The University Of Dayton’s Marian Library Gallery Will Incorporate An Exhibit Of Sculptures By Cincinnati Artist Barbara Trauth, Who Creates Small-Scale Works Alongside A Special Feel For Mary, The Mother Of Jesus.

“Between Heaven and Earth : Small Sculptures of Our Lady” will run Wed., February 1, through Sunday, April 15, on the seventh floor of Roesch Library. Hours are 8:30 a.m. To 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday and Sunday by appointment by calling 937-229-4214.

Trauth will be available for an artist’s reception in the gallery seven p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.

“There exists a definite contrast between Trauth’s sculptures and her 2-D art,” announced the Rev. Johann Roten, S.M, Marian Library director of analysis and special projects. “The paintings are of strongly figurative nature conveying the tranquil beauty of youngsters and nature. Her sculptures show a marked expressionist inclination.

“Reminiscent of some of the famous German artists of the mid-twentieth century,eg Kaethe Kollwitz, her small sculptures illustrate how much humans find themselves torn between heaven and earth, between the dynamism of the spirit and the gravity of worldly realities.”

The exhibit features ten little sculptures and fifteen acrylics and watercolors, many featuring children and the landscape around Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, where Mary reportedly seemed to youngsters in 1981.

Born in Cincinnati, Trauth graduated from Edgecliff Varsity with a qualification in fine humanities with a concentration in sculpting. She worked as an illustrator for Gibson Greeting Cards Inc, Shillito’s dept. store and the Cincinnati Post and Cincinnati Enquirer papers.

School of Dayton’s Marian Library / International Marian Research Institute is an internationally recognised center for the principles of Mary, the mum of Jesus, and holds the planet’s largest collection of printed materials and artifacts dedicated to her. The collection includes more than 100,000 books and pamphlets in more than 50 languages, and a vast collection of just about 3,000 Nativity sets and Marian art from around the world, writes tagza.com.