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Show 27 Pictures Are Purchased At Cedar Art Exhibit The trem ndous Influence on the art appreciation of residents of this area by the annual C.dar City An Exlhibit is evidenced by the fact that the Sixth Annual Exhibit, which closed Sunday was visited by nearly two thousand students and many adults from all parts of southern Utah, and by the fact that 27 of the 213 pictures exhibited ex-hibited were purchased by local lnstiutlons, busln ss firms and Individuals. In-dividuals. The twen'y-seven paintings purchased pur-chased at the exhibit and which will rrmaln here to grace th? walls of homes and institutions are now on display in the lobby of the Sou. hern Utah Power Company, where they will remain for a two week period, in or;'.er that Interested Interest-ed citilrens might enjoy them, and see the type of an that Is coming Into the community. Everyone is lnvlt d to visit the exhibit at any time during business hours, or the paintings may be viewed through tha windows of the well lighted lobby during the evening. Nineteen artists are represented In the collctlon of local purchases, with an equally wide range of sub. Jects. Eight of the paintings will be hung In the schools of Cedar City and one in the Paragonoh school; four will go Into local business busi-ness firms, while fourteen will go Into homes of the community. One of the ou'standlng paintings of the the exhibit. Maynard Dixon's "Populars". and Eve . Van Ek's "Where The Rockies Mret" and unusual painting of the modernistic type, will be added to the Branch Agricultural College collection. tvio -Tnninr Hleh School has add ed three paintings this y-ar, "Pioneer "Pio-neer Iron Works," by Edgar M. J nsen, a painting of unusual his-torical his-torical value as well as an excellent piece of art; "Paradise Cove", an excell-nt Gordon Cope painting, and "A Garden", by Mary L. Bas-tow. Bas-tow. head of the Branch Agricultural Agricul-tural College art department. The high schoj selected Milton Wassmer's "Reflecllon", a brilliant autumn seen", to add to its collection, col-lection, while the elementary school chose John A. Stanfleld's "Aspen Grove at Sunset", and Edgar M. J-.nson's "Conquering The Desert" was added to the Seminary collection. The students of the Paragonah el mentary school puprchosed Max B'.aln's "Barn In Winter". Walter O. Lunt purchased two paintings for the Lunt's Hotel. "Mountain Riders" by Paul Sails-bury, Sails-bury, and "Arizona Desert" by 8. Ralph Huntsman. W. P. Rog rs selected John H. Stansflcld,' "Towers "Tow-ers of The Rio Virgin" for the Escalante Ho: el, and the Southern Utah Pow r company purchased "Tetons At Evening", by Olof Mol-ler. Mol-ler. A second painting by Mary L. Bostow, "Back Pards", was purchased pur-chased by Miss Mary Nelson, while three other artl.su who pictures were selected by institutions and businesses found favor with Individual In-dividual purchasers, A. B. Larson selecting Max Blaln's "Bishop's Armchlar", Hber Sevy choosln Eve Van Ek's "Donkey Serenade", and Theron Ashcroft taking Milton Wassmer's "Oolden October." Two paintings by B. R. Andrllno will rmaln here. Elton Jones purchasing pur-chasing "The Painted Desert", and L. C. Miles "PermlUlon Cllfts". Hazel Brooks also sold two paintings. paint-ings. Hazen Cooley choosing her "Daisies and Wild Ros-s", and Morgan Rollo taking her "Meadow Pala." Pratt M. Bothers purchased "On The Paslg River" by Esther Erika Poulsen; Dr. Forrest And'T.son chose Cornelius Salisbury's "'Autumn "'Aut-umn Aspens", and Dr. Reed W. Fransworth added Lee Clarke Schuy'er's "Patio Gate" to his collection. col-lection. Ila MacAfee Turner's "In Autumn Drtss" was selected by Roy L. Halverson; Lee K. Parkinson's Parkin-son's "Smoke Tree" by Morgan Rollo, and Elsie S. Klmb-rley's "White Hibiscus" by Dr. II Wayne Drlggs. |