Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-13
TULSA ARTISTS FORM
AN ORGANIZATION
small Fund s,sr,c,i Win whirh Ia
Provide Studio Nhcv Artists
Na, Meet In Conxsniai WAY

IOklahoma sriisS ever made IN ihih
state WIS launched Last n ght at the
Tulsa AT store The officers pro
tom ara Vim Strcn, president and
Miss " Grifiith ~ Kendall college
soCt cihry ana treasurer, and the
treasurer already has - rcSprctable
fund with winch To provide Tor The
needs Of the cnb charter members
lot the Attlsts club of Tulsa are Mrs
N NJ Traverse. Mi~ Adsh Robin
son. Mrs T. /. Townsend Miss 'at
ric 1. NhelChrl Mics Pearl
Payne and l.. Nivkin President
VIM Stecnc " n cu'l meeting soon
10 make permanent organization
ana adopt rules and bylaSh ior the
luluh.
| bth"r local artist. are invited to
JOIN IN tho membership and eau
make Applicstiap for membership to
hlns W Gfltfith. secretary ~ kcndhu
collcg" II IN hoped that every at
worker In TULSA " u ~ once identity
,herselvcs with thlH pioneer Ofgsni
xation IN the city
| II ~ hoped to find suitable quar-.
| torr fof "a Cluh studio where our
artists can get together IN their own
way To paint ana sketch and meet
FOR helpful criticism and socialhility
In spite ~ The fact that there H
much sickness In the cts and that
| other iutic. prevented many from
heing present who would lik. To have
been there. there was quite large
crowd preHent who we're kcenly IN
| trrrs,sd
A prominent citizen who In inter
ested IN the welfare Of our artists
had offered to besr the ospcnr" ~
flttinx ~ club quarters, hut II vas
thought best after several had VI.
fcred To subscribe large amounts tu
limit subscriptions to tio and n IN
hoped that at once 90 subscriptions
at ti0 each may he found This
viii give the club IA FUND of $500,
which is deemed sufficient Tor i,s
present needs Mrs T. " Greer
asked permission to head the list ~
subscribers. followed promptly by
Mrs II. y cole. but when advised
that ~ ~ Rogers. who could rot he
present. had requested the honor ~
heading the list. they courteously
yieldei Ia his request other sub
rcrlhcrs were T.. crosby Mrs l.-"
Clinton. Mr. and Mrs " T. brown,
| WI anu MIF. IL lNffflls u w
Wetrell Mira r y Birmingham.
Mrs l. y. n Aaronson. Mrs a Il.
AaronHon. MIS- Jessie Finston, Mrs.
Cornelius krolr Mrs charles Doug.
gals Mrs J " ward. Mira NJ VI
Traverse These subscribers of the
ev0ning give the club ~ once fund
~ tis0 Mira n n cole. Mira r. II.
Greer Mrs J. N. ward. Mrs T y.
1 hlFntIftaf q
Verse volunteered to act as com
mit,cc to secure at least 90 sub
hcribcrs 10 support the club.
| Mo sale OF pictures by local ar
ts,- was probably tho first ~ It's
Kind ever held In the ri tAlr Tho first
pic,urc offered was u fine landscape
by william steesc. "Rreezy Hlllridr -
which was bought for 100 hy NJ.
M0Traverse. who said he was do
lighted with his bargain. Mile. Clo-
paths spirited picture, Tho, VII.
lows" was bought hy J. W. Young
for i55 lie also congratulated him
self on being able To secure Mrs
Frank Townsend's still life picture.
Peaches" at $50, Mr.. YOUNG bid
against the crowd also ana secured
Mlr pnynes spirited Evening
Landscape" at SEQ. william .Steene's
summer landscape fell to the same
buyer AT SIS and n dellghtful lit
tie pastel by Miss Monroe. wife "
the superintendent OF schools AT
MUS kosee. Was purchased by the
same buyer
MIR. Young desires 10 announce
that he In very happy 10 become the
possessor Of all these works by Tul-
sa's local artists. but that he real
ises that tho price AT which he 60,
them In entirely too low when the
merit OF the work II considered.
he feels that there are "a great many
IN Tulsa who would gladly have paid
more for any Of these works by our
own local painters but who could
not he present TO bid upon them. 30
he has concluded to hang this little
group OF works hV Tulsa artists In
this sale ~ that any one can raise
the bid At which he bought the works
last night but wishes to reserve To
himself the privilege OF bidding
against all comcrs and SAYS that he
will make anyone who buys them
pa, fair price n they keen them
IN TULSA. M there are some ~ these
works which he PRICES highly for
his own private collection,
Miss Whelchilr s,ill lifc "Onlons'
wen to Doctor Hawkins while Mr.
IC. l. waite became the fortunate
possesror Of n fine decorative water
color The vine and It's Fruit" BY
Pearl n Payne