HR1200 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Ruth P. Horwich has long been a patron and supporter of the Hyde Park Art Center; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Horwich served as chairman for many years and currently serves as an honorary chair; throughout the middle 1960s and the 1970s, she and renowned Chicago artist Don Baum made the Center one of Chicago's most vibrant art venues and that legacy continues today; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Horwich and her late husband, Leonard, were founding members of the Museum of Contemporary Art and served on its board of trustees; the Horwich Foundation donated the seed money for the Dubuffet sculpture at the State of Illinois Center; Mrs. Horwich has served on the Art Institute's acquisitions committee for the department of 20th-century painting and sculpture; perhaps the greatest beneficiary of her personal philanthropy has been the Hyde Park Art Center; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Horwich and her husband initially plunged into the art world in the 1950s and they built an extensive collection of art; serious collectors, by nature, usually defy the concept of restraint, and the Horwich family did so by collecting what has been called a "forest of Calders"; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Horwich is an example of the kind of influence that art can have on both artists and collectors and the kind of symbiotic relationships that it can inspire between them; and

WHEREAS, The Hyde Park Art Center is naming a portion of its new home after Ruth Horwich in honor of her years of dedication to the Center; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we thank Ruth Horwich for her patronage and support of the Hyde Park Art Center and her many years of service in the arts; and be it further

RESOLVED, That we congratulate Mrs. Horwich on the honor bestowed upon her by the Hyde Park Art Center in having a portion of its new home named after her; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Ruth Horwich and to the Hyde Park Art Center with our congratulations and as an expression of our respect and esteem.