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Fifteenth Annual Exhibition of the local Arts and Crafts Club. After finding success during this period, the trio took a two-year "painting tour" of Europe, 1922–1924. Painting in Brittany, Paris, Provence, Switzerland, and Venice. His favorite place in Europe
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