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Show WINGATE GIVES LIFE SKETCH OF BENJ.C. BROWN By J. F. Wingafe. flia.riiian cf the Art Committee of the SpritiKville Hih SsrhooL Benjamin C. Brown, who won first honors this year in our National Na-tional Art Exhibit was born in Marion, Mar-ion, Arkansas. A'hile a youiu: man he studied at the famous Julian Academy of Arts in Paris, under John Taul Laurens and Benjamin Constant. For the past 20 years he has resided re-sided in Pasadena, where he has found a ready sale for his paintings. At present he is president of the Print Makers Society of California, and is member of the Chicago Society So-ciety of Etchers, and of the Pasadena Pasa-dena Society of Artists, lie has won eighteen prizes of note and carried off first honors at (lie World's Ka ilia il-ia 10(15, 1!00, l!)15, and VXi. IJis pictures may be seen in many import ii id art galleries of this country and Europe. Fboenfx, Los Angeles, British museum. London ; Congressional library. Boise, Wltch-ita. Wltch-ita. Philadelphia, and Chicago are places Aery proud of his pictures, which they own. "The Brook in Winter" painted by Mr. Brown was one of a very tew pictures to be accepted ac-cepted and hung in the Corcoran Art Caliery at Washington, J). C, Mr. Brown is a painter of sunlight, unsurpassed: anil Mr. Downes, leading lead-ing art critic of America, characterizes character-izes him ::s an artist of distinction, "A Sierra Hillside", the picture which was awarded first prize in our National Exhibit is especially typical of Mi-. Brown's work and truly represents the California landscape. The scene is near .one Pine in twens Valley, a place of u inch i nl ores t to every st udeiit of geology. Ml. Whitney, the highest mountain in the Cniled Slates is near, und Heath Valley, the lowest depression in the nation is not very far away. Last year Mr. Brown presenled a very line etching to the high school and he has upon many Tensions befriended the art movement move-ment in Springville. In a recent, let tor to the A rl committee he in-. in-. iniated that he may visit our city to paint I tali scenery. There is an environment here pleasing to the artist and there is, no reason, why a summer school in Art run not be siiccesfully con ducted here each summer. With the wonderful scenery scen-ery we have and the services of some nationally known Art Instructor Instruc-tor students would lie attracted i'roiii all parts of the West. l,et u think about this and talk about it for it is feasible and well wort h whi :c. |