The West Coast Years
(1910 to 1931)
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Oregonian, Dec 11, 1925 - Portland Library, Oregon
PAINTING TO BE BOUGHT PIONEERS EXPECT TO OWN GEGOUX'S WORK 
Purchase price of picture will be $5000, of which $1000 has been subscribed. One thousand dollars has already been subscribed toward the purchase of the oil painting by Theodore Gegoux, "The Inception of the Birth of Oregon," it was announced yesterday by David S. Stearns, past president of the Pioneer association, who is treasurer of the fund. It is proposed to raise the sum of $5000 as the purchase price of the picture, which is 8 feet high by 12 wide and depicts the memorable incident at Champoeg when the pioneers adopted a representative form of government. This sum will in addition cover the purchase price of portraits of 29 mayors of Portland. The painting was placed in one of the windows of the J. K. Gill company's store yesterday noon and will remain there during the progress of the campaign for funds, it was announced. The Oregon Pioneer association has taken the lead in the plan to purchase the picture and also paintings of 29 of the mayors of Portland. The committee in charge of the movement is made up of members of the Pioneer association and includes the following: It was announced that Mrs. V. C. Northrup and Mr. Wolverton have been authorized to receive subscriptions and turn them over to the treasurer of the fund. Outstanding subscriptions received to date, it was announced by Mr. Stearns, include the following: There are also a large number of smaller subscriptions. Theodore Gegoux, the artist who painted the famous painting which was for a number of years on exhibition at Champoeg, is now in bad health and has gone to Los Angeles. |
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