Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-06

Especial Correspondence
~ ARTS. July G.-When a deaf
- mute reaches the top Of his
chosen calling he is worthy Of
double honor. II Humphrey
Moore, the American artist resident
here, Is both deaf and dumb, but in
epite of these physical defects, his
achievements rank among the first of
the great painters of today. Nature
seems to have com pensated him for the
two drawbacks mentioned. Though the
sound of his voice can never De nehtu
and the sweetest music cannot charm
a deaf ear. yet, when free from the
cares OF brush and easel, he whiles
away the hours by sign language ana
by written conversation. Humphrey
Moore and his charming Spanish wire
converse together as freely with their
hands as Others do with their tongues
He is even eloquent In the expression
Of his emotions. once ] saw him eN-
press his contempt for man VINO had
been guilty of A rudeness. Never be
fore had / realized 80 wei that there
IS a language OF the eye, Of the hand OF
the face OF the brow OF the whole
being as well as OF the tongue.
Rorn in New York some 80 years ago
Moore studied under Gerome at the
famous Ecole des BeauN Arts, where so
many other Americans learned the les
sons which led TO fame. And when IN
distinction as his master, Gerome eN-
pressed his approval by the words;
"All | have 10 say Is, that ! am proud
YOU have been my pupil Moore mas
lived so long in Paris that Frenchmen
claim him as their own Just as Eng
ushmen claim Sargent. He has been
exhibiting I'm the salon for 81 years
AN ALL-ROUND PAINTER.
Frankly idealistic Moore Ia an all
round painter who adorns every subject
no touches Most artists run in one
particular groove. Henner painted
red haired sickly girl in his youth ana
kept on painting her until his death,
Bougerau painted manicured ana
pedicured beauty and not even Miss
Gardner the strong American painter
whom he married. could give him new
subject Chelminsky paints Napoleon
and nothing more Alexander hhrtl-
son viii keep on painting seascapes as
long as he lives and has power 10 move
his elbow. Ridgway Knight mas panied
B "A girl In a garden for the past 40 years
and NAV he paint her for 80 years
more. And so on, But Moore goes 70
Japan. the Soudan, Morocco SPAN,
cvery,yhere for his subjects and does
them All we'll He is a portrait painter
also, above all a portrait painter OF
beautiful women and of charming chill
dren
Moore Is one OF our most sincere and
most successful orientalists' lie was
pioneer in Japan, and helped 10 open
I'm 10 the wondering eyes OF the old
world the sanctuary OF japanese art
Long before Pierre Lott published ms
enhancing romances OF the desert ana
while The Light OF Asia was sun IN
:. the womb OF time TINS oeat anu uu ,',,r
American artist and scholar was pur-
suing his studies in old Japan before
n mad taken on western civilization, He
has go japanese panels and his collee-
ton Of Japanese life sketches Is surpass-
inpiv beautiful He has brought from
the land OF the mikado pictures OF REQ
4 lowered gardens, Of quaint almond
eyed little men carrying Dig raTasols,
.of cherry h ossorned Landscapes OF
gardens Of living waters or tattooeu
men and women, OF interior views OF
decorative art He has given us the
Japancse sky, trees, flowers and life.
Although he Is not a specialist II ne
leans a little more on one side than
another IL Is IN the direction or the
Flowery Kingdom. -
SPAIN HIS DELIGHT.
Next to Japan. the country from
which Moore has drawn most Of his IN
spiration is proud old Spain. moorish
suain has been his special delight. Dead
yiorics never rise. said Hannls taylor'
American minister to spain, when
viewing the Alhambra, yet the glories
n Spain's greatest palace are immor-
,st;zed on canvas bv the brush Of the
leaf-mutc artist from New YORK
Though Moore's tongue be silent, here
~ least the cloqucncc Of his brush rs
Demosthenic Some of his views de-
five additional value from the fact that
he PARTS Of the Alhamhru which they
,how have been destroyed 10y fire and
,nn never live again save In these
precious pictures.
10 Andalusia, the spanish province
n beautiful women and handsome
lorses. the Kentucky Of spain, Hum
; ,hrey Moore goes To paint his Carmens
, nd his Dolorescs. RaVishing portraits
1 ndced are they with tho dark man
alas and the burning black eyes. No
indcr he loves to paint Andalusian
1euties, for Mrs. Moore ~ a dark
laughter of this far-famed province