Larsen, B. F. (Bent Franklin), 1882-1970
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 6 Collections and/or Records:
B. F. Larsen collection
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.
B. F. Larsen painting catalogue raisonne
An index including all of B.F. Larsen's works. It is a photocopy of a photocopy.
B. F. Larsen slides
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.
Eugene C. Larsen collection of B.F. Larsen materials
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.
Geneva Day Larsen journal
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.