Show r t AT I14 j ASTICLE IT Editors Herald Pollowingfthe plan laid out at the beginning these articles I find next in order on the list of pictures exhibited at the Territorial Pair a collection of landscape paintings by Reuben Kirkham of Logan Utah Among the collection were Calders Lake Haights Grove three scenes in Logan Canyon Holbrooks Canyon and a composition compo-sition picture entitled fiiy Sketch Book The prevailing feature of the works of this artist is the udmistakable carelessness of handling Many of the paintings indicate good taste in the selection of the subject and considerable ability in the sketch but all lack the evidences of study patience and artistic attention to detail The pictures impress one with the idea that they are mere sketches made for the purpose of future enlargement enlarge-ment and elaboration rather than finished paintings in which light the artist seems to hold them Calders Lake has some very good effects but the lack of contrast in the harmony of color gives the work an air of crudeness which is not admissible in a subject of this character It is clear that the artist could have made a very nice picture of this sketch if he had given it more careful treatment Haights Grove showed the same feeling of indifference which when so plainly manifest prejudices the spectator against whatever of merit the work therwise possesses A winter scene in Logan canyon showed a better feeling than the other works in many respects While the same general lack of care was manifest the effect of the picture pic-ture was such as to render its good qualities more noticeable Another I scene in Logan canyon in which an idea of sunlight under a peculiar cloudy mist was attemptedwas very unfortunate in its effect If the artist ar-tist saw a scene such as one can imagine im-agine he must have done to have caused this attempted portrayal he should have been at once convinced that it was entirely beyond his powers pow-ers Such works are the cause of lack of appreciation for the general productions of his easel and will explain ex-plain to some extent the indifference indiffer-ence manifested in his other works of more merit In a marine picture on exhibition this gentleman was rather happy in a certain effect of light introduced but he again allowed al-lowed his lack of care to mar its object ob-ject His last and smallest work My Sketch Book is a monument of his ability to produce good things and is an incontestable evidence evi-dence of the truth of these criticisms criti-cisms on his indifferent treatment of other works This little picture is very meritorious merito-rious and is the one redeeming feature fea-ture in the collection Smaller and I less pretentious than any other one of the pictures it has an intrinsic value exceeding In a great degree that of any oilier one of his works It was immediately purchased by Mr D F Walker who became its owner just in time to deprive the writer of its possession If the ar tist will learn the lesson so plainly indicated by the production and appreciation ap-preciation of this little picture it will add a charm and a saleability to his works which they have not so far been blessed with Mr Kirk ham has many friends who anxiously anx-iously hope that he will give his best attention to future works producing pro-ducing only such as he can afford to do well and forever abandoning the careless scenepainting effect shown I in so many of his pictures A change in this direction with a little lit-tle more care in the selection of his paints will bring the gentleman to a standard far above his present plane Now comes the work of Mr Carl Dahlgren a scene at Lake Side Utah This gentleman has left Utah temporarily but this picture was aamittecl in i competition because be-cause he was a Utah artist It is not unlikely that he will return to us and should he do so will find more appreciation than his talents met with while previously among us This picture showed a charming idea of color which while very modest and entirely I en-tirely fr > u from iiio striking results attendant upon vigorous contrasts was very eiTeuuvu It is a question I it Mr Dahlgren had an equal here i ii iuu hc < j liiuing In the work 1 referred to all who know the lo euii re aWtire of the relic a > lic cy of the picture and while all I the effects of detail are introduced wan iuaiuiouiatical truthfulness the I poetic feeling and delicate touch of tho attlbi t areeverywhere apparent I without the distortion of a single feature It was not stated who owned tit iwiutj but its possessor is to be congratulated Mr Dahlgren will not be forgotten in Utah while this charming memento remains with us Fittingly introduced by Mr Dahl gren next in order conies the ex hibit of Mr Daniel Weggeland our own inimitable and invincible Dan at once the pride and envy of all local talent What he can do and what he cannot do is illustrated by the price you pay him or the figure he expects to realize on his productions I His works on exhibition are Benmcms Farm Rosebank Cot tage portraits in oil India ink and crayon In the line of paintings he I was poorly represented being on this occasion as he usually istoo indifferent to attempt to make a display dis-play Bennions Farm while it is by no means a good specimen of his work goes to shew something of his capability i Rosebank Cottage the property of1 Mr Dye in the Twentieth ward evinces talent which is altogether tee rare in this vicinity It is a convincing con-vincing reminder of the fact that the gentleman is at home in almost any department of painting This little picture unassuming it is and full of dry detail as it necessarily necessar-ily must be shows the hand of an artist in an unmistakable manner and defective though it may be in some particulars is a fine study for the young artists of Utah i The oil portraits while very fair were not by any means the best of Mr Weg elands pictures There was in the face of the male portrait a Japanese flatness which is altogether alto-gether unusual in the works of this artist The effect evidently was due to a bad arrangement of light The companion picture was much superior supe-rior in this particular The portraits of Bishop Hunter and Dimick Huntington Esq were I finely touched and while of course in an artistic sense they for obvious reasons cannot rank very highly I there was particularly in the Bishops Bish-ops picture an artistic freedom and an entire absence of stiffness The portraits were fine specimens of this class of work and were lifelike to a surprising degree Mr Weggeland should have bean much more fully represented than he wasinjthis collection indeedif it had not been for the pictures Dourris and Spot and Spot on Duty the joint work of himself and Mr Tullidge the gentleman might almost as well have failed to exhibit at all as upon the mind one acquainted with his versatility versa-tility and his capacity to produce almost anything the exhibit made by him would leave the impression im-pression of a vastly different character to that of Mr Weggeland Too much cannot be said of him as an artist too little cannot be said of him as a financier His lack of financial distinction will hang to him through life unless some convulsion con-vulsion of nature or something else akin wakehim up thoroughly to a sense of his capacity to make money if he would but utilize his talents in a business way Dan ought to be by this time able to devote his attention to some great works which should forever stand as a monument of his ability instead of which he is constantly struggling for the necessaries of subsist rice The distinction of being at the head of Utah artists with merely a local reputation is not great enough for a man of Mr Weggelands talents tal-ents and if he attain nothing more than this no one can be bJamed but himself Having reached the portrait department de-partment I cannot do better than close this article with a short notice of the portrait painting by Mr W Armitage First on the list and first in merit of all the portraits was that of Mr Glass the father of Mr J B Glass of this city As to the accuracy of the likeness I know nothing but have the assurance of the friends of the gentleman that it is almost perfect As to the finish of the picture the fleshlike delicacy deli-cacy of texture there was but one 1 opinion It was incomparably ahead of anything in the collection showing show-ing as it did the touch of one who realized that to be natural the face of a human being must seem to grow upon the canvas without leaving leav-ing any traces of the method of production pro-duction The flesh seemed warmed wittt the lifeblood of humanity and beamed with the radiance natural to the countenance of the superior race being free from that picture like effect so often apparent A picture pic-ture of Dr Whites little boy showed delicate treatment but was marred by an unnatural background Mr Armitage who is now indisposed will we hope soon be restored to health and give to Utah many other works of a similarly meritorious character Another letter next Sunday M |