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Show Artist's Response Indicates Successful April Exhibit Springville's 30th Annual National April Art Exhibit will open with appropriate exercises Friday, ' March 30. Mrs. Mae Huntington of the high school art committee, reported Wednesday. Wednes-day. The opening program is scheduled sche-duled for 2:30 p.m. in the high school gymnasium and an invitation invita-tion will be extended to the general public. A complete outline of the opening open-ing program will be announced later. The exhibit is opening the last Friday in March, to bring another Sunday into the month-long April exhibition period, Mrs. Huntington said. As the date for the opening of the exhibit draws near, letters are arriving daily from prospective exhibitors and even a few pictures have already arrived at the gallery for the annual event. Art Lectures Lectures on the art exhibit this year will be conducted similar to last, with members of the art board and the art department of the BYU participating. Reservations Reserva-tions have been made by a num-( num-( Continued on page two) 1951 Annual Art Show Opens Here (Continued from Page One) ber of groups, clubs and individual individ-ual organizations to tour the art gallery and hear the scheduled art talks. Included in the prospective exhibitors ex-hibitors this year, is a long list of new artists as well as many former well known contributors. Several nationally known galleries galler-ies in various parts of the country have also signified their intention of sending paintings to this year's show. , Notably among artists whose work will appear in the 1951 event are a number from Utah. William F. Dabelstein of San Francisco wilL send two paintings this year, "On The Apache Trail" and "Superstition Range, Arizona." Ari-zona." New Artists A new artist also who will have paintings in the April exhibit, is Josef Satin of New York, a native of Slavakia. Born in 1913, the 13th child of a family of 24, Mr. Satin has been in this country but three years. He is sending, "Assorted Flowers," and "Snowbound In The Tatra Mountains, Slavakia." With a long list of awards and prizes for his work, Mr. Satin has studied stud-ied in Prague and Rome and conducted con-ducted 24 exhibits and one-man shows in several larger eastern cities. He spent last summer in the west capturing the beauties of Teton range and Jackson Lake, Wyo., Garden of the Gods and Pike's Peak, Colo. His style is smooth, tranquil and traditional. Roy Walter James will also be listed among the 1951 exhibitors and while he is not new, his work is very much appreciated and art patrons look forward to seeing his entries. He is sending two of his best pictures, both of which have won prizes elsewhere. He is a native na-tive of California and has exhibited throughout the country . Among other artists who have replied to the invitations sent out some time ago by the art committee com-mittee are: Howard E. Smith, of Carmel, Calif.; who paints westerns; wes-terns; Harry Leith Ross of New Hope, Penn.; Marguerite Pearson, Rockport, Mass., who is sending two large pictures; John Taylor Arms, who is sending several etchings; Reynold Weideneer will also be represented. Utah Artists Among the Utah artists who have already responded to invitations invita-tions are: Jack Vigos, whose landscapes land-scapes are winning much favor; Dorothy Bearnson, known for her fine portraits; Lynn Fausett of Salt Lake City; Rose Howard Salisbury, Sal-isbury, Cornelius Salisbury, Salt Lake City, consistent exhibitors; Max D. Weaver of Logan; Elverta Jacobsen of Salt Lake City; Fay White, Provo; Rachel Taylor of SaltiLake City; Earl C. Standsfield of Midvale; Milton A. Nelson of Provo; Pete Lafon of Ogden. Contributions have also been received re-ceived from Marie Clark Miller of Glendale, Calif., and Milton Wass-mer Wass-mer of New York, both former well-known Utah artists. Galleries Among the galleries which have already stated they will send pictures pic-tures are: The Blue Door Galleries of Raos, N. M. This is a new gallery which will send several paintings. From the McBeth Gallery will come eight pictures including a De Martina, a Gaertner, a Gleits-mann, Gleits-mann, and a Pleissner. The Young Galleries of Chicago will send eight paintings and the Kraushaar Galleries Gal-leries of New York will also send seven pictures. |