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PHELPS & EAST COUNSELLORS AT LAW 30 BROAD STREET,NEW YORK - [[First Column]] 18, 1916. - ARTIST LEAVES $213,320 TO PURCHASE PAINTINGS. - H.W. Ranger Directs That Two-Thirds of These Be the Work of Americans 45 or Older. Henry W. Ranger, landscape painter, who died on Nov. 7 last, provided that the income from the principal of his $213,320 estate shall be spent by the Council of the National Academy of De-sign in buying paintings produced by North American artists. The will, filed in the Surrogate's Court yesterday, directs that two-thirds of the paintings bought shall be the work of artists who are forty-five or older. All paintings are to be distributed among North American art institutes and public galleries. But within a five-year period, beginning ten years after Mr. Ranger's death, the National Gallery at Washington, administered under the Smithsonian Institution, shall have the right to claim any of the paintings that have been bought and distributed. - DANGER WILL PROBATED. - Sister Fails to Appear to Press Objections. - Because Miss Edith Ranger of 211 West Fifty-fifth street failed to appear to-day in the Surrogates' Court to press her objections, the will of Henyr W. Ranger, the landscape artist who left practically the bulk of his $213,000 estate to the National Academy of Design, was probated by Surrogate Fowler. Miss Ranger had been estranged from her brother for several years. She had contested the will on the ground that at the time he made it he was not in his right mind. [[Second Column]] Herald Sunday Jan 21.1916 PERSONAL ANY person having knowledge of will made by Henry W. Ranger in 1915 or 1916 will find it to their advantage to communicate with JAMES U. McEACHEN, atty,. 56 Broadway, New York, N. Y. - Aa.- Was delighted to hear of your good health; fondest love. Zz. Ranger $300,000 Gift to Academy to Stand - The will of Henry W. Ranger landscape artist, was admitted to probate yesterday in the Surrogates' Court. Miss Edith Ranger, sister of the artist and contestant of the will, failed to appear to press her objections. Ranger gave practically all of his $300,00 estate to the National Academy of Design. - american RANGER ESTATE FOR ART - Sister Who Contested Will Fails to Appear Before Surrogate. Through the probate of the will of Henry W. Ranger, portrait painter, the National Academy of Design receives the artist's entire estate, amounting to $213,320 for the establishment of a fund to purchase painting by North American artists to be presented to a public gathering. Two-thirds of the income is to be used in purchasing the works of artists more than 45 years old. The will was contested by his sister, Mrs. Edith Ranger of 211 West Fiftyfifth Street, who had been estranged from her brother for some years. It was admitted by Surrogate Fowler yesterday when Mrs. Ranger failed to appear. She had alleged that her brother was of the unsound mind when he made his will. - [[Third Column]] Wed. Dec 13. 1916. New YORK TRIBUNE, RANGER'S SISTER LOSES - Surrogate Refuses to Name Her Temporary Administratix of Estate Surrogate Fowler refused yesterday to grant the application of Miss Edith F. Ranger to be appointed temporary administratrix of the estate of her brother, Henry W. Ranger, noted painter whose will she is contesting. Mr. Ranger left his estate valued at more than $200,000 to the Academy of Design, as a fund for the purchase of pictures by the American artists. He did not mention his sister. Ex-Surrogate Charles H. Beckett, as counsel for the National Academy of Design opposed the motion. he told the court that she had been long estranged from the artist, and was a "thorn in his side." Mr. Beckett submitted affidavits to disprove her allegation that the painter was not of sound mind when he made his will. One was by Edward R. Johnstone, of the Lotos Club, who visited Mr. Ranger for three months last summer. "I can recall no one in whose clarity of judgement I would repose more judgement," he said. Surrogate Fowler appointed William Macbeth, an art dealer, and Charles Henry Phelps, a lawyer, whom Mr. Range named as executors in his will, temporary administrators. RANGER WILL CONTEST Artist Who Left $213,320 to Aid Painters, Called Incompetent The plan of Henry W. Ranger, landscape painter, to promote American art, for which purpose he gave his entire estate, estimated at $213,320, may be defeated by a contest of the will filled yesterday in the Surrogates' Court by Miss Edith F. Ranger, of 211 West Fifty-fifth Street, a sister. Miss Ranger, who was not mentioned in the will, alleges that her brother was of unsound mind when he executed the instrument, last January. Mr. Ranger left his estate as a fund under control of the National Academy of Design, the income to be used by the trustees for the purchases of pictures by American artists. The paintings, he provided, are to be given to institutions that maintain public galleries. Two-thirds of the income can be used only for purchases from artists over forty-five years old--the use of the other third is not restricted.
