October 19, 1935: On Friday evening, November 1, at 8:30 in the new Special Exhibition Gallery there will be a private opening of the Exhibition of Czechoslovakian Art assembled by the International School of Art with the cooperation of the Czechoslovakian Government. The collection is extremely comprehensive combining a large selection of the old peasant arts and an excellent group of the industrial products of the new Czechoslovakia. The latter group will contain a large assortment of contemporary glass and ceramics, some metal work, many striking fabrics and photographs of the best of the modern architecture in Czechoslovakia along with a large variety of prints and paintings. It is probably the first collection of modern Czechoslovakian work ever to come to this country and will be of particular interest to the American people as an illustration of the type of contemporary work produced in a Balkan country.
The older and traditional arts of the country are set forth in a larger and varied collection of costumes from various localities, and to give these a more perfect setting the facades of peasant houses have been imported as background. There are many examples of carving, weaving and other peasant crafts.
The Czechoslovakian Consulate has been very active in cooperating with the Brooklyn Museum in connection with this exhibition.
This exhibition will be open to the public on Saturday, November 2, and will run through the month of November.
Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1931 - 1936. 10-12_1935, 106.
November 1, 1935: The Exhibition of Czechoslovakian Art, assembled by the International school of Art with the cooperation of the Czechoslovakian Government, and the Exhibition of Etchings and Lithographs by Henri Matisse were opened at the Brooklyn Museum Friday evening, November l, with a reception and private view. Among those present were:
Dr, Jindrich Starch, Czechoslovakian Consul General
Mrs. Jindrich Starch
Dr. Josef Hanc, Czechoslovakian Consul
Mrs. Josef Hanc
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Blum
Mr. and Mrs. Philip N. Youtz
Mr. Abram Bastow
Miss Margaret Bastow
Konstantin Kostich
Mr. and Mrs. Gerhardt Bosch
Mr. Clifford L. Webster
Mr. Edward P. Helwig
Mr. John Moore
Mrs. Stefan Zarid
Mme. Irena Piatrowski
Miss Augusta Markowitz
Mrs. Roberta Fansler
Miss Marie Wright
Mr. Alfred Busselle
Mrs. A. P. Coleman
Mr. Thomas Capek
Dr. Kai Small
Dr. F. Svoboda
Mr. and Mrs. Mallard Hallenbeck
Mallard Hallenbeck, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Francis
Mr. John Heinz
Mrs. Edward Krehbiel
Miss Christine Krehbiel
Dr. Lou Kennedy
Mrs. J. G. O'Neil
Mr. William Teller
Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Candella
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Shelley
Mrs. McDermott
Mrs. R. Edson Doolittle
Miss Gertrude Gates
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Harding
Miss I. M. Kickox
Mrs. Alfred Pinneo
Mrs. Minnie Seaton
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Code
Grant Code, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Sweet
Mrs. Christopher Montana
Miss Madelyn Meyer
Mrs. Julius Aderer
Mrs. Julius Culmann
Mrs. Elma Schniewind
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schniewind
Miss Evelyn Culmann
Mr. Herbert B. Tschudy
Mr. Laurance P. Roberts
Mr. John Cooney
Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Keck
Edwin L. Taggart
Miss Mildred Osgood
Miss Aura Ostrander
Mr. and Mrs. C. Felton Pousland
Miss Virginia Montgomery
Mrs. Frank L. Holian
Miss Jean Thauburn
Miss Phyllis Williams
Mr. and Mrs. John I. H. Baur
Miss Isabel Spaulding
Mr. John Davis Skilton
Mrs. Joseph A. Seebeck
Miss Elizabeth Cameron
Miss Katherine Davidson
Mrs. G. Turner
Mrs. B. C. Block
1Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1931 - 1936. 10-12_1935, 108.
Date unknown, 1935: The Brooklyn Museum will open with a reception and private view on the evening of Friday, November 1, at 8:30
1. The Exhibition of Etchings and Lithographs by Henri Matisse in the Print Gallery and Balcony Gallery
2. The Exhibition of the Arts of Czechoslovakia in the New Exhibition Gallery
The Matisse Exhibition is largely comprised of etchings and lithographs, but also contains pencil, pens and charcoal drawings, oil paintings, a pastel, woodcuts, water color, and bronze statues by Matisse. It includes over 150 items of which a few prints are from the Brooklyn Museum's collection, the remainder are loans made through the courtesy of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Bakwin, Mr. Frank Crowninshield, Marie Harriman Gallery, Kennedy and Company, Frederick Keppel & Co., Inc., C.W. Kraushaar Galleries, Mr. George Macy, Mr. Pierre Matisse, Mr. J. B. Neuman, Mr. E. Warburg, and the Weyhe Gallery.
The Exhibition of the Art of Czechoslovakia has been assembled by the International School of Art. It falls into two groups, the first and probably most interesting, includes the best in contemporary work. Americans will have a chance to view the industrial art of a country which has but recently been industrialized. Remarkably fine work is to be shown in the fields of took binding, lace work, ceramic, and glass making. These collections will be exhibited in a setting of modern Czechoslovakian rugs and textiles.
The second group of the Arts of Czechoslovakia is the collection of peasant art and crafts including costumes, pottery, votive offerings and the other minor productions of the peasantry. Among the best works in this collection are the fine old peasantry bed spreads and hangings usually worked in brilliant red and deep pink against a linen background. The various sections of Czechoslovakia are well represented.
These exhibitions will be open to the public Saturday, November 2, and will run through the month of November.
Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1931 - 1936. 10-12_1935, 109.
November 14, 1935: The Park Department has continued the work of landscaping the exterior on the Eastern Parkway side and has prepared along Washington Avenue to improve the east grounds and façade and make connection with the Botanic Garden. Galleries to house Oriental art are being redesigned for early opening. The new Mediaeval Hall has been completed. The new special exhibition gallery was further improved before the opening of the Czechoslovak exhibition. Work has been started on the rearrangement of the Library and Print Department under the direction of Mr. Schniewind. The Building Superintendent has made to complete check-up of the condition of the plant and completed many essential replacements and repairs. New fire lines, water and gas lines have been installed and much of the old piping replaced. Much of this equipment had been in service for thirty years. Preparation of galleries for the current exhibitions and for the scheduled Mediaeval and Oriental exhibitions and the completing of offices for the staff have also been under the direction of the Superintendent of the building. The total effect is to transform rapidly an obsolete museum plant into a thoroughly modern one equipped to give maximum service to the public.
Recent accessions include: the Marco Polo Unit of the Brooklyn Museum School Service Charts, completed under the direction of Dr. Herbert J. Spinden; objects from the Holmes Expedition to Kish, near Bagdad; Luristan bronzes dating from 700 to 400 B.C. lent by the Persian Institute; lantern slides on Egyptology required through Professor Capart; objects of Mediaeval art lent by collectors and illustrating the prestige of the church during the Middle Ages and the devotion of the arts and crafts to this institution: XVIth Century wood panel of the Suabian School representing the Adoration of the Magi; and paintings, sculptures prints and work in other media lent for special exhibitions.
The schedule of three symphony concerts a week and daily organ recitals has been resumed. Dr. Spinden has just returned from n lecture was "The Civilization of the Mayas," a subject the new galleries on the first floor Horace Evans, one of the leading oraniologists to examine the Egyptian skulls in the Henry De Morgan Collection of the Museum. Mr. Marvin Ross of the Walters Gallery, Baltimore, Advisory Curator of Mediaeval Art of the Brooklyn Museum, will cooperate with Miss Krehbiel and Miss Chase in arrangement of the Mediaeval Hall.
Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1931 - 1936. 10-12_1935, 114-5.
