Evening star., 1947-07-13
Viennese Uses Impressionistic Technique
In 81 Block Prints at National Museum
By Florence S. BerYmon
By Florence 5. Berrymon

5. Bsrymon
associate editor of two official pub
locations. Two cartoons in the pres
ent show exemplify the sort of work
he did in the Army.
He Is versatile in choice of sub
ject, showing street scenes, urban
views, interiors with figures. indus
trials and landscapes. like best his
little view of Georgetown in water
color and pencil, by the Docks"
pencil and ink, and West From
Maryland Heights" dry brush in
color.
D. G.. Aids Utah Centennial
Utah is celebrating this year the
Tooth anniversary of the arrival of
the pioneer settlers in the valley
of the Great Salt Lake, the specific
date of which is July "a. The State
of Utah Centennial Commission, in
Salt Lake City, which began to func-
ton in 1916, sounded keynote
strangely civilized and modest when
compared with the familiar bluster
with which many communities ad-
vertise themselves in highly inflated
terms.
Instead of attempting to show
Utah to the world" said the COM
mission. this celebration empha-
sizes the showing of the world to
Utah" Consequently, in addition
to the traditional street parades,
rodeo and carnival attractions, the
State has had a music festival of
light opera and symphony concerts,
during the past few months, as well
as dramatic attractions with such
nationally known stars as Kath-
arine Cornell.
Last autumn, the commission in
vited the American Federation of
Arts, Washington, D. c., to organ
ize a representative exhibition, COW
ering 100 years of American art.
Thomas c. Parker, director of the
federation, has been working on 1t
for six months. He went to Salt
Lake City the last week of June to
install the show, which was inaugu-
rated with a pFeview June 80. and
is open to the public throughout this
month. This exhibition, together
with a musical drama depicting the
Mormon hegira into the desert in
search of religious freedom, and a
series of concerts by the Tabernacle
Choir with guest artists Of national
renown, climax Utah's centennial
celebration.
The exhibition is composed Of 125
paintings lent by the Metropolitan
Museum of Art and the Whitney
Museum of American Art, New York
City, thus assuring Utah of top
flight paintings from two Of the
greatest museum collections in the
United States. So far as Mr. Parker
knows, this is the first time that
these two museums have lent so
generously from their permanent
collections to single project.
Hermon More, curator of the
Whitney, made the selections for
the federation. The paintings de-
pict the development of art in this
country from pre-Civil War days to
the present. The exhibition begins
with several of the Hudson River
school, the first to exploit native
American landscape. They are fol-
lowed by Inness, first great native
born landscapist: Homer, Eakins and
Ryder, our "old masters" of the
18th century; Frederick Remington,
who depicted the romance Of the
West, and eminent expatriates,
Mary Cassatt, Whistler and Sargent.
The exhibition has one or more
works by So artists up to 1900. and
nearly twice as many whose careers
belong to the 20th century. In the
group of recent and contemporary
paintings, George Bellows tour de
force, Fight Between Dempsey and
F'irpo' and Currys Baptism in
Kansas" both widely reproduced,
are two of many well-known works.
Mr.. Parker will return to Wash
ington this week, from q tour of
museums which took him from Salt
Lake City to San Francisco, Santa
Barbara, Los Angeles, San Diego
and Dallas.
Utah at Library of Congress
Last month there opened at the
Library of Congress, a large Utah
centennial exhibition, in the
preparation of which the Library
has collaborated with the National
Archives, National Gallery of Art,
Geological Survey, Association OF
American Railroads and the Ma
tional Park Service, and educational
institutions in Utah.
The exhibition is presented in two
parts, in the main building. The
first, in the west basement gallery,
comprises photographs illustrating
the States scenic wonders, agricul-
ture. industries, people In their
homes and at work, and examples
of architectural monuments. These
have been assembled from the COL
lection of Federal Farm Security