Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-28
Special correspondence.

~ plays no small part in the art
4 life of Florence. To begin with,
Mr.. Berensen, the authority on.
art, has a villa just outside the city at
ponte AlenSoa. Then George lie
Forest Brush spends part of his year
in Florence, having there both villa
and a studio. The studio OF Hiram
Powers may still be visited and the
Casa Guidi, used for art exhibits, IS
in charge OF an American, Mrs. Cobb,
Wife OF the late Arthur Murray Cobb,
the artist
To do the American studies one must
seek tho Via del Hardi. that deep,
dark. narrow old street to which the
tourists flock in search of the house
OF Romola. It's houses are really old
palaces, and their fronts are washed
by the Arno over whose waters they
and balconies commanding views OF
river, bridges, mountains snow capped
and violet. OF domes. bell-towers, and
famous buildings perhaps unequalled
in beauty III any city of Europe. They
are quite honey -combed by the studios
ioice in Il good north light and find
inspiration in picturesque surroundings
If you mount the steps of No. 80 you
come to the studio of Richard Levick Of
Philadelphia, Like Benjamin West. a
Quaker, turned painter. Pass through
the large drawing-room with Its huge
open Fireplace and artistic furniture
ana pictures into the studio, rich in the
output of a versatile and gifted artist.
Early this spring there was much to.
be seen, for Mr.. I4evick was just ready
for his exhibition which followed in the
Casa Guitii. in particular, of coliec-
ton of most lovely etchings, monotones
and black and white drawings done by
a process of his own and reproducing
much that is lovely architecturally in
Florence.
TYPICAL WANDERER.
Wandering about Mr.. Levick's studio
it is easy to conclude that he has
studied and travelled in many lands.
AS a matter of fact, he began his
studies in Dresden. AT the famous
Julian studio in Paris he won prizes
and worked under Lefevre and Cor
mon. He was for a time, at the
in London and ended his student life
in Munich. London hung one of his
pictures, the portrait of a peasant OF
Brittany, on the line Of the academy.
To perfect his art, Mr. Leyick wan
dered from land to lond living for q.
year in Morocco and consorting with
Arabs, a year which has borne most
excellent fruit in his paintings and
sketches of that country, charming in
color nd r,optir in sentiment Nor
way claimed him also. as well as Hol-
land. Germany, France and Italy.
In spite of this cosmopolitan ex-
perience. Mr.. Levick believes Amer
lea to be the place for boy
to grow up in. and thither he
means to go to educate his only son.
Though his versatility expresses itself
in water pen, pencil, OIL in etchings,
lovely portraits OF women in graceful
gowns and poses. gauzy scarfs and pic
ture hats. ne has his own favorite line
OF work. "Once," he will tell YOU. Il
took q voyage OF many months going
to America in sailing vessel to study
the sea. Into these pictures" he in
dicated' two pictures Of Venetian wa
tiers one here reproduced, Il have
PAINTED what the sea has told me. I
never do my work with a view to sell
ing only. believe that an artist must
be true to his ideas and mine is to mod
ify hard realism by an Interpretation OF
the idea behind the canvas. Poetry is
the highest OF the arts and poetry
should play its part in picture"
MISS CoHEN's WORK.
Mr.. Levick's next-door neighbor is
also an American, and from Philadel-
phia, the. sculptress, Miss katherine