Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-06
Exhibition Committee We'll Represent
cd Among Paintings Displayed
And VIII Make Awards.

Charges or Discrimination are made
ngainst the exhibition committee of the
Utah Art Institute by Il number of
prominent artists whose work does not
appear in the gallery In the Vermont
building, which opened last night. The
paintings and portraits OF the artists
whose names appear on the exhibition
committee have monopolized all the
space and some of tTtahs best famed
artists have not Il stroke Of their brush
represented IN this years annual exhibit.
is the charge laid. An investigation
OF the matter may be taken up by the
state In regard to the manner in which
the committee has excluded certain
artists for the prizes. On the face of
the situation. these artists declare that
1t appears the exhibition COMMITTEES.
which acts as the sole Judge and jury
of the awards intends to make the
exhibit profitable to themselves only.
In the first place. the exhibition COM
mittee only sent out notices of entry on
Nov. %. that no pictures would be ac-
cepted after Nov. rs. The notices bear
the post mark of Nov .G. and reached
the artists on Nov, 81, the day before
the entries closed.
Thomas Slight OF Ogden wrapped UP
several pictures on the date he got his
notice and expressed them to Salt Lake
for exhibition. He followed his pic
lures on the same train. For some
reason he was unable to get them de-
livered on the evening of Nov. IS. and
appeared with them Mt the Vermont
building on Tuesday morning, Nov. %,
These pictures, were rejected. despite
the fact that more than II dozen pic
lures were in the gallery, most of them
coming in two days late.
Il. A. Ramsey, one of Utah's best
known portrait painters, is not repre-
scented in the exhibition. He Intended
to enter number of portraits. but re-
ceivea his notice so late on the day
the entries closed that he was unable to.
pack his pictures over to the exhibit
rooms. Mr.. Ramsey called upon a. b..
Wright, member Of the committee,
and. asked If his pictures would be
exhibited If he got them over to the
Vermont building the morning after
the entries closed. He told Mr.. Wright
the pictures lie desired to enter Tile
next day Mr.. Ramsey had his pictures
delivered by an express man. Edwin
Evans. the. president of the institute,
refused to allow them placed in the
gallery The express man took them
back to Mr.. Ramsey's studio In the
Tcmpleton building. When Mr.. Ram
sey went to investigate the affair, he
found uray load OF pictures .Wnlcn
belonged to Mr.. Evans being carried
into the exhibition rooms, after the en-
tries had closed
Edward Hill, one of tho oldest land
scape artists in Utah. painted picture
especially to compete for the 5000 state
prize. For some unknown reason the
exhibition committee refused to enter
the picture. but accepted five other
paintings of the artist. In speaking
of the matter, Mr.. Hill said: IT feel that
the committee Disseminated against ME
In not allowing inc to exhibit q work
had completed for this exhibition"
H l.. A. Culmer's work is not repre-
scented in the gallery this year. He re-
ceived his notice too late to exhibit
any of his work. Mr. Culmer said,
however, that he was not especially
anxious to exhibit any of his work this
year.
The exhibition committee consists Of
Edwin Evans, chairman; a. B. Wright.
j. f. Bcaureugard. l.. G. Richards and
j. T. Harwood. These mems work I'LL
the gallery, and these men are the ones
who will make the awards.