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List of notable or famous Mormon artists, including sculptors, painters, architects, photographers and more. These artistic professionals, working in a variety of disciplines, media and styles, are all members in good standing of the Church of Latter Day Saints, and are considered practicing Mormons. Many have been directly involved in representing Mormonism in their work, including Truman Angell, an architect who designed the famous Salt Lake Temple, and Arnold Friberg, an Academy Award-nominated painter who has helped to illustrate some reprints of the LDS Book of Mormon. Other artists have done largely secular work separately from their personal Mormon beliefs.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (sometimes known simply as the LDS Church or the Mormon Church) is the largest denomination in the "Latter Day Saint Movement" inspired by the message of Joseph Smith. The church currently claims 14.1 million adherents around the world, with 50,000 missionaries currently serving worldwide. The church models its teachings and organizations on Joseph Smith's original Church of Christ, founded in 1830.

The Mormon culture that inspired some of these artists is also distinctive in many ways, both because of the geographical center of Mormonism in the Intermountain West and the family-oriented worldview of the church itself. For example, Mormonism's health and legal code, known as the "Word of Wisdom," prohibits the use of tobacco, alcohol, caffeine and other addictive substances, many of which have inspired artists from different faiths or from different backgrounds.

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Rank   Name Born Works Nationality Forms
  1. 1

    Truman O. Angell

    Architect and designer of the Salt Lake Temple
  2. 2
    1906
    United States of America, Canada
    Painting
    Cowboy artist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Art
  3. 3

    Gutzon Borglum

    1867
    Mount Rushmore National Memorial, General Philip Sheridan
    United States of America
    Sculpture, Painting
    Sculptor most noted for the heads of U.S. presidents on Mount Rushmore
  4. 4

    James C.

    Christensen fantasy painter and retired Brigham Young University professor
  5. 5
    1897
    Heroic Bust of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln The Frontiersman
    Sculpture
    Sculptor of three statues in the National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol
  6. 6

    Arnold Friberg

    1913
    United States of America
    Painting
    Illustrator and painter noted for The Prayer at Valley Forge, Academy Award nominated paintings for The Ten Commandments, and Book of Mormon scenes in the LDS Book of Mormon
  7. 7

    Rei Hamon

    Landscape artist of New Zealand
  8. 8

    Ed "Big Daddy" Roth

    Artist, car customizer, creator of Rat Fink character
  9. 9

    Charles Roscoe Savage

    1832
    Cathedral Rocks, Union Pacific Railroad, Salt Lake City, Utah
    United States of America
    19th-century photographer
  10. 10

    LeConte Stewart

    1891
    United States of America
    Artist and former head of the art department at the University of Utah
  11. 11

    Minerva Teichert

    1888
    United States of America
    Painter notable for her art depicting Western and Mormon subjects, including a collection of murals depicting scenes from the Book of Mormon
  12. 12

    Mahonri Young

    Artist who sculpted the This Is The Place Monument and the Seagull Monument in Salt Lake City

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