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h sum, uni we man i nave any;wan:Cornelis Botke, faAfSanta Paula DuiPari a rutwoBan! t hreArtist, DiesCornelis Botke, nationally .known artist residing in the I Is Santa Paula area for the past 24TiAianmovbecaAlviciiwenTlmorsprayears .died last night at Foster Memorial Hospital in Ventura.The 67-year-old Holland-born artist was more widely known for his etchings than for oil paintings, and twice had received the Henry B. Shope Award, the highest award for etchings.His paintings hang in the Library of Congress and in public libraries in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York and in the California State Library. .His wife, Jessie Arms Botke, is equally well known as an artist, and the two of them were com-misioned for mural work.Uniseritestiy t“isciepaslare,“tesatoroutwasexpHelped Art ShowBotke served as a member of! ^the committee for the Santa Paula Art Show and the couple won a dozen prizes in the 18 years it has been held.Botke was born in I.eewarden, Holland, in 1887. He studied art in Paris and at the Chicago Art Institute. He moved from Carmel to Wheeler Springs in 1030.He leaves his wife and a son William, Santa Paula.i slenstk,e,is:hicFuneral services will be conducted at the Skillin Mortuary, Santa Paula, Monday, 2:30 p.m.whitisbceshagaT1 ^ fIt was requested that persons wishing to make contributions send money for the purchase of a memorial painting to Douglas Shively, Art Show chairman.
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Oxnard Press Courier
Oxnard, California, US
Fri, Sep 17, 1954
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