FIFTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION

In assembling the Annual Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists from the important exhibitions and galleries of the East and from the studios of the artists, it is the aim to bring together a collection which will be fairly representative of the work of contemporary painters and that will suggest the trend of painting in America. In order to do this one must lay aside personal preferences and prejudices and choose within a wide latitude the works which have had the stamp of approval of official juries or have been accepted for public exhibition. This does not necessarily mean that everything in such an exhibition is above reproach or criticism. It