THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
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American painters. There are now included in this collection 
150 paintings and one fire etching, representing 106 artists, 
besides 1 15 examples of the work of 16 of the foremost American 
wood engravers and one piece of bronze. January, 1916.] 
CATALOGUE OF THE WILLIAM T. EVANS COLLECTION 
Alexander, John White. 
Bom, Allegheny, Pa., Oct. 7, 1856; died, New York, May 31, 1915. He 
studied in Munich, Venice and Florence. Among the honors granted him 
were the Temple gold medal, 1897, and Lippincott prize, 1899, Pa. Acad. 
Fine Arts; gold medal, Paris Exp., 1900, and Pan-Amer. Exp., Buffalo, 
1901; Carnegie prize, Soc. Amer. Artists, 1901; first Corcoran prize, Soc. 
Wash. Artists, 1903; gold medal, St. Louis Exp., 1904; medal of honor, 
Panama-Pacific Intemat. Exp., San Francisco, 1915. He was made Che- 
valier of the Legion of Honor of France in 1901, and held membership and 
office in many art associations, among them the following: A. N. A., 1901; 
N. A., 1902 (pres. 1909-15); N. Y. Arch. League; Mural Painters; Portrait 
Painters; Nat. Inst. Arts and Letters (pres.); Nat. Acad. Arts and Letters; 
Soc. Nat. des Beaux- Arts, and Soc. de Peintres et Sculpteurs, Paris; Xnter- 
nat. Soc. of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (hon.), London; the Munich 
and Vienna Secessions. He made a specialty of portraits, figures and mural 
decorations. 
B allin, Hugo. 
Bom, New York, Mar. 7, 1879. Pupil of Art Students’ League, N. Y., 
and studied in Rome and Florence. Shaw Fund Purchase, Soc. Amer. 
Artists, 1905; President’s prize, N. Y. Arch. League, 1906; Clarke prize, 
Nat. Acad. Design, 1906; second Hallgarten prize, N. A. D., 1907; Isidor 
medal, N. A. D., 1907; N. Y. A. L-, 1908; bronze medal, Buenos Aires 
Exp., 1910. A. N. A., 1906; member, N. Y. Arch. League; Mural Painters; 
Amer. Water Color Soc. ; Nat. Inst. Arts and Letters. Studio, New York. 
THE SIBYLLA EUROPA— PROPHESIED THE MASSACRE OF 
THE INNOCENTS. 
Signed and marked copyrighted, 1906. On canvas, 90 H., 64 W. 
A TOILER. 
Signed. 
On canvas, 39^ H., 21^ W. 
THE LESSON. 
Signed and dated, 1907. 
On canvas, 50 H., 40 W. 
