According to artist Rita R. Wright, Director emeritus, Springville Museum of Art

originally published June 2020

While receiving her PhD in European History from the University of Utah as an expert on Victorian Ritualism and Art, Rita R. Wright, taught at BYU and worked at the BYU Museum of Art. Following an 8-year position there, she became the director of the Springville Museum of Art, which she led for a decade. 

1

Mabel Pearl Frazer (American, 1887-1981)

The Furrow (1929)

Church History Museum

2

Wulf Barsch (American, born Germany, 1943)

Et in Arcadia Ego (2010)

oil on canvas

Private collection

3

James C. Christensen (American, 1942-2017)

Once Upon a Time

4

Sutcliffe Maudsley (American, born England, 1809-1881)

Portrait of Joseph Smith (c. 1842-1844)

ink on paper, 11 x 3.5 inches

Church History Museum

5

Arnold Friberg (American, 1913-2010)

Prayer at Valley Forge (1976)

oil on canvas

National Portrait Gallery collection 

6

Jeff Hein (American, born 1974)

Triumphal Entry (2014-2016)

oil on canvas, 54 x 72 inches

Church History Museum

7

Minerva Kohlhepp Teichert (American, 1888-1976) 

Queen Esther (1939)

oil on canvas, 58 x 40.25 inches

Brigham Young University Museum of Art

8

Ron Richmond (American, born 1963)

Exchange No. 8 (2003-04)

oil on canvas, 60.125 x 60.125 inches

Brigham Young University Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by Lew and Gail Burnham

9

Trevor Southey (American, born Zimbabwe, 1940-2015)

illustrations for Carol Lynn Pearson’s poetry book Beginnings (Escape into Life cover image), 1967

10

Chris Young

Man of Sorrows (2009)

oil on canvas