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Show Our Yesterdays ii: 1 : V : .-Mi i f- i'-..;- I !. ' j ; ' ,v.K - --w'.--- i, ; v..,.:-,;)fl"V ?! ' II J d-V;-: j ''jlj; " j Lake." This painting is a masterpiece master-piece as far as technique is concerned. con-cerned. H-armony of color and lines well drawn feature the post-impressionistic work of Max. Weijorek of Los Angeles, who is a new contributor contri-butor to the Springville movement. Creative spirit dominates his "Solicitation." Distinctive in the field of figure fig-ure painting are the portrayals of F. Louis Mora. His characters radiate vitality, soul and feeling. Hansen Puthuff, whose painting won a gold medal at the World's Fair at San Francisco, is exhibiting exhibit-ing one of his strongest paintings. Puthuff is an artist of international internation-al fame. His painting won the prize at the Springville exhibit last year. Present To School "The Little Fan" is the work of Albert Rosen t hall of Pennsylvania. Pennsyl-vania. Although he had never exhibited ex-hibited at Springville before, Mr. Rosenthall last year presented the high school with "A Lady in Silk," to stimulate their art project. pro-ject. Several of his paintings have been awarded medals at art expositions. ex-positions. Unique in Utah art is a. cubist piece by A. B. Wright of Salt -Lake. "Greeting" is a striking example of what is being done in the cubist school. Edwin Evans of Salt Lake, whose efforts along post-impressionistic lines are receiving commendation com-mendation in London, Paris and New York, has contributed one of his new paintings. The strength and solidity of his mountains are outstanding. Of the hundred paintings sent in by Utah artists, the majority are up to their usual high standing stand-ing and make a strong hnwlnp in Lake and Dr. Geom t . President of the Brigw ?; university. Musical number, furnished by musicians fV ! University of Utah and k" U. Superintendent R t I; the Springville high SCC j chairman. " The exhibit includes i ings and sixteen pieces"!1 ' ture belonging to the a and 210 paintings, rep! the work of more than loo artists, about one-third of ' are Utahns. Among the J" painters to enter this eMiihi F. C. Freizeke of New YoT ' sen Puthuff of Los Angele- ard Blossom Farley, New'v Charles P. Gruppe, New Y,i ' Elizabeth F. Washington of p delphia. 1 Springville, home of Cvr, Dallin and John Hafcn ei 1 the high school art asj'' idea in 1907, but until S,' J exhibits were not fixed T 1 events. More than $3500 s spent by the student body . ' school in promoting this . ' and prizes of $500 and' jW'' been posted as the purchassT : for the two paintings winninV, i purchase competition. Thes ! become paVt of the assocV ' gallery. (From Pasadena siarv ' Mav 1. lDid.) V' LOCAL AKTIST WINS H, FOB I'ICTUKE Bcnjaniin C. Brown ls a, $300 for His Canvas i r ? The Springville, Utah school annually awards a pri, ' 5500 in purchase of the besi painting sent for its exhibits the school. Benjamin C Brou' 120 North El Molino avenue p-dena, p-dena, is the winner this v'? the contest .,utl ; (From the Independent of April 2.), Ii)()7.) (jl'IC KHM(i OK AKT Friday evening, April 10, witnessed wit-nessed a notable, overflowing and enthusiastic audience seated and standing in the Second vard church. The hall was richly embellished em-bellished wiLh bunting and flower-eru, flower-eru, put in place by the teachers and pupils, who showed most praiseworthy interest and taste in preparing the display. Supt. N. K. Nielsen called order or-der and stated the object of the assembly, it being to receive and unveil pictures contributed by Utah artists as a nucIeiLs for a Springville ait gallery, to be under un-der the auspices of the public schools for the present. Music numbers were rendered by the school. John 1-lafen, our home artist, was the first speaker. He referred refer-red to art in general, and of its refining influences on home and country. J. B. Fairbanks of Payson was in hearty sympathy for the art movement in Springville. He urged urg-ed the cultivation of artistic instincts, in-stincts, which caused us to seek and see more of the divine beauties beau-ties surrounding us on every hand. Miss Aileen Dunn, representing the sixth grade, unveiled the following paintings, given by the following artists: The Wasateh Vnllev hv .Inhn i) property of the art institute. A I prize of $10 will be given for the j best drawing in black and white, and $20 for the best landscape photograph. The Springville public schools will award a special prize of $150 for the best painting by a Utah ; artist. wTnch will be added to its art collection. : ( Front the Springville Independ- rn( of December I t, 101 1.) THIICTEKN'TH AKT INSTITUTE Was formally opened at the high school by Gov. Wililam Spry Tuesday evening in the presence of a large and deeply interested audience. The large display was tastefully arranged, the lights ample and well placed, the hall warm and cosy. At 7 o'clock the Governor and party sat at a fine spread in the high school dining hall, prepared by Miss Frances Bird and her domestic science class, whicll elicited elicit-ed much favorable praise, and which, by the way was truly a work of art. j "Wc can live without picture, We can live without books. But civilized man cannot live without cooks." Frances is turn-ng turn-ng 'em out at wholesale. There were present from Salt Lake, Edwin Evans, president of Utah Art institute. Mr. and Mrs. George L. Smart, D. P. Felt and v i by beautiful lawns, trees and flowers, and all well kept. He paid a glowing tribute to the first settler who had subdued the I wilderness, leveled the rough places and made present conditions condi-tions possible. Paid tribute to the Utah artists and their work. When the state capitol was completed he would be glad to have all the I interior decorations done by Utah artists. In conclusion he said: "I now 1 take special pleasure in declaring declar-ing this Art Institute fully and formally open." J Mayor L. D. Deal made a short i address of welcome, in which he said: Springville was proud of the honor of displaying the work of the Utah artists. He referred especially, to our home artists, Dallin Dal-lin and Hafen, and mentioned the fact that our art collection consisted con-sisted of over twenty paintings by Utah artists and that one more, at least would be added from this art exhibit. The art of music which was being taught in the schools, he said, was bearing bear-ing good fruit, within the homes of this city. Last but not least, we will make mention of the musical quartet that played so sweetly and whose numbers the people enjoyed so thoroughly. Prof. Gudmundson and Kenneth Roylance are Springville Spring-ville boys and we take pleasure "Quaking Aspens" By John Hafen, one of the early pictures. The school children are . ing money by berry pickin.-odd pickin.-odd jobs to pay for the yearly ture, and In this way are 'S, ually making a fine collection :-their :-their art gallery. The Amen-Federation Amen-Federation Magazine at ington, D. C, mentions this sil did idea in a recent issue as a n' example for all schools to foi'i Mr. Brown's subject was "Sk, Hillside," representing the mc tains with the sagebrush in bf, and a valley with blue hills i0 distance. Hafcn; Evening in Salt Lake Valley, by Harwood; Liberty Park Lake, by Browning; The Girl in the Silk Dress, by Richards; Portrait Por-trait of Hafen and Seven Drawings, Draw-ings, by Young; A Bunch of Lilacs, by Mrs. George Smart; Winter in Provo Canyon, by East-mond; East-mond; Moonlight on the Marshes of Springville, By Fairbanks. Speakers were: Governor John C. Cuttler. A. C. Nelson, State Supt. of Schools, County Supt. L. E. Eggertson, Dr George Smart, one of the ilveliest promoters of the art in Springville. Mayor H. T. Reynolds. and Oliver B. Huntington, chairman of the school board. (From the Springville Independent Independ-ent of December 7, 1911.) UTAH AKT INSTITUTE The Utah Art Institute will hold its thirteenth annual exhibition of the works of Utah artists, at Springville, from 11th to 23rd instant. in-stant. All Utah artists have been invited to send work for exhibition and competition. One thousand dollars will be spent to purchase paintings for the state collection. The committee will be permitted permit-ted to select from paintings on exhibition, ex-hibition, or from any others, offered of-fered for their consideration. Only original works will be accepted. The state prize of $300 will be awarded to the best painting by a wiie, A. rt. vvnght, and Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Irvine of Provo. Supt. Nielson called the assembly assem-bly to order and presented President Presi-dent Evans as chairman. The B. Y. U. string quartet, with Prof. Gudmundson, played, "Evening Breezes,", which was heartily encored. en-cored. President Evans said in part: "The purpose of the art institute insti-tute is, to improve the public mind along artistic lines. Did not hold the institute but once in a ;ity, in order to take the art work to the people. Had brought the exhibit to Springville because of the great interest shown by the high school in the local art collection. col-lection. So far as he was aware Springville was the first in the itate to assemble an art collection in her public schools, for which he paid high compliment. Moses and his players gave another an-other musical number and encore. The governor said in part: "He was- not an artist nor a connoisseur, connois-seur, but he had taken much interest in-terest in art and especially in the display this evening. He could appreciate ap-preciate art and artists. He was Tlad to know that the Springville ligh school was the first to lead )ut in art collection. He thought it a good thing to spend some money for works of art, as well as for books and apparatus. If the people would spend $500 a year 'or art work it would be means I ... wu,6 1.11C1U WIUI LI1C LUWll artists. (From the Salt Lake Tribune 1923.) CREATIVE SEEN IN NEW SCHOOL Wide Departure Evident From Academic Work of WorldJs Old Masters Modern art, radiating creative spirit, has made a wide departure from the academic school of the old masters. Each phase of modern mod-ern art as it is portrayed in the efforts of many of America's foremost artists is exhibited this month at the Springville high high school. That Springville students are pushing art appreciation to tile front i ntheir school curriculum is evidenced by the rapid growth of their annual exhibitions. When distinguished artists in America, such as John Carlson, F. W. Friezeka, Hansen Puthuff and others of note, contribute their paintings to a school exhibit, that school is recognized as a leader in the development of art appreciation. apprecia-tion. Each of the 210 pictures exhibited ex-hibited is a depiction in modern art. Portrayals from the various schools have caught something of the creative sense. The cubist, impressionist, im-pressionist, futurist and .post-im-pressicnist, each in his individual way, is attempting to create. We to the newer types of creative art. Each of the pictures is worthy of careful study. There are, however, how-ever, distinctive paintings from each of these schools that demand de-mand special recognition. "Girl in Blue," a living, breathing breath-ing individual, is the contribution of F. W. Freizeka of New York City. Mr. Freizeka is recognized internationally as one of America's Ameri-ca's greatest artists. "Girl in Blue" is magnificent in coloring and striking in composition. It is soft and quiet in tone and yet it is the brilliance of the painting that predominates. Pictures Measure Up John Carlson, head of the Carlson Carl-son School of Art, Woodstock, N. Y., offers "Afternoon Glow." It measures up to the standard of this well known landscape painter. His arganization of lines and individual in-dividual objects is distinctive. Just to study this painting for a short time is to feel the solidity of its tree trunks. Carlson is a creator of art, and not an imitator. imi-tator. An exponent of the Dutch school is Charles P. Gruppe of New York City. His painting, "October Skies," is replete with the atmosphere atmos-phere of a auiet colonv of Holland his "Point Lomas." Emphasizing solidity and attaining splendid movement of water, he has revealed reveal-ed a harmony of color that is pleasing. Deviating from the impressionistic impression-istic to the post-impressionTstic line is the work of Miss Elizabeth Washington, great-great-grand-niece of George Washington. Miss Washington is a graduate of the Pennsylvania School of Fine Arts and her paintings have taken several prizes in eastern exhibits. "At the Gate" seems to pulsate with out-of-door atmosphere. It is well balanced and displays unusual unus-ual insight. Likeness Real Finding favor with the followers follow-ers of the impressionistic school is "Mother and Child," by I. Mort Black of New York. There is no attempt to portray likeness. There is no flesh and bone to his figures. Yet they are real, and the spirit of affection between mother and child fills the canvas. Well executed in color and balance bal-ance is the "Low Tide" of Henry McGinnis of Trenton, N. J. He offers a fine piece of constructive construct-ive work. Matise Sandona, San Francisco, i i work is also characterized hy splendid movement. One of the best examples of still life is "The Vase," by Grace Turnbull of Tawson, Md. Miss Turnbull sent several paintings to the exhibition. . Alfred Juergens of Oak Park, 111. offers "The Fish Pond." Strong feeling and a poetic way of handling handl-ing are found in this scene. Grouping Featured "Bush Lupine," one of the most colorful and charming of the out-of-door scenes, is the depiction by John M. Gamble of Santa Barbara Cal. It has the same splendid grouping that characterized his contribution to the exhibit last year and is one of the most constructive con-structive pieces on display. Eugene Neuhaus, who is head of the art department at the university uni-versity of California, has accomplished accomp-lished an effort of merit in his "Eucalyptus Trees." Fulfilling all artistic requirements require-ments in remarkable style is a street scene, "The Fish Market," by Dixie Salden of Cincinnati, Ohio. Lee Randolph of San Francisco, Cal., comes up- to his' usiial- well tnown standard in his "Mountain the exhibit. They offer a much wider variety than they have in former years and their efforts show up well with the work of outside artists. These paintings will be exhibited exhibit-ed to the public until May 1, from 9 o'clock in the morning until 9 o'clock in the evening. The program pro-gram of art lectures to be given during the month will be announced announc-ed later. (From the Deseret News April 2, 1925.) EXHIBIT OPENS AT SPRINGVILLE SPRING-VILLE Students of Springville high school, operating as the Spring-' ville high school art association, opened their fourth annual exhibit ex-hibit here Wednesday with more than 300 paintings and numerous bits of sculpture on display. Based on figures of one year ago, when more than 28,000 persons attended, the attendance'this year is expected expect-ed to exceed the 30,000 mark during the thirty days of the exhibit. ex-hibit. Speakers at the assembly officially of-ficially opening the exhibit included in-cluded Dr. C. N. Jensen, state superintendent sup-erintendent of public instruction; former Governor Charles R. Ma- ' bey. Dr. George L. Smart of Salt find nothing of the copyist in this unusual collection of paintings. Perhaps because the old masters reached a zenith that artists of today feel they could not attain, the academic school has given way Gruppe's work is well known in New York. Ambrose Patterson of Seattle, Washington, gives a striking example ex-ample of impressionistic effort in nas caugnt a living personality m "Julia." This painting has unusual unus-ual balance. . . . A spirit of mystery in the way in which he handles his subject sub-ject features the contribution of E. H. Wuerpel of St. Louis. His uian resiociu ariist ana the painting, paint-ing, with its frame, will become a part of the Alice art collection. Fifty dollars will be awarded as the first prize for the best water color or pastel and $25 for the second best, both to become the veil spent. Keterred to the necessity neces-sity of creating parks-, gardens, :hoice trees and beautiful homes, :urrounded by lawns and gardens artistically constructed and arranged. ar-ranged. All the school houses in the state should be surrounded |
