University of Wisconsin Madison - Badger Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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CURRY AT WISCONSIN Mr. Curry's four years as ArtistfinfResidence at Wisconsin have been fruitful ones. At the studio on the Agn campus he has painted some of his finest pictures, like the Wiscoaisivi. Landscape Qbelowj. In commenting on the picture Curry said, MI worked two and a half years at it, off and on. I feel it is my greatest landscape. Filling the long rectangular space was difficult but Curry, as has been said, solved it by his shifting bands of sunlight, and created perfectly the air of a cloudy August day when wind carries the smell of newfmown hay. A football fan from the days when he was a star left halfback at Geneva College in Pennsylvania, Curry has made many sketches of the varsity squad at practice since he came to Vvfisconsin. To students he recommends the university barns, where he himself sketches, as an excellent place to practice drawing animals. He also takes time in his schedule to review exhibits of rural art. Since he has been at Wiscoiisin Mr. Curry has been borrowed by the government to paint murals for the new Department of Interior building-historical subjects called The Olglalzoma Land Rush and The Homestead and Fence Building. He has also been claimed by his own state of Kansas to paint murals for their State Capitol. This year he has started sketches for murals in the new wing of the BiofChemistry building on the Agricultural campus here. Mr. Curry has given a concrete and important signiricance to the position of ArtistfinfResidence at Wisconsin.

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f? 2 Photo by john Yarnell GUEST ARTIST Mr. Curry has become a kind of unofficial godfather to the 1941 BADGER. We wonder now how we could ever have shaken in our shoes at the thought of approaching him about illustrating the book. His immediate and wholehearted answer, udandy, just dandy to our suggestions soon made us realize that he welcomes students who make the effort to seek him out for help. He has been painstaking about the original section pages which he has done for the book. He drew many student groups in different poses before he was satisfied. Not only that but he has given generously of his experienced advice to editors and artists of the book concernf ing the problems which always beset those carefworn creatures. His barnlike studio Crightj is where stuf dents come to call. The walls are hung with portraits, landscapes, circus pictures and anatomical studies, often there is a painting in progress on the easel. Wisconsin students are indeed privileged to have Mr. Curry and his studio on their campus. 4 Photo by Bernard Hoffman -.NAM Mist, NM .nxt 'Xwm T - '-...,,, .i.,,,sl-in-ew, Q.-1...s....,,, '2-M t'-'-.....,w,W 'w.... N'NM -v-5.-. NM.f.I'Nt-NMR Nr- -wt-..,,M U Bob Hodgell Cleftj, also of Kansas, mixes paints and works on backgrounds as asf sistant to Mr.r Curry in the painting of the Kansas Capitol murals. He is now a student at Wisconsin and art editor of the 1941 BADGER. N-lfyx-d gsm N.....1XN2:N-an N ' wwg- vxig -...,,,gNS-N ,NNW WWXSM -.NNN Mc, ...ns NNWWYQ-.,, KWSN '-N..,,,,Ns::x.., .X,.....a.r:NNisNa-..1NN f.Tr-MM New , T 'L-N., 'N N-Nlgi :Q-Ml':N-X... W tw-NX. I.'r-N xxx W-ig W...,,xNNN ,. X ' 1,y,,,'. gg X, . , +4 :xi - t . . ygw., X . N Q ,Q V I V ' Yisl ' X i ' ' ' ., ..,.. .w...wis.,f: W

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O' 'lQn Wisconsin,', theme of the University in song and policy is the keynote of our 1941 BADGER. Concurrent with our L'0n Wisconsin theme, john Steuart Curry, nationally renowned as one of the three outstanding contemporary American regional artists, has produced original illustrations and assisted in an advisory capacity. The Oak Tree, an oil painting by Mr. Curry, appears as the frontispiece and the five sections of the BADGER are introduced by Mr. Curry's original contef crayon illustrations. Of unusual interest in our 1941 publication are an introductory series of seven LIFE color platesg original sketches of the UDiVC1SitY,S deans, a unique alumni section featuring letters of advice to seniorsg a candid calendar in pictures of the year's eventsg and a series of seasonal sport shots in color. Producing this L'On Wisconsin BADGER has been a pleasant experience for the staff. In so doing We have solicited and graciously received the assistf ance of faculty, students, and alumni-adequately exhibiting the loyal spirit of our University. Qlafaffae Xi ,, XX 1 1 G 5 2 E ,. 4 1 2 1' if , N P f' 4 4 x X I ,, 6 I ! f' X X Z I ' Q Q 2 1 7 1 ,F I V 1 ' 5 i 2 5 EEK Q A . , , ' e Introducing the Mascots, 5 Ej ,r,i,,Beu1a1r and' Benny Badger ' X Z3 I f, X Z6 A A V I 5,2 f 1 ,-it , ya . J 951' , E, X Q, - 1 V f A f - in ' ' - 'Q X E ' n 'ff Z ffl - Q ' Ro!--u