Artist

Minerva Teichert

MINERVA TEICHERT (1888–1976) was an American LDS painter known for her Western and Mormon-themed paintings, including works depicting scenes from the Book of Mormon. In all, she created forty-two murals of the Book of Mormon. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League of New York.

Portrait of Sara Kohlhepp

72″X36″, oil on canvas, 1917; courtesy of Elverda Bird Jensen

Miracle of the Gulls

70″X58″, oil on canvas, 1935; courtesy of Brigham Young University Museum of Fine Arts,

Cokeville, Wyoming Ward Relief Society Quilters

41″X28″, oil on canvas, 1932; courtesy of LDS Church collection, Cokeville, Wyoming Ward,

Brigham Young Offers Prayer Around the Campfire

36″X44″, oil on panel, 1954; Teichert Family Collection,

Joseph Receives the Plates

72″X60″, oil on canvas, 1947; courtesy LDS Church collection, Randolph, Utah Tabernacle,

Indian Study

24″X19″, graphite on paper, 1915; Teichert Family Collection,

Dance Before the Departure of the Mormon Battalion

charcoal and watercolor on paper, circa 1955 ; courtesy of Marian Wardle.

Self Portrait of Minerva K. Teichert

11″X8″> graphite on paper, 1937; courtesy of Brigham Young University Museum of Fine Arts,

Night Raid

48″X72″, oil on panel, 1937; courtesy of Brigham Young University Museum of Fine Arts.

Indian Night Captives

48″X96″, oil on canvas, 1939; courtesy of Neil Knight,

Pioneer Wash Day

32″X21″, oil on panel, circa 1940; courtesy of Susan Griffeth.

Christ with Mary and Martha

12″X16″, oil on panel, circa 1941; courtesy of Nadine Eastwood Dotter.

Teichert Homestead, Snake River Bottoms

22″ Xl 7″, oil on apron, 1926;
courtesy of Marian Eastwood Wardle.

Mosiah Interprets the Jaredite Stone

1949–1951, oil on Masonite, 36” x 48”