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Show Artists Respond To Art Invitations Many New Artists To Exhibit In Twentieth Annual Show As Well As Large Art Galleries More than 200 paintings are expected to be on exhibition during the Twentieth Annual National Art show to be held herei in April, according to replies received from invitations sent to artists throughout the United States. Many artists' whose paintings have for several years occupied prominent places in the spring show are included in the long list of prospective exhibitors. There are also many new. names, well known in the art world, whose contributions this year will be viewed with interest. Several of the larger art galleries galler-ies in the country are sending from eight to ten paintings each, and such familiar names as John E. Costigan, W. R. Leigh, Carl Lawless, John Taylor Amies, Fera Weber Shear, Walter E. Baum, Clarence Millet, Guy Wiggins Gordon Grant, Maurice Bfaun, j! H. Sharp, Carl Yen, Gustav Wie-gand, Wie-gand, and others will be represented repre-sented in the 1941 art show. Leon Kroll of New York City, who has canvases hanging in larger galleries and museums throughout the country, and who has won numerous awards and prizes, has indicated his intention of sending one or more paintings. He will be a new artist this year and his work will be looked forward for-ward to with interest by art patrons. pat-rons. Mrs. Emeline A. Tarbell, widow of Arist Edmund C. Tarbell, has sent word that she plans to send at least three paintings to the Springville display. Recognized as one of the best portrait painters in America, she never has had more than two paintings before in a Springville show and these were sent by galleries. Expected to begin arriving this week at the high school, all the pictures must be in by March 2 0, when committeemen assisted by students, will begin" hanging for the big spring event. Plans are underway at present in Springville and at the school to raise funds with which to carry on the mammoth art project, which annually attracts thousands of visitors to this city. Research has now developed a new process by which wood, in a manner similar to industrial plastics, plas-tics, can be heated and then shaped shap-ed to any desired form. |