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Highland Park News-Letter (1904), 2 Nov 1907, p. 5

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{hbon ’c at; :qu oung time. mday CTR' I Mr. Mrs. Uni- » will Chi- lg at last hi! last ling of 11d -9. ' 1,; THOMAS. McMCHOLB A 50.0”“ New M Block on. nuns WATSON ‘ Men furnished by the‘day or'no ‘ ccntage. 319 N. Green Bay Em Phone 2412. g.. Highland M Esthmta 'Givcn 1m 1mm 7,}. SHELDON Cong-urge: Ham 0m How: PAINTER AND DECOR AT“ Highwood. minds HIGHLAND PARK it, John. Ave. - [mums 7 "pp. Depot. "*7?“ A. u. 3 43¢ Lion. ' l to I all. Avenue Phone 20 HIGHLAND PARK. XLL onion “any M Jinan!" menus. rm DR. 3 A. HAMILTON DENTIST Demon-truer _.WN .Univmny O. M. ONSOM DI. E. C. KAY}: w.» .1. 5'. ILLINOIS ’5‘. 2" mum position on the south waIls' Park entered into a centract with the Art Institute directly, and the paintings were W there under the imme- diate supervision of Mr Thomas Wood Stevens and Mr. Charles Francis Browhe at the faculty. As the remit of i Wtitive exhibition of designs among the senior students, Frederic Gram was awarded the task of executing the central panel for the. walls and Home: Comm and Mattie Akeley were selected to carry out kind:ed themes for the flanking panels. The panting: were practically completed by the first of last July, and returned on stretchers. They were on exhibition during July and August in one of the large galleries at the Aft Institute, and attracted the at- tention.“ art critic: and of students of art from various parts of the country. Recently the paintings were brought out to Highland Park and mounted in '3 'Fgfnih‘i’s duditbriiiiii." I-twis pne- Willy a new departure to set up original mun! painiings in a fiublic school build- ing, and, in the judgment of artist- gen- erally, the movement is of great impor- tance in influencing“ pubis interest in matters of art and art education. That pioneer work of Such in'lpbrtnnce has been done in out on midst reflects credit of the highest kind upon the ofli- cers of the Art Lane and the generous people who my: given the mvement The maul paintings, it should be again ‘ «pained, were executed under theauspices ofyheArt Institute. The Pawn School Art League of Highland his safe to say that the paintings and the wet decorations of the room. which are in perfect barman with the work 9! the utists, have transform the whoouuditorium in a my am My Education. sales. 11:. Allen Philbriekmimwd ii; Within“ represented the School “ ”canon. Mr. Emu! Peixouo of M Yhfiwho is at present exhibiting g.” or paintings at the Art 1:13:34 ' ’ Wed the artists whiting in M‘Im’hg the current exhibition ugh Lineman paintings. Among the Mn visitors were Min Ferguson, inn: head of the Art Dcpartment in fitlchools there. Mr. F. W. Nichols. Supeflutendent of Schools. and Mr. H. pr, President of h Band of m WORKS O! m, AT Till :0: In: Friday main. the auditorium of :6. Elm Place Grammar School was Mun open to the genenl public for 3 Int View of the mural paintings and a m to the artists and to when m M of the Art Institute of Chi- c”. The reception was given {aids hhfitm of the Rondo! Edit “an“: Public School Art League. “The Matty of the Art Institute was ”I w at the reception by Mr. w “M, Registrar. and wife. It. lily-”1km:- Wood Stevens, Mr. .n- u! valued could he done'. There {a “My mother tchool building in mi? finch has mun! "work than m :2 importance with M on an H. Krehbid. Min The membefs of. the Public School in League have certainly a notable‘ achievement to their credit. In president, Mrs. Henry M. Bason. sud her alsOciath on the Picture Com‘ mittee are to be congratulated upon the splendid outcome of persistent and intelligent effort. Have you read Blomdahl’a ad, page? The bcabtiful frieze steadied around the emit-e 'r’oom consists of two: shieldunita connected by a thorn design. These units ware thc original designs of two of the fifth grade pu- pils of last year’s ch85, John Brady and Harold Oleson. Their designs- werc selected by the artists in charge. The contract for mountingthe paint- ings ,and decorating the room was given to H; Friebele, who executed every dean with the same fidelity and care that the artists had bestowed upon their work. -‘ lkuruv-I and cutting of the slums for the stencils, and was of invaluable assist- ance in passing upon variims details of the decorations. The mining: have lot thin-theme the bait-ine- ol the Bethu- drum The long central Ml depicts a Wmuepla duh London in the fifteenth My where a pre- sentation of cone old morality play, like “Every mo," in in progress in the open eir The actors and the par- lyhernlia of the drama are in full View in the centul foreground, while the king and queen Ire seated as mentors: under a canopy close by. Knight: and “dies, mrdsmcn and retainers. and the varied populace of a medieval city in thewietmsque costume of the time give interesting character and ’aaimtioo‘ to the crowded street. * The left hand panel. designed end painted by Miss Mattie Akeley, rep- resents groups of citizens of various degrees filing past the Tower of Lon- don on their way to the fete.- The right hand pend. which is the wad: of Mr. Homer Conant of Omaha. continuing the sylvnn suggestion on the corresponding margin of the cen- trel panel. represents the gathering of hunumen on the edge of the for- To. Mr. Frede'ic Grant. who de. signed the long thirtyJive foot panel Which is the center of interest, end who painted this pahel with the “Ined assisunce of William E. Scott very high praise is due. The execu- tion of so important a piece of work by ‘an artist yet in his minority sure- ly justifies the p‘ediction of a brilâ€" liant future for him. Mr. Grant had personal charge of the mounting of the paintings, and. of the selection est for the games which arcto folâ€" low the conclusion of the drama. Veterinary Surgeon C. W. LABSEN. "I D. V. Grahame of the HcKlllip Veterinary College tuna 3" 6mm: animal. Chi). promptly amended todny or night. Ice, Coal, Coke Wood and Kindling Ulcelt T01. 8963 Wynn“ 8mm LAKE roam. ILL. Contrgctor for Public Wash. Plume 33° 338 Park Avenue M l6] If'You W: F. W. D‘. .1 HOLMES. Mar HIGHLAND PARK STATE, BANK ‘ no 8. I'm-r Sr. HIGHLAND PARK. . P AUL GIRHAKDT LEUER ELECTRICAL conrucroix FRANK SIUESTROI r. Jah- lm. mm P133, in. E. M. LAING HIGHLAND PARK. ILL. F. 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