In the piping times of peace, the Carnegie International show, held annually in the dingy, tomblike Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, is the world's biggest competitive panorama of contemporary painting.
World War I made Carnegie drop the show for six years; Depression (1932) for one.
Last week Carnegie passed up what was to have been its 38th International, put on instead a bang-up $3,000,000 survey of U. S. painting—367 pictures, dating from 1680 to 1940. The show opened, according to tradition, with Founder's Day ceremonies at the Institute.
Strictly by invitation, Pittsburgh's stiffest and shiniest shirts...
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