
Americas and China's most honor
ed artists. Since arriving from
China he has won numerous awards
and gold medals. This year the
American Water color Society
awarded him a special prize of ST.
900 and honored his painting as
"The Watercolor of the year" He
has held one-man exhibitions at mu-
seums and galleries throughout the
United States and abroad. also his
work has been shown ar annual ex-
National Academy of De-
sign. Whitnew Museum, Corcoran
g a liery. Pennsylvania Academy.
etc. as well as in special exhibition
at the Metropolitan Museum. New
York. He is an associate member
of the National Academy of Design
and member of the American
Watercolor Society, Audubon Art
lists. Allied. Artists, and the Phila-
delphia Watercolor Club. He has
served on number of iuries of
selection and awards for annual
exhibitions.
Thelma Herrick. of Middleburg
Virginia. is graduate of the Art
League in New York.
where she won the prize for por-
fraifure. She studied one wear in
Paris. and also studied under ouis
Pnisa. Howard Troston. and Jerry
Farnswnrfh. She snecializes in race
horse picsures. "The Thororehh-oa
Record, "The Chronicle. and "The
Blood Horse" often use her pictures
on their covers.
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