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Marsh At. i. Texas OA New. Messengek HIGH PRAISE FOR RELEASE MONDAY Ma Pastors (. rsna In Our Image' mu mime titeratae Of Bible a li 1 I 1 itr- i 'Y -r: I 1 i I i i 1 HOUSTON HARTE I CUY ROWE Harte Selects Bible Narratives; ustrations Rowe Creates Vivid III i i Houston Harte, selectorj of the 26 incomparable Old Testament narratives included in In Our Image, became a newspaper publisher before si as Southwest completing college.

The Texan best Is; known in the The treasury of religious art in the volume In Our Image is the achieyement of( Guy; Rowe, 55-year-old portrait painter who created the! 32 inspired illustrations in the de luxe volume. acrobat, lumberjack, and vaudeville performer before he rose to heights as a Time magazine cover artist, Guy Rowe quickly has become the country's No. 1 creator of religious fl .1 i I I' i Rowe, whose inspired work In In Our Image is being compared by Art critics with achievements! of old masters, is a native, of Salt Lake City. His formal schooling ended In the fifth grade, though he hat ever been, a student in his vocational followlngs. jj Since he was a lad of 10 he has known nothing but to work for a living, though he now declares he never intends to follow any art pursuit; except that of a religious nature.

I DEWEY DESCENDANT Wat Gertrude Dewey Rowe, a di come his conception of Aaron, thi first priest, Ezra, the scribe, and Hotea, the earliest teacher of divine love. The dramatic i intensli of the soulful characters vN portrays add to tho gripping Interest of the stories. i "Houston Harte't selections, made with the counsel pf competent religious authorities In addition to Biblically, devoted lay readers, constitute splendid illustration! of the permanent worth of tht Old Testament as literature, at well as its timeless value a the source book of universal faith and spiritual inspiration. "In Our Image should be enthusiastically welcomed in hornet and libraries; Children at well at adultt will find Iri'lt stories of adventure as well at an Introduction to the loftiest experiences of the human race." ATTRACTIVE BOOK' The Rev. A.

B. Rutledge. pastor of the First Baptist Church, found In Our Image to be "A very attractive tKik. The Old Testament stories presented are well selected. The portraits are striking and on careful examination they are illuminating character studies.

The point of the book is well taken; the artistry is superb. Father L. L. Meyer of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, highly complimentary of In Our Image, feels that "It woutd be a good thing, to read in the public tchoolt.

It; it good Biblical literature good common ,1 The Rev. Stanley Carter, pastor of the First Methodist Church, explains that; "We have! heard and read much about the wide distribution of the Scriptures.1 We want the "Open Bible' but we know that for many it' ls a closed book. Houston Harte, through In Our Image, has set' in motion a beautiful but powerful effort to open. the closed book. 1 "Pick it ip and turn the pages.

The unusual paintings of Guy Rowe may startle you at first, but you will find yourself going back to them hot for a glance but iot a careful study. You will want to know more about the story behind the picture 1 SHARE ITS TREASURE' "As you read, the 'Precious Book' will begin to open and share its the. kind of treasure that 'moth and rust cannot corrupt'." i In Is a "valuable addition to our collection" at the East Texas Baptist College Library, according to Mrs. Franklin M. Armstrong.

"It It inspiring in Its content vand itt artistic excellence." Thi Rv. C. Hastings, pastor of Central Baptist X'hurch', believes In- Our Imagers destined to take it place masterpieces of religious art. One is home-times startled, sometlmct warmed, or thrilled. Whatever.

the reaction, all agree that the compiler and artist have led us anew through the lives, of men whose vital experience with the living God have shaped the history of the world. It is my fervent hope that God will bless the.efforts of co laborers in this noble undertaking." Father A. J. Kavanaugh. assistant St.

Joseph's Catholla Church, finds In Our Image Beautifully done. The pictures magnificent. I like, the portrait of Adam best everything 1 in the face. The art is very pretty." Marshall Libraries Get 'In Our Image' On Day of Release Marshall libraries will have for their reaxlcrs a copy of In Our Image the lay it officially la 'released, Monday. Copies'of the vividly Illustrated Old Testament narratives, by Houston Harte and Guy Rowe, have been presented by The Marshall News Messenger.

of the pioneer Thomas Dewey, i Edward Everett Rowe, lawyer, and inventor of the Rowe Vowel System; and, for 10 years, wit manager country's largest copper mine at Bingham, i for a while lived on a California Next, he found himself In Kalamazoo,) uncle operated a newspaper and opened a shorthand i 1, at the age of 12, became i demonstrator father't tystem making a record of 187 words a minute, the family moved to Detroit and I became a baggage handler, told newspapers, worked at a tailor's assistant. There and he used it to practice acro Hit mother batics under That led to an acrobatic rect descendant Hit father was mining engineer, Shorthand of the Utah. Young Rowe cattle where an, where hit father Young Rowej of his transcription From there, young Guy and was spare time tutelage of an old circut performer. ON VAUDEVILLE the vaudeville stage, as top man In act. He remained on the.

ttage but SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER It. IMS nd mission to paint the character por Guy Rowe (who signs hit paintings wag not a man of religion. Though always aspiring to be an artist, he had experienced a struggle for his livelihood from: the. tine he was a child.

Earlier art work Included everything from' "chalk talk" to commercial art. Finally, Time discovered his talents, about the same time he was; found" by several prominent pub-l lie figures. Gradually, he was E.L.Wells, First to Order Book in Marshall The first Marshall order for a copy of In Our Image came from E. L. Wells, Jr.

i Mr. Wells has a particular interest In the volume, having been a close friend of Houston Harte, selector of the Bible for many years. When San hometown of Mr. Harte, sought its first city manager, nearly 30 years ago. Mr.

Wells was chosen. He and the San Angelo newspaper publisher worked closely together in municipal matters to begin a friendship that has continued throughout the years. reaching a position in which he could selective about his commissions, but the restlessness that had been manifest in his early roving "days became a character istic of his maturity. Always he was looking for a new kind of subject or a new way of revealing character. This led to his development of the grease wax methods of painting, in which he borrowed ideas from the ancients and modernized them on acetate sheets to give a translucent and intense color quality to his paintings, i INTRIGUED BY PROSPECT When Oxford University Press first queried; Mr.

Rowe, he confessed to an appalling unfamiliarity with the Good Book. He had, how ever, a vivid memory of his early childhood when his father used to walk about the house reading aloud from the Bible. He remembered it as an exciting experience, but in the crowded intervening years he had-given little time to the Scrip-; turcs. Now the prospect of exploring the Biblical text for character clue intrigued him and he took; the Job. For three and a half years, Mr.) Rowe did nothing else.

Before; making a single brush stroke, he spent months reading and reread-) ing the Old Testament. Then he began a quiet search for-people in real life who seemed to him to be the physical reincarnation oT the Biblical characters. These he found among, his own friends on trains and and in other public places. In great world figures of today, even in his own family. His own son and daughter in law posed for his painting of Adam and But in all other instances, no living people sat for him.

His models were created in his mind by the words of the Bible and the people he saw abound him. WIFE, SON HELPED The paintings are distinguished by his attention to detail. He plac ed a mirror next to his easel and when a problem arose as to Just how a shadow would fall, he used his own reflection as a guide. Both Mrs. Rowe and the Rowe son.

artists in their own right, con tributed substantially to the enter prise. Mrs. Rowe did a vast amount of: research on a k-ground, clothing, implements, and made excursions to botanical gardens, the zoo, and the library to insure historical accuracy in her husband's highly detailed paintings. Mr. Rowe says it would have been impossible for him by him self to have done this kind of re search in addition to his intensive study of the Bible and of contem- i porary people.

His, son assisted. The volume, "In Our Image" which goes to the public Monday tomorrow I is a strikingly illustrated book of great Bible narratives. The publishing project Involves an outlay of J250.000, including the 32 color plates made In England at a cost of $30,000. i Kent Cooper, In a foreword, calls tho Idea for the book a stroke of genius. Mr.

Cooper is executive director of The Associated Press, author, composer, and lyricist. "I credited two things with keeping seme people from reading the Bible," -Harte said. way it was printed usually in small type and with meaningless headings and numbered verses and the genealogical material not absolutely essential to the narratives," At first Harte planned to run illustrated Bible narratives on the church pages of his newspapers, the San Angelo Standard and San Angelo Times. But he was disappointed when he found what illustrations were available. "The picturet of Biblical chara i Chciiacirs publisher of The San Angelo Evening Standard and The San Angelo Standard Times.

Hisi fn-r terests, however, are varied. They include development pf one of the largest truck lines in Texas, radio stations, and a ranch near well as newspapers. I MARSHALL VISITOR V' Mr. Harte is an occasional visitor in Marshall, having been associated in ownership of The New Messenger since 1936. Other newspaper interests are in Denison, Paris, Corpus Christi, Big Spring, and Corpus Chrlsti.

His hometown interests likewise have been as varied. He was an organizer of the San Angelo Kiwanis Club, one of the; oldest in Texas. While serving as Its president, jthe club sponsored the city's first; paid Boyj Scout executive and estab-' llshed summer camp for; the boys. Scouts have conferred upon him their highest honor, that of the i Silver Beaver. I 1 lit was president of his hometown chamber1 of commerce and later headed the far flung West Texas Chamber of Commerce.

During the 30's ht successfully guided reorganization of a closed San Angelo bank that now has become the city's 'i .1 i' 1 1 ON AP j' Fellow newspaperj publlshera throughout country selected the newspaperman from the West Texas ranch country (o represent newspaper; in cities under 50.000 population on the Associated Press board of directors. Board members, in turn, after hia initial tour Qf service, selected him as vies president of the newa gathering organlza- tlon. I- Mr. Harte's mother died when he was but a child and he made hit 'home with an Irish Presbyterian aunt, who itlll llvet In San Bernardino, Calif. He Is a Public schools were, attended In hit native Knobnoster, and, hit first college work wat at the University of Southern! California.

While there he worked part time as a reporter on the Lot Angeles Examiner. Returning to Missouri, he bought The KnobnHst-er Geni, publishing tht newspaper before returning to the university. Hej entered Ithe' School of Journalism of the University of Missouri, from which he was graduated In 1915 and which 15 years later presented him with the alumni a Ward for distinguished service in Journalism. With John Donald Ferguson, now editor And president of the Milwaukee Journal, he bought the Central Missouri Republican at Booneville, upon graduation jfrom the university World War I his newspaper career. Upon leaving; the Army, wiih rank or captain, he returned, jto Booneville and (established The Booneville Daily Republicain, telling both papert in December, 1919.1 i r-J, i BUYS TEXAS PAPER It was on May 1, 1920, that he bought the San Angelo i newspaper.

One of his first moves in identifying, himself in! hew surroundings wasto become a prime movpr- in salvaging the Kansas City. Mexico Orient Railroad. The line, known as the Orient, soon placed him on its boar4 of directors. The railroad, now owned by the Santa Fj, soon after its salvage was to become an Important instrument in development of West Tdxas oil fields. With the late Bernard Hanks of Abilene, a partnership was developed which was to lead to expanding newspapet" Interests.

The Hart Hanks partnership.) hce, Mr. Hanks; death last 4year, has been reformed as Harte, Hanks Co. Harte is the former Miss Isabel McCutch-eon of Pilot Grove. M- They have two sons. Ed Harte, a Dartmouth graduate, volunteered at an army private in World War II and now Is on; the editorial staff of The! Kansas City Star.

Houston Harte, i who likewisej volunteered for Wbrld War II service, selected; the Navy, going in' at a seaman second class. He now it an undergraduate at Washington And Lee. University. I "In Our Image" It detcrlbed by Marshall clergymen at volume that should be in every home, a book of beauty and rare charm, and the answer to a long-felt need. Comment! were made Saturday, after pre-publication copiet had.

been teen by various I congregation leaders. At the. tame time, The Baptist Standard this week reviewed the book, declaring it "a matchlesa gift book." In rt.i. doubtedlv i now I presentation of Its kind." said the Rev. Wm.

Everton, pastor of the First Christian Church. Its pur-pote is! self-evident. There it something stirring and challenging within it which will not leave the i mind at rest when the total book has been studied. "Pehind it can be 5Nl seen the painstaking labors and the strong elements of prayer, without which the work could not have been brought to completion. This unusual presentation should find a useful place in ihe hands of those who have an opportunity of studying it to the fullest.

Houston Harte and Guy Rowe have made a unique contribution In this particular field." -( The Rev. R. Bruce Brannon. par-tor of the First Presbyterian Church, sees in the book "the answer to a long-time yearning of hearts seeking more help in visualizing the great characters of the Old Testament Scriptures. This volume will become increasingly valuable with the passing of the i The Rev.

Henry F. Selcer, rector of Trinity Episcopal Chiirch, describes the book as "one -jof beauty and rare charm," adding: "The 26 stories, King James) Version, will make us Jong to read more from the Holy Bible. It should be a must In every Expressing delight with! the book, the Rev. Paul F. Brown, pastor of the 1 a Presbyterian Church, says "Here one finds the grand stories of the Old festament in the beautiful King James phrasing.

Most Important of all. one sees the stories written In vivid expres sion on the faces of the chief char acters. Guy Rowe Is truly! a great artist. 1 should like every person to have the privilege of possessing In Our Image. SUPERB IN SCOPE Dean J.

Wesley Smith jof East Texas Baptist College, himself a minister, declares the work, In Our Image, "superb in scope and purpose for which it was intended, i. "The average busy Dean Smith continues, "interested in such, being a practical; man and limited In time for detailed or critical study wants the inspiration of Old Testament characters.) "Give him In Our Image and he can turn to what he wants when he wanta it. f. "I commend it most heartily as being the most satisfactory work along this line that has come from any press." j' Rabbi Israel J. Sarasohh of Temple Moses Montefiore says that "Those who love the Bible find reading of In Our Image; a spiritual experience In itself.

It is an artistic presentation of Judiciously selected Old Testament narratives andE a few psalms. Obviously the selections from he last part of the Old Testament could no be more numerous without making the volume unwieldy. IM'n "The purpose to bring to the public the most fascinating Old Testament stories as studies in character Is effectively and movingly executed. The charm of the classic English prose of the King James Version is combined with uniquely vivid portrayal! of Old Testament heroes by a master artist and lllustrator.uv Rowe has made an original and enduring contribution to modern Biblical art. SUGGESTS MORE STUDIES "There should be more studie of this nature and 1 should wel In Our Image Mr.

Rowe combined both media. He modernized the old process by introduction of acetate sheets (called protectoidly as the base to which he applied his grease-wax medium. i Actually, he painted on the re- verse side of the protectold. From the standpoint of appearance, the process gives a translucent and intense color quality which is most peculiar to the technique. This quality of one of the striking.

features of the Old Testament character portraits In Our Image. In the course of preparing family meals. Mrs. Rowe; set aside animal fata, an important ingredient in her husband's painting technique, which is said to resemble that used in Egyptian encaustic painting. Ironically, then, Mr.

Harte's idea of reproducing Bible char IN OUR IMAGE 26 Old Testament character studies selected Houston Harte from the King James Version; 32 color portraits by, Guy Rowe, Oxford University Press, $10. (Pre publication offer in Texas, until Oct. 6, 18.50); I By MILLARD COPE A Titan's conviction that Old Testament narratives are the most thrilling and inspiring of any literature and hould be more widely read has resulted in a treasury of religious art and literature. mis veann ot uiDie studies and compelling portraits, in de luxe format, derives its title, In Our image, from Genesis 1:26, when God said "Let us make man our image. The tage volume, by 12 inches, is to make its appearance in Mar-shall and other Texas cities tomorrow, though its national publication date is set for Oct.

6. Th Texas presentation is a courtesy to Houston Harte, San Angeto newspaper publisher, who selected the character studies from the King James Version. Illustrations, in an entirely new fashion, are by Guy Rowe, the distinguished American painter best known heretofore for his Time magazine covers. Done somewhat in the style of Time covers, the background of each portrait i studded with symbols and devices related to the career of the individual portrayed. I Distinguished both as a religious book and as a work of art, pre-publication comments by clergymen and art critics indicate book will create a stir because of its unorthodox treatment of traditional figures.

I The idea for In Our Image occurred to Mr. Harte as he tried to reconcile the fact that although the Holy Bible is more widely owned than any other book, it is not so widely read. i ASKS OPINIONS Probing for a reason, he questioned Jnends in all walks of life children, neighbors, lay leaders, and business associates. lie found few persons who knew were to find the narratives which gave tha Bible It eminence in theology, history, and literature. To Mr.

Harte, too many adults and young. people looked upon the ancient; Biblical characters with cither 7 awe or a tinge of fear. Somehow, Abraham and: Joshua, Ruth and Saul, and all the others didn'tjieeni like anyone Ihey had encountered in real life. This traction was traced back to the manner In which the historical figures bad been pictured and then came the idea for; In Our Image. He realued the need to present Old Testament characters as the kind of human beings they doubtless were in real life, jsubject to physical Irailtics, some pathetic and appealing in their weakness, others endowed with beauty and quiet dignity, alFvery much like people who m'-ght be met on the street today.

3- i The Ley to each character lay in the words of the Bible risen, Mr. Harte. concluded, and the requirement was an artist who could live in the words of the Book until they had become (sufficiently real was on canvas. KING JAMES VERSION Using a King James Version. Mr.

Harte retained exact words of the Holy Bible, eliminating only those portions which interrupted the flow of the narrative. The words retained, only to the narrative of the character. The reader is assisted In arrangement of the: stories by their familiar names, rather than the location of the Rooks from which they are taken. Jephthah. for example, is a famous Rifelica! name but only the Bible student knows that his story of conquest and tracprfv fs found in the Book of Mr.

Harte's long admiration for the symbolic contemporary portraits appearing on covers of Time magazine led to his meeting Guy Rowe.5 a Time artist, who, in 1945. agreed to take on the. unusual com- By WILLIAM C. BARNARD Auooated Pren Writer Bible stories are a thrilling as the daily newspaper, and Bible character ar real, vital people. The great book is aeless--and its narratives arc.

beautiful. From' his youth, Houston llartc. Texas editor and publisher," had so believed. He was a Bible reader, but laid no claim to Bible scholarship. Young people told him: "There Is so much of the Bible, it's hard to find anything." The comic strips In his paper were much easier to read and better illustrated, too, they said.

Harta had a challenging idea. In irffoft Hart Hitr! nut "the genealogy and other extraneous material not germane to the stories or the philosophy of the Bible. From this slender beginning in an editor's home hat, come what the Oxford University Press says is a modern masterpiece. And the Oxford Press has been making beautiful books for 500 years. 81 also, in research, and pointed and constructive criticism of the work In 'process.

Important assistance came to Mr, Harte; and Mr. Rowe from a group of seven clergymen. Oxford, in the beginning, wrote to each, asking for a list of the 50 old Tes tament stories of most significance and interest. Twenty! six stories were mentioned most i i frequently The same! 26 were high on Mr Harte' list; therefore, with this confirmation, the selection was made. I- Mr.

Harte's original purpose to make the Bible more widely read, understood, and appreciated has an answer in In Our Image. The beautiful words of the King James Version, as selected for In Our Image, should be an inspiration for readers delve more deeply into the Book to which there is no parallel. The brilliant, compelling pictures of Mr. Rowe add to th. clas sic features of the de luxe format, appropriately designed by Oxford University Press.

In Ourilmage is a masterpiece of our times; an important part of our every home, school, or office Its purpose is destined to achieve ment Bible Prints To Be Seen at Fair The 32 vivid charac ter portraits appearing in In Our Image are to be on display through out the coming week' in the art de partment jof the Central East Tex as' Fair. i A special set of prints was rushed to Marshall for showing at the fair. Oxford University Press, publishers; of the illustrated Old Testament narratives, forward ed the prints, identical to those in the at the request of Guy Rowe, the artist. I Mr. Rowe, Time magazine cov er I artist before starting the Bible portraits more than three years ago, is to visit In Texas during the coming week but wai unable to ac cept an Invitation to include Mar shall on, his itinerary Clergymen Lavish In Praise of New Book; Harte, Rove Lauded High praise to In Our Image, the book of Old Testament narratives and beautiful illustrations, is be ing given; by clergymen of various who hail the volume as fill ing a long-felt need.

The; says Dr. Ansley C. Moore, Pittsburgh 1 Presbyterian "will shock those who find religion only a harbor of ref uge, a safe place of retreat. "But the stouthearted who draw their strength and inspiration from God, then go out with i heads high to build the kingdom of righteousness among men, these will sit long and ponder) some of this art ist's creations. Looking at these paintings, was Ma spiritual ex perience for me.

I hbpe they will be available for use with lesson material in every Sunday School in the land." 'Vivid, deep moving Dr. Halford E. Luccock, of Yale Divinity School, finds the paintings "original, vivid and deep moving They brfng to the great cha vivid life many of the great characters of the Old Testament. The faces make a fas- cinating study, the pictures is and the detail in a distinct first aid to the Imagination in the portrayal of the text of the Old Testament stories." Dr. Schuyler I English sees "In Our Image, with its glorious King James narratives and graph- ic and unusual Biblical color por- traits" as being "certain to create extraordinary interest In the char acter and historical importance of the great men-of the Old Testa ment." cter! didn't look real.

Robed and aurrounded by Renaissance trappings, they seemed like creatures of another world. I realized I wanted the great individuals of the Bible painu-d tn vivid color and as historians today believed they looked. Then I knew my project would have to be a book." He hoped to draw material from both the Old and New Testaments. "Having evolved his plan." Kent Cooper relates, "Houston Harte presented it to Henry Z. Walck, president of Oxford University Press, and to Guy Rowe, a great character That was In June, 1945.

Both artist and publisher reacted enthusiastically. It was decided that the proposal, as first conceived by Mr. Harte, was too big i for one volume. "There was too mucb material. There were too many scenes to be pictured.1 It would be better to do fyne volume fori the Old Testament and one for the new.

Work would start on the Old Testament atj once. On Nov. 26, 1945, the contract was signed and the book got under way. changed his act pursuing hit first art vocation. He did chalk drawing, being billed at a J'boy Wonder" artist, specializing In portraits of Presidents Taft and Theodore Roosevelt, at well as William Jennings Bryan.

While participating in an actors' guild benefit, a well-known artist recognized his talents and advised him to, seek training-to develop his ability. This suggestion, the youth Working by day in, an automobile faictory, he studied art In a Detroit night school. i A cross country sketching trip was next but lit was not long before he was found in Oregon, working as a lumberjack. Art still pursued him, I however, and soon he met a scenic designer who gave him employment in a Portland studio. Encouraged in the work, he then returned to; Detroit to spend several years studying under John P.

Wicker, who soon regarded him as one of his 'outstanding students. 1 1 Feeling that greater opportunitiea might be found in New York, he decided to start his carreer in the big city. But, he was without funds, Fellow students came to his rescue, auctioning off one of his paintings to finance the; trip. Whereabouts of the painting is not known today, Its owner holding a rare collector's item without knowing it. H'-' SMARTED IN; NEW YORK; His professional career started in New York as an artist for National Biscuit Co.

Then he did fashion drawings and book jackets. He was making progress and gaining recognition' and soon he was receiving commissions from Vanity Fair, Vogue, and Harper's Bazaar, doing more modern A food company had him do some special work. Key figures in the Roosevelt administration found, him and he entered the portrait fi Id. finding this to be his first love, he'te paintings; today are in private collections. His 'wife, Corinn, and his son, who signs paintings "Cro" and who did those of hit father and Mr.

Harte appearing on this are artists In their own right. Their home, it in New York City. i These have gone to the ANCIENT METHODS COMBINED I i Vita i Bib nhnll rv.j-.-. a i rvi iv vaiiv rcowe Mcnieves roew I' Si:" t' Marshall; Public Library, as well as to the? East Texas Baptist College Library the Marshall High School Library. Other Iroples have been presented lo the libra riet at Wiley Col-lege and Bishop College rocess ortraits acters On ranva ha not come (rue, even with the publication of In Ouri Image.

Instead, the portraits, uhich are to go to a New Yprk museum, appear on acetate sheets. Book Portraits Seen As "Vivid And Startling'' The portraits are described as "vivid tnd sometimes startling" by Dr. Lelioy Edwin Froom, editor of The Ministry, but to him they "are made to live again and speak to us anevjr. The deviation: from the traditional concept provide a fresh approach and whets a new, interest. It is a noble attempt to stimulate the study of the message of God man." Cooper lays of the portraits: "They are today's faces, but they are also yesterday's land "tomor-row't.

Tere it about them a universality that is found only in great Rarely has an artist, and; perhaps never before has a Biblical artist, been able to bring to his public such extravagant use of brflliant color. i Is Rowe't great talent. It, Is illustrated In every one of hit portraits." Of the Narratives, Harte saidr "These stories are the words of the Kitfg James version of the Bible. I chaja or add a single word. 1 elifrti -Jed the verses, the BumbetiTnci other distractions.

I used the original paragraph separations. I took out: material not absolutely necessary lo the telling of the story- I thought of myself as a newspaper copy editor who has a really bjg story to tell and limited space in which to tell it s'i "I hop that after reading and seeing 'In Our Image'j many people will pick up the Bible and read on. "The Immediate problem was to select 25 stories. Oxford University Press, working with Houston Harte, set up a committee of seven clergymen, all noted for their vital interest in Biblical narrative. Each clergyman as requested to tub-mit a list of the 50 Biblical stories he felt should go Into the book.

Then the seven lists were correlated, i I "It was found that 26 stories were high on the list of each selector.) These became the textual material.1 They could be ideally illustrated by 32 portraitt. Houston Harte went to work on the text land Guy Rowe oh the pictures. This was in the fall of 1945. The artist had contemplated taking three years for the job. He did not complete bit task until the spring of 1949." I "Many Biblical portraits of the past contain not only the facet of the Renaissance, but fcheJ habiliments the 14th Century Italy, at well." Harte aays.

know the Jewt of the Old Testament time. were a hardy race." Painting i Variations of two ancient methods of painting are used for the first time in producing In Our Image, the de luxe volume from Oxford University Press that is to go on sale Monday. The painting development, one involving use of grease; as a base and the other 'using wax, is an achievement of Guy Rowe, the artist whose Illustrations make In Our Image a masterpiec of religious art. I Use of grease as a base first was used by care dwellers, in connection with animal paintings which; decorated their home. It is believed that the fat, of the very animal depicted often was used in creation of the wall picture; Wax was used by the Egyptians and Greeks in portraits of the deceased which were painted cof- fin lids to identify th remains for posterit..