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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1951
Grandmother, 54, Paints Modern Art And Loves It
New York—(U.P.)—In these days of art for everybody, grandmothers wielding paint brushes cause no more amazement than 3-year-old daubing at finger painting.
But grandmothers who go in for modern art are something else. One of the few known in art circles is a tiny, blonde woman who's holding her third one-man show at the Passedoit galleries.
"You can't just sit down and decide you want to be modern pictures just because the trend is toward the abstract," said the artist, Mrs. Ebena Brum. "It's got to come from within."
The 14-year-old woman painted her first picture at the age of 50. Now, although she's never had an art lesson, she's turning out unusual drawings which the critics call "mystically poetic."
"I never try to explain them. I feel people should get something out of them when they look at them," said the artist, who paints under the name of "Nuala."
The big hazard for grandmothers who paint, she said ruefully, is that people tend to regard your art as a hobby. "I do have six grandchildren, and I adore them, but this work of mine isn't just a hobby." Mrs. de Brun said emphatically.
She uses pencil, finely-sharpened crayon, chalk and "a little water color" to create her intricate, airy drawings which she calls "statements in line and color."
So for Mrs. de Brun hasn't matched the financial success of the most famous grandmother
Nickerson Speaks To Scientists
James C. Nickerson, associate professor of the department of music education, spoke on "Problems in Audio-perception," before the Kansas Science Teachers association at Hutchinson, Feb. 3. He illustrated his speech with a stereographic recording.
Professor Nickerson spoke on the same subject at a meeting of the 5002 Research and Development Unit, so army reserve unit in Lawrence, Wednesday. William Sears, instructor in the department of music education, presented a review of spouse to Music."
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painter, Grandma Moses. However, she has sold 20 of her pictures. One of her earliest drawings was picked by both the Whitney museum of American art and the American federation of art for their exhibits.
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"It itkes me about two weeks to do one of my paintings," she said.
"In the summer I live in a primitive cabin at Martha's Vineyard and get up at sunrise to begin painting."
Her titles are as unexpected as her works of art. The 31 pictures on exhibit now at the gallery include "Winds Wings," "Cathedral Nevergone," and "Oyster Remembered."
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When visitors look puzzled, the youthful grandmother just smiles and says graciously, "It comes from the heart."
Official Bulletin
Feb. 9, 1951
Ph.D. reading examination in German, 10 to 12 Saturday morning, Feb. 10, 306 Fraser. Previous approval of Graduate school and German department necessary.
Episcopal students club, 5 p.m.
Sunday, Trinity church. Supper at
5:30. Rev. Louis Basso, "The Meaning
of Baptism and Confirmation."
I. S.A. Council, 7:15 p.m. Monday. East Room, Memorial Union. All House representatives attend.
Trojan club, 7 p.m. Monday, west ballroom, Memorial Union. All independent men not living in organized houses are invited.
Reorganizational meeting of the Dove, 4 p.m. Monday, ballroom, Memorial Union. All those interested attend.
Dickinson county club, 5 p.m. Tuesday, Kansas Room, Memorial Union
Lutheran Student Association, 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Trinity Lutheran church, Cost supper, movie and singspiration.
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Providence, R. I. (U.P.)—Churchgoers did not answer the call when the hymn chimes at the Central Baptist church suddenly aroused them at 5:30 a.m. A power failure had disrupted the chime clock and caused a 10-minute period of religious music to boom forth.
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Boston (U.P.)-Named an army para troop chaplain, the Rev. Edward C. Dowhigg of St. Francis de Sales (Catholic) church, said: "I'm practicing jumping off chairs around the rectory."
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