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Edwin Evans

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Edwin Evans (1860 - 1946) was active/lived in Utah, California.  Edwin Evans is known for Landscape, genre and mural painting, teaching.

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 Born in 1860, Edwin Evans, like J.T. Harwood, grew up in the small town of Lehi, Utah.  (The town had originally been called Evansville and was founded by Evan's father, David Evans.)  Unlike many Utah artists, Evans did not consider being an artist until he was nearly 30.  While working as a railroad telegrapher, Evans whiled away his time sketching.  One day, Mr. Alonzo E. Hyde from Eureka saw Evans sketching and declared him an artist.  Evans agreed.  With Hyde's support, Evans was soon off to Salt Lake City where he studied for a short time with George Ottinger and Dan Weggeland, two early Utah artists.

In the fall of 1888, Evans, backed by Hyde and his partner John Beck, joined other Utah artists in Paris.  Later, Evans received support from the LDS Church as a member of the French Art Mission, along with John Hafen, J. D. Fairbanks, and Lorus Pratt (J. T. Harwood had gone to Paris earlier, although at this time he was on his way home to m   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5597 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Edwin Evans


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art MediaArt Subject
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
  • Portraits, Portraiture
  • Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
  • Townscape, Village Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Colorado Before 1900
  • Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
  • Zion National Park
Art Association
  • Society of Independent Artists-
  • Society of Utah Artists
Art Teacher
  • Benjamin Jean-Joseph Constant
  • Daniel Weggeland
  • George Ottinger
  • Jules-Joseph Lefebvre
Art School
  • Academie Julian, Paris, Student
  • Salt Lake Art Center School/Art Barn-Teacher
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
  • Alice Art Collection, Utah
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • French Art Mission Artist-Mormon Church
  • Genre Specialty
  • Mural Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
  • World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892-1893
Exhibition of Art Association
  • Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
  • Paris Salons

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