The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-02

basket Of peaches, but it is not a success,
the fruit not seeming so juicy and
wholesome as all fruit should be that
is painted. He has a picture, No. 3,
Harvest in Utah County," which is
more in his line and does him much
credit. One of the good pictures of the
exhibition, and among the best that
Hafen has produced, is No. 40, Valley
of the Pariey's Park" In an altogether
different vein. however, he has painted
another picture that has brought him
WeIl-deserved praise. We refer to No.
II, Memories of Childhood" An old
peasant woman sits knitting by the
fire, and an earnest little fellow, who
may be her grandson, appears to be
discussing with her some wOndrOus
tale he has been reading from the book
in his hand. The play of conflicting
lights, that which comes cold from a
window at their backs and that which
glows from the ruddy fire, has been eX-
celently handled with most happy
effect. 1t is one of the popular pictures
of the exhibition.
Mr.. H. H. Haag, S. L. A., has his big
picture, No 80, The Death of Laban.''
which many thought should have taken
the big prize at the late fair, but which
for some reason was withheld from
everybody. There are many points of
IL.
tone, a feeling of right and good com
position A little water-color by the
same artist. Relic Of 1S47," is a new
departure for him, but this and all the
work he has ever shown fail. so far, to
prove that he has great capacity in
color.
Mrs. E. c. Carson again exhibits
several of her fruit and flower pictures,
which are always much admired. The
! hoe III che
"ChrySanthemums, which is good
enough to have been hung litter
nearer to the line. Her little picture Of
Cherries alone proves her ability in
this line of work Miss Mary TeasdeI
has an unusual number of pictures in
the collection and some of them show
marked advance. Among the best is
No. So, ''Primroses,'' though we cannot
help admiring the spirit and vigor of
No. 81, Indian Summer" There is
much breadth and airing in the color
and handling of this sketch from ma
ture. Her Comrades is a good study
of dogs, and the portrait study of the
old gardener is the best piece of work
of the kind in the room with the ex-
ceptiOn of Mr.. w. Browuing's portrait
of a lady, No 1.
Mr.. E. Evans, S. Z. A, sends nothing
that was not exhibited at the fair. His
cattle picture, No. y, took the first
prize there. and it certainly stands out
q very strong piece of work, in the
midst of some others that are by no
means weak. Mr.. J. 3. Fairbanks has
several landscapes painted in his own
peculiar style. He is striving to render
the difficult effect of evening twilight,
and to our mind he has not yet ac-
quired the mastery of color and tech
nique necessary to that end. There is
a hardness on the horizon and a lack
of proper relation between earth and
sky that are required in such subjects.
His Evening on the Summit" No. 81,
is better in conception than it is in eX-
ecution or expression. His October
Evening" No. q, is in far better har-
mony and has many good points, but
we would like to know what faint form
it is in the center of the picture that
spoils it and seems to hold no relation
to the rest of it. The best thing he ex-
hibits is No. 81, "A Scene Near Pay
SON" We have not space to continue
our review of this interesting exhibit.
though we hope to have opportunity to
discussing it later on. In the meantime.
we hope that everybody will go to see
1t for themselves