Artwork of the Week: February 23
Elihu Vedder (1836-1923), The Recording Angel, c.1884, lithograph, 11 x 8 1/4 inches. Brigham Young University, purchase/gift of the Mahonri M. Young Estate. This week we celebrate the birthday [...]
Artwork of the Week: February 16
Ching Yai Li, Hsi Wang Mu (Imperial Mother of the West), Chang Dynasty, ink on paper, 62 x38 inches. Gift of LeRoy M. Pharis, in memory of his wife Pearl Jones Pharis. The Imperial Mother of the [...]
Artwork of the Week 2020: February 9
Maynard Dixon, Farewell (Last Chance), 1912, Oil on board, Gift of A. Merlin Steed and Alice W. Steed Collection This painting is an example of Dixon’s early work as an illustrator for Sunset [...]
What LOVE Means
Guest Post by Parker Chase, MOA Marketing and PR Intern Love is in the air—and in the MOA. Those who visit the BYU Museum of Art are sure to recognize Robert Indiana’s LOVE, one of many in [...]
“Jesus and Peter on the Water”, Gustave Brion (1863)
Guest Post by, PR Intern The tumultuous sea surrounding Peter in Gustave Brion’s “Jesus and Peter on the Water” gives viewers further insight into the Biblical story found in Matthew 14. The dark [...]
Artwork of the Week 2020: February 2nd
Edwin Evans (1860-1946), Elderly Male Nude, charcoal, 16 1/4 x 14 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art. Utah artist Edwin Evans was born in Lehi (then called Evansville, after his [...]
