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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 11 Dec 1926, p. 18

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16 WINNETKA TALK December 11, 1926 = (FE LT 2 hy HEADQUARTERS FOR --- TOYS -- and many other appropriate Gifts VISIT OUR STORE FIRST Buddy "L" Line Toys Sand Trucks $6.75 Sand Loaders $9.00 Sprinkler Trucks $7.50 Steam Shovels $5.00 Dump Trucks $6.25 Concrete Mixer $11.75 Aerial Fire Trucks $10.00 Sand Loader $7.50 Toy Electric Ranges $12.00 Toy Electric Irons $1.75 WIND-UP TRAINS $2.00 $2.85 $3.00 ELECTRIC TRAINS . $6.00 $7.00 $9.00 $9.50 and $18.00 Tunnels and Stations, Arc Lights, Water Tanks, Automatic $1.25 $5.50 Signals, Transformers, Crossing Gates, Switches, Crossovers, Extra Tracks, Etc. DOLL, CARRIAGES $3.50 to $11.50 NESTOR JOHNSON and WINCHESTER Tubular Shoe Skates $8.00 Solid Gold Pocket Knives, up to $11 Gold Wrist Watches $15 Flashlights, Pocket Knives, Roller Skates, Watches, and other items too numerous to mention SHOP IN WINNETKA 546 Center Street Ph. Winn. 998-999 E. B. TAYLOR & CO. BEAUTY OF UFER WORK LIES IN SIMPLICITY | I} Noted Painter, Whose Canvases | | composition. Are Exhibited at Georgian, Faithful to Nature BY DOROTHY HARRIS Among the canvases by Walter Ufer, N. A, Georgian which are hotel, cember 6 to 20 are Evanston, American art patrons. "The on exhibition at the from De- several familiar to |any artist who paints the out of doors. Taos Fid- dler," which was awarded the William is bewailed as one of the ailments of our art today. Builders of the Desert," is one of the outstanding canvases hung in | the ballroom. It is monumental in It affects one with the [solidity of the pyramids. It is in- tricately conceived. Introduced by a pyramid of green brush at the base, in- [terlocking triangles are stated and re- stated by a careful arrangement of ob- jects. Every line and object is essen- tial. Sunlight and shadow is a subject with this artist, as it favorite is with in the of the A remarkable sunlight quality of white appears in a number paintings. In "His Kit" particularly R. French memorial gold medal at the the artist emphasizes the whites, with Chicago Art institute in 1923, | a white horse in the center. "Luncheon at Lone Locust," which | Master of Still Life took the Altman prize at the National | To one familiar with Mr. Uferls Academy of Design this year, and work. "Present and Past Confusion" Hunger, 4 canvas _ powerful m msi a departure in general effect from simplicity of composition, have been | his other canvases. Triangular shafts included in the show. |of greys cut across the scene, an in- In this painting the force in the |terior, dividing the canvas geometri- broad strokes Mr. Ufer employs to|cally. The many statements of grey gain his effects makes: of the large |form the color interest in this work. blank wall space one of the interest- ing parts of the picture. Mr. Ufer doesn't mince facts. says so. brush can make you see it as it is. He is a painter of nature and of the out- doors, and whether the subject is ugly or beautiful, he will tell the truth about it. Above all Mr. Ufer is an intelligent painter. The design underlying his composition appeals to the mind as his colors to the senses. However such a landscape appears to be a cas- ual selection out of nature, it is based firmly on the best rules of painting. Representative Art In the cry for an American art, Mr. Ufer"s work responds as representa- tive of America in subject and spirit. It is such painters who will bring to the art of the country a personality dis- tinctly its own, not a foreign and unsuited art methods that If a|triangle hill is hard-baked and bare and hot he [in the black jars is notable. If an Indian's face is tough- | Mr. ened and lined by exposure, Mr. Ufer's | well composite of [and Mrs. The circles of the jars and raffia mat cross the canvas diagonally to vary the forms. The quality of luster It shows Ufer as a master of still life as as of nature. He paints a black jar without reverting to black paint. In his character study it is the Indian as an integral part of the clay hills and desert that seems to concern Mr. Ufer rather than the Indian as an individual. Thanks School Children for Xmas Seal Campaign Mrs. Hymen L. Raclin of 528 Elder lane, who has been in charge of the sale of Christmas Seals, wishes to ex- press her appreciation of the splendid work done by the school children of Winnetka in selling the seals. The school children were most energetic in seeing that many people were given the opportunity of buying the Seals that are sold annually for this cause, Raclin is most appreciative of their efforts. POURRA Nan yy Watertown, we can supply the best the market aff PULLOM Hubbard Woods To say nothing of Geese and Ducks from Wisconsin--We are con- stantly receiving this holiday poultry, so Grocery and Market 1062 Gage Street TURKEYS from N. DAKOTA community with the ords. ana REGAN Phones: Winn. 710-711

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