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William Hobbins in Costume

Date: 02 08 1955
Description: William Suhr Hobbins, master of ceremonies for the Madison Art Association Beaux Arts Ball, in a large nightgown on which he painted a modernistic art pict...
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Madison Artists Exhibition

Date: 02 01 1948
Description: Tom Dietrich, Appleton, juror for the Madison Artists Exhibition, standing next to the painting "Black Cat and Ruins" by Mrs. Fred Logan, winner of the "Aw...
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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: 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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University of Wisconsin-Madison Centennial Art Exhibit

Date: 02 14 1949
Description: Shown around the punch bowl at the University of Wisconsin Centennial Art Exhibit at the Memorial Union are, left to right, Mrs. E.B. (Rosa) Fred, wife of ...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Centennial Art Exhibit

Date: 02 14 1949
Description: Donald J. and Mary S. Reppen, 717 Knickerbocker Street, are shown admiring the famous painting of "Virgin and Child" by Peter Paul Rubens at the University...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Centennial Art Exhibit

Date: 02 14 1949
Description: In front of Gainsborough's painting, "Miss Sparrow," are Professor and Mrs. Jack Klenitz, 208, Highland Avenue and, on the right, Professor Julian Harris, ...
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Gimbel Brothers Art Competition

Date: 07 21 1949
Description: Madison and University of Wisconsin artists carried off the major share of the prizes and awards in the 1949 Gimbel Brothers art competition. Seated, left...
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Madison Artists' Show Winner Santos Zingale and His Winning Painting

Date: 02 18 1951
Description: Santos Zingale of the University of Wisconsin art department faculty stands beside his painting, "Variations on a Theme", which won the $100 Award of Excel...
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Madison Art Association Exhibit — "American Open House"

Date: 04 01 1952
Description: Richard Houghton, left, and Charles Haycock, assistant curators of exhibits at the Wisconsin Historical Museum, working on a descriptive background panel f...
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Unofficial Ambassadors to Sponsor Tour of Mexican Art

Date: 06 18 1959
Description: Unofficial Ambassadors, Inc., a non-profit corporation devoted to further international understanding through cultural exchange, will sponsor a tour of Mex...
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We Saw You Viewing Japanese Prints

Date: 02 08 1956
Description: At the opening of an exhibition of Japanese prints at the U.W. Memorial Library are, left to right, Kishio Matoba, art teacher at Central High School and m...

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