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Show f Pioneer Trek Painting . . . JAMES M. SESSIONS, famous American contemporary artist, attracted by the romance, the spirit and the traditions of the development of the great w est and Utah in particular, has just completed a most beutiful painting depicting the trek of the Pioneers on their history-making migration to Utah. This wonderful picture and accurate reproductions of it will be shown in connection with the Utah Centennial and the showing will be the National Premier of the picture, after which it will be exhibit- ed in all parts of the nation. Mr. Sessions has shown in beautiful paintings, many events in the course of American history. He was commissioned by the U. S. Navy Department to record in paintings, some of the heorism and action of our battle fleets during World War II. He also did the much publicized "Jeep Series" during the recent war. His painting of the Pioneers is a symphony of exquisit colors, revealing the glory of ' the heavens, the beauty and yet the ruggedness of nature, and depicting the determination and the stalwartness of the men and women who were seeking peace and freedom in a great wilderness, which, through their initial efforts, sacrifice and vision has in time become a great empire as we know it today. N Mr. Sessions' paintings have been featured in "One Man" shows in the country's leading art galleries, gal-leries, including the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago. |