Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

chicago, he stopped off at Nauvoo, md
sketched many Of the historical spots,
where relies OF the old Mormon set
tlcment still remain
Among them re the houses Of Joseph
Smith, Brigham Young, John Taylor.
MILFORD WoodrIn. Heber c. Kimball.
and the Carthage jail where the found
er of Mormonism was shot to death
In cold blood. Mr. Fairbanks has been
very busy this year with his work
In the city schools IN which he acts as
art supervisor. His work has been
very satisfactory as was testified to
by a raise m salary which was grant
ed him only a short time ago.
At Chicago this summer Mr.. Fair
banks was offered faculty position,
but declined It TO fulnn a previously
made engagement with the city school
board Among his hangings in the au-
tumn exhibition We're a sketch Of Chi
cago. from the lakes, and two of the
university With his father and John
Hafen, he occupies a studio IN suite 10
of the Hooper Eldredge block.
YOUNG WON STATE PRIZE.
Tho annual exhibit Of the Utah Art
Institute was held this year in the So
clal hall in October, Mahonrl NJ. Young
was winner Of tho state prize. his pic
ture being a powerful representation Of
the pride Of being strong, II was
blacksmith scene IN which muscle and
power were the foremost qualities. The
strength Of men who labor IS a topic
on which Mr. Young promises to do his
best work, and his state prize this year
Is dlstlnctiyely suggestive Of his pecu-
liar power with the brush and in sculp-
ure
This was the eighth annual exhibit.
There We're twenty artists exhibiting.
Of whom ten had paintings enough to
class them as professional workers IN
the field. They are j. Leo Fairbanks.
Mahonri NJ Young. G Wesley Brown
ing, j. r. Harwood. La Decn
Christensen, Lee Greene Richards
Miss Myra Sawyer John Hafen. A. b.
Wright and J. B. Fairbanks. Besides
these who exhibit must be reckoned
as artists the good old pioneers, who
work away without trying 10 bring
their paintings to public notice. and
| Harry Culmcr who does not choose
to exhibit his work with the society.
OF the pioneers must be named
| George NJ Otunger, who Is doing some
I good things on ancient American hiss
| tory, Alfred LumDournc. who has made
| Great salt Lake peculiarly his own
| theme both for paintings and verse as
| well az poetic prose, and Dan Wegge-
| land, who Is represented this year as
| I'm SEQ many previous exhibits by one
oftorine-a view from Pelican point.
GEORGE NJ. oTTINGER.
George NJ, ottlnger is the man to
| whom the reporters know they can go
| for accurate bits of ancient history,
! especially iu matters of urs. When
asked tho other day how art in Utah
! had it's organized beginning he said
| that the first artist who ever came here
| was William Major He came with
| the pioneer movement, and returned TO
/ Europe ln 1853 ON a mission. He died
| while ON this service for his religion.
Next came Cayalli In 1856. to remain
only q month while making some
sketches About this time too. Mrs.
| J. V. Long began 10 work and turned
out a number OF portraits, including
! group of church leaders. entitled
| Brigham Young and His Friends"
In 1861 Ottinger himself came. and
Dan Weggeland followed IN 1882, These
were the first artists 90 stick Il out,
aud stay by their profession, sink or
swim. Otunger through all the years