Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-19
BEAUTIFUL cONcEPTIoN.

cess.
BEAUTIFUL CONCEPTION.
HIs hrst work that attracted atten-
ton ln the divisionist school was his
Maternity" Probably no artist has
ever conceived "a more beautiful con
ccption Of this subject A young
mother dtaped according 10 the tradi-
tons VI the Madonna Is nOurishing her
infant under q fruit hearing tree-the
tree Of life. Al her feet are the lilies
of purity and the mother ana child are
surrounded by angels whose closed
eyes, bowed heads and long dropping
wings give an impression Of alteration
and silenCe-as mystical a religious
emotion as was ever obtained by the
old masters
This twentieth century genius pos
sasses many of the qualities of the
old masters He is not limited I'm his
gifts. but like Michael Angelo. Du
Vinci and many other artists OF their
time he not only paints. but Is poet
as well. a prose writer. an architect a
sculptor and has profound knowledge
Of science taste that be no doubt
inherits from his father.
Signora Previati has learned long
ago never to look for her husband at
any given hour. To the systematic
man Of business his irregularity of
habits and utter forgetfulness Of i'm
portant affairs or social engagements
would be inComprchensible and mex
cusable This condition is caused by
the artists mental concentration on
any subject that he may happen to
be discussing He is absolutely un-
conscious FOR the time being of any
other thought or n IL Is work that he
is engaged iu, he only stops when
bodily fatigue asserts itself and his
oyerstrdiued brain refuses to continue.
LATIN ARGUMENT.
An illustration OF this intentnoss oc-
CURED "a short time ago in Milan. Al
the railway station he met mis- friend,
Alberto Grubicy, the Italian art col
lector. After the usual exchange OF
greetings NJ. Grubicy touched upon
the subject Of the division Of color,
and its great influence on modern art
IL was like putting a lighted match
TO "a pile of straw Previau launched
into this subject with such vigor and
earnestness that the pedestrians who
did not know him thought that his
friend had played him some despic-
able trick and that the artist was
bclaboring him with a steady stream
Of abuse.
From the railway station 10 the
Piazza del Duomo for which these
two friends were hound Is only a 20
minute walk. Yet IL took the self
absorbed artist and the equally in
tcrested art collector just three hours
TO cover the distance. BY one who
has ever been In italy this can be-
well understood. II Is a habit OF the
country that when two people are
engrossed In an important conVersa-
ton on the street. they walk for half
"a block. then as II II were automati-
CaUv arranged, they stop. face each
ff.s
few seconds and then proceed for
another half block when the same
maneuvcrs are repeated. II was In
this way that II took the friends just
three hours to reach their destina-
ton.
MOODS OF INSPIRATION.
Previati is a great lover Of the works
of Poe He reads and re-reads the
weird tales Of the noted American
author This Is especially his habit
when about 10 retire az night. After
one Of these midnight readings which
he continued until nearly dawn. he
finally turned out his light hoping TO
sleeu. hut his innamed Imagination
saw In drawings the pictures that Poe
had given In words Strive as he
would he could not sleep. on closing
his eyes fantastic. phantomlike crea-
lures lohted before him and the inn
pulse 20 create could not be resisted
Previau sprang from his bed, took up
his pencils and produced drawings
which equal In character and vivid
Imagination the works Of the melan-
choly Poe himself This mood Of sud
den inspiration governs most OF his
movements and So fertile ~ his brain
that before one work is completed
others are begun There has 10 be an
outlet for his unconquerable rush Of
ideas that crowd his brain, hence. his
studio is usually filled with innumer-
able canvascs in their first stages. or
perhaps II may be verse that has mas
tered him for the moment. which In
shown by the scattered scraps Of
paper that he has evidently picked up
at random and written on In an al
most undecipherable hand.
ELLEN WALDO.