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Show Summer Art Show To Be Closed After Aug 15 a, Exhibit Includes Many Fine Paintings By Well Known Artists; Register Shows Hundreds Of Visitors From This And Many Other States As the summer season draws to a close, it is interesting to note some items in connection with the Art Gallery, which each year is attracting more wide-spread publicity. The gallery has been kept open every day from 3 p. m.. until 7 .p. m. and will continue these hours until August'15, when it, will be necessary to get the building in readiness for the opening open-ing of school September 7. Many Register . . . The attendance has exceeded that of any previous year during the summer months. A survey of the register reveals some interesting facts. Twenty-four Twenty-four states, Alaska and Canada are represented among the visitors, visi-tors, and these include ninety-four ninety-four cities. Thirty-four of these cities are in Utah, and seventeen in California which comes next. Fourteen of the states are west of the Mississippi, and eleven are eastern states. Tourists, artists, art dealers, teachers and laymen have all acclaimed ac-claimed the work Springville is doing in the cultural field. In addition ad-dition to expressions of appreciation apprecia-tion by visitors at the time of their visit, many letters have been received in which they expressed their pleasure and satisfaction at finding such a collection of - art in a town the size of Springville. The following is an excerpt from a letter from Paul A. Schmidtt, secretary of Thirteen Watercolorists, an exclusive Wat-ercolor. Wat-ercolor. club of Oakland, Calif: "I am writing to you as a result of the impression we received of Springville. Besides your fine gallery, we were impressed by the billboards announcing the art gallery gal-lery of Springville. It is the only city to my knowledge that advertises adver-tises its art activities with posters and billboards. Must compliment you highly for the good work you are doing." Mr. Herman P. Buri, well-known well-known artist of Birmingham, New Jersey, a former professor of art in an eastern university, stated his intention of featuring the Springville Art Gallery in an eastern paper. In a letter received after his visit he stated that he thinks the people here "a much different class of people than those one meets in the East, more kind and helpful, and eager to go out of their way to do one a favor." Fine Collections . . . In addition to the 200 paintings which make up the Gallery's permanent per-manent collection, the two one-man one-man collections of Maurice Braun and Charles P Gruppe have proved pro-ved of great interest to visitors. An added feature has been a collection col-lection of paintings for sale. These have hung in the west gallery on the second floor and comprise paintings by Marguerite Pearson, Howard Kearns, Avard Fairbanks and Florence Frandsen Neslen. Though there will he no regular gallery hours after August 15, interested in-terested persons may visit the gallery by telephoning Mrs. Mae Huntington, J24-J or by calling Paul Walker at his home, phone 129-M. |