Artwork of the Week

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Rather than focus on glittery winter trees, or the warm glow emanating from a snow-covered home (both of which appear in this painting), Julian Joseph emphasizes a buried street, no doubt an impressionistic influence...

Edna Andrade, like many Op Artists of the 1970s, sought to remove herself from the artwork she created...

Romare Bearden’s screenprint celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whom we honor today. Bearden created this artwork in the same year Dr. King was murdered, but rather than focusing on the violence of the assassination, instead memorializes King’s career and influence...

Born an American expatriate, John Singer Sargent is known for his portraits of upper-class patrons, a class of which he was a part. With simple yet bold brushstrokes, he captures the delicate lace in Mrs. Edward Goetz’s shawl, the gentle curl in her hair, and the warm look on her face...

Brigham Young firmly believed that the saints “must have amusement as well as religion.” Thus, he announced that a theater would be built in Salt Lake City...

Father Time and Baby New Year are popular personifications of the year past and upcoming...

Castiglione was an eclectic artist praised as one of the most important technical innovators in the history of printmaking...

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...

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...

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.

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.

This autumnal scene of Emigration Canyon shows the beauty of the fall season in the state of Utah...

The painting depicts the southern Utah landscape along the Virgin River near Dixon’s home, where he spent much of his later years...

The monstrous, sashaying Death strikes a pose with a suggestion of a gentil pith helmet. Look again...