Show ART AND ARTISTS A VUlt To the Studio of JaiucH T Ilarwood JAMES T JIARWOOD This young gentleman although a native of Utah has until recently been but little known to the public on account of his being absent from home for sometime some-time j during his absence he was studying study-ing drawing and painting in The California Califor-nia School of Design in San Francisco where he graduated last fall at the head of his class and was awarded the first prize a handsome gold medal and judg ing from the the studies hanging upon the walls of his studio he came justly by his honors He has twentyfive or thirty studies charcoal taken at school from life and nearly life size The class was allowed six half days for each study They are very natural and lifelike and considering the time the artist was al lowed for each figure he has certainly shown remarkable ability He has also a number of smaller studies taken in pencil chieflly from the students themselves them-selves one of whom would don a costume to represent some character while the remainder re-mainder of the class would make a sketch of him The students were allowed one hour for each effort and these studies though small are true to Itfe having a finished appearance and it is remarkable that the artist could accomplish so much in the short period allotted him Mr Harwood has several ideal studies on varied subjects j Confusion represents repre-sents two small boys sitting at a table one of whom his face covered with lather is in the act of shaving himself just then the door opens and their mother comes in and the expression on all three of their faces illustrates the subject admirably it is a fine piece of work and shows Mr Har wood to be an expert with the crayon Solitude is another ideal sketch It is a moonlight scene in the foreground tn the right is a ledg of dark colored l rocks I covered with scrubby brush the I anatomy of the rocks is almost perfect the dark shadows are well handled and the cleavages are true to nature To the left is a clump of twisted and fantastic trees cleverly executed standing up in the light of the moon giving them a dismal dis-mal and solemn appearance Farther is a range of mountains and far off in the distance the moon is rising and cask its reflection on the landscape giving it a wild and weird effect The artist has several more such sketches representing different phases of nature all of which areas are-as well executed as those described above but we have neither time nor space to mention them separately In making the above sketches he has not only shown himself to be a skillful draughtsman but has displayed considerable consid-erable genius in his compositions Mr Harwood has several highly finished studies in crayon of antique statuary among them are Hercules a marvelous marvel-ous piece of work every mark and touch of the artists pencil has a telling effect the head and features are well drawn and the muscles of the limbs and body have been skillfully portrayed por-trayed Taking the figure as a whole or 4 J 1 0 t we should think it a fit representation of the mythological which even to copy required no small talent Achilles the Hero of Troy is another fine specimen of art the head and body of which have been worked up to a wonderful perfection perfec-tion and exhibit a considerable degree of power Diana and several others have been equally well executed but they have beenon exhibition and are known to the public Tho artist also shows considerable con-siderable talent portrait painter He has a portrait in oil of his grandfather which has been carefully and conscientiously con-scientiously done but probably one of the best pieces of work in the artists studio is a portrait in oil of his little brother The manner in which the artist has handled this subject stamps at once his skill in portraiture The most sInking sInk-ing feature of this work is the sunlight effect on the different parts of the face and head We have seldom seen a finer piece of painting than this and Mr Har wood is deserving of much praise in his successful effort Mr Harwood makes a specialty of figure painting and in that line he has certainly cer-tainly excelled still his landscape I painting shows considerable talent Some of them are scenes taken from San Francisco Fran-cisco Bay and are very pretty indeed One especially is a perfect gem the artist having introduced a number of vessels which are tastefully arranged and well handled The water has been well printed and is true to nature Mr Harwood has his studio over Tullidges store opposite the Walker House where his time is mostly employed in teaching drawing and painting he has twenty five pupils at the present time and judging from their works some of which we were shown they are making rapid progress This speaks well for the methods of Mr Harwood who shows himself to be an efficient teacher as well as an accomplished artist Any person wishing to take lessons in drawing or painting will find him to be a pleasant gentleman as well as a good teacher CHEAP ILLUSTRATIONS During the past two years a large number num-ber of the commonest and cheapest illustrations illus-trations done in oil have been brought to this city and sold The prices to a person at all posted in regard to such matters would have been a barrier to their sale This style of works is worth about 145 per square yard to hang in a wellappointed barn for the purpose of satisfying the horses that they are in the presence of some uncanny object and thereby prevenl the consumption of hay and grain That is about the use to which such spreads should be put Where there are as many artists as we have in Utah there is no excuse for the desecration of the home by putting such miserable daubs upon its walls One picture from the studio of a local artist has more of art in its composition than one hundred square yards of these cheap illustrations J W CLAWbOX This wellknown portrait painter has been kept busy during the past winter with his classes Still gentleman has many studies and sketches adorning the walls of his studio His work in crayon and oil is done with a careful and skilful hand displaying the fire of genius and the soul of an artist In water colors he has some artistic studies and while Mr C may not turn out many compositions when a picture leaves his studio the purchaser can rest assured that it has had the most careful and studious attention atten-tion from the artist The gentleman now has several portraits upon which he is lavishing his skill and when completed will be among his best efforts The readers read-ers of THE DEMOCRAT will hear of these pieces as they are completed It would be unfair to Mr C as well as to our I readers to notice the unfinished works I now under his hand We shall visit this studio again and advise all who are desirous de-sirous of meeting a courteous and agreeable agree-able gentleman where he is most at home to visit Mr Clawson at his studio |