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Daughter of Quincy Has*Won Great Fame as Artist;hExpected Here for Visita !to jn Ii»n iCI*n-wQuincy hits no daughter of whom Mm ran ho more proud then Mr*. Wilt W. Cherry, now of St. Louis, for her name stands in the front ranks of the artists of this country, and she is considered one of the beat women artists. Mrs. Cherry andher husband, Dr. Cherry, prominent Sr. Louis dentist, are expected here within' the next week or two for a short visit in the home of his parent:--, Mr. and Mrs. D. \\\ Cherry, Welt; Kentucky street. They annually make a visit here, but usually their stay Is unknown excepting to relatives nml a few close friends. Mrs. Cherry was born and brought ,t | up in Quincy, being Kathryn Hard / j b»*foiy her marriage, and in heri school flays and later during a short ; business career here she was known I for her artistic talent, though noi-Iy3.t| one realized then what the future• j held in store for her.j A\hnt th«; luturo has proven to he I is best told jji an article in the JJe-lt;' j comber 12 issue of the St. Louis Postd I ispati*h by Marguerite Martyn.aI ‘ilDiscussing the; fact that art is bringing distinction to women mono than in any other field of endeavor, -Miss Martyn states that success in art now has other requirements . jilmn talent, qualities such as industry. and a commercial sense leingr i* ; I.iccssary. Regarding Mrs. Cherry, r , she writes as follows:i Notable Example.| A notable example of one who hnu j eoiubinod practical rcquirehients | ith talent to a remarkable degree | is Mrs. Kathryn K. Cherry, j lb'* work has been uniformly ex-coij.au and her output voluminous, and tln-r,. have been periods iy her r development when her monetary re-w.'ipIs witp UirA list of medals, prizes, honorable memberships and other awards af-r j ter h« r name in an exhibitioncatalog is too long to set forth hero.Lining the height of the china paintmg craze which overran the country. amateurs and teachers«j fro in «• very where flocked to Mrs., • Cherry fur instruction. She came, j to Ik- recognized us one of the fore- I most tear hers of this are in the’ country and tin I lucrative.KATHRYN K. (TIKKItY.*work was most |In the early day her manner of]I - --- -......... w.J decorating china was in the free,! j realistic application of a subject, '• I MH-li as flowers or fruit or fish. ’ j I-aiter, when the fad hail subsided 1 and a sense of order and design began to assert itself, Mrs. Cherrywas among the first to feel the re. action and led the way to a saner, more conservative manner. During | this period one of the honors conferred upon her was the title “Master Craftsman” by the Doston So ciety of Arts and Crafts.Lut Mrs. Cherry’s gifts were notj to be -restricted to c raftsmanship,• and the limits imposed by ceramics. After a time she began to paint in water colors as proficiently andI ^as she had done in min-j eraJs.I I* lowers and still-life studies were j again her most frequent subjects, j She spent much time in California i painting flowers and came to be j t cognized as one* at Die foremost *u lists in her Hue and manner, j Some 200 of her studies of California j j flowers were reproduced by various methods of color printing and widely distributed and sought after an; household decorations and patternsfor copyists.Studio In East.More recently still her work has j hem in oils with still-life, flowers! i and marines or harbor scenes ua the I | choice of subject. She has spent her summers ncently at Gloucester., Mass., where she has a studio built far out on a pier overlooking the harbor and in the midst of the colony of artists there. Her newest manner leans quite toward the modernistic school.As lias been said, Mrs. Cherry has successfully adopted a number of mediums and manners of expressing! her art, but in whatever feature of style she quickly gains the greatest facility and through all her digfes-scons a highly developed decorative sense has prevailed.Her work has proved superior upon whatever plane she has found herself and one feels she is still developing and has not yet reahced her greatest eminence. Probably if she had east her fortunes in some one of the capitals of art where reputations are handed out to us readymade she would already haveattained that eminence. As it is she continues to maintain her studio urn! home in. an apartment at 4432Washington boulevard. She is on artist to whom domesticity is not : handicap, (in the contrary her hunband. Dr. \\\ W. Cherry, is he; most enthusiastic aid and abetter It is he who is most ambitious foi artistic recognition for his wife, h who has entered her pictures inmany exhibitions over the count rv where unfailingly they have wor awards.Mrs. Cherry hers.df. it might blt; remarked, is no less decorative tin*! one of her pictures, of a rare unfading blonde, rich in coloring.Never Exhibited Here.It seems strange that Mrs. Cherry’s success is so little known hen but none of her work lias; ever been exhibited in Quincy. In the D. W,Cherry home there arc a number ol her pictures that arc gems, though they were done simply as gifts and not intended for exhibit ion. Anions; these are paintings of local t-t .-m s, Mrs. Cherry being enthusiastic about various places in this vicinity. A sketch she made at the Fall Greek gorge furnir-hed the subject for alovely painting in oil predated hersister-in-law, Miss Lillian Cherry. Another painting in the Cherry home is u scene on Mill Greek. A Ghristrnus and New Vear’s greeting from her -and her husband is an-cther example of her highly developed artistic* talent.St. Louis has a Keen appreciation of Mrs. Cherry and she is the recipient of many honors there. Hh»? was the guest of honor at Just week’s luncheon of the Wednesday club, an exclusive organization, and she is one of the* lenders of the famous Artists Guild tin re.A copy of one of Mrs. CherryV noted Gloucester paintings Pn-loading the Catch,” was used on t Ho cover of the November issue of “Tie* Woman Citizen.” a leading magazine published in New York. Mis. Cherry has studied with noted artists. including Chase, and sin* has spent some time abroad.Friendship Class toMake Gift at EasteiI Mans for preparing a box clothing for an Easter gift for tieChristian orphanage in St. Loin.were made at the meeting of th* Friendship class of the Christiai church Friday afternoon, in tlu home of Mrs. D. J. Carr. 'The gift i«j made annually by the class. A pleasant social time was spent am the hostess served tempting refreshment*. Regret and synijuithy fni Mrs. *W. F. Kirtley, active member of the class, who suffered a fractured shoulder bone in a fail, wic expressed.First Rehearsal forDover Road MondayMonday evening the first rehear sal for “The Dover Road,” the play to be presented by the Little Theatre, will he held at the home, oi Mr*. Otto Mohronstecher. Dean George Long is director for the play, the second to be given by Die Little Theatre. The play wilt begiven Thursday night, January 31, in the newr Washington school auditorium.ODELL
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Quincy Whig Journal
Quincy, Illinois, US
Sun, Jan 06, 1924
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