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COLUMBUS GALLERY OF FINE ARTS
Monthly Bulletin
Vol. 9
January, 1939
No. 4

BEAL AND SCHNAKENBERG . . . . Gallery VIII

From January 17 to February 7 the Gallery is pleased to present the work of two distinguished contemporary American painters. Both have consistently received honors and recognition, neither has identified himself with a particular movement. A typically modern eclecticism characterizes both artists who are represented by seven canvases each.

Gifford Beal was born in New York City in 1879. He studied under Chase and, at the Art Students' League, Ranger. His first award came to him in 1903 and since then his work has entered the permanent collections of the Metropolitan, Brooklyn, Newark, and many other museums. His respect for Winslow Homer and his friendship with other leading artists is reflected in the poise and intelligent selectiveness of his work. Its range is evident in these seven paintings which include one of his best known circus subjects, "Tanya, the tight-rope walker," "Fisherman with Spy Glass," "The River" and a pleasantly caught moment from "Victoria Regina."

Henry E. Schnakenberg, whom Lloyd Goodrich describes as "a patient builder . . . a healthy naturalist," was born in 1892 on Staten Island. He travelled in Europe and studied under Kenneth Hayes Miller at the Art Students' League. He too is well represented in the collections of American museums, such as Metropolitan and Whitney, Chicago Art Institute, California Palace of the Legion of Honor. His seven paintings include a consistently painted still-life, "Rhododendrons," two accurately observed landscapes and three figure pieces, one a portrait of Yvonne DuBois, the painter's daughter and now an artist in her own right. The paintings are shown through the courtesy of the Kraushaar Galleries.

AMERICAN MEDALS . . . . . . . West Corridor

The Society of Medallists has prepared an exhibition of all its issues to date, which constitutes an interesting footnote to contemporary American sculpture. Paul Manship and Laura Gardin Fraser inaugurated the series in 1930 and many prominent sculptors have continued it. Albert Stewart, Hermon MacNeil, Frederick MacMonnies, Lee Lawrie, John Flanagan, Lorado Taft and Robert Aitken among them. The Society solicits interested members and offers in return an exclusive record of twentieth century American sculpture.