"This exhibition has been designed to dramatize the contrast between American art in the 1930's and 1950's. The painters who represent the decade of the thirties are the majority of those who were at that time considered the leading progressive…
"The Thirteenth Annual Festival of Fine Arts at the State University of Iowa presents as one of its major features the exhibition of ... historical and contemporary drawings. The exhibition has been chosen by Dr. Lester D. Longman, who selected the…
Festival included: an opera, Madama Butterfly, by Giacomo Puccini; "The paintings presented in this catalogue were selected ... by Mrs. Edith Halpert, Director of the Downtown Gallery ... New York City ... forty-three paintings by twenty-five ...…
"The works in the exhibition divide into two esthetic categories: 1) those which achieve visual unity through a balance of stable shapes and 2) those which achieve visual unity through an ultimate equilibrium of shifting effects"--P. 5; "The works of…
"The exhibition is divided into two parts: (1) 'Art Created in Iowa' and (2) 'Art Collected in Iowa.' For the purposes of this exhibition, contemporary creative activity in Iowa is represented by works of art in several media by the faculty of the…
"The exhibition 'Paintings by Americam Masters' is presented as part of the Fifteenth Annual Fine Arts Festival at the State University of Iowa. The present exhibition presents several paintings by each of ... the [eleven] best painters in America…
"The Art Exhibition of the Nineteenth Annual Festival of Fine Arts at the State University of Iowa introduces paintings, prints, sculpture, crafts and design representing recent work of former students who hold one or more degrees from the State…
"The Eighteenth Annual Festival of Fine Arts at the State University of Iowa is proud to present the first major exhibition in this area of African sculpture in which a survey of the principle tribal styles is attempted. The exhibition has been…
Festival included: an exhibition of paintings and drawings by faculty, featuring works by three distinguished visiting artists, Ben-Zion, Keith Vaughan, and Mitchell Fields; lecture series including Vance Packard, Benjamin Fine, Morris Hindus; plays…
"The School of Fine Arts of the State University of Iowa, in connection with its Seventeenth Annual Fine Arts Festival, presents ... this collection of significant works by noted contemporary artists ... brought together by Edith Halpert, Director of…
