BYU Studies Quarterly
Keywords
Mormon studies, artwork, illustration, testimony
Abstract
When artist John Hafen was a young man, leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sent him to the Julian Academy in Paris so that he could improve his skills and further the kingdom by painting murals for the Church. Towards the end of his life, Hafen used the artistic skills he had developed to create eight illustrations for the famous poem “O My Father” by Eliza R. Snow. His lifetime of struggle gave him a spiritual maturity that is clear in his sincere and beautiful work. The art for "O My Father" has been called one of “the finest unions of poetry and art ever produced.” The illustrations are reproduced in black and white in this article.
Dawn Pheysey, "Testimony in Art: John Hafen's illustrations for 'O My Father'" BYU Studies 36, no. 1.
Recommended Citation
Pheysey, Dawn
(1996)
"Testimony in Art: John Hafen's Illustrations for “O My Father”,"
BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 36:
Iss.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol36/iss1/5