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Show Pictures For Art nibit Are Now Arriving Daily The number of pictures already received by the Springville High school for its fifteenth annual exhibition ex-hibition indicates a display equal if not superior, to any previously held. The work of sorting and selecting select-ing is unusually difficult this year owing to the large number of new artists entering. Most of the.se artist-s entering have written asking ask-ing for invitations, and entry blanks were sent to those whose qualifications seemed to justify their receiving them. This unusual unusu-al response is due, from eastern artists, at least, to articles on the art project which have appeared during the past year in the Art Digest and American Magazine ! of Art. I Among the fifty or more canvases can-vases already received, one of the most striking is an unusually large one, "Father Rufus." by John Law Walker, whose "Tide Land." exhibited last year attracted attract-ed wide attention and much favorable favor-able comment. The subject of "Father Rufus" is a huge lion by that name whose home is in Griffith Grif-fith Park, Los Angeles. Near him ! are three young cubs, painted with : much respect to detail. The whole j is strikingly different from any canvas ever exhibited in the gal- t lery and is sure to attract much I attention. ! The artist, John Law Walker, ! whose home is in Burbank, Calif., j was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He has studied under Lawrence ; Murphy, Millard Sheets, Clarence j Hinckle, and F. Tolles Chamber- j lain. He is a member of the -California Water Color society, ! Los Angeles Art association, and Santa Monica Art associations. His awards include first prize for j a figure painting at the Exhibition ! of California Artists held in Pasa- j dena in 1933; second prize for j 3tching at the Lps Angeles County I I Fair held at Pomona In 1932; sec- i ond prize awarded by the Califor- I nia Water Color society in-1934; i and second prize awarded by the Santa Cruz Art League, 1934. J. Eliot Enneking has two entries, en-tries, "Applesblossom Time." and "A Street in Mystic, C onn." Both canvases are typical of this artist's ar-tist's love of bright, clear colors of the hopeful, cheery atmosphere which he imparts to all his work. Emile A. Gruppe is exhibiting three paintings on his favorite theme, that of boats along the Gloucester coast. His entries this year are 'Seine Boat," "Gloucester Coast," and Bass Rock, Mass. Maurice Braun has one large entry "Early Snow" and two smaller smal-ler ones California Landscape" and "Autumn Woods." Other old favorites whose works have already been received are George Elmer Browne, whose "The Devil's Thumb," is a powerful marine; Colin Campbell Cooper wtih three characteristic canvases; canvas-es; Fera Webber Shear, with three flower pictures which will vie with her offerings of last year for popularity; pop-ularity; Leland Curtis, with two large canvases, 'Homeward Bound" and "Wintry Sierra"; John Hubbard Hub-bard Rich, with three canvases depicting de-picting as many character types. Others from whom canvases have been received are Ellsworth Woodward, Wood-ward, Hutton Webster, Eunice MacLennan, Harry R. Knobbs, James Knox, John Taylor Arms, Verona Lorraine Burkhard, John E. Costigan, Henri De Kruif, Joe W. Clancy, F. Usher De Voll, J. Eliot Enneking, Lawra J. Franklin, Frank-lin, Emile A. Gruppe, Charles P. Gruppe, Gordon Grant and Barse Miller. The response from Utah artists is unusually good this year. Nearly every day canvases are being brought in, to avoid last-minute delays and the rash of the last few days before the exhibit opens. |