Utah Art History Books

Utah Art History

with an emphasis on representational art

Books, listed by year of publication, with most recently published book listed first:

Painters of Utah's Canyons and Deserts, by Donna L. Poulton (Gibbs Smith, 2009) 304 pages ISBN-10: 142360184X ISBN-13: 978-1423601845

A Century of Sanctuary: The Art of Zion National Park, by Robert Redford (Foreword), Lyman Hafen (Contributor), Peter H Hassrick (Contributor), Deborah Reeder (Contributor), Leslie Courtright (Contributor), Roland Lee (Contributor), Erica Cottam (Contributor). Zion Natural History Association; 1st Edition edition (2008). ISBN-10: 0915630486. 13: 978-0915630486. (right: book front cover courtesy of Amazon.com)

Painters Of The Wasatch Mountains, by Robert S. Olpin, Ann W. Orton, Thomas F. Rugh (Gibbs Smith, 2005) Google Books says: "A distinct painting development with regard to the American West's Wasatch Range emerged in the nineteenth century and persists even today. These "painters of the Wasatch" have set many precedents through their artistic interpretations of this mountain subject matter. Painters of the Wasatch Mountains presents for the first time a survey of the gamut of painters who formed and have carried forward an expression of nature's mighty gift to both visitors and residents of Utah." (text courtesy of Amazon.com) (left: book front cover courtesy of Google Books)

Utah Art, Utah Artists: 150 Years Survey, by Vern G. Swanson, Robert S. Olpin, Springville Museum of Art, Donna L. Poulton, Janie L. Rogers. Published by Gibbs Smith, 2002. ISBN 158685111X, 9781586851118. 192 pages. Google Books says: "...Selected works and biographical material on the artists are presented chronologically... Vern G. Swanson, Ph.D., has been the director of the Springville Museum of Art since 1980... Robert S. Olpin, Ph.D., a University of Utah Professor of Art History, has become a familiar face on his eighteen-part television course on the Art Life in Utah series....Donna L. Poulton, Ph.D., is the Assistant Curator of Exhibitions at the Springville Museum if Art. For the past three years she has been documenting and chronicling, on film, the lives and works of Utah artists. Janie L. Rogers, M.A., wrote her master's thesis on Utah architecture. Rogers is a founding member of the Associated Art Historians, Inc., Salt Lake City." (right: book front cover courtesy of Google Books)

Artists of Utah, by Olpin Robert S, Seifrit William C, Swanson Vern G. 297 pages. Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publishers; 1st edition (September 1999). ISBN-10: 0879059052. ISBN-13: 978-0879059057

Utah Painting and Sculpture, by Vern G. Swanson, Robert S. Olpin, William C. Seifrit, William Gerdts. Published by Gibbs Smith, 1997. ISBN 087905817X, 9780879058173. 320 pages. Google Books says: "...156 Color Plates 63 Black & White Photographs With Magnificence and Vivid Imagery, This Stunning Revision of Utah Art Traces Utah's Artist and Their Creations From The First European Settlements In 1847 Through The Current Generation. In The 1800's Talented Young Men and Women Were Sent East and To Paris By The Lds Chruch To Study and Bring The Ideas of The Mainstream Art World Back To Utah. The Results Were Fascinating. Today Utah's Visual Artists Magnify This Tradition."(left: book front cover courtesy of Google Books)

Utah Art from the Permanent Collection: An Exhibition Honoring the Utah Statehood Centennial, 1896-1996., by Utah Museum of Fine Arts. Published by Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 1996. Google Books says: "Catalog of an exhibition held at the Val A. Browning Gallery, July 7-August 18, 1996"

Utah: State of the Arts, Trudy McMurrin, ed. (Meridian International, Inc., 1993)

Utah Art: The Springville Museum Collection, by Vern G. Swanson, Robert S. Olpin, William C. Seifrit, Springville Museum of Art. Contributor Vern G. Swanson, Robert S. Olpin, William S Gerdts. Published by Peregrine Smith Books, 1991. ISBN 0879053852, 9780879053857. 252 pages

Harvesting the Light: The Paris Art Mission and Beginnings of Utah Impressionism, by Linda Jones Gibbs, Museum of Church History and Art (Salt Lake City, Utah), Utah Museum of Church History and Art (Salt Lake City. Published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1987. 107 pages. Google Books says: "An exhibition at the Museum of Church History and Art, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."

Image of the Artist: Self-portraits and Portraits of Utah Artists: an Exhibition at the Springville Museum of Art 6 November 1986-4 January 1987., by Springville Museum of Art. Published by Springville Museum of Art, 1986

Masterworks: From the Collection of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by Linda Mary Jones Gibbs, Utah Museum of Church History and Art (Salt Lake City, UT) Published by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1984. 79 pages. Google Books says: "An exhibition at the Museum of Church History and Art, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."

Women Artists of Utah, Published by Springville Museum of Art, 1984. 80 pages. Google Books says: "[Exhibition held at] Springville Museum of Art, November 3-December 17, 1984."

Collectors of Early Utah Art, by Utah Arts Council, Springville Museum of Art. Published by Paragon Press, 1983. Google Books says: "Catalog of an exhibit held at Springville Museum of Art, October 5-30, 1983."

Dictionary of Utah Art, by Robert S. Olpin. Published by Salt Lake Art Center in cooperation with the Utah American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, 1980. 311 pages

Permanent Collection Catalog, Springville Museum of Art. Springville, Utah, 1972

Pioneers of Utah Art by Kaysville Art Club, by Elsie S.; Rampton, Alice B.; Sanders, Clover B. Heaton. Publisher: Educational Printing Service (1968).

100 Years of Utah Painting: Selected Works from the 1840s to the 1940s. by Haseltine, James L. (Salt Lake City, UT: Salt Lake Art Center, 1965).

Devotees and Their Shrines: A Handbook of Utah Art, by Ruth Sutton. 160 pages. (The Deseret News; 1st edition, 1914).

(above: Poster for Zion National Park, Utah, 1938, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

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