Lehi and His People Arrive in the Promised Land

by Friberg, Arnold

Dated 1952-1955

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Lehi and His People Arrive in the Promised Land

by Friberg, Arnold

References

Church Media Use:
Literature:
  • Vern Swanson, “The Book of Mormon Art of Arnold Friberg: Painter of Scripture,” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies Vol. 10, No. 1, Article 8 (2001).

  • Terryl L. Givens, People of Paradox: A History of Mormon Culture (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, Inc., 2007).

  • “Book of Mormon Times at a Glance, Chart 1: Ether and 1 Nephi through Mosiah”, Ensign January 2004.

  • Robert T. Barrett and Susan Easton Black, “Setting a Standard in LDS Art: Four Illustrators of the Mid-Twentieth Century,” BYU Studies Quarterly 44, no. 2 (2005).

Artist Information

Name: Friberg, Arnold

Location(s): United States

State or City: Utah

Gender: Male

Insights

Technique & Style

Figurative, Painting

Figures

Jacob, Lehi, Nephi, Sariah

Symbols

America, family, land, Liahona, mountain, promised land, rope, sail, ship, water

Animals

bird

Additional Info

Commissioned Status

Adele Cannon Howells

Current Location

Church History Museum (on view at Conference Center, Salt Lake City)

Exhibition History:
Church Name

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints