El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-11
Paintings by Allen True, FL
Paso Boy, to be Shown in
Ell Paso: Mural Painter.

n exhibit Of about so paintings,
u by Allen T. True, an FL Paso boy.
4 a who has won fame as an artist
now Of Denver, Colo, viii be held all
Of next week under the auspices of
the art department OF the Woman's
club. in the Feldman studio.
In addition to the interest connected
with the unusual opportunity 20 see
so large a number Of examples Of the
work Of a painter who ranks high in
the art world. there is an added in
terest in his work TO FL Pasoans for
Mr. True is a native FL Pasoan, and
spent the first dozen or so years of
his life in II Paso. He attended the
grammar schools OF the city.
His parents, Mr.. and Mrs Henry
True, are wen known here by the
cider residents OF the city. Mr.. True
the father Of the artist held an i'm
portant office with the FL Paso smell
ter for some time and was at one time
the president OF the FL PasO chamber
Of commerce. Mrs. True was q prom
inent woman here and took an active
interest in education matters and with
Mrs. Olga KOhlberg and Mrs. J. E
townsend was responsible for the start
ing OF the first public kindergarten
in 81 Paso. which was also the first
public kindergarten in the state of
Texas. Since moving to Denver, Mrs
True has become very prominent in
educational matters and has been a
member Of the school board Of the city
or Denver, served a year as the presi-
dent Of the school board and is now
holding the office Of head OF the at
tendance department OF the school
beard.
After going to Denver young Allen
True completed his education in the
public schools Of Denver, and attend
ed the University Of Colorado at Boul-
DER. He had his art training at the
Corcoran School Of Art in Washington,
D. 9, later studying under Howard
Pyle, the illustrator, in New York
City.
Having spent all of his boyhood in
the west ne naturally was strongly in
terested in western topics and was
greatly influenced by the work Of
Frederick Remington For a number OF
years he was engaged in illustrating,
his work appearing in Scribner's and
other leading magazines and attract
ing favorable notice for the big man.
ner in which he pictured the strong.
rugged western types doing the big
work Of the big west
Mr.. True almost abruptly dropped
this line Of work a few years ago and
since that time devoted himself to
mural paintings and easel pictures. He
studied for a time with the great
BrangWyn, the biggest mural painter Of
this age whose eight murals, The !
Ter. and air, were the biggest things In J
an art way at the Panama-Pacific ex- !
position Mr.. Brangwyn sent for Mr.. !
True TO assist him in the preparation :
of these murals- Mr. True was repre- !
scented at the Panana-Pacific exposir J
ton by a mural OF his own painting, (
a scene in the California oil fields Mr. 9
True has decorated the branch library (
in Denver with a series Of mu- :
raj paintings OF western scenes and
civ
sion for the mural paintings which are :
10 decorate the Few union station ;
under construction in Denver
While he has Travelled abroad ex-
tensively. Mr. True has not neglected /.
his own country and has spent most d
OF his time on the trail through the
western hills. living with the trappers.
the indians and the miners whom he /
paints.
Z The studio where Mr.. True does most /
Of his painting, is away up in the /
Of Colorado. at Woods Lake. Z
where he spends about six months OF /
every year
Mr.. True and his bride are expected /
to visit in FL Paso for a few days dur
ing the exhibition and will be much en-
rertained while here
The exhibition viii be open only in /
the afternoons from 2 to $50 o'clock l
every day of the coming week, begin i
ming Monday aid including Saturday /
The exhibition viii be managed by a ,
committee representing the art de-
partment composed of Mesdames A P. !
Averill, Frank A Seward, s H Suther-
land. A ". Foster and R. E Thomson
They VIII be assisted by the younger /
members OF the CLUB. Misses Frances
Foster, Sarah Small, Greta Palmer and
Rosemary Pelham
The patronesses Of the exhibit are
old friends Of the True family They /
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