Show t STORIES ABOUT UTAH ARTISTS ARTISTS Conducted Weekly by Ogden Art Society 1 10 M St TOUNG To To culp 1111 laa as natural to Mahon- Mahon ri rl M 1 Young us as to breathe lii Is the nt statement made b by ono one of ot Am Amer- Amer ca Amert-ca rt- rt cas ca's but best critics Mr Young wu was born In Salt Lako Lake City In 1877 Ho HoIs HoIs Is the grandson of h m Young and the son eon of ot Young Young- who ho dIed leaving his wits wife with two small eons sons 1 and anil Walder- Walder Walder-mer Walder mer Under the wise wlee care cue of ot a capable capable farseeing mother who has haA ha been considered one ono of Utah's most beau beau- beautiful b beautiful u- u and brilliant wom women n bole bO have ha h e become men Young Is an n influential newspaper man of ot San Han Francisco ho has also succeeded very ry well as asa asa a scenario writer and or Hon as he be Is 19 best beat known by his hi do IL many friends and ond connoisseurs all allover over 01 0 cr er America Is le recognized as M one 0 of the tho best sculptures 0 of this coun- coun count coun 11 t y GETS BEST DEST tJ Hon Youngs Young's artistic ability t d Itself In early boyhood He Ie attended I the Latter Day Saints and while still In High High High-chool chool ho lie became a of James J T HAm s art class Mr Ir IrU U r l I was v as Utah's first artist arU t to toI I a recognition abroad On h hI his return ho lie opened d a 0 studio on thoi tho h Ity blocK on which Mr Ir Young J I sod cd In thU studio Mahonri M MYoung I Young loung Leo Led Lc Green Grcen Richard and A AB E B Wright right who were born and lived in IL the tho same neighborhood hed thole first drat training and ond Inspiration In 1899 Mr Young wont vent to New NewYork NewYork York ha ho began his study ot of technical work cork Ho Ito remained there until the fall of 1901 when hen hi hl ad- ad added added ad added ded one more moro man 0 of genius and sincerity to the tho alrea already y interesting group 0 of art students in Paris Parle which Included Cyrus Edwin ln Dat- Dat DalIEn n I ten n Edwin ln Evans E Lie Lee e Green Rich RIch- RIchards Richards Richards ards ards A t B D Wright Mr Ir Young married Cello Celia Sharp n a ron wonderfully refined musician who v as a complement to the life lite of her artist husband The at list revealed ti ber her beauty spiritually and grace In 1 7 a ft bust l that has hils been declared the h most moot exquisitely exquisitely- refined thing thine Ir Young had done up to that time It was as u IL 1101 work k 0 of loving loving- devotion An u friend 0 of the Youngs once Mrs sat 00 I Mrs Irs Young loung oung In the garden guden gath ath ring Rath ring He remarked had bad she a halo she sho would could be another Saint She Sho was after that known ts JS is Saint Cecella by all their ar- ar artist ar artist friends Another work of ot devotion was the l bust l u t of ot the poet artist friend Ifred which ed t at the time lime It was exhibited In New NewYork NewYork NewYork York most favorable fa criticism by bythe bythe the worlds orld v orld s q best critics It was a burst of Inspiration The bust ot of ofU ofU U H Roberts reveals the tine fine pIL quality 0 of both sculpture and poser It was said by one who iw w these busts burn that one who had hadnot hadnot hadnot not lived a n good life would not jare Aare pose for tor Mr Ir Young because Ito he reveals the tho Innermost soul foul ot of otman man POWER IR TO PORTRAY Mr Syr Ir Young Young- was forced Into turing turing b natural qualifications and andna ns n's unusual pO power poser er to portray action nd 0 of life lite He Is bold boldt t his treatment pear Fear Is not In evIdence In to his most difficult un- un L but Instead we find glove love or of his work In every eHry line His best Ift Is h his hia PO power POor or to receive recel 0 inspiration and to execute uto It ft WIth thought This him to keep his bis work simple and with no quality of ot la t la 1 study In It It Which too often linen has haa caused the artist less strong trong In conc conception than Mr Young loung to tall fail He has haa a 10 power er of o stickIng to a tiling through years ears earB e even en though ills 1111 first Irit t Impulse comes like a 0 reve rese- re revelation e- e lation lallon but Iut It Is claimed by his friends that thai some of his hia test est thIngs have beta been be n accomplished within a ow ew days Time material and en- en cn at his command He Ho li Iq a careful student a keen ol recover sel seler er and an worker then hen ho he undertakes a subject his hola q hole soul Is In his work stork ork The ped- ped pedestal pedestal ped pedestal estal with lIh ts lump of clay becomes human under his hands At 31 Mr 11 Young had Aad bad tried his hand at s several sacral eral branches 0 of crew crea- creath live th e art but bt paint and brush were largely laid aside alde by him for clay and marble In his cam canvasses asses one finds find a true warm arm sense 0 of form and color with witha a predominating quality 0 of ACtion In his usually large groupings of v figures e r o 01 oART ART JURY JURT JURTIn In 1910 11 he was made a mem- mem mem member member ber of the tho National Sculptors ao clot go-clot clot clety of ot America He served as a member 0 of the jury of ot the society for many icare ears Mr Ir Young alms to be known as u a worker In etchings and sculpture Ho JIo has lias never struck the mediocre rote In serious thought but always lor tor the divine In nature the tuman lumm In the tho Individual h hest In all 44 ion His ills art has found the I lon Jon 0 of both Tonal louil and private Two of hIs union colors colore were selected for tor the theIu lc In Parts Paris as a apart part apart of Its ts permanent collection Among the tho Interesting groups ot of stud studies lee 0 of this artist Is An Eve delineation after Eden that Is superb In Its d des de lineation of ot grief 6 and despair and the lines of 0 abandonment to complete com com- complete com complete self forgetfulness which the figure carries Is a a creation that will surely find the widest Idest Becalm thatis The Deluge Is a bit 0 of clay that is 1 dramatic seems In the huddling urn figure of men and nd the outreaching a I fear and appeal of ot a 0 womans woman's woman face tace I and arms to the tho rain God d a dY i His lIls Mother and Child Is J as L conventional and striking as aa a Is his hia i Western spirit The The Prospector with his bur bur- burro burro bur burro ro pack and pick with EuroPA writ 1 In all the line lines 0 of his lithe splendId figure and strong face tace as I Ioro he gazes Ians upon the bit of ot glittering ore oro he hu has ha just lust picked up trulY typical 0 of Mr Youngs Young's tine fine Inter Inter- Interpretation interpretation Interpretation of lifes life's emotions The statute of Peter Nuvell of New Jersey completed In 1911 1311 Is considered by the artist one of the best beet things ho he has haa ever done Anda And a bust 0 of Dr Frank G Dessert In InI I 1 Carne Carnegie e Hall lall a popular popular vocal ocal ocala teacher ot of Parts Paris and Now York Is isa a sample of excellence in likeness seldom seem William M H Chase the great groat American artist sat eat for Mr Ir Young Young- In New York Not only did he ho appreciate lis ha Ability as aa a sculpture but also purchased for tor hIs private ate collection some somA of Ml Hn I lounge cater colors colon ot of the LatinI Latin I I I Quarter illS ms SEA nA n GULL MO T NT No event e ent In Western Vestern h s I awakens more Interest than the thc of the Crickets and the Gulls It occurred In 1348 1948 when Salt Lake Lalie City tho CIti tho the earliest settle SEttle- SEttlement settlement settlement ment In the tho Rock nock was Mountains Mountains less than one sear ear car old The rhe only monument In the tho world orld erected In honor 0 of birds Is I by art critics as ns one ono of the tho best Interpretations of a historic incident ever created The Tho granite base I 20 upon a II con con- con reto creto foundation from the base rises a n graceful column 0 of Granite 15 1 feet high surmounted by a II gran gran- g granite granite an- an anIte ite sphere on which t two too 0 sea sell gulls aro seen In the tho act of lighting upon It Mr Young has caught the ac- ac acI action ac action tion of the bird true to life lite a most I graceful I touch On three sides of the hIgh hig-h base In r relief relief lIet sculpture the Sea Sell Gull story Is told The tablature on the tho east tells of the arrival and early movement of the pioneers In the tho left foreground of the rugged Wa- Wa Wasatch Wasatch Wa-fatch Wa thoI I satch mountains there Is the tho man afield with ox team plowing tho stubborn soil soli aided by the bo boy driver followed by the In Inthe Inthe Inthe the right foreground Is the wagon home women preparing preparing- the tho hum hum- humI humble humble humble ble meal while an Indian site In graceful pose looking looking- upon all aU thIs I strange activity that Is to his ls land from savagery sa and give It back to civilization The second tablature-on tablature the tells tells south the story of tho the threat threat- threatened threatened threatened I IThe ened de devastation from the cricket In in aslon I A point of ot mountain and glimpse I of the placid distant lakes l Is la seen The farmers farmer's fight tight with the tho ins Invading ad- ad adIng adIng ing hoot host Is ended Ho He h has ex- ex exhausted exhausted ex exhausted hausted all his energy and nd strength In the fight fight He is you beaten beaten youcan can see by the hopeless sinking sinking- of ofhie his hie figure to earth his lowered head and his down hanging hand from rom which the spade his fallen tallen The woman of the tablature por por- portrays por- por portrays portrays trays superior strength She Sho Is hold hold- holdIng holding holding ing ing- inga a child by the through hand hand It she feels throbbing throbbing- the call of the the future future the life lire 0 of a genera genera- generation generation generation tion 0 of men and women Omen yet to be Strange that to women mans man's con complement Is given gl such superior strength In hours of ot ee severest trial Whore hore mans man's strength and courage and fighting fighting- ends womans woman's hope and faith and trust truet seem to spring Into new ne ness news of life From her na- na nature nature na nature ture she seems able to do this In- In InI Inconsistent In Inconsistent I consistent yet true thing hope thing against hope and Ilk ask till she re- re receives receives re receives II I do not know In what hat school 0 of I sculptor studied his hlo art but he has h s certainly been true Ito ditter to the great psychologIcal ical differ differ- once ence bet between em man end and nd woman But Butto Butto Butto to return to this woman n of the second tablature she tablature she too It toll worn and there Is la something something- truly pathetic in her body weariness but buther buther buther her head Is 18 ral rel raised raised-raised ed ed raised to what until now has hae seemed the pitiless s i but now they thoy are tilled filled with the oncoming flocks of sea gUlls Does she sho watch their coming with I merely Idle curiosity or io won won- wonder wonder won der meat ment Or does her soul Boul In the tho I strange strange gull cry hear God a 8 answer to her call for tor help Gods God's answer er to her they were sere ere these gulls guile In any event event as the gulls e soon proved pro by do the destroyer the I be third tablature commemorates commemorates commemorates orates the tho Pioneers first hart har harvest harest est est- worthily too In the tho Background rises Enslen peak In the middle background the log house home stands finished In the foreground har harvesting the golden grain Is In progress both men and aomen omen take jO ous part To tho the right a mother half halt kneeling holds to her full fuU breast a babe babe who on on the heart and from the heart receives Its nourishment and about her knees another child plais plas In happy childIsh obi oblivion Ion of toll toil and care STORY STOR WELL TOLD On the fourth tablature Is la the title of the tho monument Fortunate Fortunate- Fortunately ly It Is simple and not explanatory the the work York of the sculpture tells the tells story It well and eloquent eloquent- ly eloquently Too much narration would hale o marred this It-this It this is the tho Inscription Sea Gull Monument erected In grateful remembrance of the mercy of ot God to the Mormon Pioneers This master piece of ot sculpturing sculpturing stands near the tho he south entrance to the Tabernacle grounds In Salt Lake City |