European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1947, Darmstadt, Hesse Artists tribute former i Leslie Lane has toured Europe painting scenes close by the cemeteries where american soldiers Are buried almost a year ago Leslie a former bad an he was in the Little French town of Villeneuve Surau vers painting the tranquil Meadows surrounding the american military Ceme Tery if i were to paint the pleas ant Countryside around the cemeteries where american soldiers Are he i could show the paintings to the families of these gis when i get Back to the it could be a tribute to them for what these Guys did for their the idea stuck and with the Money hed saved in the Lane bought a jeep and with his Young French started out to tour Amer ican military cemeteries in their jeep took them Miles without a Flat covering Luxem the swe England and Lane worked painting thirty four churches and the views from thirty seven Montmartre he set to work to get his paintings before the he decided his Best bet would be to invite the French press to a show in his Catherine cleaned the Hung the pictures and sent out the practically every body turned out including Marlene an old Friend of the reviews were especially Over the artists manner of paying tribute to the families of the men who fell in and Lane planning to hold a Public exhibition in Paris sometime this Lane has ambitious after his work is shown in he proposes to tour the Pacific until he has painted All the american military then he wants to take his paintings to America for in the introduction to the catalogue he has Lane writes my work is a tribute to you parents and relatives of the finest american men our returning to his weekend photographs nation has a v pc v old belgian woman has adopted Graves of americans killed in two lilt pro j in country to j o Jeslie Here painting in his Montmartre believed relatives of the american dead would prefer to see the surroundings in which their loved ones were buried rather than cemeteries r v
