The first National Exhibition of American Art, held two years ago, and sponsored by Mayor LaGuardia's New York Municipal Art Committee, flopped flat. Almost its only distinction was that it brought to Manhattan more canvases than any show that season. When the second opened last year with 526 pictures and statues, critics were agreeably surprised, found the general level of painting higher, a few pieces outstanding, their subjects of coast-to-coast diversity. Last week, in the spacious galleries of the Fine Arts Society, the third National Exhibition turned out to be the best yet....
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