University of Wisconsin Oshkosh - Quiver Yearbook (Oshkosh, WI)

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Block Prints The I nipper by Marie Week

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Ilorsc-Car Days In Chris Olson Chris Olson of Kurckn. Wisconsin, nn artist on the Federal Art Project. Inis finished a series of historical pictures of Oshkosh. The above picture is one of the series. The eiie depicts the days of the horse-drawn stn et -ars, showing the corner of Algoma and West Algoma streets, with tlie Sawyer house, ns it originally looked, in the background. The artist has wanted to paint as n business as well as a hobby ever since he was a boy. He started work in oil iKiinting when la was a small child, receiving his im|K tus from tin uncle, who {tainted in oil as a hobby. Mr. Olson's training was all in the public schools, with the exception of six weeks' work under (J. Oher-(auger of the Chicago Art Institute. For many years the artist painted only for his own pleasure. lie did sell a few pictures, but never nearly enough to support his family. The historical series includes: The landing of the lirst white men in Oshkosh; the coming of the pioneers in covered wagons, typical pioneer homes and implements: the growth of lumbering industry along the Fox river: the busy mills, a log Jam. a raft of logs being pulled by a river tug; Main street bridge and the water front when the river was the center of trans|H rtation: a view down Main street from the bridge, when women wore long full skirts and bonnets and the street was lined with horse-driven wagons; the original normal school; the steam-l oat era on the Fox river and the horse-drawn streetcar. The pictures are painted on building board in oil and will Ik a permanent collection of the college, to Ik framed and placed as a scries of early Oshkosh history. Ciiris Oi.sox

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 Marie Meek is a print artist of considerable ability. Sin understands the North woods, Hu scone of her work, and has the power to show strength and action In her wood and linoleum blocks. She has written, illustrated. printed and bound a volume of her own interns, which is a credit to her ability in the arts. Her latest success was the two hundred dollar purchase price for her painting in the last Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors show in .Milwaukee. Fishermen by Marie Itlcck J The Builders by Marie Blech