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Nr. 211 (September, 1914)
DOI Artikel:Hoeber, Arthur: American society of miniature painters
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American Society of Miniature Painters
SRICAN SOCIETY OF MINIATURE
PAINTERS
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has
recently given official recognition to the
serious standing of the American Society of Mini-
ature Painters by purchasing five works by promi-
nent members for its permanent collection. It
is the first time in the history of the Central
Park institution that such a purchase has been
made, and all the more satisfactory in view of
the higher standards the Museum is setting for
itself, and, further, in view of its recent im-
portant acquisitions. The five miniatures in-
clude the delightful portrait of a child by Lucia
Fairchild Fuller, president of the Miniature So-
ciety; Laura Coombs Hills’ portrait of Persis
Blair; Helen M. Turner’s portrait of a young
woman; Alice Beckington’s portrait of her
mother, and Margaret Foote Hawley’s likeness of
Alexander Petrunkevitch, all performances of the
highest order, representing the last word in Ameri-
can miniature achievement. Having made this
start, it is fair to presume additions will be made
Metropolitan Museum of Art
PORTRAIT
BY HELEN M. TURNER
Metropolitan Museum of Art
CHILD STUDY
BY LUCIA F. FULLER
from time to time, but these five ivories form the
nucleus of what should in time become a note-
worthy representation. This is the more satisfac-
tory since, it maybe stated, the American to-day is
quite in the lead of those painting in this direc-
tion. The American Society of Miniature Paint-
ers was organized in 1899, eighteen of the charter
members being women, and since that time it has
held annual exhibitions. To the Paris Exposition
of 1900 it sent a group of work that was shown
the following year in New York. Its members
have received medals in Paris (1900), Buffalo
(1901), Charleston (1901-02) and at St. Louis
(1904). Last season the National Academy of
Design invited the Society as a body to exhibit
with them, leaving to the Society all arrangements
as to juries and placement. The result was a
series of cases filled with attractive miniatures,
located in the entrance galleries, that added
materially to the distinction of the display of the
older society. Arthur Hoeber.
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SRICAN SOCIETY OF MINIATURE
PAINTERS
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has
recently given official recognition to the
serious standing of the American Society of Mini-
ature Painters by purchasing five works by promi-
nent members for its permanent collection. It
is the first time in the history of the Central
Park institution that such a purchase has been
made, and all the more satisfactory in view of
the higher standards the Museum is setting for
itself, and, further, in view of its recent im-
portant acquisitions. The five miniatures in-
clude the delightful portrait of a child by Lucia
Fairchild Fuller, president of the Miniature So-
ciety; Laura Coombs Hills’ portrait of Persis
Blair; Helen M. Turner’s portrait of a young
woman; Alice Beckington’s portrait of her
mother, and Margaret Foote Hawley’s likeness of
Alexander Petrunkevitch, all performances of the
highest order, representing the last word in Ameri-
can miniature achievement. Having made this
start, it is fair to presume additions will be made
Metropolitan Museum of Art
PORTRAIT
BY HELEN M. TURNER
Metropolitan Museum of Art
CHILD STUDY
BY LUCIA F. FULLER
from time to time, but these five ivories form the
nucleus of what should in time become a note-
worthy representation. This is the more satisfac-
tory since, it maybe stated, the American to-day is
quite in the lead of those painting in this direc-
tion. The American Society of Miniature Paint-
ers was organized in 1899, eighteen of the charter
members being women, and since that time it has
held annual exhibitions. To the Paris Exposition
of 1900 it sent a group of work that was shown
the following year in New York. Its members
have received medals in Paris (1900), Buffalo
(1901), Charleston (1901-02) and at St. Louis
(1904). Last season the National Academy of
Design invited the Society as a body to exhibit
with them, leaving to the Society all arrangements
as to juries and placement. The result was a
series of cases filled with attractive miniatures,
located in the entrance galleries, that added
materially to the distinction of the display of the
older society. Arthur Hoeber.
liii