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Robert Hodgell Exhibiting his Paintings

Date: 10 05 1946
Description: Robert Overman Hodgell (left), is shown viewing some of his paintings which were done while he was serving with the navy in the South Pacific. Byron C. Jo...
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Wisconsin Centennial Mural

Date: 1948
Description: Artist William Ashby McCloy working on his Wisconsin Centennial murals in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin building.
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University of Wisconsin Madison Student Art Show

Date: 05 06 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison student art show winners are Gene Pizzuto, Ted Wolff, and Richard Houghton. Pizzuto is chairman of the show's sponsoring co...
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Ruth Myre

Date: 06 11 1948
Description: Mrs. Ruth Myre, watercolor artist, shown in her home painting. One of Mrs. Myre's watercolor paintings took second place at the Madison Artists' guild annu...
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Mrs. Celin Furu and Her Oil Painting

Date: 12 06 1948
Description: Mrs. Celin Furu is shown in Norwegian costume displaying her oil painting of Trolfjord, as well as Rosemaled furniture. She was a wartime resident of Berge...
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Artist Aaron Bohrod

Date: 01 31 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin artist, Aaron Bohrod, working in a studio with four adults looking on.
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Madison Artists Exhibition Award Winners

Date: 02 06 1949
Description: Three award winners at the Madison Artists Exhibition. From left are Arthur Anderson of Stoughton, watercolor; Mrs. Martha Lauritzen of Madison, ceramics; ...
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Madison Artists Exhibition Award Winners

Date: 02 06 1949
Description: Four award recipients from the University of Wisconsin at the Madison Artists exhibition. From left are Donald M. Anderson, art education instructor, water...
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Madison Artists Exhibition Award Winners

Date: 02 06 1949
Description: The top prize winners at the Madison Artists Exhibition. From left are Professor Alfred Sessler, University of Wisconsin art education, for two small oil p...
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Fern Fowler, Madison Artist with Decorated Eggs

Date: 03 26 1949
Description: Madison artist Mrs. Russell (Fern) Fowler, 3315 Blackhawk Drive, with a display of her hand-painted china Easter eggs. The eggs were popular during the Vic...
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WSJ Purchase Award Winner

Date: 04 07 1949
Description: "Robert Paterson, Oshkosh, won the Wisconsin State Journal's purchase award of $25 in the 21st annual U.W. student art show. Here he is with his wat...
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Madison Art Association Summer Scholarship Winners

Date: 07 14 1949
Description: Instructor Fritz Carpenter discusses Paul Hochstetter's colorful water color of a University of Wisconsin barn for the three winners of Madison Art Associa...
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Madison Art Guild

Date: 09 13 1949
Description: Madison Art Guild members Mrs. D. Murray (Dorothy) Angevine (left) and Mrs. Alden (Kathlene) White are sitting on a blanket outdoors while painting.
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Madison Art Guild

Date: 09 13 1949
Description: Madison Art Guild members painting outdoors. From left are Mrs. Walter W. (Marion) Engelke, Mrs. Justin Waterman, and Mrs. Russell W. (Fern) Fowler.
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Madison Art Guild

Date: 08 13 1949
Description: Madison Art Guild members sitting on a blanket for a picnic during an outdoor painting session. From left are Mrs. George W. Janet Washa, Mrs. Winfield (Et...
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Gov.-elect Orland S. Loomis Painting Presentation

Date: 10 29 1949
Description: Standing before the portrait of the late Governor Elect Orland S. Loomis, presented to the State in the assembly chambers, are (from left) Laura Jean Loomi...
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Madison Artists' Exhibition Winners

Date: 02 12 1950
Description: Richard Grossenbach, University of Wisconsin senior student from Madison, and Professors Robert Grilley and Roland Stebbins, University of Wisconsin, were ...
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Supreme Court Justice Portrait

Date: 04 27 1950
Description: Noted Chicago artist Christian Abrahamson holds a palette and paintbrushes as he stands next to a portrait of the retired chief justice of the Wisconsin Su...
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Two Painters Paint Side of Building

Date: 09 18 1961
Description: Two painters sit on an elevated, wooden plank suspended between two ladders. They are painting the side of the "County Power and Light Co" building. The bu...
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Robert Rauschenberg Making a Print

Date: 1951
Description: Robert Rauschenberg makes cyanotype art by shining a light over a nude female model who is lying on photosensitive blueprint paper. The print was to be use...

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