Letters from Paris BY W I L L I A M C. S E I F R I T
artists in Paris during the 1880s and '90s changed Utah's artistic development for decades to follow is scarcely arguable. The knowledge, skills, approaches to
T H A T THE STUDIES ENGAGED IN BY U T A H
Dr. Seifrit is a historian in Salt Lake Caty. This article is part of a larger, unpublished manuscript. The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Vern G. Swanson, direc tor of the Springville Museum of Art, in providing copies of the Hafen and Fairbanks letterscited herein, and the assistance of Will South, curator of the IJountiful-Davis Art Center, in providing copies of Harwood's unpublished letters.
Students and staff of the Academic Julian, 1890-91. John Hafen, from left in back row, and John B. Fairbanks, seated right with umbrella, have been identified by researchers. Courtesy of Vern Swanson.
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