The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-11
ART AND ARTISTS.
o4ber Work by Mr.. Dallin.
The Coming Art Ex-
hibition

& aod the last week or two on a
Ssdel for bust Of Captain Josb
,vrence. It is now nearly finished
I'd is of such degree of excellfnce
hat It would stamp the artist as a
roaug man of genius, even II MS
!rovious work had not ALREADY
fhown ii. Every characteristic OF
s shO familiar features Of our towns
nan ia shown with such WONDERFUL
ssdeIitv that the clay seems almost
ihnfnsed with the very spirit OF tne
inject. We have watched this
york vuT in It's progress day by day, ana
' WIZ :" ogo wondered how it
o Uni be carried any further.
GU 90 have been fearful lest
ali SbonJd he overweight and the
nower Of it weakened, like to the
Fs+e OF so much work that we have
. .oen IN all branches Of art. But,
;:0Uotoad. it has daily improved under
the skiiIfuI fingers of the artist, the
T t drawing closer without the
siightest weakening, until now We
9,IIId ike to see it put side by side
With the work Of any American
'cnlntor, no matter what his fame
nav be. This is going great lengths
and sounds like enthusiasm, but we
beIieve Mr.. Dallin's genius would be
recognized by such a comparison.
Indeed, we believe that in this
young man we have a real artist
Who will yet achieve q reputation
hat will rebound to the credit Of
the Territory in proportion to
The encouragement he receives
rom our people. To their credit
ha it spoken. there are a few here
who realize the imp )rtauce of THE,
and the day will come, barring &C
cjdents, when they will be proud
NJ the part they have borne towards
the development OF Mr.. Dallin's
genias.
THE COMING EXHIBITION.
Not much is being said about the
exhibition OF the works Of local ar.
fists. which will open at Calder's the
latter part of this month, but all
seem to be preparing for a nice dis
nlsv. In recent visit to the stu>
dos O; some of the painters, we
found the project TO be receiving
much consideration, and we have no
doubt the exhibit will prove to
our citizens the great advance of art
in our midst during the last two
years. It is to be hoped that
all local artists will cOntrIbu g, as
We have no doubt they will, and
that the showing will be increased
by examples of the work of those
artists of merit, who live in other
towns Of the Territory. The exhi-
bition would be made more in
structive, also, If the artists could
prevail upon Mr.. Billing to contri-
butte for this purpose some OF the
many beautiful landscapes he has
Neen painting in the last few years,
and which have never been open
to the inspection of the public.
Among those who are preparing for
this occasion, we have seen half a
dozen pictures, some completed by
ME- JUuA 4uAAlOSCJ CRLAO VIC IOOA oANs
they comprise some Of the best
work he has ever done. Mr. Ottin-
ger has quite a collection OF finished
and unfinished pictures, from which
he will be able to make fine selec>
ton that will do him credit. Mr..
Gilmer and Mr.. Bowring will each
contribute, while Mr., Harry Culmer
has FIVE or six ready to put in. Mr..
Lambourne's exhibit will comprise
snumber of fine pictures, the sum
of his labers during the past few
months; and Mr.. Weggslsnd, We
hope, will be on hand with exam
pies Of his work, without which no
local exhibition would be complete.
Mr.. Pratt, Mr.. Hafen, Mr.. Dallin
and some others We know to be
making preparations, as also Mr..
Beard, Mr.. Kirkham and some
others in the country. We would
lie, too, to see Mr.. Brown, Of Lo-
gan, represented, as several exams
pies of portraiture in his line will
make up an inter esting feature.