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Fine Arts

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 302 Collections and/or Records:

Newspaper clippings about Young's life and career, 1898-1957

 Series
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Newspaper clippings on Mahonri Mackintosh Young's life and carreer, dated 1898 to 1957.

Dates: 1898-1957

William Nicholson letter to Hugh Percy Lane

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233289450]
Identifier: Vault MSS 381
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, addressed to Hugh Percy Lane, and dated July 4, 1909. Nicholson congratulates Lane on his recent knighting.

Dates: 1909 July 4

Paul Nickelson painting of United States Capitol

 Item — Oversize 1: [Barcode: 31197230355759]
Identifier: MSS 7468
Abstract

Framed painting signed by the members of the 94th Congress House of Representatives at the bicentennial year. The collection dates 1976.

Dates: 1976

Larry Nielson wood paintings and prints

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3713
Scope and Contents

Collection contains publicity and prints of paintings done on weathered wood with Native American and western themes. It also includes the famous "Iwo Jima" piece (signed) finished Sept. 10, 2001, and later presented to President George Bush. This print was signed about a year later at the reunion of the 4th Marine Division on Iwo Jima during the historic battle.

Dates: 2001-2002

Max Norton collection

 Collection — Oversize 1: [Barcode: 31197233242194]
Identifier: MSS 2478
Abstract

Oil painting of actor Dean Jagger, done ca. 1940; photograph of Jagger with LDS Church President Spencer W. Kimball; scene still from motion picture "Twelve O'Clock High"; campaign poster for State Superintendent of Schools candidate Albert Vane, the character Jagger played in the televisioin series "Mr. Novak."

Dates: 1940-1970

Notes on the life of Carl Christian Anton Christensen, pioneer artist

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308790]
Identifier: MSS SC 1092
Scope and Contents Typescript of a biography of C. C. A. Christensen (1831-1912) by his granddaughter Norma Taggart "with the help of her daughter, Ethel Taggart Christensen." The account uses many direct quotes from the diaries and autobiography of C. C. A. Christensen. Mr. Christensen was an artist, writer, and historian who was born and raised in Denmark and later immigrated to Utah. He served as a missionary and as a patriarch for the Mormon Church. This biography is chiefly concerned with Mr....
Dates: 1950-1975

George M. Ottinger papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7532
Scope and Contents Collection consists of an artist notebook and art journal, scrapbook, along with various loose papers. Ottinger's art journal is full of hand written instructions on colors he mixed to achieve multiple shades used for many of his paintings. Approximately half of the scrapbook is empty and contains magazine articles Ottinger wrote for The Juvenile Instructor, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' youth magazine, entitled "America,” which are glued into the scrapbook. These articles...
Dates: 1874-1912

Jake Parker papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233235370]
Identifier: MSS 9029
Content Description

Collection contains fan mail sent to Jake Parker from school children from around the nation, oftentimes tasked with corresponding with their favorite author or artist. The mail usually includes a short letter telling him which book or art piece they like the most and a drawing done by the child. Included are Jake's letters that he writes in response. Some of the letters are undated; those dated cover August 2012 to May 2017.

Dates: 2012-2017
Image of Parley P. Pratt and Belinda Marden Pratt book of poetry and accounts
Image of Parley P. Pratt and Belinda Marde...

Maxfield Parrish letter

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3857
Scope and Contents

Collection includes an original signed letter and photocopies. The letter was written 14 March 1944, and addressed to Mr. Shelby Holladay of Salt Lake City, Utah. Letter is neatly signed on Parrish's letterhead and postmarked Windsor, Vermont. Parrish briefly describes work that he has done since 1898 and offers suggestions as to how Holladay may acquire reproductions of his work.

Dates: 1944 March 14