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Title
Item
35
:
New
Wings
for
Hagerstown
Transcript
New
Wings
for
Hagerstown
Washington
County
Museum
of
Fine
Arts
as
it
appears
with
two
new
wings
, the
gift
of
Mrs
.
William
H
.
Singer
By
KATHERINE
SCARBOROUGH
Hagerstown
,
"
You
shall
each
have a
cake
of
sesame-
and
ten
pound.
"
Thus
Lucian
in "
The-
Fisherman.
" And
thus
, in
effect
,
Mrs
.
William
H
.
Singer
,
now
living
in
Olden
,
Norway
, to the
people
of her
native
Washington
county
some
twenty
years
ago
.
Mrs
.
Singer
has
kept
her
promise
. In
1931
they
got
their
sesame
,
opening
wide
the
gates
of
wonder
, in the
form
of a
museum
of
fine
arts
,
built
in the
city
park
at
Hagerstown
and
overlooking
a
lovely
lake
where
white
swans
swim
with
curved
necks
and
lifted
wings
, and
wild
fowl
live
and
rear
their
young
in
peace
and
security
.
Making
Gifts
Of
Art
Objects
Now
Mrs
.
Singer
has
added
the "
ten
pound
" by
erecting
two
wings
to the
original
structure
as a
memorial
to her
husband
,
who
died
in
1943
and
who
was
internationally
known
as a
landscape
painter
.
She also
is
enlarging
the
museum's
contents
by
gifts
of
sculpture
,
paintings
,
antique
furniture
,
Oriental
rugs
, etc. This
winter
,
following
a
memorial
exhibition
in
Holland
, she also will
present
the
museum
with the
largest
collection
of
Singer
landscapes
in the
world
.
Like
the
initial
edifice
, the
new
wings
were
designed
by
Col
.
William
E
.
Shepherd
, of
Washington
.
Built
of
rose-red
brick
, with
Indiana
limestone
coping
and
quoins
of the
same
material
at the
corners
, they
virtually
double
the
size
of the
building
.
Winged
Figures
Flank
Doorway
The
south
wing
is
dominated
by the
Singer
memorial
room
.
Raised
by
three
steps
of
softly
colored
rose-beige
Tennessee
marble
above
the
floor
level
of the
rest
of the
building
, this
room
is
smoothly
lined
with
beautifully
grained
white
oak
which
had been
treated
by a
process
known
as
pickling
.
Guarding
the
wide
doorway
are
two
winged
figures
,
carved
, by
Ernst
van
Wynants
in
stone
. In their
original
position
they
flanked
the
fireplace
in the
reception
room
at the
Singers
'
home
in the
Netherlands
.
Some
of
Mr
.
Singer's
paintings
,
when
they
arrive
, will be
hung
in the
memorial
room
,
which
also will
contain
some
of the
furnishings
that,
amazingly
,
survived
the
German
occupation
of his
home
in
Holland
. In the
anteroom
china
,
ceramics
and
small
works
of
art
will be
displayed
in
recessed
cabinets
which
line
the
walls
.
The
north
wing
has been
designed
primarily
as a
music
room
and
auditorium
.
Mrs
.
Singer
,
herself
a
musician
,
is
presenting
the
museum
with a
concert
grand
piano
for its
stage
.
Chairs
That Will
Harmonize
Because
this
room
also will be
used
as a
picture
gallery
, the
usual
type
of
stationary
seating
will be
replaced
by
movable
chairs
,
comfortably
upholstered
in
green
to
harmonize
with the
curtains
on the
stage
.
Dressing
rooms
and a
kitchenette
are
included
in this
wing
,
together
with a
service
entrance
and
elevator
to the
basement
.
Pictures
and
supplies
can
now
be
brought
into the
building
and
carried
directly
to the
basement
to be
unpacked
and
prepared
for
display
, or to be
stored
.
Studio
For
Art
Classes
Below
Under
the
memorial
room
there
is
a
large
studio
for
art
classes
conducted
by
Thomas
Danaher
, a
resident
of
Hagerstown
.
Art
treasures
at the
museum
include
, in
addition
to the
collection
presented
by
Mrs
.
Singer
,
numerous
gifts
from
other
sources
.
One
of these
is
a
lovely
statue
of
Diana
by
Anna
Hyatt
Huntington
,
presented
by the
sculptor
on the
tenth
anniversary
of the
opening
of the
museum
and
placed
in the
semicircular
porch
overlooking
the
lake
. The
most
valuable
single
object
in the
museum
is
Rodin's
head
of
one
of the
burghers
of
Calais
. This
is
insured
,
according
to
Dr
.
J
.
Richard
Craft
, the
director
, for
$5,000
.
Close
Co-Operation
With
Schools
In
addition
to the
art
classes
,
which
both
adults
and
children
enthusiastically
attend
,
museum
activities
under
Dr
.
Craft's
supervision
include
story
hours
for
children
and an
integrated
program
in
co-operation
with
schools
.
Lectures
on
art
are
given
frequently
during
the
year
,
together
with
periodic
loan
exhibits
.
One
of the
most
popular
annual
events
is
an
exhibition
of the
work
of
artists
living
and
working
in the
Cumberland
Valley
. The
enlarged
museum
will be
formally
opened
November
15
.
Mrs
.
Singer
is
expected
to
come
from
Norway
to
Hagerstown
especially
for this
occasion
.
Residents
of
Hagerstown
enjoy
this
little
art
gallery
in the
same
way
Europeans
find
institutions
of this
sort
a
necessity
in their
lives
. They
drop
in to
see
a
new
acquisition
, or to
spend
some
spare
moments
in
association
with a
favorite
painting
or
piece
of
sculpture
.
Youngsters
are
being
reared
in an
atmosphere
where
art
is
becoming
a
natural
part
of their
lives
and not
something
grafted
on.
Few
communities
of
Hagerstown's
size
have
such
an
asset
.
Sunpapers
photo-Dohm
.
Thomas
Danaher
and his
pupil
,
Miss
Betty
Ross
, at a
museum
art
class
Creator
Scarborough, Katherine
Subject
Anniversaries
Art museums
Hagerstown (Md.)
History
Washington County (Md.)
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts (Md.)
Description
Newspaper
article
.
Baltimore
Sun
article
detailing
the
Museum's
1949
additions
.
Notes
After
the
death
of her
husband
William
H
.
Singer
,
Jr.
,
Anna
Brugh
Singer
proposed
two
additional
wings
to the
Washington
County
Museum
of
Fine
Arts
.
One
wing
was to
serve
as a
memorial
to her
late
husband
,
while
the
other
was
designated
for
musical
concerts
.
Publisher (Electronic Version)
Western Maryland Regional Library
Holding Institution
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
Date Original
1949
Date Digital
2006-02-07
Type
Image
Text
Format
Digital reproduction of 1-page newspaper article, dimensions unknown.
Source
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
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Is Part Of Washington County Museum of Fine Arts - a history
Is Part Of WHILBR, Western Maryland's Historical Library
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1941-1950
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