The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-13

ture2 1 dare say not one out of ererv
hundred. and some OF my fellow stu
dents say not one In a thousand.
Your article sets foath very Clearly
the sitisat7on local artists are in when
painting pictures for eastern exhi1pl-
lions. But j should like to ada q. few
remarks on this subject. AS il is not
possible for an artist to literally paint
Nature, even If he zlsouid desire TO DO
SO, ale must sacrifice some things 70 OBJ
tain certain effects. SO. if the artist
would paint Utah, he must do il with
brilliant sunlight effects though it bes
at a sacrifice OF many of5iler Things, Tor
strong, clear sunlight is the very spirit {
and mature of Cur country. Aeace "
would be farce for an artist 10 slL
down ON the shores of Utah lake and
attempt TOO paint it under the effects
which French artists usually paEnts
s4ac Miro5r aux Fees de Eontaine-
bqeau
But even in Europe htnaosphere Is
often 9eft out in order TO oota:ini
strength and lbrillfancy OF stll1llglL as
is notably the case with Fernaald y aiSlL
Qufgnon,s pictures. His 'Moyeoses,'
exhibited at the Worlds faar ana
s'Chanlp de Fauers Blancales esnl2fHea
alt the Paris salon in 1879, ale
striking examples of IT. For
fnea-ay wears tte general criticism Of
felNad on Ouignon's pictures by artlsts
wkss SEES tabaeaux ne s0nt pas J nste,
and for ten years in succession ne Ws,S
fired bodily from the SALON. but nh
tally the critics awakened 10 ieeilzs-
ton that Quignorl WAS Striving. LOT
strong brilliant effects and that NE SAT-
,fficefI atmosphere With knowledge aafd
exaggerated coicr in order 10 opuaaih
! Them thereafter every one A4a eie
| Vas a great painter, anu now ae
acknowledged in the Frenen sehool u
landscape painting. Great AZ t+te
truths that this school has s5rotls.FS OUT
! tl,ts,t eaHlggr painters never dreamed or
Nlh,ie I do not altogether appleclai.e
lthe exqaefne modern ilnpTessiS MIST Is
lor the .lnafslly fog trees Wnlch my
| vo,-fhy co-aatist, Mr.. Gunner SO laiely
nuts his foot upon, yet 1 iesl lhAeS - ~ y
Ia very difficult task to extract llVll
,9,s,ssrsir, scenery such d feelfng OF po-
/ eItr.v a. Csorot gives 70 his pallltallgs,
I'm. example Diana aEl Baans Clle
/ Matinee and his ''EAysage o. eree5
and lake Our mountains are sia1lu
hut not poetic, One of our aDiest WI
ers not long since told me lhat = e e :.
MOST diffictfFt thing to write ABOUT 9 "
,,,o,,,,fair scenery. everything peins
/ a,,taronistic to the poetic spirllf even
m the rgadnes of canyons creeks, piates'
efc And 50 at is with the B4tlrsei :
Wher, the yaegey below gives q stegs $50
tsiar s,f atmosphere, rGle Houilesii ~,
r-as=4. 9g3eas- loffy tops far above snto tits
lca@,at sky. making cieali-eut Slir
l1,ol,eslte without the slightest leeailaS ~
lafnosrqhers. If You would paii .lilssl y
lHhav must be so far ia tAe Jlseslli S. !
lfflaf there is little detall 70 pc $50 $50
M if You go into them you max !" 10
nan-inapres=ive picture OF lIlsi q $50
ress and could place it-on the th sl NJ -.
esS+hful copy from nature. "a
eo,,1.sa while we are here we nauSs ~
/ dessvoz, 10 paint the country we ilVe II
mt tsha valleys, fields and pastures cor
t,ssr many prernty subjects winch httVs
not at ali been exhausted
There is a writing by one OF olS
which / appreciate very muen, eiiss, LIZ
fiument of which most apta5t0 Mo .t.1
lhail with extreme deagnt: faely !, ,i ;
lev shall be filled, every iiiot,lie<ant
braugi1t low.''-Isaiah: Not tnap
w-o,,ld have the earth's surface az
smooth as glass, far from 1t, Tor nllE
! and 5alss are most picturesque.
Wlaile we must acknowledge the won
] darfulness of Mr.. MoTan's picture %
the Grand Canyon of the AelteWsUoll
(it is as fine a one OF Une kAno ds
have eeeu). yet it will never str th'
lsolIl and for brillianey does not exceed
Those of MIR. Quignon and julia Dupre
! while their pictures have much tine
lny9fistie qualities. The subjects them
lsfalves seem to lend their aid TO tbs
technic of art Speaking of the ex
lfrene fog painters, am incident occur
lfsa nv mind which was told to me b!
Ian American art student Studying il
Munich. A young painter sSnt in
picture which passed the receiyins
committee and was placed on the wal
by the committee on hanging. Whel
the young artist entered the exnioiflol
land cav the picture hanging. length
wise Instead Of upright. he exclaimed
what d fool hung my picture?" Tn
committee lad taken it for a tree OF
the lake shore under a. fog effect, Will
the artist had painted it for a wonIal
with a wheelbarrow.