March 19, 1947
The Brooklyn Museum's new National Print Annual Exhibition opened yesterday with a private view and reception for artists, Museum members, and guests and will open to the public on March 19th remaining on view through May 4th. The first print competition, national in scope, to be held in the New York area, comprises more than two hundred prints selected from work submitted by nearly six-hundred artists from all sections of the United States. The selections for the exhibition were made by a jury of five:
Mr. A. Hyatt Mayor, Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Miss Elisabeth Mongan, Curator of Prints, The National Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Mr. Hermon More, Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
Miss Bertha von Moschzisker, Director, The Print Club, Philadelphia
Miss Una E. Johnson, Curator of Prints, The Brooklyn Museum
They also designated the thirty-five purchase awards in the various print media.
The requirements for entry were made as broad as possible. All artists working in the United States were eligible to submit one to three graphic works. All fine print media were considered by the jury.
A list of the purchase awards follows:
Grace A. Albee; The Storm
Maxil Ballinger; Ruel
Will Barnet; Early Morning
Fred Backer; Inferno
Elizabeth T. Bright; Carnival
Harry Brodsky; Backyard Impressions
Federico Castellon; Kunming Bus
Jean Charlot; Mexican Kitchen
Alan Crane; House by the Sea
Joseph P. diGemma; In the Burma
Ernest Freed; Battle of the Sexes
Peter Grippe; Escape into Time
Robert Gwathmey; Singing and Mending
Ernst Hacker; Interior Landscape
James D. Havens; Rabbit Fence
Stanley William Hayter; Unstable Woman
Jon Henry; The King Was in His Counting House
Mervin Jules; The Conductor
Armin Landeck; Rooftops, 14th Street
Edward Landon; Nocturnal Adversary
James McConnell; Head, no. 3
Boris Margo; Alchemist, no. 2
Leo Meissner; Breath of Spring
John Muench; Maine Barnyard
Chang Reynolds; Motor Show
Anne Ryan; Fantasia
Attilio Salemme; One Against Many
Louis Schanker; Abstract Landscape
Karl Schrag; Rain and the Sea
Georges Schreiber; Wind
Quiller Scott, Jr.; Furnished Room
David Shapiro; Circus Theme
Coreen Nary Spellman; Building Again
Rose Wright; Gas Works
Richard Zoellner; Street Scene, no. 1
Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1947 - 1952. 01-03/1947, 049-50. View Original
January 29, 1947
A new Print Annual Exhibition will be held at the Brooklyn Museum from March 12 to May 4. Any artist living in the United States may submit one to three examples of his work done during the past year. All work must be in by February 13th. For further information write to:
The Brooklyn Museum
Miss Una E. Johnson, Curator of Prints
Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn 17, New York
Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1947 - 1952. 01-03/1947, 013. View Original
April 24, 1947
On Tuesday evening, April 29, at 7:00 p.m., several well-known artists will discuss their prints informally in the galleries where the Brooklyn Museum First National Print Annual is now on view. Frederico Castellon, Carlus Dyer, Peter Grippe, and Louis Schanker will be among the artists present, to discuss their prints which are in the exhibition. Castellon and Schanker are both residents of Brooklyn. Schanker is also represented in the United States section of the current International water color exhibition. Carlus Dyer and Peter Grippe both have their studios in New York.
Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1947 - 1952. 04-06/1947, 075. View Original
