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Artwork of the Week 2022

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Artwork of the Week: April 18, 2022

April 18, 2022
W. K. Driggs (1885-1965), Landscape, 1906, watercolor, 23 7/8 x 17 15/16 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 1928.
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Artwork of the Week: April 11, 2022

April 11, 2022
Eanger Irving Couse (1866-1936), At the Spring (Sheep in Field), no date, watercolor, 10 1/2 x 16 1/16. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Joseph Riggio, 1976.
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Artwork of the Week: April 4, 2022

April 04, 2022
John Fairbanks (1855-1940), SpringShower, 1898, oil on panel, 11 13/16 x 18 11/16 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 1940
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Artwork of the Week: March 28, 2022

March 28, 2022
Marie A. Hull (1890-1980), March in Mississippi, c.1930, watercolor, 21 3/4 x 27 7/8 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 1933.
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Artwork of the Week: March 21, 2022

March 21, 2022
Maynard Dixon (1875-1946), Sketch for Medicine Woman, 1909, oil on canvasboard, 10 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 1937.
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Artwork of the Week: March 14, 2022

March 14, 2022
Winslow Homer (1836-1910), Harper's Weekly, Our Women and the War, 1862, wood engraving, 13 1/2 x 20 1/4 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, purchase/gift of Mahonri M. Young Estate, 1959.
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Artwork of the Week: March 7, 2022

March 07, 2022
Francisco Goya (1746-1828), De Que Sirve Una Taza (What is the Use of a Cup), 1863, etching burnished aquatint and lavis, 9 15/16 x 13 3/8 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Paul and Suzanne Engemann, 2000
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Artwork of the Week: February 28, 2022

February 28, 2022
Julian Alden Weir (1852-1919), In the Sun, 1899, Oil on Canvas, 33 15/16 x 26 15/16 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, purchase/gift of Mahonri M. Young Estate.
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Artwork of the Week: February 21, 2022

February 21, 2022
N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945), Our Emblem, c.1942, oil on panel, 30 1/8 x 22 ¾ inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Frederick R. Hinckley, 1985.
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Artwork of the Week: February 14, 2022

February 14, 2022
Minerva Teichert (1888-1976), Love Story, 1949-1951, oil on masonite, 36 x 48 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 1969. Minerva Teichert’s Book of Mormon series includes several imaginative portrayals of stories mentioned, but not elaborated within scripture. Here, she portrays the pairing of Ishmael’s daughters and the sons of Lehi as a lively courtship. While the text says little of these marriages, implying perhaps relationships of necessity, Teichert provides a happy atmosphere of romance and celebration.
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Artwork of the Week: February 7, 2022

February 07, 2022
Julian Joseph (1882-1964), Night Scene - Snowy Streets, 1947, oil on canvas, 24 5/16 x 20 1/16 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Dr. George R. Nicholson, 1976. Under an inky blue sky dotted with falling flakes, urban dwellers fight the battle of winter. Some bundle under long coats or hope their umbrellas will be adequate shields against the bitter night; others wield shovels in futile efforts to free their cars from their igloo tombs. Yet, in the meager reflections on the snow, dashes of yellow, orange, and pink suggest a small hope of Spring’s eventual return.
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Artwork of the Week: January 31, 2022

January 31, 2022
George M. Ottinger (1833-1917), Self Portrait, c.1880, oil on board, 17 7/8 x 14 1/4 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 1976
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Artwork of the Week: January 24, 2022

January 24, 2022
Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), Christ at Emmaus (The Small Passion), c.1510, etching, 5 x 4 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, purchase/gift of Mahonri M. Young Estate, 1959.
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Artwork of the Week: January 17, 2022

January 17, 2022
Maynard Dixon (1875-1946), Keep Moving, 1934, oil on canvas, 30 1/4 x 40 1/8 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 1937.
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Artwork of the Week: January 10, 2022

January 10, 2022
John Fabian Carlson (1874-1945), Winter Willows, 1937, oil on canvas, 25 x 30 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art.
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Artwork of the Week: January 3, 2022

January 03, 2022
Minerva Teichert (1888-1976), “Immigrants to New York City (Jewish Refugees),” 1938, oil on canvas, 59 1/4 x 37 1/4 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art.
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Artwork of the Week: January 24, 2021

January 24, 2021
Mahonri M. Young (1877-1957), Coasting, 1906, oil on canvas board, 13 3/4 x 20 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, purchase/gift of Mahonri M. Young Estate, 1959.
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Artwork of the Week: January 17, 2021

January 17, 2021
Ando Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Figures in Snow, no date, woodblock print, 9 11/16 x 6 5/8 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 1993.
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