JAMES TAYLOR HARWOOD

James T. Harwood is undoubtedly one of Utah's most significant artists. He was born in Lehi, Utah April 8, 1860 and after a very illustrious career, died in October 1940.

Within an eighty year span, J.T. Harwood has crammed into a life of great activity, not only in the state of Utah, but his works are known in various parts of the country.

In 1888 he enrolled in the Julian Academy in Paris where he was one of the first Utah artists to have foreign study. At various intervals throughout his life he returned again and again to Paris for study and inspiration.

His early works are quite academic, but in his later years he moved towards impressionalism in his style. He painted scenes that he knew and loved best throughout the State of Utah. Whether it was genre scenes, or landscapes, or people, his paintings have a conviction and a rare quality unexcelled in the West.

During the years of 1923 through 1931 he was Art Department Chairman at the University of Utah and at the time of his passing, the University of Utah had a retrospective exhibition in April 1940.

Harwood was one of the most productive artists, whose works retained a high quality throughout his life. The Brigham Young University has probably the largest collection of J.T. Harwood's works. It is from this collection, plus a few loans, that this present show is composed.

Showing in the B.F. Larsen Galleries October 17 through November 11, 1973.