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Article: ART REVIEW; Minnesota in prints; A new show at St. Paul's Hill House samples early 20th-century images by Minnesota printmakers.(VARIETY)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- April 3, 2009
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Byline: MARY ABBE; STAFF WRITER
In the grand sky-lit gallery of Hill House, the Summit Avenue mansion of St. Paul railroad magnate James J. Hill, hang more than 50 early 20th-century etchings, lithographs and screen prints that vividly illustrate the surprisingly cosmopolitan nature of Minnesota and its artistic community a century ago. Hill himself preferred French landscapes and allegorical vignettes of ancient deities romping nude in verdant forests, but he made his money by investing in the raw-boned towns and fledgling industries depicted in this show, which is drawn from the collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. It runs through July 12. Etchings, ...