APPENDIX 1 

 REPORT ON THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 



Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report on the 

 activities of the National Gallery of Art for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1933. 



The retirement on June 30, 1932, of Dr. WilHam H. Holmes, 

 director of the gallery since its creation as a separate unit under 

 the Institution in 1920, was a severe loss and his place wdll be difficult 

 to fill. His retirement came through an act of Congress which 

 separated from the Government service many others of the retire- 

 ment age. His death occurred on April 20, 1933, at Royal Oak, 

 Mich. 



On July 1, 1932, a large percentage of the gallery space was occu- 

 pied by exhibits of the National Society of Mural Painters, the 

 National Sculpture Society and by the alumni of the American 

 Academy in Rome, in connection with the George Washington 

 Bicentennial Celebration; they continued officially until Thanks- 

 giving Day, but were extended a few weeks. The removal of the 

 statuary and the American Academy in Rome exhibits made possible 

 the installation of a part of the permanent collections. Certain 

 partitions which the Mural Painters had removed were not replaced 

 and reduced the wall space, already much too small, by about 180 

 running feet. 



Early in January the large mural paintings were taken down. The 

 large central gallery was then used for the special exhibition of 

 29 colorful paintings of Gaucho life of the Argentine by Senor Don 

 Cesarco Bemaldo de Quiros. It was sponsored b}'' the Argentine 

 Ambassador, Senor Dr. Felipe A. Espil, and the opening on Friday 

 afternoon, January 13, was attended by many notables headed b}^ Mrs. 

 Herbert Hoover. It continued through March 12, 1933, and, judg- 

 ing by the attendance, it was a great success. Later in the spring 

 the Gellatly collection was removed from New York, arriving in 

 Washington May 1. The private opening was held on the evening 

 of June 22, and the collection was thrown open to the public on 

 June 23. 



APPROPRIATIONS 



For the administration of the National Gallery of Art, including 

 compensation of necessary employees, purchase of books of reference 

 and periodicals, traveling expenses, uniforms for guards, and neces- 

 sary mcidental expenses, $38,220 was appropriated. This was 



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