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Show November Art Exhibit Opens Here Sunday (Continued from page one) his honeymoon here and the be: ginning of his professional art career in 1907, where he was instructor in-structor of art in the high school and art supervisor for Springville school district. He also painted his first picture in oils in Springville. His outstanding work attracted attention of the BYU and he received re-ceived an appointment as art in-sturctor in-sturctor at the BYU and art supervisor of the training school. He retired this year after 25 years service, but still carries a full-time full-time art instruction load. Mr. Larsen has always been a loyal friend of Springville and has given freely of his time and talent to facilitate the art movement here. Many citizens have gained an appreciation of art work in the National Art Exhibits by his lectures and informal talks. Each year, he spends countless hours , of study at the Springville galleries. galler-ies. Ranking as one of the most creative and progressive artists in the state, Mr. Larsen considers himself a conservative but aften works in the style of the modern. He feels that any artist should work in the style that fits his urge for creative expression, and he contends that art is a living growing grow-ing means of expression of the culture of the period in which it is produced. "Real art", he says, "is a strong current that continues contin-ues on from age to age." He feels that every artist should keep experimenting, ex-perimenting, not necessarily discarding dis-carding his own style, but producing pro-ducing work that shows the healthy growth of personality. He thinks that conservative and modern mod-ern art may hang side, by side each enhancing the beauty and strength of the other. Having encouraged and inspired inspir-ed many struggling young artists, Mr. Larsen is admired by students and artists as a great artist and a grand man. He is never to busy to give his sympathetic and understanding un-derstanding yet frank criticism to those who- seek it. It will be a real treat for everyone every-one to see the one-man show of Mr. "Larsen's art, officers of the club announce. |