The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-15
MODERN ART.
An Interesting Lecture BY aIrs. Hab
berry Inst Evening.

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Mrs. Habberly last evening gave the
first of a series OF lectures on Modern
Art before the Woman's club.
Art, said the lady, is classed in
many series. but in the most extended
and most popular sense Of the word
1t means everything which we DIS
| tinguish from nature
Decorative art is the product Of the
hands together with artificial action
1t is taste, and most everything can BE-
so arranged as to become artistic
Every employment can be turned into
art and when they reach that Climax
are truly valuable. But it is not every
man or woman that can be artists.
Decorat tons can, under the hands OF
artists, be made of almost every fabric
and represent every object or action,
and the decoration of any kind is art
in the proper sense of the word. Beauty
is seen in everything from the eye of
an artist. The poet is an artist, as also
is the musician. The broad fields il
summer time team with beauty and
music; the sounds of mighty thunder,
the swelling of the sea, fill true artists
souls with awe and reverence, to the
creator of all things.
All history shows to US that the in
dustrial arts of a nation dominate over
the decorative and secluded arts.
America has never in its history
reached so grand an epoch in art as
it has reached today We have schools
of art in all the principal cities east of
the Missouri, and great many of val
ue west of that line. True, America has
never established an original school,
and perhaps she never will, but our
schools are not decreasing on that &C
count. There must be originality IN art
as well as in literature and music; a
true artist scorns the idea of copying
the ideas of others.
The Centennial exposition was the
turning point of art, and started 1t
fairy in the direction that England
had taken in 1901.
The Romans imported Greek artists,
and Germany and France imported the
French and Italians, but at the pres
emf dav each of these nations stand
represented by its own distinctive
school.
Lately Spain has taken a greater in
terest in that line, and Russia mas es-
tablished a school. OF Japan, everyone
is aware of the peculiar but truly
great decorative genius that thrlVes
there Probably no nation is more ar
tistic than Japan. Out Of every natl0h
-Ddern decorative art, we can see iaeaS
that rightfullv belong to the Japanese
The art of stained glass IS an ofls,
inal American art. John Lalarse anu
Touis Tiffany have done much Tor
Ayoarica in this particular line, as also
has Miss Mary Tillinghast, OF New
York. Miss Tlllinghast is, in the est
mation of many, one of the most re-
markabIe of American women. All
who have had the good fortune to VISIT
Grace church. New York, and see the
famous Jacobs Dream" executed by
that lady. can express the truth of her
greatness. 4,..
begun. but nevertheless an art Whlcn
will live long among nations. Inc Cen
tenniaI exposition set in motion the
interior or decorative arts, ana the
tile was the direct result of decorative
painting, which caused many artists
to lay aside the palette and decorate
the interiors of homes.
Woodworking is an art of ancient
origin. which is fast becoming obso-
lete because at the present time ma
chinery has taken It's place, and a
work of hand wood-carving Is more
beautiful only because OF the labor eX-
pended upon it.
In this line Cincinnati has taken the
lead of all cities in America.
The art of pottery is one of long
growth and one destined to continue
The pottery workers of the old world
must be wary for already America can
initiate the Dresden to such a nicely
that only experts can distinguish the
one from the other.
OF the other arts, there is the orna-
mental metal art, which has been ush-
cred in with the present century.
In America we have many artists of
worldwide renown, many workers in
black and white, and many caricatur-
lists we'll known, and certainly the last
decade of American art has proved
far greater than ali others Art is
fast becoming recognized, for art is
the embodiment of ali intellect
Mrs. Rabberly will deliver the second
of her lectures on Early American
Art and Artists" before the Woman's
club, on Friday next, al 10 a. m