Artwork of the Week 2022
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Artwork of the Week: December 26, 2022
Father Time and Baby New Year are popular personifications of the year past and upcoming...
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Artwork of the Week: December 19, 2022
Castiglione was an eclectic artist praised as one of the most important technical innovators in the history of printmaking...
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Artwork of the Week: December 12, 2022
This print depicts some of the 50,000 people a day who skated at New York's Central Park during the skating craze of the 1850s and 1860s...
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Artwork of the Week: December 5, 2022
Theodore Butler’s winter scene reflects the artistic influence of his father-in-law Claude Monet and was likely painted at his rural home in Giverny...
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Artwork of the Week: November 28, 2022
Retired professor of photography from Utah State University, Craig Law has spent decades documenting Western landscapes, such as this one of Foster Reservoir, located near Preston, Idaho. The silvery hue of this black and white photograph matches the feeling of this scene; the barren trees, empty fields, and snow in the mountains suggest the transition from fall into winter. One can almost feel the chill in the air.
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Artwork of the Week: November 21, 2022
A pioneer in the development of color photography, Jeannette Klute tested and developed the dye transfer process at the Eastman Kodak research laboratories. Always drawn to the outdoors, Klute specialized in detailed imagery of nature, ranging from lush landscapes to intimate “portraits” of flowers, ferns, and trees. Her innovative approach to using color has made her a major player in the development of creative photography. These red leaves show a colorful fall scenes.
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Artwork of the Week: November 14, 2022
This autumnal scene of Emigration Canyon shows the beauty of the fall season in the state of Utah...
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Artwork of the Week: November 7, 2022
The painting depicts the southern Utah landscape along the Virgin River near Dixon’s home, where he spent much of his later years...
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Artwork of the Week: Halloween 2022
The monstrous, sashaying Death strikes a pose with a suggestion of a gentil pith helmet. Look again...
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Artwork of the Week: October 24th 2022
Mahonri M. Young (1877-1957), Cutting Corn, 1937, oil on canvas, 25 1/4 x 30 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, purchase/gift of Mahonri M. Young Estate, 1959.
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Artwork of the Week: October 17th 2022
Mabel Pearl Frazer (1887-1982), Desert Grandeur, c.1940, oil on canvas, 36 ½ x 53 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 1984.
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Artwork of the Week: October 3rd 2022
Christ’s invitation to “Come Ye After Me” (Mark 1:17) began on the shores the Sea of Galilei where he called his first disciples, Peter and Andrew. Christians around the world internalize the Savior’s injunction as portrayed in J. T. Harwood’s painting. Note that the fishermen’s upward gazes are not directed at Jesus, but pleading to heaven as they had secured nothing to show for their overnight efforts. Momentarily, they will respond positively to the Savior’s miraculous catch, and more importantly, his invitation to become followers of the Lord–fishers of men.
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Artwork of the Week: September 26th 2022
On September 30 we celebrate the birthday of Ella Peacock, an American artist born in 1905, sometimes referred to as the Matriarch of Utah Artists. Ella Peacock grew up on the East Coast but considered it too green compared to the desert scenes of Utah and Nevada, the landscapes most inspiring to her. Ultimately, she and her husband Bill settled in Spring City, Utah a city in Sanpete Valley Peacock never grew tired of. While this painting features her characteristic greys and muted tones, instead of a desert landscape, we see her daily tools as an artist. The Letter Press is surrounded by a small book or sheaf of paper, a stamp for printing, an ink roller, and a jar of brushes, indicating her interest in both painting and printmaking.
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Artwork of the Week: September 19th 2022
This week we welcome in the first day of fall! This autumn photograph features the glacial melt that makes up Yosemite National Park’s primary river. The trees, whose colors are changing, line the banks of the Merced River while their reflection sparkles in the calm water. Milton Goldstein began photographing in his 50s after his first trip to Yosemite, which mesmerized him. His works focus on the National Parks in the west.
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Artwork of the Week: September 12th 2022
This week we reverently acknowledge the twenty-first anniversary of the September 11 Attacks in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Though Reginald Marsh’s 1936 etching predates the construction of the original World Trade Centers, it is a reminder of New York City as a symbol of hope and progress. This bustling metropolis is a city to take pride in, a hallmark of individual and collective resilience even through adversity. The skyline depicted in this print, iconically presented from the Hudson River, features the originally-named Bank of Manhattan Trust Building (927’), City Bank-Farmers Trust Building (741’), and the Cities Service Building (952’), each noticeably shorter than the original Twin Towers (1368’ and 1362’), and about half as tall as today’s World Trade Center (1776’), the tallest building in the United States.
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Artwork of the Week: September 5th 2022
On September 7, we celebrate the birthday of Anna Mary Robertson Moses, affectionately known as Grandma Moses. Childhood memories and rural scenes are often the subject of Grandma Moses’ art, inspired by her upbringing on a farm in upstate New York. Though she disliked sewing and knitting, Grandma Moses enjoyed creating detailed needlework pictures like this, Path to the Village. She embroidered into her late-70s when arthritis in her hands prohibited her from continuing; at that point, she began to paint, which she did until a few months before she died at age 101. Grandma Moses’ art, nostalgic and charming, gained national attention during her lifetime.
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Artwork of the Week: August 29th 2022
August 26th marks the anniversary of the certification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, an important step in allowing women’s participation in the democratic process, and is nationally recognized as Women’s Equality Day. This celebration emphasizes the importance of women within democracy and calls attention to continuing efforts toward full equality.
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