Show I Collection of Paintings tP to Go G to Denver The collection of or paintings brought to Salt Lake by William Morris will be besent b besent sent to Denver and there them exhibited In Inthe inthe the Boutwell gallery It is rather strange that a collection of this excellence should not have aroused greater interest among amont the people of taste and discrimination tion in lii this city elt for there is a class of ot that character in Salt Lake City The rue local artists however r complain bitterly of lack of interest in local art and while art is not confined c to any special lo to locality elli people usually show some appreciation appreciation elation of their environment There Is probably no city of or Its size In this coun country country country try where there ther are as many man talented artists as In Salt SaIL Lake City Certainly th there re are no more beautiful surround surroundings surroundIngs surroundIngs ings than Salt Lake Is blessed with Tide The Wasatch mountains on one side of or the beautiful valley aIle and the on the thc other There Is no part of the United dr States either cither where the cloud forms aTe ar more and n beautiful This valley Is a continual inspiration ri to the artist It is very vey ey much to be re regretted regretted regretted that the local artists have to look elsewhere el for patronage When men like Harwood Richards Culmer Hafen Hat n nand and Hon Young Yoting the sculptor are ar neg it does docs not speak well for tor local appreciation Lee Green Richards both and landscape artist is going to enrich Mr Ir Morris collection with several canvases All of them are of the very ery highest gual ity It nothing commercial or commonplace In any an of or them One of ot them Is a moon light marine ma ine It Is a quiet bay scene scent with some orne vessels lying at anchor The buoyancy of the vessels Is well Illus mus trat d The transparent character of the water and the long undulating motion of the water la Is well shown The sky sk is re in the tho placid waters of the bay ba The picture suggests rest and peace Another of this tills artists work is a 11 wood land lane The Tho sun Is setting and the tho waning light is distributed throughout the tIle distant di tant foliage This is an Isolated and I I I unfrequented spot A deer Is standing at atthe atthe atthe the edge of the woods and it gives one the feeling of remoteness and solitude The richness of the verdure on the moss covered rocks adds a delicious color quality to tho the scene which Is one of great poetic power Harwood has a painting of the Wasatch mountains in the early evening which is full rull of quiet beauty b aut The scene Is a afew a afew afew few miles south of this city The pur purple purple pie shadows are arc resting over the moun mountains mountains mountains except the highest peak which is touched with a gleam of ot departing light The shadows are very verv erv transparent ent showing the depths of the canyons clearly The foreground Is on the level plain that runs right up lip to the foot of the mountains and on the plain that Is covered with the cool green sagebrush Is an Indian encampment which adds a human as well as historical interest for the Indians arc are a part of our imme diate history and win WI have hae a stronger stroner historical interest to thosa thorn who come aft after after after er us Certainly the people who appreciate the beauty of this scene should at least avail themselves of the opportunity of seeing some of these beautiful paint i ings Saturday will be the last day daJ of the I exhibition as the tile collection will be re removed rei removed i moved to Denver Dener on Monday |