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Art In Los Angeles A most enjoyable day was recently spent by six members of the art sec tion of the Monday club, in visiting ex hibits of sculpture and painting in Los Angeles galleries. At the Los Angeles museum in Ex position Park sculpture and drawings by the peasant shepherd of Dalmatia, Ivan Mestrovic, are significant of the heroic spirit developed in struggles against the oppression of the Turks and of the deeply religious and mysti cal beliefs of his people. Many of these marble, bronze and wood-carved pieces remind one of Byzantine art with their emaciated faces and long slender hands while in others such as the beautiful bust of the artist's moth er and the dancing figures, one real izes how human and modern — this young sculptor is. This exhibition will continue till May 23, and is well worth seeing. In the new Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce the sculptors’ Guild was showing 144 examples of the work of 41 local sculptors. These were brought together and arranged by the hard work of two women, Mrs. Lora Steere and Miss Ella Buchanan, both of whom, with Mrs. Julia Cracken Wendt, the wife of the famous artist William Wendt, are showing notable pieces of their own work. The Italian, Castaino Secarpitta, ranks among the best of the exhibit ing artists with “Angels of Mercy,” “The Birth of a Soul” and “Roswall,” a stave of a horse, loaned by Irving H. Hellman, to his credit. “Flight” and “Motherhood” by Merrill Gage are strong and beautiful as are also the four pieces shown by Humberto Pe dretti, who is known in Oxnard and in Santa Barbara. At the Ainslee Galleres, at Barker Brothers’ new store, eleven paintings which give glimpses of svems in France and Italy as painted by Barse Miller in his recent European trip, were studied. William Wendt’s large showing of sincere and reverent interpretations of nature as he has seen it in Cali fornia, was visited at the Ambassador hotel and through the courtesy of Earl Stendahl, the pictures of Edgar Payne, which are to be shown beginning May 15, following the Wendt exhibit, were also enjoyed. Both Wendt and Payne have been represented in Oxnard in the loan exhibits of the Eisteddfod. The charm and lure of colored sails and of high mountains are well de picted by Edgar Payne in many vary ing pictures, Mrs. Louis Maulhardt had with her in her car on this trip Mrs. L. K. Hope, Mrs. Lucy Sickels, Mrs. I. M. Poggs, Miss Gertrude Heck and Miss Mary Bevans. All returned to Oxnard that same evening except Miss Bevans, who remained till the next day for a visit with Miss Leta Horlocker, Attend Luncheon at Alexandria. Adrian Harp, public speaking in structor at the Oxnard high school, Jack Jones and Edwin Naumann were guests at the elaborate luncheon giv en yesterday at the Alexandria hotel in Los Angeles, by The Times, for the eight oratorical winners in Zone 7, in the national oratorical contest. About 200 were present, prominent business and professional men of Los Angeles being among the guests. In the eve ning at the Los Angeles high school, district finals took place, with Harold Wenig of the Hollywood high school winning first place. His reward is $500 and a trip abroad. Gregson Baut zer of San Pedro won second place. Naumann, of Oxnard, won in Ventura county but was eliminated from the finals in the recent debate at Long Beach.
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Oxnard Daily Courier
Oxnard, California, US
Sat, May 15, 1926
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