7-30-08 Smithsonian Institution sent following: Collection title: FRANK K. M. REHN Galleries records, microfilm reel number 5851, Achives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution 3 letters from H. CLINTON BEAGARY to FRANK K. M. REHM regarding meeting him to show him his paintings. (October 5, 1949 from HARVEY CEDARS address) (October 30, 1949 from HARVEY CEDARS, Long Beach Island, NJ address (December 15, 1949 from HARVEY CEDARS, Long Beach Island, NJ address) He enclosed 2 newspaper clipping with letters. Beach Haven Times December 15, 1949 ISLAND ARTIST CONDUCTING SHOW IN PHILADELPHIA Works of H. CLINTON BEAGARY to be on Display at Art Alliance Through Dec. 24 H. CLINTON BEAGARY of Philadelphia and Harvey Cedars, is having an exhibition of his works at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 South 18th Street, through Saturday, December 24th. MR. BEAGARY is recognized as one of Philadelphia's foremost artists and is very well known throughout the island. In an article by C. H. BONTE, the Philadelphia Inquirer made the following comment concerning MR. BEAGARY's works: With the popularity achieved by surrealism, and the public's familiarity with that descriptive compound word, there may be an illogical inclination to give that designation to such of the BEAGARY output as "Cagliostros' Secret," "Intricate Indecision" and "The Skull," the last-named not at all macabre, but as gay over-all as the rest of the pictures by this artist. His feeling for the humors inherent in the animal world is noted in "berceuse," with a lion as sleeping baby beneath a wonderfully designed quilt, and "The Captive Bututta," a delightful feathered comedy, not so funny perhaps to the string-tied bird. Especially rich in oriental imagery (continued on page five) (note: but missing from collection. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Philadelphia Inquirer December 4, 1949 LEAR and BEAGARY Hold Exhibitions Of Paintings of Unusual Imagination By C. H. BONTE (Note: excerpting parts about BEAGARY from article) Two Philadelphia artists of amazing imaginations and great gifts of improvisation are having one-man exhibitions at the Art Alliance and what each has to offer is of such a character as to cause unusual emotional reactions. The men are JOHN LEAR and H. CLINTON BEAGARY, work by the former being quite familiar of late in many galleries, while BEAGARY, a product of this city and largely self-taught, has been infrequently represented recently in those places where art lovers most do congregate. BEAGARY FANTASIES The seriousness and the intimated grimness of the LEAR art and social philosophy are absent from the pictures of CLINTON BEAGARY, whose fantasies are set in some never never land where fairies, elves and leprechauns carry on their merry activities without regard for atomic message or propaganda. In both oil and gouache his coloring is rich and impressive, his designs bold and of great carrying power, with areas of plastic painting, in heavily-draped fabrics, which are fairly stunning in their impact upon the eye. With the popularity achieved by surrealism, and the public's familiarity with that descriptive compound word, there may be an illogical inclination to give that designation to such of the BEAGARY output as "Cagliostro's Secret," "Intricate Indecision," and "The Skull," the last named not at all macabre, but as gay over-all as the rest of the pictures by the artist. His feeling for the humors inherent in the animal world is noted in "Berceuse," with a lion as sleeping baby beneath a wonderfully designed quilt, and "The Captive Batutta," a delightful feathered comedy, not so funny perhaps to the string-tied bird. A SUBTLE TRAVESTY Especially rich in oriental imagery is "the Ancient Temple" and evidently with tongue in cheek BEAGARY has painted "The Psychiatrist," with the "professor" ready to consult his "Olde Dame's Dreme Book," the whole scene given special power and effect for the use of huge, decorative stone figures akin to those which have puzzled travelers to Easter Island in the Pacific. As proof that he is able to take hints from nature, as well as from his own strongly operative imagination, the artist offers several "straight" landscapes of outstanding beauty, including "August Morning," "To the Lighthouse," "Evening in the Flats" and "The Lonesome Place." Also admirable are the group of undersea pictures, with their shimmering color and light schemes and the semi-fanciful moonlight episodes, with special delight stirred by "The Widow Who Could Cook." ============================================================================== ======== _http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=50000&iid=86342258&pid= 912758&ssrc=&fn=&ln=beagary&st=g_ (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=50000&iid=86342258&pid=912758&ssrc=&fn=&ln=beagary&st=g) Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003 > Obituary > New York, New York > 1952 H. CLINTON BEAGARY Special to the New York Times May 21, 1952 PHILADELPHIA - May 20, - H. CLINTON BEAGARY, who conducted the BEAGARY School of Creative Art, formerly located here on RITTENHOUSE Square, died Saturday at his summer home in HARVEY Cedars, N. J. He was 70 years old. MR. BEAGARY had been an artist for nearly 50 years. His paintings were exhibited in galleries in this city and New York. He was a member of the Philadelphia Alliance. His widow HARRIET and a sister, MRS. CLARENCE RODGERS survive. ======================================================================== Jacqueline Sleeper Russell Website:_ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SRC H&db=jacquelinesr&surname=A_ (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SRCH&db=jacquelinesr&surname=A) **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)