The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-01-28
UTAH'S ARTISTS.
Some of Their Works VIII Surprise
Worlds Fair Visitors.
Dir. Harwood's salon Painting VIII BE
observation-disclosures by Other Artists
General Worlds Fair Information.

Generai WOrld'S ta1r lnIOrmdIlOu-
There will be any amount of curiosity
among visitors to the World fair to see
what kind of paintings Utah artists can
turn out.
Dan Mcguire has a fad that the curios
he is digging out OF the houses of the
cliff jewellers will attract some notice, but
he may be somewhat chagrined when he
will discover that the greatest curiosity
to the pretentious fasteners will be to
see and criticise the products of the pres
ent civilization from the wild and
woolly west.''
Painting and sculpture are always be-
ieved to represent the advancement
people has made in the fine arts, and the
Boston and New York girls will have
their noses in the air when they begin to
scan the canvasses of the Utah brand.
1t will De no little surprise for these su-
perior people to find that one OF the
paintings credited to Utah has already
had the approval of the Paris salon.
j. L. Harwood is an artist who has a
reputation both in Salt Lake and In PARIS,
and it may not be known to the general
reader that he will exhibit at the Column
ban exhibition painting which Is sty led
Preparations for Dinner.'' This paint
ing was exhibited in the Paris salon last
year and has never been seen in Salt Lake.
The subject is servant peeling veget-
ables near window and the Paris Art
Journal praises the work for it's brilliancy
and exactness in the drawing. Another
Paris art journal says that it is an excel
lent still life, wonderfully rendered, call
ing to mind the paintings of the Dutch
masters.
| Meritorious as this painting is, Mr..
HARDWOOD has just completed a painting
that treats a country blowing scene in the
Salt Lake valley, with the Wasatch
mountains in the background. This is
executed in a manner that will command
its immediate recognition as the piece de
resistance OF this earnest end painstaking
artist. The figures, the ploWed ground,
the fresh furrow just turned-so new that
| it almost smokes-the open glimpse OF
country farms, are all treated with fldel-
ity that is admirable.
| 1t is matter of congratulation that a
Utah artist of Mr.. Harwood's attain
mentS has produced work of this char
acter as it will give the world better
idea of the poetic beauty of this mountain
walled valley than could be conveyed by
any descriptive work.
Mr.. III. L. A. Culmer, whose canyon
scenes are always warm with sunshine
and cool with snow, will have new can
vass for the World's fair collection. Mrs.
Krouse, a student of Mr.. HARDWOOD has a
picture of real merit entitled "Quietude.'
An old lady, seated in an old fashioned
wooden rocker, is meditating at her sew
ing and cat is lying on the floor at her
feet with its glossy coat. Miss Hartwell
is engaged on still life work which re-
minds one of the ''Old Curiosity Shop
that is not yet far enough along to Judge
of its merits.
Mrs. HARDWOOD intends proffering TO the
committee the painting which created
exhibition OF the Territorial fair, ''The
Pumpkin and the CaulihoWer." The
popular country vegetable and founder of
pumpkin pie literature is toned up to the
genuine pitch of the bulky hybridized
gourd and ''yellow monster" OF In
dian corn fields.
Mr.. E. Evans of Lehi has picture in
Paris that has been faYorably passed
upon by the Worlds fair jury, as fully
mentioned by the HERALD several weeks
ago.
There are other artists at work and
when the committee come to inspect the
offerings of our Utah artists they will
have some rare pictures to represent the
far-away territory in the art building OF
the great exposition and no one need
apologize for any crudity in the fine arts
make a creditable exhibit in his line and
Utah need not take back seat, but
stand forward, without blush, along
side the best examples of American sculp-
ture.
WORLDS FAIR INFORMATION.
The following general information is
given out by the Utah Worlds fair COM
mission:
All accepted exhibits will be taken to
Chicago and returned free of charge to
the exhibitor Exhibitors contributing
exhibits should state whether they desire
them returned or not. Exhibitors are
not required to give their exhibits to the
territory. The commission will, however,
accept donations of this character in the
name of the territory. and will see that
the donors are given due credit.
The standard of excellence is very high.
The executive commissioner will finally
pass upon all exhibits Except those in
tended for the woman's building) and
from his decision there is no appeal.
The secretary of the commission will
promptly answer all letters of inquiry
from residents of the territory in regard
to railroad rates and board and lodging at
Chicago, and will endeavor as far as pos
sible to assist visitors to obtain rooms and
board at reasonable rates. Parties max
ing inquiries should state when they ex-
pect to visit the exposition, how many
rooms they want and about how much
they are willing to pay per day.
It is the intention to ship the exhibits
from this territory to Chicago about
March I, and all intending exhibitors
should place their exhibits in charge of
the executive commissioner before that
date.
The Utah building will be dedicated
with appropriate ceremonies either Just
before or just after the opening of the
World's far. On that day special pro-
gramme OF exercises Will be arranged, in
which the governor and leading citizens,
assisted by all Utah visitors, will take
part.
Ii possible, it is the intention to give
grand choral concert in the grand music
hall by selected choir of several hun
dred Utah people.
Wife-Charley is perfectly devoted to
art. He even talks Of it in his sleep.
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