Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-01
John B, Fairbanks Of Academy Ex-
petition Reaches Salt Lake.
SPENT WINTER IN NEW YORK
Visited Art Galleries - Entertaining
Comment ON Famous Paintings
And Painters.

John 3. Fairbanks, the well known
Utah artist, who accompanied the
Brigham Young academy South Amer
lean expedition, arrived home last eve
Mig from New York city, AS the read.
ers Of the News" are aware he has
been In the national metropolis since
Christmas, visiting the art studios and
exhibitions. 1t Is needless 10 say that
MS stay In the great city was feast
from first to last, for 1t afforded him
the opportunity 10 see the very best
work that Is being done in America
today, and TO come In contact with
the gifted men and women who arc
accomplishing It. Mr.. Fairbanks left
President Cluff and party at San Jose,
Costa Rica and proceeded to penetrate
the country for 400 miles along the
banks Of the Magdalena river In Col
omb!a. He spent several weeks on that
trip and thinks he collected some OF the
most beautiful subjects that an artist
ever had the privilege to paint, and now
he IL home again he viii begin 10 work
1s..s DWi ns ms JVui heJ tnlVush
neAiSo, oentral anu oouul america re
sooh SEVERAL hundred views Whlch ne
.as careluliy preserved, ana ne thlnks
nna. ~ 'he cpneutioii there N the M
spi'asioh vi q nie iaDors. IN Tue couh-
~ " SANTA Marh, MT ralrphhks was
maui 70 marvel az the eVldehces OF me
selis CIVILIZATION mat once dominated
ma. lann' me roads Leading over the
Y..alas H.. III l..
mountains ana MUS ana Ia fact IN az
ulleoliohs were constructed OF stone,
anu 'he modern mafadamlHed boule-
saru couio NOT DC more attractive, lie
knew me roads We're very ancient but
Wnen tney were Duilt ana by what peo-
PIE ne would not venture TO say. In
TINS same lana the mountain tops were
smoothed down and settlements were
MADE upon them, SO that there were
utterly citles set upon hill. Taking Il
ail IN an Mr.. falrDanks says that It
was by Tar the most interesting oonn-
Wy ne ever saw and so far as the ex-
petition was concerned he readily ex-
pressed the sentiment that II was a
success, ana while nothing great has
resulted Immediately he firmly believes
that II Is the beginning Of something
truly wonderful,
Passing on to his sojourn In the city
OF New York, Mr. Fairbanks led out
INTO an interesting comment on the
paintings and the painters that he saw,
re says that the finest piece OF art
ne saw there or anywhere else In all
ms liie was, The Harvest OF the Pop
pies, py Jules Brenton the French
man, He reiterated his Judgment In
respect 70 It's being the finest land |
scape painting he ever saw, and would |
not except any ancient or modern mas
Ter. when asked who In his iudg- !
Inent was the foremost American |
painter, ne replied that II was a hard |
question 70 answer, because there are |
several whose work - regarded to be /
Of ABOUT eQual merit, but those who
.aKe hrst rank are y, bolton Jones,
we ianascapc artist !. Francis Muir
pny, W. Al. chase ana whistler. The
iatter OF course mas the greatest repu-
Iauoh ana rs real great man. But
lne pest exhibitions OF landscape. ART
~ Atneilca, sara ne, Is the work Of
ueorse ihnes sr, Homer Martin aud