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Show Ring Star in Art Gallery Cause Protest MwaaHBw) KANIAJ CITT. AuaT. 2 (By KEA Servloe).aVme folks In this city think Art you know, palntlnr. ate la belns; given n uppercut, aot to mention a few rabbit punohaa. You aee, tha Kansas City Art Institute In-stitute OaUerles baa on exhibition a painting of one Jack Dempeey, coal mlns owner and. oh yes, flstla champion cham-pion of tha world. No brutal prlsa fighter's picture can ba real art. soma argue. But, counter others, tha claaslc Unas of a world's champ are artlslia tn . tha highest sense. And there you aret Alonso Victor Lawlg of Seattle painted the portrait of tha champ that Is causing a split In art circles. He, with H. N. Kurtsworth, custodian of the Institute, defends tha hanging of tha painting. In a telegram to 4 newspapar man friend recently, Lewis put It this way: "Jack Desnpsey has the physique of a Greek god. Face interesting. Not particularly beautiful Cava man gentleman type. Str9ng face. Oood color. Some artists paint flah. others btauty of skinny women. 1 like poetry po-etry of real he-men. I painted Dempeey Demp-eey because ha Is an nausual type, because be-cause he la my friend and because ba la world's champion." Tha war's stiu raging and tha pte-tnre'a pte-tnre'a stlU hanging. . |