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The Director and Paul V. Gardner, curator of ceramics, gave lec- 

 tures on art topics during the year to a number of groups, including 

 the art section of the University Women's Club; the Arts Club and 

 officers of art societies in the Metropolitan area; the Kiln Club; the 

 District of Columbia Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revo- 

 lution; the Alexandria Association at Gadsby's Tavern; and the Amer- 

 ican Federation of Jewish Women. They also served as judges or as 

 members of juries of selection and award for a number of exhibitions 

 held in Washington. 



SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS 



Thirteen special exhibitions were held during the year, as follows: 



July 1 through SI, 1949. — An exhibition of 60 water colors and sketches of 

 Greenland, painted between 1899 and 1911 by Christine Deichmann (1869-1945), 

 was shown on screens in the lobby. A list was mimeographed. 



August 12 through December 31, 1949. — Centennial Exhibition of Paintings by 

 Abbott Handerson Thayer, N. A. (1849-1921), in the Gellatly Collection and the 

 Freer Gallery of Art, with the cooperation of the latter. Supplementary exhibits 

 in the lobby consisted of (1) Thayer's studies on the protective coloration in the 

 Animal ffingdom, (2) camouflage, and (3) works by his former students, consisting 

 of 155 oils, water colors, pastels, models, and photographs. A catalog was printed. 



September 8 through 28, 1949. — Exhibition of 262 oils, water colors, and prints, 

 by Madame Henriette Reuchlin, held under the patronage of His Excellency, E. N. 

 Van Kleffens, Ambassador of the Netherlands to the United States. A list was 

 mimeographed. 



November 6 through 29, 1949. — The Twelfth Metropolitan State Art Contest, 

 held under the auspices of the District of Columbia Chapter, American Artists 

 Professional League assisted by the Entre Nous Club, consisting of 324 paintings, 

 sculpture, prints, ceramics, and metalcraft. A catalog was privately printed. 



December 10 through SO, 1949. — The Fifty-eighth Annual Exhibition of the 

 Society of Washington Artists, consisting of 71 paintings and 11 pieces of sculpture. 

 A catalog was privately printed. 



January 16 through 29, 1950. — Eighty-two drawings in pencil, pen, charcoal, 

 chalk, crayon, and water color, bj' contemporary French artists, from the per- 

 manent collection. 



February 4 through 27, 1950. — Exhibition of 335 drawings and paintings of 

 Indo-China, by Jean Despujols. A catalog was provided. 



March 4 through 26, 1950. — A selection of 34 oil paintings and 1 bronze bust, 

 from the William T. Evans collection. 



March SO through April 2, 1950.— A gros point carpet (10' 2" by 6' 9^"), 

 made by Queen Mary, and the specially constructed oak casket in which it came. 

 A catalog was provided by the British Information Service. 



April 2 through 27, 1950. — Biennial Exhibition of the National League of 

 American Pen Women, consisting of 356 paintings, sculpture, prints, ceramics, 

 and metalcraft. A catalog was privately printed. 



