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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1925 * ALBRIGHT PAINTING PURCHASED BY SCHOOL One of Adam Emory Albright's paintings of American country chil- 9% dren, "The Raft," has been purchased ill for the Peirce school of Chicago from y ou W the fund instituted by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Peirce for the pithose of MN . . beautifying the school whic ears their name, according to the Art World D \ B k g W 1 | l tka Magazine of the Chicago Evening 0 our an 1n mn n e Post. Mr. Albright has been a resident of Hubbard Woods for several years. "The picture is well adapted to this * purpose, for it is a children's picture in it feeling as well as in subject," the maga- zine article states. "It was painted in the springtime, and the setting was found at Edison Park, Ill, now a part of Chicago, but at that time a village of a few houses in the midst of sur- rounding farms and orchards. The scenic beauty of the district attracted many well-known artists of the day, and it was here that Mr. Albright built his home in 1890, and a little later the little log studio where he painted his first group of American country children. The title of 'the' painter of this particular subject was J conferred on him by W. M. R. French, Officers and Directors director of the Art institute of Chi- Banking Hours cago, in the catalog of an exhibition . of this group of paintings. HENRY R. HALE, President "In painting 'The Raft,' Mr. Albright LOUIS B. KUPPENHEIMER, Vice-Pres. This Bank is open for the transaction of { had his sons as models for two of the 4 figures. The captain and pilot in the SANBORN HALE, Cashier bust from 8.2. m. to 3 p. m. daily ex- picture is his oldest son Lisle, now a NEY " Cashi usiness fr Jo 1 p. m. successful business man in the West. GEORGE W. McKINNEY, Asst. Cashier The younger boy is Malvin Marr Al- VICTOR ELTING cept Saturdays. Saturday hours 8 a. m. to bright, the sculptor. A third son, Ivan Lorraine, is a painter. The girl in the CARLTON PROUTY . : picture was an Edison Park girl bor- 12:30 p. m. and:7 p. m. to 8 pam rowed for thevogcasion. The raft was NOBLE HALE made by the boys and floated on a pond which had been flooded by the spring rains. In it" Mr. Albright has re-created one of the characteristic studies of American country children of a generation ago, for which he is best known. Though the models, who served him in painting it have long since reached maturity, they still live y in the picture as children. And in : k ill B Cl d them the children of the school, for 1S an 1 5 Ose which the picture has been purchased, will find reflected their own pleasure in play and youthful adventure." Local Firm Establishes WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20th Realty Office in Florida Florida real estate has found its place in the business activities of J. H. Schaefer and company, prominent | ah shore real estate brokers. E. 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