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Show { { T w o u ^ riever have believed so much talent would be found among us as a people I who are nearly all gathered from among the most downtrodden classes of mankind." (C. C. A. Christensen, 1872. Quoted in James L. Haseltine, 100 Years of Utah Painting [Salt Lake City: Salt Lake Art Center, Inc., 1965], p. 9.) 128 Fig. 129 Emigration of the Saints. Carl Christian Anton Christensen. Oil on canvas. 1878. H: 90 cm. W: 120 cm. Collection of DUP, Salt Lake City. "Giottoesque in its modeling and grouping of figures, mellow in its color, frank and witty in its depiction of the everyday lives of people, touching in its praise of old fashioned virtues, it is a gentle masterpiece by one of Utah's gentlest and most beloved individuals."-James Haseltine in James L. Haseltine, 100 Years of Utah Painting (Salt Lake City: Salt Lake Art Center, Inc., 1965), p. 11. Fig. 130 Gypsy Encampment. Salt Lake City. Danquart Anthon Weggeland. Oil on canvas. 1872. W: 73.125 cm. H: 54.375 cm. Collection of Utah Arts Council. "Occasionally I could dispose of a painting or give a lesson in art for a pair or two of handknitted sox or a basket of onions or other vegetables from the garden. Without the small commissions paid for work in the Salt Lake Theater I could never have been able to pay the rent."-Dan Weggeland; quoted in Kaysville Art Club. Pioneers of Utah Art (Logan, Utah: Educational Printing Services, 1968), p. 3. |
