Young, Mahonri Mackintosh, 1877-1957
Dates
- Existence: 1877 - 1957
Biography
Mahonri Mackintosh Young (1877-1957) was an American artist and sculptor.
Mahonri Mackintosh Young was born on August 9, 1877 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Mahonri Moriancumer Young and Agnes Mackintosh. He was a grandson of Brigham Young. He developed a deep interest in art from an early age, and quit his formal schooling to pursue art studies. He studied at the Académie Julian in Paris from 1901-1905. Due to financial troubles, he returned to Salt Lake City. He married Cecilia Sharp in 1907. They subsequently moved to New York in 1910 to further Mahonri's career opportunities. Cecilia died of cancer 1917. Mahonri would later marry Dorothy Weir in 1931.
Though he ceased being active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when he was young, Mahonri maintined a relationship with the Church, and was commissioned several times to create sculptures for them. The most famous of these are the This is the Place Monument and Seagull Monument. Primary places of residence included Salt Lake City, Utah; New York City; Paris, France; and Branchville, Connecticut. After suffering an ulcer attack coupled with pneumonia, he died on November 2, 1957 in Norwalk, Connecticut.
Citation:
wikipedia.org, via WWW, September 8, 2020 (born on August 9, 1877 in Salt Lake City; son of Mahonri Moriancumer Young and Agnes Mackintosh; grandson of Brigham Young; quit formal schooling to pursue art at early age; studied at Académie Julian in Paris from 1901-1905; marriage to Cecilia Sharp in 1907; moved to New York in 1910; Cecilia died of cancer 1917; Mahonri's marriage to Dorothy Weir in 1931; not active in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; comissioned by Church to create Seagull Monumenet and This is the Place Monument, lived in Salt Lake City, Paris, and Branchille, Connecticut; died from ulcer attack and pneumonia on November 2, 1957 in Norwalk, Connecticut).Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Drafting tools set of Brigham Young
This collection is an English drafting tools set that was originally owned and used by Brigham Young to design the streets and building plans for Salt Lake City, Utah. The set was also used by Oliver I. Lay for the creation of a studio commissioned by his father-in-law, Mahonri Mackintosh Young, to create the This is the place monument. Materials dated approximately 1847-1877.
Materials for projected autobiography, date of production not identified
Family members have a memory of Mahonri jotting down thoughts and arranging and rearranging earlier notes for the purpose of writing his life story. Mahonri’s material is arranged in alphabetical order with titles as he named the subjects. Material is undated.
Materials for projected autobiography, date of production not identified
Contains materials and documents relating to Mahonri Mackintosh Young's preparations to write an autobiography. Undated.
Newspaper clippings about Young's life and career, 1898-1957
Newspaper clippings on Mahonri Mackintosh Young's life and carreer, dated 1898 to 1957.
Personal items, 1907-1955
Contains drafts, certificates, and other writings, dated 1907 to 1955.
Reference file-people, date of production not identified
Reference files on people collected by Mahonri Mackintosh Young containing images and articles on a wide variety of persons and subjects, including artists, authors, journalists, illustrators, cartoonists, sculptors, architects, and politicians, and on other topics. The folders in this series are identified by name rather than by folder number. Undated.
Reference file-subjects, date of production not identified
Subject reference files collected by Mahonri Mackintosh Young, undated.
Research Files (oversized), date of production not identified
Contains Mahonri Mackintosh Young's research files on various artists and subjects, as well as audubon plates and their reprints, undated.
Sketchbooks, date of production not identified
Correspondence, sketchbooks, research files, autobiographical files, scrapbooks, and news clippings. Also includes diaries, address and memorandum books, and financial records. Most letters were exchanged with family members and close friends. Primary correspondents included his son, Mahonri Sharp Young; his first wife, Cecilia Sharp Young; and Mary Lightfoot Tarleton, whom he met in Paris after Cecilia died in 1917. Research files include extensive information on other artists.
Sketchbooks: photocopies, date of production not identified
Correspondence, sketchbooks, research files, autobiographical files, scrapbooks, and news clippings. Also includes diaries, address and memorandum books, and financial records. Most letters were exchanged with family members and close friends. Primary correspondents included his son, Mahonri Sharp Young; his first wife, Cecilia Sharp Young; and Mary Lightfoot Tarleton, whom he met in Paris after Cecilia died in 1917. Research files include extensive information on other artists.
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