APPENDIX 2 

 REPORT ON THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 



Sir : I have the honor to submit herewith my report on the opera- 

 tions of the National Gallery of Art for the fiscal year ending June 

 30, 1932. 



The year has not been marked by any event of unusual importance 

 or by the addition of art collections of exceptional value. The most 

 noteworthy event of the year was the assignment of certain portions 

 of the gallery space to the George Washington Bicentennial Com- 

 mission for its exhibits of art works during 1932. Certain radical 

 changes in the exhibition spaces were required ; and since the gallery 

 occupies the north hall of the National Museum, all changes made 

 were directed by the officers of the Museum. 



During the year much progress has been made toward the com- 

 pletion of the gallery card catalogues, which are (1) a comprehensive 

 general catalogue of the art works of the Institution, not, however, 

 including the Freer collection; (2) a portrait catalogue (275 num- 

 bers) ; (3) a catalogue of loans (64 numbers), and (4) a catalogue 

 of the Ranger purchases from the beginning (99 numbers). 



THE NATIONAL GALJLERY OF ART COMMISSION 



The eleventh annual meeting of the gallery commission was held 

 at the Smithsonian Institution on December 8, 1931. The members 

 present were Gari Melchers, chairman; Frank J. Mather, jr., vice 

 chairman; W. H. Holmes, secretary; and Charles L. Borie, jr., James 

 E. Eraser, Charles Moore, E. C. Tarbell, and Dr. Charles G. Abbot, 

 ex officio. The following officers, whose terms expired automatically 

 on this date, were reelected to serve during the ensuing year: Gari 

 Melchers, chairman; Frank J. Mather, jr., vice chairman; and 

 William H. Holmes, secretary of the commission. The following 

 members were recommended to serve for the succeeding term of four 

 years: James E. Eraser, Joseph H. Gest, Frank J. Mather, jr., and 

 Edmund C. Tarbell. The death of the following members of the 

 commission was announced: James Parmelee, on April 19, 1931; 

 Daniel Chester French, on October 7, 1931; and W. K. Bixby, on 

 October 29, 1931. Col. George B. McClellan, Thomas Cochran, and 

 Paul Manship were recommended to fill the vacancies thus occa- 

 sioned. (Mr. Cochran declined.) 



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