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Show Springville Art Exhibit Draws Crowd BY MAE HUNTINGTON' The art exhibit at the Springville high school is attracting larger and larger crowds each week. The auditorium audi-torium was filled practically all day Sunday with admiring visitors from far and near. The opinion that so far as quality is concerned, this is the finest exhibit yet held seems to be universal. Though Sunday is the favored day for out-of-town visitors, each day of the week attracts its quota of interesting groups. Several ladies' clubs from Salt Lake and from neighboring Utah county towns have been in attendance; several ort classes from the B. Y. U. under the direction of B. F. Larson and E. H. Eastrhond hove attended repeatedly; re-peatedly; groups from Granite, Bingham, Pleasant Grove, North Summit, Provo and East highs and from Snow college have come. Practically all the Utah artists whose works arc hung in the gall-qry.'as gall-qry.'as wt1!! as many others who are not exhibiting this year have made one or many trips here during the past three weeks. Prominent men in church, civic, and political lire find their wav to the eallerv time and time again. Most of the important im-portant towns of Utah have been represented, either by prominent citizens or by school groups or civic c lulis. Nor is the attendance limited to Utah residents, for at least a dozen states are found represented on the official register. Utah Taini-ers ! J. T. Harwood, dean of Utah painters, In his canvases, "Boats of St. Trope," "Old Olive Mill" and "Sea Strands," reveals the refinement, refine-ment, the dignity, and the skill that have come to characterize his works. "Boats of St. Trope" is a delightful de-lightful harmony in clear bright colors, depicting a group of fishing boats at the wharf. Especially interesting are the foreign subjects of A. B. Wright, done during his recent studies abroad. "St. Germain L' Auxerrois" is the interior of an old church in . which one looks over the tops of forsaken pews, past the altar at the front, and straighl into the colorful harmony of an old Gothic window. "Citadellc du Mont Al-ban" Al-ban" and "Bruges, Belgium," are Mr. Wright's other canvases included in-cluded in the exhibit. Interesting Protraito In the variety of subjects by Lee Greene Richards we have evidence of the versatility of the artist. His 1 "Golden October"' is a vivid landscape land-scape revealing the artist's warm sympathy for the great out-of-doors. His broad handling gives one the sense of expansive hillsides, and his golden tints, suggestive greens, and delicate cream browns unit harmoniously to reveal the lavish richness of Indian summer. His "Sunflowers" is a powerful sympathetic production that has called forth much favorable comment com-ment during Ite exhibition. Perhaps Per-haps the outstanding canvas by this artist is "Alfred Lambourne, Poet," in which he has shown the "rare ability to make a portrait live." Other portraits of interest are those of Gordon Cope: "Berenice," (Continued On Page Six) SPRINGVILLE ART EXHIBIT DRAWS (Continued From Page One) "The Sculptor," and "The Artist's Brother." In his painting Mr. Cope displays a pleasing frankness, rind originality, and a daring spirit that promise much for his success in poi traitui e. Outstanding both in interest and in artistic achivement are the paintings of B. F. Larson. His "Trees in Spain" reveals the subtle friendliness and understanding of one who loves them and has learned to see them, and to read their message. Of even greater interest are his two sketches of Cord est, France, "Thrashers" and "La Bat ba cane a Coides." The latter, which pictures the huge citadel at a strategic point on the great wall surrounding this quaint medieval city, is an im- piPHsive mass of rock and stone masonry. But it. is something beyond be-yond that it is the essence of medieval chivalry, symbol of feudal strength, embodiment of man's hopes and fears through the ages. It vera Us the impressive truth in the words nf te poet: "A city is not builded in a day: Te town cannot complete her soul Till countless generations pass away." IN it is seen the rich, delightful color that time under the stress of wind arid weather- gives to rock and stone, but it has taken the artist art-ist to make us see its beauty. It has taken an artist of courage to make great inflexible massiveness tho subject of a painting and pass it through the alchemy of an artist's soul into a thing of beauty with the mystery of creation still clinging to it Te nainting has the very distinctive honor of being hung in the Spring Salon in Paris last year. Vrovo Artlsts It has been said that no artist surpasses J. H. Stansfield in painting paint-ing misty effects in his landscapes; and in no picture exhibited at Spiingville has he shown this; ability more effectively than in "Morning." The canvas is not a large one, but it has a world of sentiment and suggestiveness in its mist - filled valley. Mr. Stansfield glories in varying shades of gray and delicate blues, and his canvases can-vases show a mastery in the handling hand-ling and blending of them. In "ZiJn Sunshine" O. D. Campbell Camp-bell has created a striking effect bv throwing a marvellous shaft of light over a picturesque wall of Zion's canyon thus making it stand out in sharp contrast to the deeply-shadowed deeply-shadowed opposite ledge. He has used strong colors, carefully and bar moniously blended with str ength and vigor worthy of, the mighty subject he has portrayed. Timpanogos is the theme of his other canveses; in the one he has a study in pleasing color harmony and design; in the other the fine effect of Hgbt on Utah's famous mountain. Evans Is Bavk ' An artist whose works are welcomed wel-comed back after an absence of several sev-eral years is Edwin Evans, who is represented in a still life canvas and two powerful mountain sketches. The latter, especially, have called forth much favorable comment; they reveal so clearly the fearless individuality, the vitality!, vital-ity!, and the intellectual depth of the artist. Much that is commendatory might be said of many other of the state's exhibitors, but space will not permit more than a list of the remaining ones. They are: E. H. Eastmond, J. F. Russon, Henri Moser, V. O. Hafen, William J. Parkinson, LaVonne Vincent, Cornelius Cor-nelius Salisbury, Rose Howard Salisbury, Florence Ware, Corrine Damon Adams, Esther Paulsen, Bessie Bancroft, Helma Mole and Norman Provencieo. |