The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-11-21
BEAUTIES OF ART.
Opening of Mr.. LambOurne's Exhi-
bitiOn of Paintings.

The exhibition of so many fine picture
as the result Of one artists Iabors i
almost phenomenal in a city ike Sal
Lake not only on account of the
excellent quality Of the work, but also
from the varied character of the scenery
represented, especially as they have one
and all been painted from the artist
original sketches. Most of the noted
scenery of the west is represented in the
collection. California furnishes some
beautiful coast scenery of Monterey and
the Golden Gate, some cliff and river
scenery from the famous Yosemite
Valley, and several architectural sub
lects taken from her picturesque Old
Missions. Arizona also gives an srchi
tectural picture, the Ruins of the Mis-
sion Dolores near Tucson. whilst three
maSn .tcent paintings of Shoshone Falls
do ample justice to the scenery OF
Idaho. Besides thsSe are scenes from
the Yellowstone National Park, scenes
from Wyoming and a splendid collec
ton OF the most characteristic scenes OF
Utah
That Sall Lake citizens should spend
annually thousands Of dollars 10 import
hardly be believed in the studios of our
local artists. We are proud and Justly so /.
OF the beauty Of our mountain scenery,
and are always willing to praise it when
abroad, and yet our artists have good
reason TO complain OF a lack OF patron
age. We have few among US VINO
really feel an interest in art, aud mani
fest 1t in a practical way by making
iudicious purchases from our local
talent, but generally there is q lack of
interest and patronage which must b.
CALLING to those who are brave enough
TO be the pioneers OF art IN the COM
munity. This IS not altogether because
we do not appreciate their labors, or
admire their work when done, but more
because while busy with the exacting
affairs of life. we forget that art as well
as other industries should receive its
share of attention. In justice t. the
artists who labor among us, and
are identified with the growth and
development of the community,
We should cease this sending our
money away for what can be produced
at home, and in so doing accomplish the
double good OF fostering q taste for home
art and furnishing 4 revenue for those
who produce it.
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amount of artistic skill resident in this
Territory. We are ahead of all the Ter
ritOr.es and many of the older States in
this respect and il needs but the sym
pathy OF the public. instead of leaving
the artist entirely to fight il out alone.
20 place it along side of some of the
most prosperous Eastern States. Those
unwilling 10 believe this should visit the
studios in this city and see their con-
tents. Ottinger, Tullidge, Clawson.
Culmer, Hafen, Pratt and others, all
have work of widely different aims and
methods on exhibition, so II would BE-
strange indeed If We could not find
something TO suit our individual tastes
in one or the other OF them.
Mr. Lambourne deyotes himself prin-
cipally TO landscape and marine, and N
these works has certainly proven a sue
cess as the pictures in the studio Will de-
monstrate. Some OF these are now
shown to the public for the first time.
among them four views in the Yosemite
Valley, The Sentinel Rock, Mirror Lake,
and TWO views OF Cathedral Domes. The
latter are especially pleasing. The Mer-
ced River. winding between its wooded
banks and rejecting the giant tors. IS a
beautiful stream. In the Sentinel Rock
the effect OF heights is finely rendered,
and pearly tinted sunrise accords well
with the Mirror Lake.
Fog lifting at Carmel Bay and a Grim
son sunset over the Pacific, as seen
from Cypress Point near Monterey, are
most desirable pictures, and with q
scene at Cavern Rock, Golden Gate.
complete the California scenes which
have not already been noticed in The
HERALD.
Perhaps there is not a stranger place
on earth than the Yellowstone Park.
with its wonderful springs and geysers,
and vivid combinations OF color. Many
OF the scenes are quite unpaintable.
Nothing in the color box will approach
their brilliancy in blaze OF sunlight, bat
Mr.. Lambourne, with the help OF a cloudy
sky, has made a most telling picture OF
one of its principal wonders. This he calls
Among the Geysers in their Youth"
The foreground is q high mound. en-
crusted with red and yellow deposits OF
iron aud sulphur; on this is the lurid
disc OF the Blue Prismat.c Spring; near
by Is the Castle Geyser belching forth
clouds of steam and in the distance
Fire Hole River. and the Old Faithful
Geyser, hurting his boiling fountain
of water high into the air.
the Geysers in their Old Age and shows
the noted Boiling Pots near Midway in
Provo Valley. These are nothing more
than old geysers now dying out; grass,
weeds and bushes are now beginning TO
Chamber up their sides.
Chief among the Utah Landscapes are
two superb scenes in the Wahsatch.
Lake Blanche" aad storm Clearing
at Sunset" both painted from sketches
taken in the COttonwoods. a locality
which has been a decided vantage
ground 10 the artist. Lake Blanche Is
situated in the very heart Of the range:
IL Is a beautiful sheet of water sur
rounded By tremendous rocky peaks
very abrupt and varied in form. In
the background OF the picture are 5. own
the jagged granite h=lghts dividing the
two canyons, while in the middle
distance, a waterfall fed By the wasting
SHOWS Is seen TO tumble over a cliff into
the broad lake. The foreground Is a
skIlful arrangement of time-worn
6oulders and tall pine trees. The Storm
Clearing IS magnificent study OF light
and shade; the heavy storm clouds
breaking and rolling away in volumes
across the mountains, leaving the
western sky aglog with golden light
That everything Is dripping wet from
the past storm Is plainly told by tha
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