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A framed remarque print, exactly like the
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THE CLIFTON RECORD — Clifton, T*x«*
Thursday, Feb. 12, 1976
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Prints of Restauration painting
commissioned by King Olav, ready
Full color 22” x 28” litho- one the remarque prints
graph prints of a painting of ”ow hangs,” the Park Ridge
the historical Norwegian sloop publication continued.
Restauration, commissioned by At a royal sesquicentennial
King Olav V of Norway, are luncheon in honorof the visit
being made available to Bos- last October in Ottawa, 111.,
quo County residents.’ Mr. Moak’s painting was for-
Itobert K. Moak of Park nially presented to the king.
Ridge, III., a native of Bay- Mr. Moak and his wife Lyn
town, presented the original were present,
28” x 38” oil painting to the The cover page of the lunch-
norwegian ruler last October, eon program displayed a print
at a Royal Sesquicentennial of ‘ the Restoration painting.
Luncheon honoring the king. The event was sponsored by
The original painting by the the Fox Valley Norwegian
American marine artist hangs American Sesquicentennial As-
in the Royal Palace in Oslo, sociation,-since many of the
Norway. A framed remarque first 53 immigrants settled
print of the painting is on dis- there.
play at The Clifton Record of-
fice, 310 West 5th St.
How It began
"What does the Park Ridge
painter plan for 1976? ‘Well,’
Moak says in his easy voice,
The Norwegian - American which still retains a hint of a
Sesquicentennial Association Texas drawl, ‘I plan on devot-
asked Mr.Moak to do the paint- ing almost the entire bicen-
ing of the 60-foot sloop for tennial year to painting 10
King Olav. ..... ~
A painter of the sea an an-
cient ships for many years, Mr. stated.
Moak began sailing in Galves-
ton Bay at the age ol eight. He
ships of the Texas navy,’
the Park Ridge Advocate
“Commissioned recently to
do those ships, Moak is ex-
has owned 23 boats in his life- cited about the project,” the
time. newspaper went on.
llisnainli , Logan at almost “‘Why, very few people
that same age, hut he worked realize that if it weren’t for
at commercial art until two the Texas navy, Texas would
years ago in a studio over- have lost to Mexico,’ ” the
looking three Chicago yStch article continued.
"With visions of the seji
Translation sent
To aid Mr. Moak with his
painting, Mr. Dahl sent him a
clubs.
. Until (hat time, his painting sparkling in his eyes, Moak
of clipper ships was done says that he has that call con-
weekends and evenings. Now slanfly and ‘that’s why I go to
he devotes fulltime to cap tur San Francisco, Houston, or
ing (he sea and the old sailing Galveston every month or six
crafts, according to the Park weeks,’ ” the story said.
Ridge (111,) Advocate.
“A stickler for details,
Smokoy (as he is called by
friends) followed that charac- translation of a story about
(eristic in his painting for the crossing of the Restaura-
King Olav. Noils Lauritz Dahl, tion in 1825, as prepared by
the then consul general from the League of Norsemen in
Norway and now Minister to Oslo. A photocopy of a metal
Stockholm, sent lo Olso for a etching of the slooper, for
dozen pictures of a 75 to 80- sale in Norway, was also en-
year oi l model of the Rcstau- closed by Mr. Dahl,
ration nidi si amis in the The story entitled Norway
riariimo museum, a treasured in America, read in part;
“The sloop Restauration,
with Norwegian emigrants, de-
fies the dangers of the ocean—
an honorable stock for USA’s
development.
“1075 commemorates the 150
years anniversary for the ex-
pedition, which marks the
art object of the Norwegian
community,” the Park Ridge
newspaper reported.
“The painting was so true to
the original ship that Moak
helped a fellow craftsman,
Gary Anderson of Merced,
Calif,, wilh details of his
model of the same ship in a l“,l“
bottle. Anderson learned of Norwegian emigrants’ grand
Moak through the Smithsonian
Institute, where, incidentally,
day. History is attached to
their conduct, morals, hard
work and prosperity. They are
the foundation on which the
American society of today
hold a great understanding for
people of nordlc descent.
, “Several religious sects
*were founded in Norway' in
the beginning ofl800.s, among
others the Quakers. These had
a special tie to America, where
the sect already constituted a
large social element.
“In Norway, however, this
religious persuation was less
accepted, if anything, rather
persecuted. The sect was most-
ly widespread in the Stavanger
area.
“It became especially pre-
carious during tiie 1820s and
the thought of getting away to
the country which offered
work and religious freedom in
a new world was enticing.
“Members of ‘Vennernes
Samfund' (The Friends’ So-
ciety) the Quarker’s congre-
gation in Stavanger, that is
Cleng Peerson and Knut Eide,
could tell of the new world
and the possibilities the sect
could anticipate there.
“In 1821 these two gentle-
men were sent over to further
investigate the possibilities of
permanent settlements. The
history does not tell much of
Eide’s efforts, as he died in
New York before the investi-
gations were started.
"Cleng Peerson, and only
him, may rightfully be called
"Norewlgian emigrants’ fath-
er’. It is historically known
that Harold Fairhair unified
Norway — the fact that Cleng
Peerson founded Norway in
America, must become known.
“Cleng was born at Tysvaer
May 17, 1788. He went lo sea
early and learned several lan-
guages.
“It was not just anybody ’Vcn-
nernes Samfund' had chosen to
find a suitable settlement. In
1824 Clenk was again among
the congregation in Stavanger
and presented his report, upon
which the sect made their de-
cision to look for a suitable
ves-sel and shipcarpenter Lars
Larson from Jciland was
chosen to arrange this matter.
“Larson found a reconstruct-
ed jekt (a small cargo boat
wilh half deck and sail. Ori-
ginally the boat was from Har-
danger, built in 1801 and
sailed with herring to Gothen-
burg andreturned with grain
from Helsingor.
"The jekt’s name was then
. _
Emanuel and the owner was
Simonsen. The jekt was taken
over in 1820 by a new owner,
who reconstructed it in Eger
sund.
“It was a massive change
from, tile small cargo boat to
close to a sloop. The capacity
was increased from 33 to 38
gross register tons.
“The ship was renamed to
Hapct (The Hope) before the
reconstruction, but after the
reconstruction it was called
Restauration. But money was
needed.
“Larson sold everything he
owiied and with the aid of six
other families who followed
his example, the money for the
boat and the voyage was se-
cured.
“Larson became the leader
for the voyage. He owned, by
the way, the greatest part of
the ship.
“In addition he was seaman by
trade from his younger days
and the fact that he spoke
English was a great asset. He
was the absolute leader for the
voyage, which he thoroughly
showed.
“The men onboard were
weather-beaten seafaring men,
but the women and children
had to go through dramatic
episodes because of the
moodyness of the ocean. This
time the ship was not stacked
with ‘herring in barrels,’ but
the sloop was crammed full of
people.
“Larson signed on a captain
by the name of Lars O. Hol-
land and a mate from Bergen.
52 persons altogether were
stacked onboard.
“The day of departure, July
4, 1825, when Restauration
left the port of Stavanger, had
great significance. It was the
independence day of United
States of America and thereby
the symbol of the freedom the
Quakers were going to.
“There were pale faces of
the closest family and curious
people who waved to the
Sloop as it sailed out of the
harbor with the wish ‘God
bless this daring ship.’
“The crossing took 14
weeks and it is not to be de-
nied that it was far from any
picnic. They were close to
being seized in the English
Channel, where they had
anchored and rowed ashore
to exchange money for liquor.
“This was not prohibited in
Norway at that time, but in
England it Was illegal. How-
ever, they got away quickly
and the situation was saved
this time.
“At the port of Funchal in
Maderia the cannons of the
fort were aimed at the sloop
as they thought it was a
plague-stricken ship without
the flag flying. A ship from
Bremen, which was anchored,
hailed the ship and advised
them to fly the flag which was
soon done.
“Among the pleasures dur-
ing the crossing was the invi-
tation from the American Con-
sul at Funchals to a feast for
the emigrants and who at the
same time'gave them new sup-
plies of food and ample sup-
plies of fruit...
“Three days later, July 31,
the sloop sailed out of the har-
- bor. This time the fort fired,
but it was a salute in honor of
, the rough Norwegian emi-
grants.
“They fought the sea for 10
strenuous weeks. During the
voyage Mrs. Larson gave birth
to a girl. On October 9, 1825,
the first Norwegian emigrant
1 ship, the sloop Restauration
arrived at New York Harbor
with 53 persons on board.
“Who else but the ‘father”
Cleng Peerson received the
hawser and moored the sloop.
Cleng did not participate in
the crossing; he had traveled
via Gothenburg by a faster
ship in order to arrive in New
York to prepare for the arri-
val of the emigrants,” the arti-
cle said.
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
Dear Sir:
In answer to Mrs. M. H.
Hall, the following letter was
sent:
Like many other govern-
apopinted to render decisions.
Our freedoms will be pre-
served only if we exercise our
right, and thus, insure that our
rrent bureaus or commissions, future is as great as ,our past
it is necessary to constantly P.S. Did you see Madeiyn
remind the FCC that they Murray O’Hare on a national
were established for the bene- TV talk program about three
fit of the people. The FCC- weeks ago?
Boren featured in
Chicago news story
James Boren of Clifton was
featured in an article on West-
ern art which appeared re-
cently in the Chicago Daily
News.
Writer Craig Endicott de-
scribed a ridge as a “daily
vigil on the banks of the Bos-
que River in north central
Texas, and the cowboy is
famed cowboy artist James
Boren, riding his Appaloosa.”
Endicott continued::
“The ride is both exhilara-
tng and relaxing. It takes Bor-
en away from 12 hours at the
easel, lets him check the con-
dition of his 20 head of cattle
grazing on the 175-acre ranch
and places him in the scrub
cedar and live oak he cuts to
stoke the east iron stove in his
studio.”
Works produced by Western
artists such as Clifton’s James
Boren “have risen in value 20
per cent a year, year after
year,” according to Endicott.
“James Boren’s watercolors
command prices of $600 to $3,-
000, while His oils range from
$400 to $8,000. His pastels go
for $700 to $1,000,” the story ‘
went on.
Major oils, 24 by 36 inches, .
by such Western artists as
Melvin Warren ol Clifton,
bring $12,000 to $15,000, ac-
cording to Endicott.
“Boren, son of a minister
who ushered his family from
church camp to church camp,
from the Red River to the
Rio Grande, says nostalgic
paintings are his best sellers.
Those are ones showing the
qualities of honesty, fairness,
a sense of responsibility, integ-
rity and forthrightness in their
subjects,” the Chicago Daily
News article continued.
“When I paint an old,
weatherbeaten, broken - down
farmhouse, where I once knew
the people who live there, it
is easier to evoke a mood, to
show it once was vibrant and
alive when kids used to swing
on the picket gate,” the story
quoted the Clifton artist as
commenting.
was initially established to
grant licenses to those re-
questing one to build and opc-
. rate radio stations.
Naturally, as time passed,
this authority came to include
other forms of communica-
tions, i.e. TV, etc. This was
their specific purpose.
However, we find ourselves
in a situation whereby we,
the people, must make every
effort to protect our interest
If this necessitates sending
thousands of letters, then, so
be it.
Fortunately, they are still
public servants in this coun-
try, and it is our obligation as
well as our privilege, to keep
them informed of this fact. At
this tune it could be a nebu-
lous possibility rather than a
realistic probability.
However, our opinions must
be based on what is probable
or improbable after a
thorough examination of all
obtainable and relevant data,
and this information should be
sent to those who have been
Gloria Moseley
Cliftpij ,
Dear Mr. Jordan:
I am enclosing a copy of
printed material The Meridian
Tribune carried on the front
page last week.
We hope you will have the
courage to reprint it in The Clif-
ton Record as soon as you have
space. We love our children!
We love the Record and love
Clifton and all its people.
Gratefully,
Winona V. Moorman
Alma W. Moorman
Editor’s Note: A letter to the
editor by Mrs. Gloria Moseley
of Clifton, on page 2 of last
week’s issue dealt with this sub-
ject.
Clifton visitor
Visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Kuykendall has been
Mr. Kuykendall’s sister, Mrs.
Gladys Moore of El Paso.
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A Painting by
Robert Monk
American Marine Artist
Painted for King Olav V
Robert Moak, a native of Baytown, Texas and now a resident of
Park Ridge, Illinois, was commissioned to paint the historical Norwe-
gian Sloop “Restauration.” In October, 1975, the original oil painting
was presented to His Majesty Olav V, King of Norway, at a Royal Sesqui-
centennial Luncheon given in honor of His Majesty's visit to the United
States. Among the many dignitaries from Europe and the U. S., at which
Mr. and Mrs. Moak were honored guests, was The Honorable Dan Walk-
er, Governor of the State of Illinois.
A limited number of full color lithograph prints, 22” x 28”, were re-
produced from the original 28” x 38” painting before it was presented
to King Olav V ... then following the time honored custom, the print-
ing plates were destroyed. Only a few of these realistic and colorful
prints are still available. Robert Moak, the painter, has sketched a pen-
cil rendition of quaint old sailing craft on the border of each remain-
ing print; signed it, thereby creating an Artist’s Edition “Remarque”
Series, which are substantially increased in value, and they will con-
tinue to increase in value over the years because no more prints can
ever be made.
The original painting, which now hangs in the Royal Palace in Oslo,
Norway, is an important addition to the private collection of King Olav,
who is himself a sailor of note. He holds the World’s Champion Olympic
Gold Medal in 5 metre yacht racing.
If vou appreciate fully fine marine art, and can thrill to the sight of a
ship under full sail — in harmony with the sea — then a one-of-a-kind
remarque print of this magnificient painting is for you. Available eith-
er in a rich and appropriate frame with glass suitable for immediate
hanging, or without frame. Shipped prepaid.
Framed Print only $165
Print only $150
, Allow approximately 10 days for delivery.
Send Check or Money Order to:
ROBERT MOAK
729 South Prospect Avenue
Park Ridge, Illinois 60068
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