Show PAINTED FOR BRIGHAM YOUNG noted scenic artist dead in new york new york fob 15 joseph A de la harpe who was well known as a scenic artist la in the theatres theartres the atres of this country and who of recent years was connected with the brooklyn theatrical house of 0 hyde and Be ahman Is dead lead at athis his home in brooklyn of liver trouble with which he had been ailing for nearly a year an attack ot of grip complicated matters and was the immediate cause ot of death he was bom in lausanne switzerland on june 1 1850 jie was the child of a russian officer and his mother was an artist while still a youth he acted as guide tor for expeditions into the rocky mountains and painted scenes from them while living in salt lake city he be painted many sketches and paintings tor for brigham young among them animals of the rocky mountains some isome of which are now in the smithsonian Smiths onlan institution ution he ile also painted portraits of brigham young and anti other mormon notables tor for the mormon temple his first scenic work was for the salt lake take city theatre ot of which brigham young was proprietor it is said that he painted scenery for forty seven theatres theartres the atres |