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PRIZE PAINTINGS j BY MRS. CHERRY ARE SHOWN HEREReception For Quincy Art Club Members Opens Exhibit FridayK veiling.A number of pictures that have won prizes in famous exhibits arc included in the exhibit of oil paintings by Mrs. Kathryn S. Cherry, which opens Friday evening In the Historical building. The opening evening of the exhibit is reserved for the members of the Quincy Art club, and will be in the nature of a re* ception in honor of Mrs. Cherry who with her husband. Dr. Will Cherry, arrived Friday morning from St. Louis.Ineluded in the prize pictures shown here is “Fish, Fruit and Flow-. ers.'* which* received the gold medal at a recent exhibit in the Kansas City art museum. Another picture “From the Hill Top” which received the St. Iyouis Artists Guild prize and a lt;jt lou c tester harbor scene which won honor;*bio mention at the artists’ week show in Philadelphia, are in this collection.The reception will bo from S to 10 o'clock and* the guests will be received l»y Mrs. K. J. Parker, the president. Mrs. Alfred Castle, first vice president, and Mrs. John A. St'llwell. seeond vice president.Mrs. Cherry also will bo at the historical building Saturday afternoon to meet those attending the exhibit, which will be open to the general public, beginning Saturday, daily from 1! to 0 p. m., for two weeks. Members of the Art club will I be admitted to the exhibit on presentation of their membership cards at any time, but non members will pay an admittance of 25 cents. ^Paints Scene Here,Dr. and Mrs. Cherry are guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 13. W. Cherry, 163S Kentucky street, and a wintry scene for their living room win daw, inspire! the artist to spend sometime Friday morning in paint-ing.Mrs. Cherry was born and brought up in Quincy, and though she is recognised as one of the best women artists in the country, her work has been little known here, so the exhibit has uroused especial interest.A recent article in a Philadelphia paper had the following to say: “Measuring up to other best examples of the best work done in the country in years are two canvasses by Arthur Carles, an allegorirnl bit of modernism by Thomas Denton, a flower study by Kathryn Cherry, of St. Louis, two cut-door scenes by Daniel Garber, and a portrait, by William Paxton.” To be classed with these artists, shows that Mrs. Cherry is in the front rank of the pointers of today.Those who have been privileged to view the* exhibit at the Historical building are enthusiastic about Mrs. Cherry’s work and also over its importance as an art event for Quincy. There are between and T»0 canvasses, including a \*mety of subjects.
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Quincy Whig Journal
Quincy, Illinois, US
Fri, Feb 08, 1924
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