Recent Acquisitions February 7 - May 4, 2008 This installation presents a selection of recent acquisitions by the National Academy. The majority of works included here are known as "diploma presentations", gifts often given by the artists upon election that fulfill the only requirement of membership in the Academy. These gifts illustrate the diversity of styles in which National Academicians work. Reflecting recent achievements by American artists, these paintings, prints, sculpture, architectural drawings and models represent significant contributions to the Academy's collection of over 7000 works of art. Painters are the largest group of newly elected members and include David Driskell, Mark Greenwold, Diana Horowitz, Paul Jenkins Albert Kresch, Robert Kushner, Melvin Leipzig, Giovanni Pasanella, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Richard K. Miller, John Moore, Thomas Nozkowski, and Susan Rothenberg. Sculptors are represented by two prominent artists, both working in metal but with very different aesthetic inclinations: Melvin Edwards and Judith Shea. Watercolor painters span generations and include Graham Nickson and also Milford Zornes, who, at 100 years of age has carried the Regionalist watercolor tradition forward for more than fifty years. Architects in the exhibition include Bartholomew Voorsanger and Charles A. Platt. Voorsanger's three-dimensional model of his Montana House illustrates his interest in combining materials, open spaces, and an inherent Asian aesthetic. Platt's Proportional System for a House details the matrix-like neurological underpinnings of domestic architecture.

James Milford Zornes Rocks and Sea at Albion, 1991 watercolor on paper, 32 x 40 in. Donated in 2007 by Robert N. Constant and Constance M. Constant in memory of their parents Nicholas and Helen Constant and Paul and Vasiliki Limberopulos, National Academy Museum, New York (2007.4) Judith Shea Apollo, 1989 bronze, limestone, fabric National Academy Museum, New York (2007.6) Thomas Nozkowski Untitled (7-7), 1992 oil in canvas, 16 x 20 in.