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MDCOUNTY REVIEW THURSDAY AUGUST 11. 1»M*Genealogy Proves Boon To Local Family. Ancestor’s Picture Found In New JerseyA prized possession of WJ). Golden Triangle Genealogical **(BUI) Quick and his parents, and Historical Society, an or- structors. She (Ives greatest Mr. and Mrs. HJ). Qilck, ganlzation of area people In- credit to teacnlng by Jerry 1211 Eighteenth Street, Ne- terested In learning about Newman, member of the Art derland, Is the portrait their famlUet’ histories, Mr. Department at Lamar Tech, of Tunis Quick .(1782-1136), Quick said. and Aubrey Jarrell, both ofa Major la the New Jersey Mrs. Batchelor, who re- Beaumont.State Mllltla and an ancestor sides at 1007 18th Street, Ne- A native Beaumonter, Mrs. of the local Qilcks. derland, was able to recreate Batchelor has lived In Ne-The original painting hangs the portrait by utilizing derland since 1947. Active in the office of the vice-pre- techniques In glaze and soft in art circles throughout the sldent of Rutgers University at brush strokes. She used her state, she served the Beau-lts campus in Newark, New knowledge of the blending of mont Art League as presl-Jersey. Knowledge of the colors to create the Illusion of dent and was the first pre-painting’s existence came antiquity. sldent, and currently heedsfirst to the younger Mr.Quick Though an active artist only the Gold Coast Fine Arts Aa-whlle he was making a study for the past five years, Mrs. soclatlon. She Is also first of the genealogy of the Quick Batchelor has learned well vice-president of the Lone family in America. under many prominent art In- Star Art Oiild of Texas.Coming across a photograph of the portrait in a book on the subject, Mr. Quick read In the caption that the painting was the work of an anonymous artist and was to be found In the library at Rutgers.Following a correspondence with the Fine Arts Department of the school, Mr. Quick was furnished with color slides of thlt; original from which prints were made, enabling Mrs. Roy A. Batchelor, a local artist, to recreate the portrait In Its original colors and size.“Snooping” at Snoopers’Paradise in Port Arthur turned up a frame much like that used to hold the original portrait, making the painting even more authentic. The portrait hangs over an antique chest In the lovely Quick home.The younger Mr. Quick Is the Registrar and his father a member of the Board of Managers of the newly-formed Texas Chapter of the Sons of the Revolution.Additional genealogical work has been accomplished through membership In theLOCAL ARTIST COPIES PHOTOGRAPH FROM RUTGERS UNIVERSITY - Mrs. Roy A. Batchelor of 100718th Street, Nederland, stands beside the photograph of Tunis Quick, an ancestor of W.D. (Bill) Quick, 1211 18th Street, which Mrs. Batchelor painted from a color print of the original to be found In the office of the vice-president of Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey. The copy by the local artist occupies a prominent place in the Quick home where the younger Mr. Quick resides with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. HJ. Quick.
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Nederland Midcounty Review
Nederland, Texas, US
Thu, Aug 11, 1966
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