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Artists Exchange Views At Joint Luncheon Here

McGuinnes Raps Highway Billboards, O'Neill Urges Discussions Among Modern, Conservative Artists--Mrs. Burd Presides at Event

Modern and conservative artists met on equal ground at the art luncheon of the Asbury Park Society of Fine ARts, the art department of the New Jersey Federation of Women's Clubs, and the New Jersey chapter, American ARtists Professional league, yesterday afternoon in the crystal ballroom of the Berkeley-Carteret hotel

Members of the Asbury Park Woman's club executive board and the art department of the club were official hostesses to the 130 guests, including many distinguished artists from New Jersey.

Henry R. MacGuinness, painter, and educator, took a stand against bill-board-cluttered highways, and urged development of artistic talents as a way "to better life."

In a letter which Miss Clara Stroud read, Paynton Boswell, editor of Art digest, laid down the following reasons for misunderstanding between artists and laymen:

"The failure of the modern artist to paint pictures which the laymen may be intimate with; the layman's fear of trusting his own taste; the insidious advice of interior decorators in favor of bare walls for bare minds; competition between colored reproductions and the originals and the depression."

O'Neill Favors Forums

Raymond O'Neill represented the modern artists' view point and appealed for more discussion forums, in which conservative and modern artists will meet to "meditate" on their opinions.

Mrs. Harry G. Burd, Asbury Park's Woman's club president, presided at the luncheon, and Arthur G. Egner, president of the Newark museum and chairman of the New Jersey committee to select art for the New York World's Fair, was toastmaster.

Those who made speeches included Mrs. Albert Mersfelder, state art chairman of the federation; Lolieta Flockhart, author of "Art and Artists of New Jersey"; Michel Lenson, muralist who designed the murals for the New Jersey building at the World's Fair; Mrs. Florence Topping Green, Long Branch, national director of the American Artist Professional league.

Mrs. Dorothy Wemple, state chairman of the ARtists Professional league; Miss Stroud, and Fritz Cleary, of the Asbury Park Society of Fine Arts.

Mr. Cleary awarded prizes to Roy M. Mason, Batavia, N. Y., who won first prize in the Fine Arts society's second annual water color exhibition and to Cornelia Van A. Chapin for her prize winning sculpture in the exhibition.  Gladys Jones, this city, won honorable mention for sculpture and Molly Marsh and Hilda Feldman for water color.

Judges for the show were Dr. Harry G. Thomas; Virginia Fortiner of the Newark Evening News: Vandeering Perring, painter, and Mary Cooke Swartwout, director of the Montclair museum.

NEW YORK, N. Y. TIMES
MAY 5 - 1939

Two prizes were awarded at the opening of the current exhibition of painting and sculpture at the Berkeley-Carteret Gallery in Asbury Park.  Roy Mason and Cornelia Van A. Chapin were the recipients.  The exhibition is being held under the auspices of the Asbury Park Society of Fine ARts and the New Jersey Chapter of the American ARtists Professional League.

LONG BRANCH, N. J. RECORD
MAY 2 - 1939

Mrs. Florence T. Green, World Fair Hostess, Speaker

Mrs. Harrty B. Burd Extends Greetings to 130 Guests

ASBURY PARK, May 2. - Distinguished artists of New Jersey and of national art circles were speakers yesterday at the art luncheon held in the Berkeley-Carteret Hotel under the joint auspices of the art departments of the State Federation of Women's Clubs, the New Jersey chapter, American ARtists Professional league and the Asbury Park Society of Fine Arts.

Mrs. Harry G. Burd, president of the Asbury Park Woman's Club extended greetings to the 130 guests and presented Arthur G. Egner, president of the Newark museum who acted as master of ceremonies.  Three to five minute talks were given by the speakers.

The occasion also marked the opening of the second annual water color and sculptor show of the Asbury Park Society of Fine ARts.  Fritz Cleary, director of exhibitions was also a speaker at the luncheon and after giving a resume of the work of the society he presented awards to the winners.  "Smitty's Gang" a water color by Roy M. Mason, Vatania, N. Y., won first award and in the sculptor class first award went to Cornelia Chapin, New York City for the granite penguin.  Molly Marsh, Plainfield, was awarded honorable mention for the picture "The Eggplant" and Hilda Feldman, Newark, was awarded honorable mention for "Jersey Meadow Variety."

Judges were Dr. Harry G. Thomas, this city; Miss Virginia J. Fortiner, art critic for the Newark Evening News, Mary Cooke Swartout, director of the Montclair Museum and VanDearing Perrine N. A.

Mrs. W. H. D. Koerner, Allenhurst, was chairman of the arrangements.