Show I STORIES ABOUT UTAH ARTISTS This Department Is Conducted By the Ogden Art Society to Inform About in the Art World T US S Knaphus descendant of those thos Vikings who ho bo were first the of ot northern Europe and then the th builders builder of Its civil cl civilization was born In one ono of the most amazingly beautiful spots ot of the Norwegian wonderland It If my any portion portio of earth arth teems seems especially I desIgned to fan tan the spark park ot of artis artis- artistic artis- artis artistic artistic tic genius Into flame It Is I the Fjord Winding from the sea In a narrow ribbon through mountains higher than the th Wa- Wa Wasatch Wasatch Wa-satch Wa satch spreading out at times tim Into small mall lakes the th unimaginably blue bluewater bluewater bluewater water mirroring crags and glaciers and peaks that rl rise e beyond the timber line this fjord one on ot of the largest and most moat famous In Nor Nor- Nor 1 Norway way way must mum have havo held the eyes ot of the youthful Knaphus In the th never ending wonder MOOD CARVER AT SI SIX SIV SIVAt At the age afo of six he h had bad felt the urge that woe was wa to grow with stith the years and was w s carving In wood Every boy hoy whittles but now and then among the th thousands thousands on ons brings out of hIs h play a 0 recognizable recognizable reco shape hap So with Knaphus Pr Presently sent he h was carving with lit lit- little littie tl tie tle or no Instruction but talent has a knack of being at once one pupil and er Then the th sea ea called him the lea ell that had called so 60 o many of ot his ancestors to tar for adventures ad It 11 as aa the tho sea ea that furnished the th Im- Im Impressions impressions Im Impression for tor his first tint attempts In At 18 It he was catching the colors of the th sea and sky iky In can can- cana can vai a Sal lIe He H was now new beginning to fin a himself to understand whit nfl nfl- nature na nature ture had Intended to make mak of him With a 0 persistence that would not tire he h resolved to gise sh gh e his talent traIning First he h went ent to the Art school at Most of ot his bl time tim was perforce riv riven en to earning a living but In O of this handicap ho he h mado made some progress Talent finds find ways way once It has ha determined Its It course and the oung artist preserved until he had spent two sears sear ears In the th best art schools of ot hIs hi country Ho H won wona wona a 0 scholarship In art just jut previous to his hi coming to America and was commissioned to do overal several busts buet and full length figures figure of o prominent Bent nent people In Norway BECOMES N Na Ho H emigrated to Utah In 1906 and later took out citizenship pa- pa papers pa paper pore pers per and very proudly became an American citizen After a number ot of years yr ito ho h re- re returned returned re returned turned to Europe Europ where he h studied under some ora ot of the tho th bent beat masters He received first mention at the Julian Academy of ot Art at Paris I-fe I also spent pent torn some ome time tim at the Colossi school at the tho th French capi capt capital tal I but bat we WIlS compelled to lease lea leavon on account of the th war On hIs hi return to the tho th United d States ho studied In New York under Mr 1111 Aiken and other noted artists Since Sine returning to Utah Mr Knaphus Knaphus has ha received several veral commissions for tor sculpture Ho molded the oxen oun and font tont for forthe forthe forth the temple tempi lately completed at Cardston Canada No He H also o do- do designed d signed a bas baa ba relief relict consisting of a frieze of ot 16 K Biblical subjects In font room of the same Rame lam building He has recently been commissioned to make mak a 0 monument nt of the th hand band handcart cart This monument nt willbe be cast In bronze bronz and placed Inside In- In InId side Id the tho th entrance of the th bureau burAu of Information on the tho th temple tempt rounds grounds Although the tho th model mod l is Ie I small mail ana an andone done dene only In clay It riv promise of beauty and faithful portrayal in finished form lIe He H Is I particular particular- particularly ly Iy adapted to do thIs thi thu work as the tb early hardships of ot his hIe hi lila Ufe give him an n exceedingly clear clar insight Into the th struggles and ana trials of the tho th early arly pioneers pioneer The Tho Th small mall group of figures ur breathe the th heroIc spirit that actuated t d the th brave braT souls that the th vehicles vel across the th plains A man with e eves es set toward the west wet pulls a 8 a rickety han handcart From this sags saKs ax I a ragged quilt and an cooking utensils protrude Perched 1 on top Is la a 0 small child and along along- alongside side Ide walks a woman the tho wife wire an and 1 mother who bears her share of the hardships Under the th cart trails trail a dog doc A boy In the 1 tear lends ends his strength to push the cart C COMMEMORATES WEST This monument when completed ed will commemorate an epic of othe f the we west t and make mak the th name namo Knaphus live forever in the hearts ot of thoe thos whose people dared lea lease e all behind and trudge trude patiently and ly day by day the tho many hundreds of ot miles necessary before they found the land that stas to bo be their home horn Mr l Knaphus us Is an Instructor ot of ol sculpture In the Iho th Utah School of o Art also a n director In that The Tho artist therefore I Is 19 one of asand s r rand sand and gives o of his help and guidance to our latent Intent talents talent |