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been kept of the many paintings, sculptures, and other art objects 
brought and sent in for examination and judgment. 
Four outside talks were given to art organizations and service clubs 
concerning specific material in the National Collection of Fine Arts, 
or on subjects of general art interest. Service on juries of award was 
performed for five different art societies holding competitive exhibits. 
CHANGE IN DIRECTORSHIP 
Ruel P. Tolman, after 35 years with the Institution, including 15 
years in which he directed the National Collection of Fine Arts, 
retired March 31, 1948. He was succeeded by Thomas M. Beggs, 
formerly professor of art, Pomona College, Claremont, Calif., who had 
been appointed Assistant Director July 30, 1947, and who became 
Director April 1, 1948. 
SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS 
October 6 through 31, 1947.—Exhibition of 78 paintings by Senor 
and Sefiora Oscar Garcia Rivera, of Havana, Cuba. A catalog was 
privately printed. 
November 9 through 30, 1947.—The Tenth 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 271 specimens of paintings, sculpture, prints, 
ceramics, and metalcraft. A catalog was privately printed. 
January 7 through 29, 1948.—The Sixth Annual Exhibition of the 
Florida Gulf Coast Group, consisting of 51 paintings. A catalog 
was privately printed. 
January 16 through February 15, 1948.—The Forty-sixth Annual 
Exhibition of Miniatures by The Pennsylvania Society of Miniature 
Painters, consisting of 120 miniatures. Reprint of catalog used in 
Philadelphia. 
March 7 through 28, 1948.—The Fifty-second Annual Exhibition 
of the Washington Water Color Club, consisting of 190 paintings and 
prints. A catalog was privately printed. 
March? through 28, 1948.—The Fifteenth Annual Exhibition of The 
Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, 
D. C., consisting of 168 examples. A catalog was privately printed. 
April 4 through 28, 1948.—The Fifty-seventh Annual Exhibition 
of The Society of Washington Artists, consisting of 69 paintings and 
13 pieces of sculpture. A catalog was privately printed. 
May 16 through 30, 1948.—Biennial Exhibition of the National 
League of American Pen Women, consisting of 228 specimens of paint- 
ings, sculpture, prints, ceramics and metalcraft. A catalog was 
privately printed. 
