Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-10-01 | Page 8 | Annual Exhibit by Utah Artists

ANNUAL EXHIBIT BY UTAH ARTISTS Collection of Paintings and Sculpture Will Be Shown Will t. t Tonight Tonight i EXCEPTIONALLY FINE WORK rl rt It II In Juts Ins lirou lit Together To To- 0 gether nc l t Achievement of i SOle Sonic Noted ot c Artists When hen tho the doors door or tHe of tHe old Social huh ball on State street swing Ing in tonight for the opening of oC the thc eighth annual 4 exhibit of the Utah Art Institute th the thc p people of Salt Sai lal Lake will wi be bc given an fr opportunity to to view vIc one of i r the best r- r f collections of pictures that has ha yet ii been brought together by the le Utah r. r Art Institute Thc pictures will wi number num nuni- I ber 01 or more the thc best work of ot orf f f most of oC Utah's best artists and the visitor can ver very profitably spend an evening taking In the oils ois and the wai wat water wa wa- t I ter colors the thc bits bil of oC sculpture and the thc decorated china chinn 11 As thc the visitor enters from Crom the thc west the thc eye CC will wi be attracted at once b by perhaps thc the most Important collection of ot pictures displayed this year car the thc work of the thc young artist artst Lee Greene Richards The Thc paintings by br Mr I Richards Richards Rich Rich- ards occupy the thc entire east cast wall vall wal of the thc o gallery Jallel Most of the tho work by Mr 4 Richards Is In the thc portrait line but butT T there thele are arc a fc few others including an exquisite little bit hit of the coast of ot France and another showing a lonely S cottage on flU a hitop hilltop a night scene S with wih the new ne' moon just sinking and a alight light streaming through one of the I I cottage windows Portrait of pf Dr lr PaI Park J Among th the most admired of the tho portraits by Mr I Richards is that of I the thc late Dr John R R. Park Palk which has Ims been presented to the University of Utah by the thc members of the thc Alumni r S a association It I is an especially strong I study in Jn character and cannot fail fal to toS I S arouse favorable comment from visitors visit visit- ors to the thc exhibit especially those S who knew Dr Park Two wo other perS portraits per por pO S traits taits b by Mr Ir Richards arc are shown here c. c one of Miss ls Blanche Richards another S. S of Mrs airs Irs Louise RIchards Farnsworth S Both are arc size life size and anI both received S honorable mention In 1904 at th the Paris ParisS S Salon 4 A portrait of 1 Mrs II IL I J. J RichS Richards Richards Rich Rich- S S ards of Provo Prove and of a sculptor named anc S 5 Pope of Boston a life size portrait portraitS of the thc Girl With the thc Silk Dress are r S all al tine line but perhaps the gem em of the whole collection is a portrait of a oung girl It I is a small smal oil oi the thc subS subject subject sub sub- S a profile of a girl of perhaps sixteen sixteen six six- teen summers She Is gowned in inS S white wears a lingerie hat of tho the samo same samoS U. U S color and sIt sits with her hands folded 5 zi in It her laJ a a strong though delicate bit l of of worle woric and considered by hy many of r Mr Richards' Richards friends the thc best thing f. f he lie II has done f d John I In fens fen's Work 1 John Hafen who has long been one of or Utah's favorite artists has a most 5 praiseworthy collection exhibited this S year Boats on Utah Lake Is one attracts Immediate attention the the thc handling soft Ift colors and delicate reminding ono OiO of some of the tiling S done dono b by Whistler Sunset on Mt I S Is a line thing the delicate delicateS glow of a winter sunset just touchIng touching touch touch- S ing log the snowcapped peaks the peaks thc picture pic pie S. S turo ture being in striking contrast to the I I scene on Utah lake which han hangs s Just Xi Sy I S by hy It The Spring and A Da Day in inS inthe S the also the Early Spring are alo among among notable thin things s exhibited b by Mr Hafen 5 this year rear his collection being altogether altogether alto alto- alo- alo gether one of the best In the thc gallery I j Voting Lo Logan an Artist Another nother artist whose ability seems 4 to run to portraits and whose work Is I t S attracting much favorable comment i iS Is S Alma B. B Wright of Lo Logan an Mr 11 Wright won von the the prize In the thc exhibit of S. S 1904 the prize picture being on displaY display dis dis- t play this year car also It I Is a full ful length portrait of a young woman In black p with a n white shawl draped graceful gracefully tt SS S over the shoulders the tho girl being In Inan Int int t t an attitude of one about to take a astep step every line lne of the thc figure denol- denol c Ih grace race and und strength A portrait of Prof Vernon Veron of oC the B. B Y college lt at Logan Loban is a strong bit of character 1 tudy udy with a beautiful blending of r S colors between portrait and backS back back- S looked ground A iA Book Dook of Poems is upon ron ron b by some ome of Mr 11 Wrights Wright's rIghts admirers admi ers ers as hl his masterpiece It I shows a ayoung s.- s. young oung woman sitting bitting in an easy chair chah 5 S th the thc easy ag the poised well l head headS S just turned from tram a book bool which she S holds In her hand Prof Wright rl hl has hasS S several other portraits and landscapes 5 hl hi his work In every Instance being 5 strong and the thc result shows that the thc theS S chief effort efort of of the tho artist artst in his porS portrait portrait por por- S trait Is to bring Into the fac the tho soul of the man or woman whose portrait portraitS S hu in essays to paint S Among the dozen lozen or 01 more paintings by John Joh B n Fairbanks four are ale especially espe espe- daily laly worthy wOIth of of mention menton Ono One is of ofa ofu a u wheat Held full ful of o life and light S tho th golden wheat and the golden sunset sunset sun sun- set sel making a beautiful combination for fil a a landscape Sun Sunset et on the tho MeadS Meadow Mead Mead- S ow shows a scene In late fall fal the thc tints all al of of warm brown while The Tho Summer Rummer Evening Is of delicate gray gry tints with dreamy atmosphere and S resembles tho the paintings of bore some of the theold S old English school The Spring Is isS IsI Isan S I an old farmhouse farmhouse- all al bloom a-bloom making mating rakIng rak- rak mat mak ing an altogether charming charing scene scone Just opposite the work of John B. B Fairbanks Is that of of his son J J. J Leo Fall Fairbanks s Here 30 are found three or 01 four characteristic scenes In Paris several soy sev everal ev- ev eral oral sketches of or old Mormon landmarks land land- 5 marks markt In Nauvoo two or street scenes In Chicago and two very clever Ic views of the lake front of that city S A picture of or Dieppe h by Mr MI Fairbanks 1 in is one ono of his best best efforts the strength and breadth of oC landscape appealing I especially to thc the observer S I I S Painter and Sculptor 1 M. M 1 M. M Young or Non Young as asS ashe ashe S he Is called caled b by b all al his friends friends- Is ls another another an an- other Utah arti t whose work I is viewed ed with wih pride by the visitor to the exhibit Theres There's an ati UI Individuality S about It I that Is refreshing and the tho difference between the boldness and strength displayed In his handling of S the boxing contests and the S delicacy ot of feeling In lh the small portrait portrait por per trait o of his grandmother arc are almost S startling The Thc Blacksmith Is a splendid bit of composition work that S Mr Youngs Young's friends will wi have the tho op opS opportunity op- op S of seeing for the first time timeS oL- oL S tonight tonight Tho The portrait of ot Mr Ir Hope of J Paris and of oC Mr Ir Wright of Logan LoganS Logan S S a are e excellent and the halt half hal dozen or more water colors would attract at atC attention attention at- at C anywhere I But Dut tho the sculpture work of Mr Ir Young Youns e 1 appeals with special force to alt all al visitors 15 vis vis- S tor to his hh studio and one feels inS In- In S U ly that this Is 18 where his liis hi best beat S S talent lies leR The head of or Miss Cecelia Sharp which the public will vill wi have havo the opportunity of seeing for CO the lie time tonight seems to be bc a nl well nigh h perfect per per- feet reproduction of the thc young musicians musician's musi cian's cans can's head The face Is taken full ful front the lie head slightly drooped the eyes lowered vered the magnificent hair arranged ar nl ni ranged In coronet fashion the lace laco work vork of the yoke oke and ant collar colar brought out in beautiful detail Friends of or Miss ls Sharp pronounce It the thc best likeness likeness like like- ness nes of her that ever evel has been obtained ob- ob and Mr r Young has been showered showered show show- ered with wih ant congratulations because of ot othis his ils great success In this work A auy's baby's head is another bit of or sculpture In n which Mr ML I Young betrays his genius I In n this lne line The curly head thc the like cherub lk mouth the dimpled d chin the he soft sor contour of ot tho the b baby b checkal check cheek I ill all arc are there and remind one most al forcibly of the cherubs in some of thc the noted paintings The bronzes displayed displayed dis dis- I played by Mr Mi Ir Young In Paris Pails an and later later In Philadelphia are also with wih his collection this year anti Others 00 1111 5 No o exhibit by b Utah ai artists lists would be bc complete without some sOle of the thc work worl of J J. J T T. T Harwood and he lie has se several seral ral paintings In the lie collection shown this year The Thc Adoration of Ages ge The Tho Young Mechanics the thc Indian Camp and a avater water vater color of or Black Dlack Rock Hock arc are among the thc numb number r and while the thc first two will vill wi probably arouse more mOI general Interest t. t there Is a beauty about the thc little Indian camp scone that causes one to lo linger b by it a long Ions time its He is beauty seeming to grow upon one more and more Among thc the other artists making mon small smal exhibits this year ear are arc Miss Ludeen Ludeen Lu- Lu deen Icen Christensen J J. J W. W CurL Curtis Miss Is Sawyer and G G. G Wesley esle Browning Th The exhibit w will be open from 8 S to 10 o'clock this evening and from flom 2 to 10 o'clock each cach succeeding day da of the thc week