Butts-Meriwether-Upson County GaArchives News.....O. W. Lewis December 1894
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Jackson Argus – December 1894
The subject of this sketch was born in Meriwether county at Woodbury.  He began 
to study his profession, that of art, at Thomaston.  He took lessons from that 
noted lady, Mrs. Sandwich, and finally graduated from Cooper Union and 
Metropolitan Institute, New York.  He taught his first class at Thomaston and 
his pupils were inspired in the heavenly vocation from the start.  His next 
class was at Americus, where he gave entire satisfaction, and proved himself a 
true master of his profession.  He was next, in 1894, engaged by J. C. 
Blasingame, president of the Jackson Institute.  His work here has given more 
than satisfaction, for our people have learned to love the noble qualities of 
the man as well as his vocation.  He teaches the beginners pencil drawing with 
so much ease and interest that before they are aware of their attainments they 
can draw so well that, not only their parents, but they themselves, are 
surprise at their work.  His crayon work is mastered so easily, that his pupils 
hardly realize how they attained to it so nicely.  He is a perfect master when 
it comes to pastelle and oil paintings.

‘The one thing attached to Mr. Lewis that makes his services so much sought and 
appreciated, is the faculty he possesses of imparting his knowledge to and 
inspiring others with a desire to become the master of this noble vocation that 
he himself is.  The walls of Jackson Institute are lined with pictures that 
would do credit to the grand old masters who have won for themselves fame, 
which are brought into existence in the Institute studio under the skillful 
touch of Prof. Lewis and those to whom he has this year been imparting his 
knowledge for the people of Jackson.




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