The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-17
Sunset Park Pupils Enjoy
Tour Of Museum OF Art Here

Art appreciation has grown to be
an important part of your child:
life these days. To encourage
young talent, to train the youth ir
the rudiments of the subject, class
es r frequently taken to the Viii
mington Museum of Art.
Here the teacher and an attend
ant discuss the various types O.
paintings, the scenes, the high
lights of many types of art. One
of the best reviews of such a triE
is found below. 1t was written by
the children of the fourth grade O.
Sunset Park school.
1t is unusual, in children sc
young, to find such sound critica.
viw. 1t is noteworthy that the
children were delighted to meet
the artist, and will carry a newer
and more inspiring enthusiasm
back to their class rooms.
We salute the fourth grade oil
Sunset Park for their fine stories,
Yesterday fourth grade and
OUR teacher, Mrs. Gunter, took a
trip to the museum of art. It is
on Princess street. We were greet.
ed by Mrs. Biddle and Miss Hall.
While we were looking at the pic.
lures, a man took our picture. Sew
eral children asked questions, such
as why did MI. Macmillan take
up art, or where he studied. The
pictures are lovely. I hope all
school children will be able to see
them. Betty Ann Highsmith,
grade 4.
Mr.. Macmillan is tall, with grey
yes and dark hair. He looks as
If he enjoys his work. Most of his
pictures are scenes of Wilmington
and Southport. I asked him where
he started studying. He said he
had always loved to draw and
when he was a little boy his books
were covered nth drawings, which
wasn't very nice. He studied in
New York and then went on to
France.
Mrs. Gunter said one day last
summer she was at the City Mar.
ket and she saw him painting the
picture, Saturday Morning Mar.
ket." We are proud to have a
real artist in Wilmington.-Patsy
Ann Davis, grade 4.
Miss Hall, the pictures were
painted with water colors. In the
back of tn Groom were larger pic
lures. They were painted with
more paint. When MI. Macmillan
wanted to have clouds in his pic
tire he wouldn't use white paint.
he would leave a place in the
aper. Miss Hall showed us the
oil paintings. They are made bv
mixing oil paints and turpentine
to make a thick paste. The oils
were painted on canvas. MIR. Mac
MILAN painted his own frames.
Everyone should see these lovely
pictures. Maureen O'Crow1ey.
grade 4.
l went up to Mr.. Macmillan and
said, Did you make up those pic
lures, or did you see the real
places?" He said, IT saw the real
place." There was a picture that
| liked best of wall. It was the
Orchard in Winter" The trees
we're done in the most beautiful
colors. Mr.. Macmillan told me-
that the orchard was his and that
1t was in the mountains.-R. p.
Corbett. ="
The pictures I liked best were
The Mountain Village" Orchard
in Winter" Portrait of Lula (" anJ
From the River" The reason !
liked THE Mountain Village" w.
because it looked SO natural. 7
liked Orchard in Winter" because
OF it's beauty. I like Portrait Of
Lula" because it looks like some.
body y! know. I liked From the
River because of its color,-svl-
via Rose Watson, grade 4.
While we were looking at the
water colors, I saw one Gale dthe
Oyster House" I liked it verv
much. I liked it because it looLe5
like the little oyster houses on ~
Sound. The oil painting I liked
the best was The Twins" This
was a picture of two churches lust
alike.-Norma Mclean Cumming.
grade 4
We saw many pictures at the
She didn't hnow what to
think about dottipo tho 4elearam 81