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[[4 newspapers clippings]] [[top left clipping]] The Evening Bulletin-Philadelp Phila. Artist was slighted at fair Joseph Pennell Declares Cecilia Beaux Lost San Francisco Prize because of "pull" Award to Michigan Man "Cecilia Beaux has suffered an injustice at the hands of the jury on painting and was discriminated against because she's a women," declared Joseph Pennell, the famous etcher, who arrived in this city yesterday from San Francisco, where he served on the international art jury. Mr. Pennell, who was seen at the Art Club, where he is staying, says that Miss Beaux should have been given the grand prize for oil paintings in the United States section of the department of the fine arts. The grand prize has been awarded to Frederick Carl Frieseke, of Owosso, Mich. Mr. Pennell has nothing to say against Frieseke. Indeed, he characterizes him as an eminent and able artist. "Everybody who knows me knows I have no use for suffragettes," added Mr. Pennell. "Both Frieseke and Miss Beaux are good friends of mine, and I believe Frieseke would be one of the first persons to vote the grand prize to Miss Beaux if he had a chance." "Were there any women on the jury?" Mr. Pennell was asked. "No, thank heavens! Then it would indeed have been corrupt," he exclaimed. "Cecilia Beaux is a very great artist and is represented at the San Francisco Exposition by a lot of her best work. But I believe the reason she didn't get the grand prized was through pull. "The jury did one good thing at the beginning, that is, they deteremined that any one who had ever had a grand prize - men like Sargent, for instance - should be ruled out absolutely from getting such a prize at this exposition. The Europeans admitted the justice of this. Chase, Tarbell, Duveneck, Hassam and several others were barred out." Mr. Pennell who has etched many of the greatest buildings in the world, declares those at the San Francisco Exposition are among the best of their kind he has ever seen. "The vista is beautiful," he said, "but there is nothing quite as fine as the Court of Honor at Chicago. The Chicago Exposition was on a bigger scale, but the edifices in the San Francisco show form a complete design. You can walk from one end of the five main buildings to the other in twenty minutes." Mr. Pennell said that Charles Grafly, the Philadelphia sculptor, who designed "The Pioneer Mother" for the San Francisco Exposition, has never seen it there. "The pedestal was ready for the statue, but the statue was delayed in transit somehow, and after waiting and waiting, Grafly got sick of it all and left. I understand 'The Pioneer Mother' has since reached San Francisco and has been put in place at the Exposition." Mr. Pennell, whose home is in London, expects to reside for some time in this city. he says England is not a pleasant place for an artist to live just now. "You can't go out on the streets of London and make a sketch without being arrested," he said. "all letters that come to me from England are opened by the censor over there. The Consul said six months ago, 'If you want to send anything to America, don't send anything you don't want seen.' And yet you hear all this talk about their friendship for America." Henry McCarter, the illustrator, who is a member of the faculty of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, heartily endorsed all that Mr. Pennell said regarding Cecilia Beaux's work and her title to receive the Grand Prize at the San Francisco Exposition. He mentioned a number of her paintings which are being exhibited there and quoted an eulogy of Henry Rochefort, noted as an art critic, when he first gazed on some of her portraits in Paris. Miss Beaux is a native of Philadelphia and has won many medals and honors. [[bottom left clipping]] Duveneck 1915 Bequeaths His Priceless Collections of Painting to Cincinnati Art Museum Before Going West. Loyalty to the Queen City has prompted Frank Duveneck, one of American's greatest painters, to give his entire priceless art collection to the Cincinnati Art Museum. Announcement was made yesterday that before leaving for San Francisco recently, where he will officiate as a member of the Jury on Awards at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, a signal honor. Mr. Duveneck drew up his will, embodying in it the gift of all Cincinnatians. The famous artist's liberality was widely discussed yesterday. What makes the offer doubly appreciated is the fact that leading art museums in various parts of the country have endeavored to purchase parts of the collection, and Mr. Duveneck has steadfastly refused to sell. By turning over his beloved treasures to the local museum he will insure that the collection is kept intact and will rear a lasting monument to his memory. Included in the paintings is a canvas said to have been done by the renowned Spaniard, Velasquez, and presented to Mr. Duveneck by the last Bishop Maes, of Convington. Then there is a recumbent statue of Mr. Duveneck's dead wife and many of his own works. [[top right clipping]] 1919 Death Claims Active Figure In Art Circles Cincinnati, Jan. 3. - Frank Duveneck, internationally renowned artist, died here today of complication of diseases, after a six months' illness. He was 71 years old, but up to the time of his illness was an active figure in American and European art circles. He established studios and schools at Munich and Florence and was the recipient of the "grand medal of honor" fo the Panama Pacific Exposition. The three works from his hand that art experts believe to be his best were "the Whistling Boy," "Portrait of Professor Loeffts" and "Girl and Forgetmenot." [[bottom right clipping]] From: 5a Telephone Argust Pressclipping Bureau Otto Spengler, Director 352 Third Ave., New York Terms: $35 - for 1000 clippings $20 - for 500 clippings $11 - for 250 clippings $5 - for 100 clippings Special rates on yearly contracts Cincinnati Times Star June 29 1915 Art in the Middle West In art, the Paname-Pacific exposition promised to reveal to us the achievements of the Far West; but with is grand prize in the American Section going to Frederick Carl Frieseke, born in Owosso, Mich., and a special medal to Frank Duveneck of Cincinnati, it is the Middle West that is made prominent. The best known American artists are Easterners, though there is little that is sectional in their work. Chicago's claim even on Frieseke is not so strong as that of Paris, where he received his training or of New York, where he has worked; and Cincinnati similarly must surrender Duveneck to Munich and Florence. The award in each case is a man of established reputation. Mr. Duveneck was made a medalist by the Chicago World's Fair of 1893, and Mr. Frieseke by the St. Louis exposition of 1904; while the latter is represented in the Luxembourg and the Modern Gallery of Venice, as well as in many collections at home. Duveneck's services as an exponent and teacher of the South German school, Frieseke's in decorative art, have been as notable as their specific productions. Their names, their birthplaces, their training, and their work all testify to the cosmopolitan quality of American Art. - New York Evening Post. Why He "Came Back"
