Show i ART AND ARTISTS The Excellent Studio of John Tullidge A Scene Near Mil Creek Canyon Can-yon Sunshine and Sh lolA lol-A View of Salt Lake City from Arsenal Hill Antelope Island and the Oquirh Range Harry Edwards Later Works What Mischief Now2 Going to and Coming from the Races JOHN TULLIDGES STUDIO AND HIS WORKS OF ART Undoubtedly Mr Tullidgea studio is the finest and best arranged of any in the Territory I is capacious lofty has a north light and in fact has everything that is requisite for a model studio The room was built expressly for the purpose for which it is used and Mr Tullidge being a practical artist of long experience knew exactly what was needed and neglected nothing The ceiling is beau ifully decorated and conspicuous among the many ornaments are a number of grapevines upon which are hanging numerous bunches of lusciouslooking rapes The decorating was all executed by Mr Tullidge and confers mnch credit upon that gentleman He has not confined himself very closely to landscape painting of late therefore he has but few paintings on hand but those he has are fine specimens of art A Scene Near Mill Creek Canyon is one of Mr Tullidges latest it is a fine painting and he has exhibited considerable consider-able taste in the composition I was painted under a storm effect therefore i has a cold gloomy feeling throughout In the foreground is i a stream of water studded on either side with a heavy growth of trees and brush it is a canyon stream and the water rushing over and between the rocks looks very natural The foliage has been painted with telling effect and so true to nature that you imagine you can see the moisture on the leaves from the rain Across the stream are two or three small farm houses which are very pleasingly arranged and give the picture a homelike home-like appearance Farther on is a spur of the Wasatch mountains looming up into the clouds the mountains like the balance ance of the picture have been well treated and being partially concealed by a mist appear to be of great height One of the best things in the painting is in the sky the artist is always at home in painting a stormy sky and when ever he undertakes the task he generally succeeds suc-ceeds The picture throughout is a good one and reflects credit on the artists Sunshine and Shadow is another by the same gentleman although small it has some fine points about I represents a forest scene in the Catskill mountains moun-tains and the artist has been quite happy in treating the subject In the centre is a beautiful little waterfall water-fall leaping over a ledge of rocks and falling fall-ing among the foliage below the white spray from the falling water is in pleas ing contrast with the dark foliage The trunks of the trees and the foliage are exceptionally good and any person who is fond of forest scenery could not help but gaze on this little gem with admiration admira-tion tionA 1 view of Salt Lake City from Arsenal Hi is an excellent painting i is a sunset sun-set effect embracing the western part of the city The sky has been very skill fully handled and is a splendid portrayal por-trayal of the lovely sunsets with which we are so much favored in this valley Far off in the distance with true renal effect are Antelope Island and the Oquirrh range and are true to nature in every respect a portion of the lake is also introduced The middle distance is composed of the western portion of the city the houses and trees have been well painted and are in keeping with the rest of the picture The dark rocks in the foreground have been handled with considerable con-siderable skill and have a natural appearance ap-pearance This is without doubt one of the very best paintings that has ever left the artists easel and considering the subject which is a difficult one to handle he has been remarkably successful and is truly deserving of great praise in his efforts A Winter Scene Near the Rhine This picture though so different from our own scenery is quite attractive and shows the gentleman to be quite versatile versa-tile it is little beauty and we presume who has been in that any person country would at once recognize the scene as belonging be-longing to that neighborhood An old ruined castle holds a conspicuous place in this picture and the manner in which the artist has treated i stamps him at once as being an expert architectural painter Another very pleasing thing Which at once attracts the eye is a stone bridge across which a boy is driving a herd of cows The bridge cows and boy have been all faithfully represented and look very lifelike Ogden Canyon is also from the brush of the same gentleman and is worthy of special mention The rock painting is excellent and we think the best we have seen from Mr Tullidge brush The drawing and coloring are true to nature and exhibit talent of no ordinary nature Ogden Canyon is one of the rockiest places in the Territory and very difficult to portray on canvas but the artist seems to have experienced no trouble in handling the subject A portion of the river and a waterfall are also seen and have been introduced with a telling effect Mr Tullidge appears to have made a specialty of painting running run-ning water and waterfalls and in this particular branch of art he has certainly excelled Moonlight Winter Scene is another an-other of Mr Tullidges and to say it is a good picture does not convey the meaning mean-ing at all for out of the many excellent paintings produced by the artist within the last few years this may justly be called his master piece The sketch was taken from the southwestern part of the city and is looking east The sky as usual has been treated in the same masterly manner for which he is noted I snowcapped peaks of the Wasatch rise far up into the clouds like so many sentinels and look weird and ghastly under the effect of the moon which is casting its rays down upon them To the right in the foreground is the canal and a herd of sheep being driven over the bridge by a man the water has a natural look about it the drawing of I the bridge is good and the sheep have I been painted with a fidelity true to life Across the bridge is a stable to which j the sheep are being driven and still to J I the left is a rude cabin through the win dow of which a light can be seen giving j I to the abode a cosy appearance This is i a new departure for Mr Tnllidge but he i i has been exceedingly successful and we J I should be pleased to see more offer the t same style I I Mr Tullidge has painted large picture of the Shoshone Falls by moonlight This I I subject embraces so much and has been I painted so many times by our local i artists that we do not feel competent to j criticise it but as near a we can tell i the artist has done the subject justice justce Mr Tullidgo is one of our oldest artists I having resided in this city a great many = W I years and notwithstanding the adverse circumstances to which our earlier artists were subjected in not being ablo to procure pro-cure the necessary materials for their use and finding no sale for their paintings when completed he never got discouraged discour-aged for a moment but kept on faith fully ana studiously working at his profession fession for which he has so much love with an untiring hand andean indomitable indomi-table will and although he has devoted so many years of his life to the interests of art he has from the first steadily improved im-proved until today he ranks among our leading local artists HARRY EDWARDS This young gentleman has not done very much painting but he is quite a genius with the crayon and pencil and Exhibits no small amount of talent especially es-pecially with the former We were shown n fine specimen of his work yesterday yes-terday in crayon entitled What Mischief Mis-chief Now I represents a parlor scene of which an old cat and her kittens have taken possession the old cat is lying upon a chair watching her kittens which are busily engaged with a roll of sheet music Two of them are partially par-tially inside and the remaining two are rolling the music over The drawing of the cat and her kittens is remarkably well executed a clever piece of work in the same picture is a lace curtain in the background it has been drawn with such delicacy and transparency that it looks a though the least breeze or touch would deface it He has a portrait in crayon of the late Joseph Swift the drawing and shading of the features are executed with remarkable skill it is a true likeness and any of the de ceaseds friends would at once rec recognize it He also has a pair of comic drawings in pencil Going to the Races and Returning from thoRaces tho-Races they like the rest of his works show considerable talent These two drawings represent an old negro on a mule the Going to the Races shows the old mans delight he is all smiles and full of anticipation but by glancing at the other Coming from the Races you at once come to the conclusion that he l bet on the wrong horse for a more dejected looking object could not oe scared up anywhere They are very creditable specimens and we compli ment the young gentleman on his success suc-cess and will be pleased to see more of his works |