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| Date: | 03 17 1959 |
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| Description: | Spectators view paintings by Paul Gaugin at the opening of an art exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago. |
| Date: | 08 1957 |
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| Description: | Japanese prints (Ukiyoe: The Pictures of the Floating World) on display at Taliesin. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green. |
| Date: | 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Fairgoers view a display of painting and sculpture by Wisconsin artists. |
| Date: | 05 16 1957 |
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| Description: | Kenneth Mills, 10, with his toothpick sculpture that he named "Pickalator." The work was part of an exhibit of children's art at Racine's Wustum Museum of ... |
| Date: | 02 08 1955 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 02 12 1950 |
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| Description: | Madison Art Association sponsored a tea at the Madison Free Library in connection with the exhibit of the works of Madison artists. Mrs. Oscar (Mary) Re... |
| Date: | 02 12 1950 |
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| Description: | Richard Grossenbach, University of Wisconsin senior student from Madison, and Professors Robert Grilley and Roland Stebbins, University of Wisconsin, were ... |
| Date: | 04 03 1950 |
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| Description: | Three junior high school students, recipients of a 1949 summer scholarship, pose with their teacher near an exhibit of the students' watercolor sketches. S... |
| Date: | 04 03 1950 |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison Art Association and U.W. Memorial Union Gallery Committee prepare for the Spring Art Show. Left to right: Charles Haycock of Sussex,... |
| Date: | 10 01 1950 |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison Art Association celebrate the organization's 50th year with a tea and exhibition preview. Left to right, around the tea table are: M... |
| Date: | 10 01 1950 |
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| Description: | Artist Francis Chapin is shown standing beside his oil painting "House of Dogs, Mexico" which the Madison Art Association displayed at the Madison Free Lib... |
| Date: | 11 06 1950 |
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| Description: | The Madison Art Association's 16th Annual Wisconsin Salon of Art opened at the Memorial Union with a traditional preview reception. Some of the members who... |
| Date: | 11 06 1950 |
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| Description: | The Madison Art Association's 16th Annual Wisconsin Salon of Art opened at the Memorial Union with a traditional preview reception. Mrs. Raymond J. (Doroth... |
| Date: | 11 06 1950 |
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| Description: | The Madison Art Association's 16th Annual Wisconsin Salon of Art opened at the Memorial Union with a traditional preview reception. Shown unpacking some of... |
| Date: | 11 06 1950 |
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| Description: | The Madison Art Association's 16th Annual Wisconsin Salon of Art opened at the Memorial Union with a traditional preview reception. Pictured hanging some o... |
| Date: | 11 06 1950 |
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| Description: | The Madison Art Association's 16th annual Wisconsin Salon of Art opened at the Memorial Union with a traditional preview reception. Members of the Union ga... |
| Date: | 02 18 1951 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 03 20 1951 |
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| Description: | F. Carlton Ball (left), University of Wisconsin Assistant Professor of Art, and Aaron Bohrod, University of Wisconsin Artist in Residence, pose for a portr... |
| Date: | 11 13 1951 |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison Art Association's gallery committee talk over plans for the craft fair. Left to right: Prof Alfred Sessler, Winfried Guenther, Jane ... |
| Date: | 03 26 1954 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the winners of the annual Madison Woman's club Helen Farnsworth Mears art contest. Pictured left to right: Margaret N. Evans, 2317 Sommer... |
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