The Book of Mormon Art of Arnold Friberg: Painter of Scripture

Authors

Vern Swanson

Keywords

Book of Mormon, Art, Modern Church, Notable People

Abstract

Arnold Friberg is arguably the most influential artist on Latter-day Saint scriptural art. His depictions of the people and the landscape of the Book of Mormon are well known to Latter-day Saints. This article explains the genesis and completion of Friberg’s series of twelve Book of Mormon paintings and gives the author’s own observations on each painting.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Swanson, Vern (2001) "The Book of Mormon Art of Arnold Friberg: Painter of Scripture," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies: Vol. 10: No. 1, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jbms/vol10/iss1/8