buying judiciously as well as generously, and in most in- 
stances from the artists who were struggling and unknown to 
fame. He became a life member of the Metropolitan Museum 
of Art, a member of the National Arts Club, Lotos Club, and 
Salamagundi Club, gave an annual prize for the American Water 
Color Society, and developed his art work in many other 
directions. The sale of his second collection of paintings 
in January, 1900, was regarded as the turning point when 
American art came into its own. 
In 1913 a thira Sale of paintings of his collecting 
again marked an advance in the estimated worth of American 
paintings, and virtually ended his work as a collector. 
Mr. Evans did more than almost any other collector to promote 
interest in American art, and to his patronage many of the 
leading American artists today owe their first step toward 
success. (Page 50-51, Report of National Museum,1919) 
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‘From 
Report on the Department of Anthropology, 
By We He Holmes, Head Curator 
In preparing the report of the Department of Anthro- 
pology for the year the reports furnished by the several 
curators have been freely utilized and in each case due credit 
