Teens/adults - Lesson 4: Works you should know

Mark Magleby, Museum Director, Brigham Young University Museum of Art

Brian Kershisnik (American, born 1962)

Descent from the Cross (2012)

oil on canvas, 88 x 113 inches

Collection of the artist

Brian Kershisnik (American, born 1962)

Jacob Wrestling the Angel (1993)

oil on paper, 15 x 19 inches

Brian Kershisnik (American, born 1962)

Nativity (2006) 

oil on canvas, 88 x 204 inches 

Brigham Young University Museum of Art

Torleif Knaphus (Norwegian, 1881-1965)

Christ the Fountainhead (1923)

bas relief sculpture, 39 inches x 33 feet 

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Cardston Alberta Temple

Millard F. Malin (American, 1891-1974)

Angel Moroni (1956)

gilded, welded aluminum, 15 feet, 5 inches in height

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Los Angeles Temple

J. Kirk Richards (American, born 1976)

Breath of Life (From the Dust) (2011)

oil on linen, 98 x 80 inches

Private collection

Bruce Smith (American, born 1936)

Bait (n.d.)

oil on canvas, 53 x 48 inches

Private collection

Minerva Kohlhepp Teichert (American, 1888-1976) 

World Room of the Manti Temple (1947) 

[assisted by Frank Stevens and Nancy Taylor Stevens]

oil on canvas murals treated with casein and beeswax, dimensions variable: North Wall (Columbus, Crusaders, Orient, Esau), 28 x 50 feet; South Wall (Pilgrims, Moses, Joseph, Abraham), 28 x 50 feet; East Wall (Tower of Babel), 25 x 28 feet; West Wall (Zion, North American Continent (25 x 28 feet)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Manti, Utah

Justin Wheatley

Prodigal Son (2015)

acrylic on panel, 12 x 24 inches

Church History Museum

Mahonri Young (American, 1877-1957)

This Is the Place Monument (1947)

[assisted by Spero Anargyros and Waldo Midgley]

bronze and granite, dimensions variable: 60 feet high x 84 feet long x 20 feet wide

This Is the Place Monument, Salt Lake City, Utah