The first exposition of conservation and its builders; an official history of the National conservation exposition, held at Knoxville, Tenn., in 1913 and of its forerunners, the Appalachian expositions of 1910-11, embracing a review of the conservation movement in the United States from its inception to the present time . consisting of fifteen pieces, was also obtainedthrough the American Federation of Art. The figures were small bronzes, andwere beautiful in conception and form. They were shown upon six marble pedes-tals, and added greatly to the educational \alue of the exhibit. The awards,


The first exposition of conservation and its builders; an official history of the National conservation exposition, held at Knoxville, Tenn., in 1913 and of its forerunners, the Appalachian expositions of 1910-11, embracing a review of the conservation movement in the United States from its inception to the present time . consisting of fifteen pieces, was also obtainedthrough the American Federation of Art. The figures were small bronzes, andwere beautiful in conception and form. They were shown upon six marble pedes-tals, and added greatly to the educational \alue of the exhibit. The awards, officially announced by tlie jury of Awards, were as follows: 0/7^\—Gold Medal—George H. Marcum, The Pile Driver. Silver Medal—K. A. Bucher, Breakfast on the Grass. Bronze Medal—Richard Miller, At the ^\?indow. Water Colors.—Go\(\ Medal—Blanch Dillaye, Moonlight. Silver Medal—Katherine Patton, In Chadford. Bronze Medal—Wagner, A Bright Day. Twenty-dollar Branson prize for best portrait by Soulhern artist—Miss Eliza-beth Gettys, of Athens. Tw-enty-dollar Strong |)rize for best landscajje in oil—Robert Lindsay Mason. Ten-dollar award for best water color by Souilicrn artist, oflfered by Miss Ru-cloux—C. C. Krutch. H. J. Cook gold medal for best collection in Appalachian region—Llugh z g H o 2OI-a: enz ouJ<zo < Z dz Q-J D Z< o 1^5)


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