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D drgoat456 Member Tucson Joined: May 28, 2008 Posts: 505	D drgoat456 Posted posted on Thu, Jan 15, 2009 9:52 AM Tikitucson & Babalu ....I am totally with you. We moved to tucson in '52 (I was 2) with my Uncle, Charles Clement. He did alot of public art around town, most of alot of which is gone,. but some of it stills sits there, the big fountain downtown behind the old courthouse bldg., several mosaic murals, one in the economic bldg. at the U of A and one at the Jewish Community Center. He did alot of work with DeGrazia, who is good, but he seems to get more of his share of the limelight. He was a good salesman, for sure. Charlie and Maurice were some of the founding members of the Tucson Art Guild (Southern Ariz. Art Guild) (along with Cabot, Ruth Brown, Bertha Wright and others). We had many get togethers with the Grossmans, we basically all grew up together (Maurice's kids, etc). We still see Maurice a few times a year, though he didn't look to good last time, getting old. He spent the whole day at my wife and my wedding cracking up everybody doing different accents etc. We love him dearly. Tucson has always had more than its share of talented people. I'll try to take some pics of Maurices stuff that we have soon. He made a beautiful square urn for my Uncles cremated remains we have in our livingroom. We spred the remains in the Tucson Mtns. but kept the Urn. Mahalo & Ciao [ Edited by: drgoat456 2009-01-15 10:29 ]

Tikitucson & Babalu ....I am totally with you. We moved to tucson in '52 (I was 2) with my Uncle, Charles Clement. He did alot of public art around town, most of alot of which is gone,. but some of it stills sits there, the big fountain downtown behind the old courthouse bldg., several mosaic murals, one in the economic bldg. at the U of A and one at the Jewish Community Center. He did alot of work with DeGrazia, who is good, but he seems to get more of his share of the limelight. He was a good salesman, for sure. Charlie and Maurice were some of the founding members of the Tucson Art Guild (Southern Ariz. Art Guild) (along with Cabot, Ruth Brown, Bertha Wright and others). We had many get togethers with the Grossmans, we basically all grew up together (Maurice's kids, etc). We still see Maurice a few times a year, though he didn't look to good last time, getting old. He spent the whole day at my wife and my wedding cracking up everybody doing different accents etc. We love him dearly. Tucson has always had more than its share of talented people. I'll try to take some pics of Maurices stuff that we have soon. He made a beautiful square urn for my Uncles cremated remains we have in our livingroom. We spred the remains in the Tucson Mtns. but kept the Urn.
Mahalo & Ciao

[ Edited by: drgoat456 2009-01-15 10:29 ]

Post #428904 by drgoat456 on Thu, Jan 15, 2009 9:52 AM