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Jilmes n,

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georgia museum of art

fifty ye15 ago James N. Rosenberg_and I were law clerks together, starting our careersin a small but busy law firm at 99 Nassau Streer, New York CIty. The imprelssion he madethen was one of vital energy, witlr klen_ and quick mentaliry. i anticipated a big future forhim at the bar, so, was not

-surprised when thi firm which he headed developid the lead-

ing bankruptcy practice in New York (and that meanr in the world). He betame widelyknown as a specialist in reorganizations during the depression of the 1930's.

Rosenberg geve without stint of his time and efforts to philanthropic work also, especiallyfor European people in distress. After the first World War he beiame head of the'Ameri-can Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, largest Jewish relief organization in the world.He is now honorary chairman of that Commiitee. He vras also headof the American Societyfor Jewish Farm Seitlements in Russia. His committee rransferred over 300,000 gheno dwe[-

l".o ft q city slums to farms in the Crimea. The doing of this great work requiied a year ofhis time-in Europe. During Hitler's regime he formed the Doirinican.Republic Associationto_ [ansfer [,uropean refugees of all faiths to that tropical island for a new itart in the world.He is chairman of the Genocide Commimee and alsb of the Committee on Human Rights ofthe Nadonal Conference of Christian and Jews.

By l9l2 he was enough interested in art to visit Woodstock, New York and take a coursein painting lessons. Loving the beauty of the mountain landscapes, he maintained a summdrabode in the Adirondacks-fhere, by frequently dabbling in art-learning to use the paletteknif'e, the brushes and his fingers, he slowiy developed thi Rosenberg style of heavy impastopainting. IIe found he could iecreate the giandeur ir appeal of the sienis around him. ihur,he gained relief and perspective from hir arduous law practice. At 65 he showed rhat hehad the good- sense to.know when he had nrade enough of the world's goods and retiretlfrom acdve law practice. He devoted his time to beEoming a real artist.

The 60 Paintings of his in our galleries cover his art work from the time he was 50 years ofege. to. the present day. The characteristic of these pictures is uniry in variery. The largemaiority of- his paintings mark his personality as one of happiness arid optimism, a devotee 6fnature in all its moods and especially the stormy ones. But Rosenberg knows too well rhar thepath of life has a seamy side and rhat many have a continual strug[le to exist. Some of hispaintingp exemplify this grim phase of living. what he calls his-'Tlronism paindngs" showthe smoke and smog of mechanized factorieJ and blasted scenes in narure. Wtrite trii "Atom-ism Art" forecasts rhe tragic devastation of the atomic bomb in future wars.I count this exhibition anlutstanding event in the early life of our New Museum.

Alfred H. Holbrook, Director, Georgia Museum of Art

L adirondaclt paintings1. Sunburst 2g. The Villagez. orchards 29. Dusk at Litfle pond3. Gray day Bo. June Tulips4, oak ,i.

"r*r, rhper,", .'

5.ThereAreTroutinthisPool.32.TheoIdBarnsCrumble - : a - ---6, My rFriend the Old White Horge ia. A Bit of Sky i

7, The Haunted Barn '. 84. Snow Flurry I

8. Storm Brewing r. Bs. Sparkle of Leaves9. Weather 36. The Stolm WiIl pass (pastel)

10. Skating pond 27. sunlight on Barns (pastel)11. Petting Rain 88. Melodramatic Moonrise l

lz. Two Barns Bg. Golden Autumn13. rndians cau It walking Bain 40. Flight from the Downpour

tE. The Sun Will Soon Be Shining 42. rr," piluct"d ri"ra

17. Trout Season Opens 44. Black Storm (pastel)18. Doe

2o,WetPoplarLeaves.dreMirrors45.ThisWasOneeaFarm21. Hide and Seek 46. Green Pastures, God and the Plaeid Skull22.opal47.NewsDeseendingtheStaircase(Past€l_Cartoon)

24. Purple Dusk 49. V. J. Day-A.dirondaek festlvall-nevef flnished25' Hay wagon 50. The Magniflcence of war (pastel)26. Three Birch Trees 51. Return o, ,rrf. Division (Pastel) 1919-.-see cata.log27. Picnic-Geismar Family 51. !9F"?ll"{,Cgtalo€ue of Exhibition Return of 2?th Division

after \fforld War I.

Yil. atonnism. painthrys52. Museum of Modern Art53. Flight from the Bomb-Uniinished54. Triumph of Science

55. Wall Street After the Atomie Bomb

experiments in portrait painting56. Fortrait Study67. Self Caricature of James N. Rosenberg

58. Many Portraits of Louis Untermeyer59. Rosenberg by Wayman Adarns60. Rosenberg by Joseph Margulies61. Rosenberg by $erge Sondekin

acried. xiews62. Rain and Wind6.3. Snow Storm64. Mamaroneck Gardens

65. Eilshemius Landscape

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tnu$eutns orfrning paintings

by James ^1

Rosenbergi

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York CityA.iluseurn of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass

Philadelphia Museum of Art, PhiladelphiaPhillips Memorial Gallery, Washington, D. C.

Rockhill Nelson Gallery and. Atkins _Museum, Kansas, City, Mo.Smithsonian'Institute, Washington, D. C.

Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, Boston, lVlass.

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New YorkCarnegie Institute, Pittsberg, Penn.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Clevelan4 OhioBowdoin College Museum of Fine Arts, Brunswick, fuIaine

.Joslyn Memorial Museum, Omaha, NebraskaPhilbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma

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Baltimore fuIuseum, Baltimore, Md.Association of the Bar, New York City

Albany rn"i*i.-"i iririo.y ,rrd Art, Albany,N.Y.Hebrew Union College, New York City

Roosevelt House Gallery, Rollins College, Winter Park, FloridaU. S. Embassies, London, Paris, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.