| Show bATH OF NOTED ARTIST PAINTED SOME OF SALT LAKE THEATER SCENERY Joseph A De La Hnrpe Who Lived in Salt Lake Over Twenty Years Ago Dies in Brooklyn TRIBUNE SPECIAL New York Feb 14The death this week of Joseph A De la Ilarpc in Brooklyn takes away one of Americas host scenic artists When 7 years old hq was taken by Ills mother lo Salt Lake where they resided for many years Joseph showed his talents at an early age and as an artist he became acquainted with the wilds of the Rock ies He was guide for several survey lug mining and geological parties He aided In the survey of lie roughest part of the Union Pacific railway in the Weber and Echo canyons on Brig ham Youngs contract He remained in Utah till he was 21 years old his last employment being to sketch and paint from caged specimens the wild animals of the Rocky mountain region for Brig ham Young The pictures were Intend ed for the Salt Lake City museum but many of them arc now In the Smithsonian Smith-sonian museum at Washington D C He distinguished himself as a portrait painter and his portraits of Brigham Young Heber C Kimball Daniel H WMIs Joseph and Ilyrum Smith and other notables of the Mormon church are among the valued paintings In the Mormon Temple He painted the actn S cry for the Salt Lake Theater of which BrIgham Young was the proprietorS proprietor-S Chief Carpenter James Evans of tho Salt Lake Theater who has been con npclcd with the Theater ever since It was built knew De la Hirpc very well when the latter lived here Mr Evan Bays DC Harpe was very well known nbout Salt Lake twenty odd years ngo and was generally well llled Ho live here for many years with his mother I and stepfather and took his llrst lessons In painting In Salt Lake Mr I t Evans can remember that De la Hurpo painted paint-ed some of Iho scenery of the Theater and says he has heard from time to lime of DC la Hurpe and learned of the great work the latter was doing as a scenic painter Mr De la Harpcs mother married Octave XlrBcnbach In early days a watchmaker but later and for many years in Godbes drug store The won will be better remembered by oldtim ers as Joseph Urscnbach |
