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Mrs. Kohler Examines Rental Art Works
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Charlotte Kohler, the governor's wife, examining several works of art which she has chosen to rent for display in the Governor's Residence from the Madison Art Association. Left to right: Robert Grilley, assistant professor of art education at the University of Wisconsin with his encaustic painting done in beeswax entitled "Ariadne"; Aaron Bohrod, artist-in-residence at the university, with his painting "County Fair Acrobats" and Frank Lindl, art teacher at Central High School and the vocational school with two small pins "Withered Tree" and "Native Warriors" that may be worn or framed.
March 20, 1951
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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