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Warrenville, the town the Albright painters worked out of
Warrenville, Illinois
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Julius Warren claimed land on the West Branch of the DuPage River in 1833, put up an inn, a gristmill and the first stagecoach line, and got the town named after himself. In 1924 the painter Adam Emory Albright bought a disused 1858 Methodist church here and turned it into a studio and gallery for his family. His twin sons worked in it: Malvin as a sculptor, and Ivan, who painted the decaying portrait MGM commissioned for the 1945 film of The Picture of Dorian Gray. The historical society reopened the studio as the town museum.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
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