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Show Over 210 Paintings Hung In Springville Art Exhibit Registrants From Eleven States And One Foreign Country View Art Exhibit On Opening Sunday Art patrons from at least eleven states, one foreign for-eign country, and from practically every section of Utah thronged the Springville Art galleries Sunday, viewing one of the best collections of contemporary nrt in the United States, follow- District Leader . . . - A ing formal opening exercises at 2 p. m. Glen Turner, art curator; W. W. Brockbank, president of the art hoard; Mrs. Mae Huntington, publicity pub-licity director; and C. G. Salisbury, Salis-bury, were speakers at the exercises. exer-cises. Several musical numbers augmented tlve program. An interesting inter-esting art program also was broadcast broad-cast direct from the Art building over KOVO during the afternoon. Registrants for the exhibit were listed Sunday from Illinois, Wis-i Wis-i cousin, Wyoming,, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New York, Colorado, Arizona. Idaho, New Mexico, Ohio, and Mexico, in addition to many from Salt Lake City, Ogden. Pro-vo, Pro-vo, Logan, Price, Richfield, and other I'tah cities. The exhibit, which comprises a variety of paintings hung to effect color harmony and variety in subject sub-ject matter, occupies three spacious spa-cious rooms on the second floor of the Art building, and the permanent perman-ent collection may be seen in the first floor galleries. Approximately 210 paintings are hung in the three upper floor salleries and in the main halls, Mrs. Harold Christensen representing the work of artists throughout the entire country. A large portrait study by Edmund Ed-mund C. Tarbell dominates the north wall of the east gallery. This portrait of his children and another portrait of Mrs. Tarbell, hung in the west gallery, are especially es-pecially outstanding and are typical typi-cal of the reserve and refinement reflected in his work. His portraits are of the "old masters" style and are forceful and dignified. A new artist exhibiting this year is John H. Twatchman, whose painting, "The Willows," is occasioning oc-casioning comment. Another newcomer is Millard Sheets of California, who has been called the "Lindbergh of American Ameri-can Art" a watercolorist who follows the modern trend. His painting, "Street People," is a beautiful treatment of an ugly subject. Old favorites exhibiting this year are J. H. Sharp with his "Indian "In-dian Warriors"; George Elmer Browne, Marie Hull, Olaf Moller, Hayley Lever, Marguerite S. Pearson, Pear-son, and others. Among the two or three paintings paint-ings sent by Anthony Thieme, art patrons will recognize one that follows fol-lows Mr. Thienre's usual technique, but his "Old Holland" is entirely different from the type that he usually paints. The art exhibit vwill continue throughout April, open daily from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m., including Sundays. Sun-days. Special tours of the gallery can be arranged by contacting members mem-bers k the art committee. |