Arizona republican., 1915-11-21

| Under the auspices of the art and Literature department of the Woman $ l club. the Miller Sterling company will hold it's annual art exhibition lat the Woman's club. Preceding the lexhibitiOn will be a brief program Including an art talk by Miss Noble chairman of the sketching class and piano numbers by Elton Ensign Hale. | Those who will serve tea during the afternoon will be Mrs. w. F. Deity, Mrs Walter Talbot. Mrs. A'W. Cover
 dale. Mrs. Reba Elliott, Mrs. l.. E. | HeWins and Mrs. Ancil Martin 1 At three o'clock the meeting will adjourn to the department rooms on | the upper floor where the Miller Sterling Co. will hold it's Third An nual Picture Exhibition, which will l be open to the public from three to six in the afternoon and again in the evening from seven to ten. In this as well as in it's previous ex- hibitions the MilerSterling Co. will have the cooperation of the Art Department of the club, which stands for the promotion of everything in the line of art of educational value
 to the community.
 The exhibition this year will be of slightly different character from
 those preceding; the main interest Icentering in a splendid group of ftwenty-One canvases painted by the
 well known artist. Jessie Benton
 Evans of Chicago. These were se-
 cured by special arrangement with
 the artist, being shipped from Chi cago for this occasion. and with the exception of the four which were hung in the art gallery at the State Fair and attracted so much attention dur
 ing the past week. the paintings will be shown in Phoenix for the first time.
 The greater number of these are of local interest. depicting bits of Arizona beauty familiar to all: scenes in the valley where. the artist passed the greater part of last winter, transfer
 ing to her canvases the wonderful col brings of Arizona landscapes In the collection are also a number of foreign scenes painted in Italy where the artist has passed much time
 One worthy of special mention was | hung in the Paris Salon of 1911 and in the American Artists Exhibition, l Chicago, the following year.
 III lO t1le Tn OH, 1 a number of etchings by the same artist will be shown.
 Mrs. Evans is not only an artist | of acknowledged ability but a woman i of exceptionally wide culture and a 1 charming personality.
 In spea king of her recently Mrs ] c. F. Ainsworth, chairman of the | Art Department of the club, said. 'We | are deeply indebted to Mrs Evans. | for it was really she who was the of all the Art Department | has accomplished during the past year."
 The arrangement and decoration of | the new art gallery in the Woman's building at the fair was designed by Mrs. Evans, whose plans were carried out most successfully by the local artists who had the matter in charge. So it is very opportune that just at this time the Phoenix people should have the opportunity of seeing a collection of paintings by this talented woman.
 Another interesting feature of the exhibition on Tuesday will be series of miniature reproductions of he work of the leading California a.- ists. These are endorsed by Ben iamin Brown of Pasadena, as faithful of the originals. one of ais own paintings being in the series