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Larsen, B. F. (Bent Franklin), 1882-1970

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1882 - 1970

Biographical History

B.F. Larsen (1882-1970) was an artist and professor in Utah. He taught at Brigham Young University.

Bent Franklin Larsen was born in Monroe, Utah on May 10, 1882. Larsen enrolled at Snow Academy in 1899, graduating two years later. In 1906, Larsen began taking classes at BYU. His teachers were so impressed with him that he was hired as a faculty member the following year. On September 15, 1907, he married Geneva Day in the Manti Temple. They had five children--Rex B., Eugene C., Celia G., Ronald F., and Grant A. Larsen.

He received his Bachelor of Arts degree at BYU in 1912 and his Master of Arts degree at the University of Utah in 1922. He also studied at several renowned institutions under gifted art teachers. He died in 1970.

Citation:
Fifty years ago, 1962: caption (B.F. Larsen)

OCLC, Sept. 29, 2008 (hdg. Larsen, B. F. (Bent Franklin), 1882-1970; usage: B.F. Larsen)

Utah historical quarterly, spring 1997: page 134 (B. F. Larsen) page 136 (Bent Franklin Larsen; BYU Art Department; AB, BYU, 1912; MA, University of Utah, 1922; advanced studies at the University of Chicago and the Art Institute of Chicago; studied in Europe in Paris; professor and head of the Art Department)

BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications, website viewed August 12, 2014 (B. F. Larsen; Bent Franklin Larsen; artist, teacher, humanitarian, leader in his community and church; born in Monroe, Utah on May 10, 1882; enrolled in Snow Academy in 1899, graduated 2 years later and began his career as a teacher in Cove, Utah and then Green River, Utah; began taking classes at BYU; began teaching at BYU as a faculty member; BA, BYU, 1912; MA, University of Utah 1922; chair of the BYU Art Department for 52 years)

Find a grave, website viewed August 12, 2014 (Bent Franklin "B.F." Larsen; born May 10, 1882, Monroe, Utah; Died Jan 3, 1970, Orem, Utah)

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Beauregard family negatives

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232587565]
Identifier: MSS P 353
Scope and Contents

Collection includes fifty glass plate negatives of the Beauregard family, taken between the 1890s and the 1910s. Photographs were previously owned by B.F. Larsen.

Dates: approximately 1890-1919

Better photographs : an outline course in theoretical and experimental photography / by Wayne B. Hales. The relation of art principles to pictorial composition / Bent F. Larsen. Press photography / by Harrison R. Merrill

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231035442]
Identifier: UA 150
Scope and Contents

Includes information concerning basic photographic techniques, photo journalism, and the relationship of art principles to photo composition. Also includes 33 original photographic prints.

Dates: date of production not identified

B. F. Larsen collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 556
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, news clippings, reports, minutes, policy statements, radio talks, articles, lecture notes, art samplings, catalog of slides, art notebooks, and poems. Also includes biographical material concerning Larsen and his wife, Martha Day Larsen.

Dates: 1910-1970

B. F. Larsen family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4155
Abstract

The correspondence, books, news clippings and history of B.F. Larsen's family, 1892-1939.

Dates: 1892-1939

B. F. Larsen painting catalogue raisonne

 Collection — Oversize 1: [Barcode: 31197231031664]
Identifier: MSS 6698
Abstract

An index including all of B.F. Larsen's works. It is a photocopy of a photocopy.

Dates: 1914-1954

B. F. Larsen photographs and slides

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 318
Scope and Contents

Collection includes approximately 15,000 glass slides and photographs with images of landscapes, buildings, Brigham Young University faculty, and students. Also includes slides with images of works of art. Slides and photographs were taken between the 1910s and the 1960s.

Dates: approximately 1910-1969

B. F. Larsen slides

 Collection — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233639621]
Identifier: MSS 8242
Scope and Contents

Materials include 225 photographs and 120 duplicates, for a total of 345 slides. 301 of these slides are photographs that may have been B.F. Larsen, the artist, of his paintings between approximately 1943 and 1966. The other 44 slides are landscape photographs taken throughout Utah between approximately 1943 and 1966.

Dates: approximately 1943-1966

Eugene C. Larsen collection of B.F. Larsen materials

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232587847]
Identifier: MSS 8529
Content Description

Contains book entitled "Paintings by B.F. Larsen with Table of Contents and Index, compiled by Eugene C Larsen." Contains information on the paintings of B.F. Larsen, including each painting's name, date, size, medium, and current owner at the time of the book's compilation. Paintings date betwen 1914 and 1954 and include scenes from western Europe and Utah. Materials dated 1986.

Dates: 1986

Geneva Day Larsen journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233271623]
Identifier: UA OH 110
Scope and Contents

Oral reminiscences of Geneva Day Larsen, discussing contents of her journal of 1906, including relatives, genealogy, father's plural wives, illnesses, chores, and home in Fairview, Utah. Also discusses courtship, marriage, family, education and church activities.

Dates: date of production not identified

Oral reminiscences of B. F. Larsen

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233271631]
Identifier: UA OH 111
Scope and Contents

Oral reminiscences of Bent Larsen about his father Bent Rolf Larsen. Also discusses his own later life, including marriage, education and career. Earliest memories commence in the 1880s. Includes transcript and sound recordings.

Dates: date of production not identified