Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation

August L. Freundlich, President of THE RICHARD FLORSHEIM ART FUND,

has announced that the Board of Trustees of the Fund has effected the transfer

of its assets to THE MARIE WALSH SHARPE ART FOUNDATION

Joyce E. Robinson, Executive Director and the Artists Advisory Committee members Cynthia Carlson, Chuck Close, Matthew Deleget, Janet Fish, Philip Pearlstein, Irving Sandler, Harriet Shorr, and Robert Storr state that THE MARIE WALSH SHARPE ART FOUNDATION is pleased to have been chosen to receive these assets. The Foundation will continue the legacy of THE RICHARD FLORSHEIM ART FUND by honoring older American artists in the tradition established by the late Richard Florsheim.

During his lifetime, Richard Florsheim's career was distinguished by a sustained commitment to producing art, and an equally continuous dedication to improving conditions under which artists work. In his will, he established a small trust fund to assist meritorious older American artists in the pursuit of their careers in art. Since the inception of THE RICHARD FLORSHEIM ART FUND twenty years ago, the Fund has made over 500 grants in support of deserving older artists.

Members of the Board of Trustees of THE RICHARD FLORSHEIM ART FUND are: August L. Freundlich, President, Emma Amos,Will Barnet, Sylvan Cole, Jr., Ruth E. Fine, William Meek, Alan A. Reinstein, Jack Lemon, Emeritus, Richard Levin, Emeritus, and Berta B. Walker, Emeritus.