Mormon Artists By Famous Mormons [6 more lists]
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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Truman O. Angell
“ Architect and designer of the Salt Lake Temple „ - 21906United States of America, CanadaPainting“ Cowboy artist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Art „
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Gutzon Borglum
1867Mount Rushmore National Memorial, General Philip SheridanUnited States of AmericaSculpture, Painting“ Sculptor most noted for the heads of U.S. presidents on Mount Rushmore „ - 4
James C.
“ Christensen fantasy painter and retired Brigham Young University professor „ - 5
1897Heroic Bust of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln The FrontiersmanSculpture“ Sculptor of three statues in the National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol „ - 6
Arnold Friberg
1913United States of AmericaPainting“ 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
Rei Hamon
“ Landscape artist of New Zealand „ - 8
Ed "Big Daddy" Roth
“ Artist, car customizer, creator of Rat Fink character „ - 9
Charles Roscoe Savage
1832Cathedral Rocks, Union Pacific Railroad, Salt Lake City, UtahUnited States of America“ 19th-century photographer „ - 10
LeConte Stewart
1891United States of America“ Artist and former head of the art department at the University of Utah „ - 11
Minerva Teichert
1888United 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
Mahonri Young
“ Artist who sculpted the This Is The Place Monument and the Seagull Monument in Salt Lake City „
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