HON OLULU ACADEMY OF ARTS EWS BULLETIN A D CALE DAR

VOLUME XI FEBRUARY, 1949 NUMBER 2

GIFT OF MEDITERRANEAN TEXTILES

Through a bequest from Miss Henrietta Brewer, whose death occurred last spring in San Francisco, the Academy has received one hun­dred and twenty textiles from the Mediterranean area and India, dating from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. This completes the Mar­garet Brewer Fowler Collection of almost two hundred and fifty regional textiles begun in 1933 when Miss Brewer, carrying out the wishes of her sister, Mrs. Eldredge M. Fowler, who died in 1931, selected from the latter's large collec­tiG>n one hundred and twenty Mediterranean embroideries and textiles and presented them to

the museum. The earlier gift included examples from Al­

giers, Morocco, Spain, France, Albania, Bulgaria, Palestine, India and Persia, the most important examples being sixty-one pieces from Turkey and the Greek Islands. In the collection just re­ceived there are additional embroideries from some of the same areas, as well as interesting examples from Egypt, Tunis, Bokhara and Sicily, though again those from Turkey and the Greek Islands are outstanding.

The Greek embroideries include scarves, bed­curtains and spreads, portions of tunics, and cuffs, while those from Turkey are, for the most part, towels and hangings.

Interesting contrasts occur between the linen and cotton embroideries from Turkey and the Greek Islands, not only in color schemes, but also in characteristic designs and stitchery, that distinguish the work of one region from that of another. Geometric designs, worked on heavy cotton and raw silk in rather bold colors, pre­dominate in the Greek textiles, while in the Turkish pieces floral motifs embroidered on soft linen or cotton are more often found, variations of a spray being the most popular. The Greek Island designs of animals and flowers are treated in a much more conventionalized manner.

PALESTINE EMBROIDERY, 19TH CENTURY

Conventionalized Designs uf Plant Forms In Red and Black Cross-Stitch on Natural Linen ..

In the Margaret Brewer Fowler Collection

The Turkish women have used a double darn­ing stitch, which gives the same effect back and front, often outlining the design or filling in with gold and silver threads. In the Greek textiles a fine darning stitch, a cross stitch and a long-legged stitch are commonly used.

From February 3 to 27 selected pieces from this collection will be shown in Galleries 13 and 14.

HONOLULU ACADEMY OF ARTS

Philip E. Spalding, President Honolulu, Hawaii T. A. Cooke, Treasurer

Ho OL ULU AcADEMY OF ARTS

ANNUAL MEETING

The Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Academy was held on Thursday, January 20, when Mr. Philip E. Spalding was elected President, Mrs. Livingston Jenks, Vice-President, and Mr. Theodore A. Cooke, Treasurer. Mr. Spalding succeeds Dr. C. Montague Cooke, Jr., who served as President of the Board from 1925 until his death on October 29, 1948. At the same meeting the following new elections to the Board were announced: Mr. Richard A. Cooke, Jr., until December 31, 1949, filling out the unexpired term of Mrs. Richard A. Cooke; Mrs. Philip E. Spalding, to serve until December 31, 1949, in place of Dr. C. Montague Cooke, Jr.; and Mr. Harold G. Dillingham, Jr., appointed for a term of five years, to serve until December 31, 1953.

Other members of the present Board are Mrs. Alice Spalding Bowen, Mrs. Alfred L. Castle, Mrs. Stephen A. Derby, Mrs. Walter F. Dilling­ham, Mrs. E. Lewers Paris, Miss Wilhelmina Tenney, Mr. Robert Allerton, Mr. Benjamin L. _Marx, Mr. George Moody.

The following Committee members were ap­pointed at the Annual Meeting to serve for the year 1949:

1,~quisitions----:Mrs. Walter F. Dillingham, Chairman; Mrs. Philip E. Spaldrng, Mr. Hue M. Luquiens, Mrs. Valdemar Knudsen, Mrs. Theodore A. Cooke, Mrs. Livingston Jenks, Mr. Robert Allerton, Mrs. Ernest K. Kai, Mrs. Alfred L. Castle.

Building and Grounds-Mrs. Theodore A. Cooke Chair­m~n; M~s. Robert 0. Thompson, Mr. John Gregg, Miss W1lhelmma T~nney, Miss Alyce Hoogs, Mr. Robert Allerton.

Collections-Mrs. Alva E. Steadman Chairman· Mrs. Wal­ter F. Dilling~am, Mr_s. Ernest K. Kai, Mrs. 'Livingston Jenks, Mrs. Alice Spaldmg Bowen, Mr~. Philip E. Spalding, Mrs. Theodore A. Cooke, Miss Alyce Hoogs, Mr. George H . Moody, Mr. Willson Y. Stamper.

Educat~Of! ( appointed September 1948 to August 31, 1949) -Mrs. L1vmgston Jenks, Chairman; Mrs. Stephen A. Derby, Mrs. Alva E. Steadman, Mr. Robert R. Spencer, Mrs. Beatrice Carter, Mr. Francis E. Peterson, Miss Louisa F. Palmer, Mr. Robert M. Faulkner, Mrs. Virginia Rice, Mr. Donald Reber, Miss Hester Robinson, Dr. Robert W. Clopton.

E:i:hibitions and Activities-Mrs. Alice Spalding Bowen, Chairman; Mrs. E. Lewers Paris, Mr. George H . Moody, Mrs. J. Russell Cades, Mrs. Arthur E. Restarick, Mr. John Gregg, Mrs. Charles Spalding.

Finance Committee-Mr. Theodore A. Cooke Chairman· Mr. Harold G. Dillingham, Jr., Mr. Philip E. Spalding, Mr'. Arthur G. Pase, Mr. Robert M. Cooke.

Music-Mr. Benjamin L. Marx, Chairman; Mrs. John E. Black, Mrs. Geoffrey Podmore, Mrs. Harvey H. Hitchcock, Mrs. C. Montague Cooke, Jr., Mrs. William S. Fraser, Mr. Russell Stephenson.

J'!ominating-Mr. Theodore A. Cooke, Mrs. ' E. Lewers Pans, Mrs. Alfred L. Castle, Miss Wilhelmina Tenney.

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HONOLULU ART SOCIETY

WEDNESDAY MORNING PROGRAMS

A series of Wednesday morning talks for members only will begin on February 9 at 10: 30 o'clock. These will be as follows:

February 9-"Dish Gardens" (Yose-ue). Lecture-Demon­stration on kinds and care of dish gardens, by Ronald Shigeru Kawahara of Kawahara Nursery and Landscap­ing Company.

February 16-"Japanese Flower Arrangement" (lkebana ) . Lecture-Demonstration by Mrs. Ellen Matsue Sayegusa.

February 23-"Dwarf Trees" (Bonsei ) . Lecture-Demon­stration by Ronald Shigeru Kawahara:

Both Mrs. Sayegusa and Mr. Kawahara have studied in J ap~n.

RECORDED MUSIC PROGRAMS

The Wednesday evening concerts of recorded music will be resumed on February 9 at eight o'clock and all persons interested in transcrip­tions of rarely performed compositions are invited to come. These programs, given on al­ternate Wednesday evenings in the Spanish Cour·t, are arranged by members of the Art So­ciety's Music Sub-Committee for Recorded Pro­grams: Miss Helen Poindexter, chairman; Mr. Ben Hyams, Mr. Joseph Karasick and Mr. Geof­frey Lloyd. As the Academy galleries are closed on Wednesday evenings, those attending the concerts are · asked to use the Kinau Street entrance.

Programs for February and March are as follows:

February 9-Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra,

Op. 57-C . . . . . . . . . Karl N ielsen Concerto for Oboe . . . . . Arcangelo Corelli

(Firsc time heard in Hawaii ) Concerto No. 4 in E flat, for Horn and

Orchestra K. 495 . . . . . . . . . Mozart Reverie and Caprice (Romance for Violin .

and Orchestra ) . . . . . . . Hector Berlioz Joseph Karasick, Commentator

February 23-Concerti delle Stagnione ( Concertos of

the Seasons) . . . . . . . Antonio Vivaldi (Violin, with organ, harpsichord and orchestra)

First Violin Sonata . . . . . . Frederick Delius Ben Hyams, Commentator

March 9-Messe: The Blessed Virgin . . . Antoine Brumel

( Couraud Choral Group) (First time heard in Hawaii ) Geoffrey Lloyd, Commentator

March 23-Concerto for Orchestra . . . . . . Bela Bart6k Dances from Galanta . . . . . . Zoltan Kodaly

Joseph Karasick, Commentator

HONOLULU ACADEMY. OF ARTS NEWS BULLET! A D CALENDAR

PAD I (OIL) STUART DAVIS (CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN)

Gift of Mrs. Suydam Cutting, 1947 In memory of Captain Gaylord Dillingham

ACQUISITIONS IN SCULPTURE

The lecture on "Recent Academy Acquisi­tions in Sc~lpture," sponsored by the Art So­ciety, will be given by Robert P. Griffing, Jr., the Academy's director, at eight o'clock, Thurs­day evening, February 10. The public is invited.

Mr. Griffing will discuss the changing im­portance of sculpture to the medieval world, as illustrated by a new ivory carving lately ac­quired by the museum, and to the modern world as illustrated by two contrasting modern ap­proaches to sculpture-that of the nineteenth century French sculptor, Antoine-Louis Barye ( using the bronze animals given last May by Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Forbes) , and that of the contemporary English sculptor, Henry Moore, represented by a bronze "Family Group" ac­quired by gift in January, 1948.

NEW MEMBERS

Transfe~ to Life-Miss Mary M. Damon, Mrs. Juliette Guard, Miss Grace Power.

Transfer to Contributing-Mrs. Alfred M. Tozzer. New Contributing-Mr. Benjamin E. Ayson. N~w Annual-Mr. Rizal G. Adorable, Mr. Alfonso G.

Avecilla, Mrs. Lawrence G. Bowen, Mr. and Mrs. Edg~r S.

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Cl~rk, Mrs. Bert E. Corporon, Commander Debs S. Darling, Miss Irene M. Dean, Mrs. Henry Clayton Dinmore Mr. and Mrs. Floyd W. Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Kam Fui, Mrs. St~nley Fu­kuda, Mr. and Mrs. Jay G. Hayzlett, Mr. and Mrs. William L. Higdon, Mr. and Mrs. George F. ,B. Johnson, Jr., Miss Jeanne B. Kendrick, Mrs. William J. Lambert, Mr. James M. Murray, Mrs. Allan L. Pang, Miss Catherine Rogers, Mrs. Illa V. M. Storme, Mr. Robert Wenkam, Mrs. Joseph C. Winterburn.

ART IN THE WESTERN WORLD "Art in the Western World," the exhibition

opening in Galleries 1 and 2 on February 3, though designed primarily for students in the schools here, will undoubtedly prove of interest to the general public as well. This exhibition will include works of art from the Academy's collections that show the evolution of the cen­tral ideas which underlay a~d accounted for the changing concepts of western civilization from ancient to modern times: sculpture, as the char­acteristic art of the ancient world; architecture, as the characteristic art of the medieval world· painting, as the characteristic art of the moder~ world.

The closing date for the exhibition is Febru­ary 27.

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RULES FOR MARCH SHOW

The Exhibitions . Committee of the Academy is sponsoring a March exhibition of work by artists living in Hawaii. Copies of the following rules of entry are now available at the Beretania Street information desk.

1. All artists in the Territory of Hawaii or visiting in the Territory are invited to submit work in the fields of sculp­ture, painting ( oil or watercolor), and drawing for con­sideration by a Jury of Selection which will choose those works to be exhibited at the Honolulu Academy of Arts during the period March 3 to March 16, 1949.

2. A limit of three entries in each of two classifications ( 1. sculpture; 2. painting and drawing) may be entered by an individual artist.

3. An individual artist may submit up to three works in each classification ( 1. sculpture; 2. painting and drawing).

4. Paintings and drawings must be framed.

5. Work submitted must not have been exhibited previ­ously at the Honolulu Academy of Arts.

6. All work submitted must be brought to the Honolulu Academy of Arts ( or if sent by carrier must reach the Academy) on February 21 or 22, 1949. No entries will be accepted after that date. Please use Victoria Street entrance where recording of entries will be made. (Hours: 9-12 a.m., 1-4 p.m.) I •

1. Artists submitting work will be requested to indicate ·their choice of 5 jurors of selection, except in the case of a tie for the fifth juror in which case 6 or more jurors will be elected, from a panel of jurors prepared by the Exhibitions Committee of the Honolulu Academy of Arts. This choice is to be indicated by the artists at the time the work is sub­mitted on blanks which will be available at the Academy for that purpose. The jury of selection will devise its own voting procedures.

8. A fee of one dollar per entry will be charged and be collectable at the time of entry. Fees will be returned on all materials not selected for exhibition.

9. No work accepted for exhibition purposes may be re­moved from the Academy prior to March 18, 1949. (Hours: 9-12 a.m., 1-4 p.m.)

10. Work rejected by the Jury of Selection may be called for at the convenience of the artist after March 4, 1949. ( Hours as above.)

11. All work submitted must be called for, ·or arrange­ments made for its removal from the Academy, by March 26, 1949. The Academy cannot accept responsibility for work left at the Academy after that date. (Hours as above.)

12. The Honolulu Academy of Arts will not insure en­tries, but will exercise the same care of entries as it gives to objects in its own collections.

13. Ribbon awards in four classifications (sculpture, oil painting, watercolor painting, drawing) will be awarded by a specially appointed awards jury.

14. A separate sheet attached hereto announces Purchase Prize awards which may be made by the W atumull Founda­tion and the Honolulu Art Society.

15. The exhibition will be open to the public on Thurs­day, March 3, 1949, and a reception honoring the artists of the Territory will be held by the Exhibitions Committee at the Academy on the evening of March 3 from 7:30 to 9:30. All artists, their friends, and the general public are invited.

16. Everyone attending the opening reception will be re­quested to signify his choice of the works having the greatest

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appeal, on the basis of which one or more popular awards will be tabulated and announced.

17. In the event of sales of entries during the exhibition, no commission will be charged by the Honolulu Academy of Arts.

18. This exhibition is sponsored by the Exhibitions Com­mittee of the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Questions relative to the exhibition should be addressed to the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Office of the Secretary to the Director, telephone 6281.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF PURCHASE PRIZE AW ARDS BY THE HONOLULU ART SOCIETY AND

THE WATUMULL FOUNDATION

1. The W atumull Foundation offers a Purchase Prize to ' the maximum amount of two hundred and fifty dollars ( $250.00), and the Honolulu Art Society offers a Purchase Prize to the maximum amount of one hundred and fifty dollars ( $150.00) applicable to exhibits successfully . entered in the exhibition to be held at the Honolulu Academy of Arts between March 3 and March 16, 1949.

2. Either of these prizes may be divided (in which case two or more exhibits may be purchased for the maximum amount offered by either the Watumull Foundation or the Honolulu Art Society); or either of these prizes may be

. omitted in case of the lack of suitable material as determined by the prize award juries appointed by the Watumull Foun­dation and the Honolulu Art Jociety.

3. All prize purchases will be presented to the Honolulu Academy of Arts.

4. All exhibits listed at $150.00 or less will be considered as being in competition for the Honolulu Art Society prize, and all exhibits listed at $250.00 or less will be considered as being in competition for the Watumull Foundation prize, at the prices listed by the artist.

5. Exhibits priced by the artist at amounts higher than the above-stated maximum amounts as well as exhibits listed by the artist as "Not For Sale" may be placed in competition for either or both awards at the maximum amounts offered upon written authorization to that effect by the artist on the blank provided for that purpose when the exhibits are de­livered to the Honolulu Academy of A-rts for consideration by the Jury of Selection.

6. All exhibits, regardless of medium, are eligible for competition.

COLOR SLIDE EVENINGS

The series of color slide evenings given by the Director and designed· to acquaint the general public with the Academy's collection of color transparencies of "The World's Great Art," will continue during February and March. On Feb­ruary ,24 Mr. Griffing will illustrate and discuss nineteenth century French paintings in Amer­ican collections; on March 10 color slides of Dutch and Flemish paintings in American col­lections will be shown.

Each of these meetings will conclude with a general discussion and questions.

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GIFTS TO THE ACADEMY

An unusually fine collection of Girls' Day dolls, used in Japan on the occasion of Hina Matsuri, or the Feast of Dolls, has been recently acquired by the museum. This collection in­cludes thirty-five dolls, various small screens and silk lanterns, and two trees, representing the ~acred orange and cherry trees which symbolize long life and happiness. It was formed by Mr. Charles Bolles Rogers of Minneapolis, Minne­sota, who has been a visitor to the Islands, and was given by his daughter, Mrs. John R. Savage of Honolulu.

A gift to the collection of American painting, an oil, "The City," by John Hoowij, a young Dutch artist now working in the United States, has been ieceived from Mr. Hugh Long of New York, brother of Mrs. Ford Studebaker of Hono­lulu.

The Print Department has been considerably enriched by the gift from Mr. Robert Allerton of Lawai Kai, Kauai, of a portfolio of twelve original color lithographs by Marc Chagall for four tales from the "Arabian Nights." Only one hundred and eleven sets have been printed for Pantheon Books, Inc., by Albert Carman, City Island, New York, of which the Academy's is No. 20. The publication is designed by Jacques Schiffrin and the text quotations are from Richard F. Burton's translation of the "Arabian Nights." During March these litho­graphs will be exhibited in the print gallery.

FILM CLUB SERIES

Tentative programs in the Film Club series planned for members of the Honolulu Art So­ciety are announced by the Academy as follows:

March 24, 8:00 p.m.-"Dead of Night," an English film starring Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers and Michael Redgrave.

April 14, 8 :00 p.m.-"Brief Encounter" by Noel Coward, starring Celia Johnson, · Trevor Howard and Stanley Holloway. •

Tickets for these and subsequent films which it is hoped can be presented in May, June and July, may be purchased by members of the Honolulu Art Society. Those for "Dead of Night" will be on sale from March 1 to 24.

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JAPANESE GIRLS' DAY Don-LADY IN WAITING

From the Charles Bolles Rogers' Collection Gift of !L'1rs. John R. Savage

None will be sold on the evening of the per­formance.

Further details concerning Film Club pro­grams will be announced in the March Bulletin.

Later in the year the Academy hopes to secure a series of films dealing specifically with the fine arts; for example, one reviewing the large tapes­try exhibition held last spring at the Metropoli­tan Museum of Art, and a color film entitled "What is Modern Art?" Private previews of these films may be given for members of the Art Society before they are shown publicly.

ANNUAL MEETING

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Publications and Public Relations (New Committee)­Mr. Richard A. Cooke, Jr., Chairman; Mrs. Fritz Hart, Mrs. Livingston Jenks, Mrs. Stephen A. Derb¥, Mr. William W. Davenport, Mr. John Gregg, Mr. Thomas Nickerson.

FEBRUARY

FEBRUARY AND MARCH ACTIVITIES

1-3 :00 p.m.-Public phonograph concert. * 5-2 :30 to 3 :30 p.m.-Museum Club for Children from

8 to 11 years old, conducted by Miss Alyce Hoogs.t 9-10 :30 a.m.-Dish Gardens (Yose-ue). Lecture-Demon­

stration on Kinds and Care of Dish Gardens, by Ronald Shigeru Kawahara. For Honolulu Art Society members only.

9-8 :00 p.m.-Program of recorded music, sponsored by the Honolulu Art Society. Use Kinau Street entrance.

10-8 :00 p.m.-"Recent Academy Acquisitions in Sculp­ture," talk by Robert P. Griffing, Jr., sponsored by the Honolulu Art Society.

14-9 :00 a.m.-Community Singing for Children, conducted by Fritz Hart.

16-10:30 a.m.-Japanese Flower Arrangement (lkebana). Lecture-Demonstration by Mrs. Ellen Matsue Sayegusa. For Honolulu Art Society members only.

23-10:30 a.m.-Dwarf Trees (Bonsei ). Lecture-Demon­stration by Ronald Shigeru Kawahara. For Honolulu Art Society members only.

23-8 :00 p.m.-Program of recorded music, sponsored by the Honolulu Art Society.

• 24-8:00 p .m.-"The World 's Great Art," shown in a series of color slides from the Academy's Collection, by Robert P. Griffing, Jr. (19th century French paintings in American collections.)

28-9 :00 a.m.-Community Singing for Children, conducted by Fritz Hart.

MARCH

3-7: 30 to 9: 30 p.m.-Reception, opening Academy spon­sored exhibition of painting and sculpture by local artists.

6-4 :00 p.m.-Public Symphony Talk by Fritz Hart. 7-9:00 a.m.-Community Singing for Children, conducted

by Fritz Hart. 9-8 :00 p.m.-Program of recorded music, sponsored by

the Honolulu Art Society. Use Kinau Street entrance.

10-8:00 p.m.-"The World's Great Art," shown in a series of color slides from the Academy's Collection, by Robert P. Griffing, Jr. (Dutch and Flemish paintings in American collections. )

17- 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.-Opening of One-Man exhibition of paintings by John C. Young.

23-:--8 :00 p.m.-Program of recorded music, sponsored by the Honolulu Art Society. Use Kinau Street entrance.

24-8 :00 p.m.-"Dead of Night," an English film, the first of a series to be shown during the spring and summer months. Price to be announced. Members of the Hono­lulu Art Society only may purchase tickets for ·them­selves and friends.

27 (Tentative)-4:00 p.m.-Chamber Music (details to be announced) .

28-9:00 a.m.-Community Singing for Children, conducted by Fritz Hart.

FEBRUARY AND MARCH EXHIBITIONS

To February 4-Oriental Homes. Educational Wing. February 1 to 27-Some Comparisons in Print Making

Techniques. Gallery 3. February 3 to 27-Art in the Western World. Galleries

1 and 2. February 3 to 27-The Margaret Brewer Fowler Collection

of Textiles. Galleries 13 and 14. February 9 to March 13-The Age of Exploration Educa­

tional Wing. March 3 to 16-Painting and Sculpture by Artists Living in

Hawaii, exhibition sponsored by the Academy. Gal­leries 1, 2, 13 and 14.

March 3 to 23-Original Color Lithographs by Marc Chagall for Four Tales from the Arabian Nights. Gift of Mr. Robert Allerton. Gallery 3.

March 17 to April 3-One-Man show of Paintings by John C. Young.

March 23 to April 28-The Modern Home. Educational Wing.

* One of a series given on Tuesdays, Thursdays , Saturdays and Sundays at 3 :00 p.m.

t Club meets weekly at 2:30 p.m.

HOURS OF ADMISSION-Free at all times: Open Tuesday Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 :30 p.m. Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m. E DUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT- The lending collection of objects, pictures, slides and phonograph records is available to all teachers. Schools wishing appointments for visiting the Academy for talks by staff members may make them by calling the Educational Office. PRINT ROOM AND REFERENCE LIBRARY-Open during Academy hours . THE HONOLULU ART SOCIETY, affiliated with the Academy, has an office in the building. Executive Secretary, Mrs. Arthur E. Restarick .

RonERT P. GRIFFING, JR. , Director. l\lIARVELL ALLISON HART, Editor.

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